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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT) catalyzes the synthesis of epinephrine from norepinephrine. We previously identified and functionally characterized common sequence variation in the PNMT gene. In the present study, we set out to determine whether common PNMT genetic polymorphisms might be associated with individual variation in circulating epinephrine levels during exercise in 74 Caucasian American subjects. Circulating epinephrine levels were measured in each subject at baseline and during two different levels of exercise, approximately 40% and approximately 75% of peak workload. The PNMT gene was resequenced with DNA from each study subject. Eight novel PNMT polymorphisms were identified, including a C319T (Arg107Cys) nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and I1G(280)A, a SNP located in the first intron of the gene. The I1G(280)A SNP was significantly associated with decreased exercise-induced circulating epinephrine levels and with a decreased epinephrine-to-norepinephrine ratio. The Cys107 recombinant allozyme displayed significantly lower levels of both PNMT activity and immunoreactive protein than the wild-type allozyme after transfection into COS-1 cells, but it did not appear to be associated with level of epinephrine in these subjects. Electrophoretic mobility shift and reporter gene assays performed with the I1G(280)A SNP indicated that this polymorphism could bind nuclear proteins and might modulate gene transcription. Our studies suggest that functionally significant variant sequence in the human PNMT gene might contribute to individual variation in levels of circulating epinephrine during exercise.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1531-2267
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
13
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
323-32
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18349382-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-Epinephrine, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-European Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-Exercise, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-Gene Frequency, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-Haplotypes, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-Norepinephrine, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-PC12 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-Phenylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:18349382-Rats
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Human phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase genetic polymorphisms and exercise-induced epinephrine release.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article