Lanosterol Synthase Gene Polymorphisms and Changes in Endogenous Ouabain in the Response to Low Sodium Intake.

ABSTRACT: Circulating levels of endogenous ouabain (EO), a vasopressor hormone of adrenocortical origin, are increased by sodium depletion. Furthermore, lanosterol synthase, an enzyme involved in cholesterol biosynthesis, has a missense polymorphism (rs2254524 V642L) that affects EO biosynthesis in adrenocortical cells. Here, we investigated the hypothesis that lanosterol synthase rs2254524 alleles in vivo impact the blood pressure (BP) and EO responses evoked by a low dietary Na intake (<100 mEq/d, 2 weeks) among patients with mild essential hypertension. During the low salt diet, the declines in both systolic BP (SBP: -8.7±1.7 versus -3.0±1.5; P=0.013) and diastolic BP (DBP: -5.1±0.98 versus -1.4±0.94 mm Hg; P<0.05), and the slope of the long-term pressure-natriuresis relationship affected signifi

SUBMITTER: Lanzani C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4713326 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature