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ArticlePloS one2015

A Genetic Variant in the Distal Enhancer Region of the Human Renin Gene Affects Renin Expression.

Yasukazu Makino, Tadashi Konoshita, Atsuhito Omori, Nobuhiro Maegawa, Takahiro Nakaya, Mai Ichikawa, Katsushi Yamamoto, Shigeyuki Wakahara, Tamotsu Ishizuka, Tamehito Onoe and 2 more

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Yasukazu MakinoThird Department of Internal Medicine, University of Fukui, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Fukui, Japan.
Tadashi KonoshitaThird Department of Internal Medicine, University of Fukui, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Fukui, Japan.
Atsuhito OmoriThird Department of Internal Medicine, University of Fukui, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Fukui, Japan.
Nobuhiro MaegawaThird Department of Internal Medicine, University of Fukui, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Fukui, Japan.
Takahiro NakayaThird Department of Internal Medicine, University of Fukui, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Fukui, Japan.
Mai IchikawaThird Department of Internal Medicine, University of Fukui, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Fukui, Japan.
Katsushi YamamotoThird Department of Internal Medicine, University of Fukui, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Fukui, Japan.
Shigeyuki WakaharaThird Department of Internal Medicine, University of Fukui, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Fukui, Japan.
Tamotsu IshizukaThird Department of Internal Medicine, University of Fukui, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Fukui, Japan.
Tamehito OnoeDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa University, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan.
Hiroyuki NakamuraDepartment of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Kanazawa University, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan.
Genomic Disease Outcome Consortium (G-DOC) Study Investigators
University of Fukui · JPKanazawa University · JP

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Abstract

backgroundThe high heritability of plasma renin activity was confirmed in recent investigations. A variation located near the strong enhancer of the human renin gene (REN), C-5312T, has been shown to have different transcription activity levels depending on its allele: the 5312T allele shows transcription levels that are 45% greater than those of the 5312C allele. The purpose of this study was to confirm the hypothesis that variations in the enhancer region of the REN gene are involved in regulating renal expression of renin.

methodsSixty-four subjects with biopsy-proven renal diseases were included in this study (male/female: 35/29, age 41.9 ± 20.9 years, SBP/DBP 123.1 ± 23.7/73.4 ± 14.8 mmHg, s-Cr 0.93 ± 0.63 mg/dl). A genetic variant of REN, C-5312T, was assayed by PCR-RFLP and the TaqMan method. Total RNAs from a small part of the renal cortex were reverse-transcribed and amplified for REN and GAPDH with a real-time PCR system.

resultsLogarithmically transformed expression values of the relative ratio of REN to GAPDH (10-3) were as follows (mean ± SE): CC (26 cases), 0.016 ± 0.005; CT (33 cases), 0.047 ± 0.021 (p = 0.41 vs. CC); TT (5 cases), 0.198 ± 0.194 (p = 0.011 vs. CC, p < 0.031 vs. CT). Thus, significant differences in REN expression were observed among the genetic variants.

conclusionThe results suggest that variants in the enhancer region of the human renin gene have an effect on the expression levels of renin in renal tissue; this observation is in good accordance with the results of the transcriptional assay.

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Enhancer Elements, GeneticGene ExpressionGenetic VariationAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedReninRNA, MessengerYoung AdultReninRNA, Messenger

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