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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-11-10
pubmed:abstractText
The detection of hypoxia by the carotid bodies elicits a ventilatory response of utmost importance for tolerance to high altitude. Germline mutations in three genes encoding subunit B, C and D of succinate dehydrogenase (SDHB, SDHC and SDHD) have been associated with paragangliomas of the carotid body. We hypothesized that SDH dysfunction within the carotid body could result in low chemoresponsiveness and intolerance to high altitude. The frequency of polymorphisms of SDHs, hypoxia-inducible factor type 1 (HIF1alpha) and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) genes was compared between 40 subjects with intolerance to high altitude and a low hypoxic ventilatory response at exercise (HVRe < or = 0.5 ml min(-1) kg(-1); HVR- group) and 41 subjects without intolerance to high altitude and a high HVRe (> or = 0.80 ml min(-1) kg(-1); HVR+). We found no significant association between low or high HVRe and (1) the allele frequencies for nine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the SDHD and SDHB genes, (2) the ACE insertion/deletion polymorphism and (3) four SNPs in the HIF1alpha gene. However, a marginal significant association was found between the synonymous polymorphism c.18A>C of the SDHB gene and chemoresponsiveness: 8/40 (20%) in the HVR- group and 3/41 (7%) in the HVR+ group (p = 0.12). A principal component analysis showed that no subject carrying the 18C allele had both high ventilatory and cardiac response to hypoxia. In conclusion, no clear association was found between gene variants involved in oxygen sensing and chemoresponsiveness, although some mutations in the SDHB and SDHD genes deserve further investigations in a larger population.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1619-1560
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
335-42
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19768395-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19768395-Altitude, pubmed-meshheading:19768395-Anaerobiosis, pubmed-meshheading:19768395-Carotid Body, pubmed-meshheading:19768395-Exercise, pubmed-meshheading:19768395-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19768395-Gene Frequency, pubmed-meshheading:19768395-Germ-Line Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:19768395-Heart Rate, pubmed-meshheading:19768395-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19768395-Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, pubmed-meshheading:19768395-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19768395-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19768395-Oxygen, pubmed-meshheading:19768395-Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A, pubmed-meshheading:19768395-Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:19768395-Pulmonary Ventilation, pubmed-meshheading:19768395-Succinate Dehydrogenase
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
A role for succinate dehydrogenase genes in low chemoresponsiveness to hypoxia?
pubmed:affiliation
Université Paris, UFR SMBH EA, Bobigny, France. richalet@smbh.univ-paris13.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't