期刊
CHEST
卷 123, 期 1, 页码 54-58出版社
AMER COLL CHEST PHYSICIANS
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.1.54
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carotid body; high-altitude pulmonary edema; hypoxic ventilaton response; polymorphism; tyrosine hydroxylase gelle
Study objectives: A blunted hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR) has been observed in some sufferers of high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), and was proposed as a potential mechanism in its pathogenesis. Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) is a rate-limiting enzyme in the carotid body responding to hypoxia to synthesize dopamine neurotransmitter to heighten ventilation. The association of constitutional susceptibility to HAVE regarding the blunted HVR aspect with polymorphisms of the TH gene was examined. Design: A cross-sectional case control study. Setting: Shinshu University Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan. Participants: Forty-three subjects with a history of RAPE (HAPE group) and 51 healthy climbers without a history of RAPE (control group). Measurements: The (TCAT)n tetranucleotide microsatellite repeats within intron I and Met8Val variant in exon 2 of the TH gene were investigated by polymerase chain reaction following either direct sequencing or restriction fragment length polymorphism. The HVR ill 21 subjects among the RAPE group was also measured. Results: No significant frequency differences could be found in terms of either of the two polymorphisms between the RAPE and control groups. Meanwhile, no relationships were observed between the HVR values of RAPE subjects and the individual alleles in both polymorphisms of the TH gene. Conclusion: The genetic susceptibility of HAPE, specifically the blunted HVR in HAPE, is probably not associated with the mutations of the TH gene, implying that these two polymorphisms may not be a sufficient genetic marker for predicting a predisposition to the susceptibility to HAPE.
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