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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
Volume 60, Issue 9, Pages 841-850Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.03.031
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- British Heart Foundation (BHF) [06/094]
- Special Program Grant [SP/02/001]
- Pharmacogenomics of Arrhythmia Therapy site of the Pharmacogenomics Research Network [U01/U19HL65962]
- Fondation Leducq (Trans-Atlantic Network of Excellence Alliance Against Sudden Cardiac Death,) [05 CVD 01]
- Medical Research Council of Great Britain [G9521010D]
- BHF [PG/02/128, PG/07/131/24254]
- London Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit
- National Institute for Health Research
- Wellcome Trust [093078/Z/10/Z]
- Gilead Sciences and Allergan Inc.
- Astellas
- Sanofi
- Warner-Chicott
- Biotronik
- International Serious Adverse Events Consortium
- St. Jude Medical
- Wellcome Trust [093078/Z/10/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
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Objectives This study sought to determine whether variations in NOS1AP affect drug-induced long QT syndrome (LQTS). Background Use of antiarrhythmic drugs is limited by the high incidence of serious adverse events including QT prolongation and torsades de pointes. NOS1AP gene variants play a role in modulating QT intervals in healthy subjects and severity of presentation in LQTS. Methods This study carried out an association study using 167 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) spanning the NOS1AP gene in 58 Caucasian patients experiencing drug-induced LQTS (dLQTS) and 87 Caucasian controls from the DARE (Drug-Induced Arrhythmia Risk Evaluation) study. Results The rs10800397 SNP was significantly associated with dLQTS (odds ratio [OR]: 3.3, 99.95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.0 to 10.8, p = 3.7 x 10(-4)). The associations were more pronounced in the subgroup of amiodarone users, in which 3 SNPs, including rs10800397, were significantly associated (most significant SNP: rs10919035: OR: 5.5, 99.95% CI: 1.1 to 27.9, p = 3.0 x 10(-4)). We genotyped rs10919035 in an independent replication cohort of 28 amiodarone dLQTS cases versus 173 control subjects (meta-analysis of both studies: OR: 2.81, 99.95% CI: 1.62 to 4.89, p = 2.4 x 10(-4)). Analysis of corrected QT interval among 74 control subjects from our dataset showed a similar pattern of significance over the gene region as the case-control analysis. This pattern was confirmed in 1,480 control subjects from the BRIGHT (British Genetics of Hypertension Study) cohort (top SNP from DARE: rs12734991 in meta-analysis: increase in corrected QT interval per C allele: 9.1 +/- 3.2 ms, p = 1.7 x 10(-4)). Conclusions These results provide the first demonstration that common variations in the NOS1AP gene are associated with a significant increase in the risk of dLQTS. This study suggests that common variations in the NOS1AP gene may have relevance for future pharmacogenomic applications in clinical practice permitting safer prescription of drugs for vulnerable patients. (J Am Coll Cardiol 2012;60:841-50) (C) 2012 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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