Renin-angiotensin system gene expression and neurodegenerative diseases.

Authors

Benjamin Goldstein
Robert Charles Speth, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Malav Suchin Trivedi, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Publication Title

Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System

Publisher

Sage Publications

ISSN

1470-3203

Publication Date

7-1-2016

Keywords

Renin–angiotensin system, brain, ATP6AP2, AGTR1, single nucleotide polymorphisms, gene expression, genome-wide association studies, Alzheimer’s disease

Abstract

HYPOTHESIS: Single nucleotide polymorphisms and altered gene expression of components of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) are associated with neurodegenerative diseases.

INTRODUCTION: Drugs that interact with the RAS have been shown to affect the course of neurodegenerative disease, suggesting that abnormalities in the RAS may contribute to neurodegenerative disease.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies and gene expression data for 14 RAS-related proteins was carried out for five neurodegenerative diseases: Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, narcolepsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and multiple sclerosis.

RESULTS: No single nucleotide polymorphisms in any of the 14 RAS-related protein genes were significantly associated with the five neurodegenerative diseases investigated. There was an inverse association between expression of ATP6AP2, which encodes the (pro)renin receptor, and multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. An association of AGTR, which encodes the AT1 angiotensin II receptor, and Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease was also observed.

CONCLUSIONS: To date, no single nucleotide polymorphisms in components of the RAS can be definitively linked to the neurodegenerative diseases evaluated in this study. However, altered gene expression of several components of the RAS is associated with several neurodegenerative diseases, which may indicate that the RAS contributes to the pathology of these diseases.

DOI

10.1177/1470320316666750

Volume

17

Issue

3

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

NSUWorks Citation

Goldstein, Benjamin; Speth, Robert Charles; and Trivedi, Malav Suchin, "Renin-angiotensin system gene expression and neurodegenerative diseases." (2016). Faculty Articles. 105.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_corx_facarticles/105

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