Arg16Gly and Gln27Glu beta 2 adrenergic polymorphisms influence cardiac autonomic modulation and baroreflex sensitivity in healthy young Brazilians

作者：Atala Magda M; Goulart Alessandra; Guerra Grazia M; Mostarda Cristiano; Rodrigues Bruno; Mello Priscila R; Casarine Dulce E; Irigoyen Maria Claudia; Pereira Alexandre C; Consolim Colombo Fernanda M^*

来源：American Journal of Translational Research, 2015, 7(1): 153-161.

• beta(2)-adrenergic polymorphism
• autonomic nervous system
• cardiac autonomic balance
• heart rate variability

The association between functional beta(2) adrenergic receptor (beta(2)-AR) polymorphisms and cardiac autonomic modulation is still unclear. Thus, two common polymorphisms in the beta(2)-AR gene (Gln27Glu beta(2) and Arg16Gly beta(2)) were studied to determine whether they might affect tonic and reflex cardiac sympathetic activity in healthy young subjects. A total of 213 healthy young white subjects of both genders (53% female), aged 18-30 years (23.5 +/- 3.4 y), had their continuous blood pressure curves noninvasively recorded by Finometer at baseline, and other hemodynamic parameters, as cardiac autonomic modulation, baroreflex sensitivity, and allele, genotype, and diplotype frequencies calculated. Associations were made between Arg16Gly beta(2) and Gln27Glu beta(2) polymorphisms and between beta(2)-AR diplotypes and all variables. The heart rate was significantly lower (P<0.001) in the presence of homozygous Arg/Arg alleles (60.9 +/- 1.5 bpm) than in that of Arg/Gly heterozygotes (65.9 +/- 1.0 bpm) or Gly/Gly homozygotes (66.3 +/- 1.2 bpm). Homozygous carriers of Arg16 allele had an alpha index (19.2 +/- 1.3) significantly higher (P<0.001) than that of the subjects with the Gly allele Gly/Gly ( 14.5 +/- 0.7) or Arg/Gly (14.6 +/- 0.7). Furthermore, the recessive Glu27Glu and the heterozygous Gln27Glu genotypes had a higher percentage of low-frequency components (LF%) than the homozygous Gln27Gln (15.1% vs. 16.0% vs. 8.2%, P=0.03, respectively). In healthy young subjects, the presence of beta(2)-AR Arg16 allele in a recessive model was associated with higher baroreflex sensitivity, and increased parasympathetic modulation in studied individuals.

• 出版日期2015