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THROMBOSIS RESEARCH
Volume 127, Issue 3, Pages 220-227Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2010.11.023
Keywords
Aggregation; Haplotype; Linkage Disequilibrium; P2Y12; Platelet; SNPs; Tag SNPs
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- Inje University
- Ministry of Education, Science and Engineering (MOEST) [R13-2007-023-00000-0]
- Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, Republic of Korea [A030001]
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Introduction: Although P2Y12 has a significant role in normal hemostasis and thrombosis, no genetic study has been described about the association between P2Y12 variants and the extent of ADP-induced platelet activation in the Korean population. Materials and Methods: The expression levels of two reference sequences of P2Y12 mRNA transcripts (variants 1 and 2) were examined in the whole blood before direct DNA sequencing. The subjects were screened for single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in P2Y12 by direct DNA sequencing (n = 50). Frequencies of P2Y12 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), linkage disequilibrium blocks, haplotype structures, and haplotype-tagging SNPs were determined. The effects of genetic variation in the P2Y12 gene on the extent of ADP-induced platelet aggregation were studied in healthy Korean men (n = 40). Results: Variant 2 (NM 176876.1) was the predominantly expressed form in all subjects, but variant 1 was also weakly expressed in all cases (n = 10). A total of 20 SNPs were identified: 2 in exons, 5 in introns, and 8 and 5 in the 5'-untranslated regions of the known P2Y12 RNA variants 1 and 2, respectively. Genetic analysis of the P2Y12 SNPs and haplotypes revealed a statistically significant association between P2Y12 haplotype, denoted H3, and an increase in the ADP-induced platelet aggregation response relative to that for the reference haplotype H1 (P = 0.01). Conclusions: Application of these findings to the development of a multivariate model might be useful in explaining the variable outcome of antiplatelet drug therapy in Asian populations. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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