Jan, 2010
Mutation of ARHGAP9 in patients with coronary spastic angina
JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
- Volume
- 55
- Number
- 1
- First page
- 42
- Last page
- 49
- Language
- English
- Publishing type
- Research paper (scientific journal)
- DOI
- 10.1038/jhg.2009.120
- Publisher
- NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
Coronary artery spasm has an important function in the etiology of variant angina and other acute coronary syndromes. Abnormal activation of Rho-family GTPases has been observed in cardiovascular disorders, but the function of genetic variability in Rho-family GTPases remains to be evaluated in cardiovascular disorders. We examined the genetic variability of Rho-family GTPases and their regulators in coronary artery spasm. We performed a comprehensive candidate gene analysis of 67 single nucleotide polymorphisms with amino-acid substitution in Rho-family GTPases and their regulators in 103 unrelated Japanese patients with acetylcholine-induced coronary artery spasm and 102 control Japanese subjects without acetylcholine-induced coronary artery spasm. We noted an association of the single nucleotide polymorphism of ARHGAP9 (rs11544238, Ala370Ser) with coronary artery spasm (odds ratio=2.67). We found that ARHGAP9 inactivated Rac as RacGAP and that the mRNA level of ARHGAP9 was strongly detected in hematopoietic cells. ARHGAP9 negatively regulated cell migration. The Ala370Ser polymorphism counteracted ARHGAP9-reduced cell migration, spreading and adhesion. The Ala370Ser polymorphism in the ARHGAP9 gene is associated with coronary artery spasm. These data suggest that the polymorphism of ARHGAP9 has a critical function in the infiltration of hematopoietic cells into the endothelium and inflammation leading to endothelial dysfunction. Journal of Human Genetics (2010) 55, 42-49; doi: 10.1038/jhg.2009.120; published online 13 November 2009
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- DOI : 10.1038/jhg.2009.120
- ISSN : 1434-5161
- Pubmed ID : 19911011
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000275160500009