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29. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Hochdruckliga

Deutsche Hochdruckliga e. V. DHL ® - Deutsche Hypertonie Gesellschaft Deutsches Kompetenzzentrum Bluthochdruck

23. bis 25.11.2005, Berlin

Alcohol intake modulates the genetic association between HDL cholesterol and the PPARgamma2 Pro12Ala polymorphism

Alkoholkonsum moduliert die genetische Assoziation zwischen HDL´-Cholesterin und dem PPARgamma2 Polymorphismus Pro12Ala

Meeting Abstract

  • R. Telgmann - University of Münster, Institue for Arteriosclerosis Research, Münster (Münster, D)
  • S.m. Brand-Herrmann - University of Münster, Institue for Arteriosclerosis Research, Münster (Münster, D)
  • T. Kuznetsova - University of Leuven, Leuven
  • J.A. Staessen - University of Leuven, Leuven
  • A. Wiechert - Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte (Berlin, D)
  • E. Casiglia - University of Padova, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
  • E. Brand - University Hospital Münster (Münster, D)

Hypertonie 2005. 29. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Hochdruckliga. Berlin, 23.-25.11.2005. Düsseldorf, Köln: German Medical Science; 2006. Doc05hochP142

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Veröffentlicht: 8. August 2006

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The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) Pro12Ala polymorphism affects plasma lipids, but to what extent alcohol intake interferes with this association remains unknown. We randomly recruited 251 nuclear families (433 parents and 493 offspring) in the framework of the European Project on Genes in Hypertension study and genotyped 926 participants in whom all serum lipid variables and information on alcohol consumption were available for PPARgamma2 Pro12Ala. Genotype-phenotype relations were assessed using generalized estimating equations (GEE) and a quantitative transmission disequilibrium test (QTDT). The Ala12 allele was more frequent in Novosibirsk (0.17) than in Cracow (0.12) and Mirano (0.11) (P < 0.01). Using GEE (P = 0.03) or QTDT (P = 0.007), Italian offspring carrying the Ala12 allele had higher serum HDL cholesterol than noncarriers. HDL cholesterol levels were on average 0.086 mmol/l (P = 0.001) higher in drinkers than in nondrinkers. Compared with Pro12 homozygotes, Ala12 allele carriers consuming alcohol had higher serum total and HDL cholesterol, with the opposite trend occurring in nondrinkers. This genotype-alcohol interaction was independent of the type of alcoholic beverage and more pronounced in moderate than in heavy drinkers. We conclude that alcohol intake modulates the relation between the PPARgamma2 Pro12Ala and HDL cholesterol level and that, therefore, the Pro12Ala polymorphism, pending confirmation of our findings, might affect cardiovascular prognosis.