A polymorphism in the protein kinase C gene PRKCB is associated with α2-adrenoceptor-mediated vasoconstriction

Jussi P. Posti*, Perttu Salo, Saku Ruohonen, Laura Valve, Mordechai Muszkat, Gbenga G. Sofowora, Daniel Kurnik, Charles Michael Stein, Markus Perola, Mika Scheinin, Amir Snapir

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: α2-Adrenoceptors (α2-AR) mediate both constriction and dilatation of blood vessels. There is considerable interindividual variability in dorsal hand vein (DHV) constriction responses to α2-AR agonist activation. Genetic factors appear to contribute significantly to this variation. The present study was designed to identify the genetic factors contributing toward the interindividual variability in α2-AR-mediated vascular constriction induced by the selective α2-AR agonist dexmedetomidine. METHODS: DHV constriction responses to a local infusion of dexmedetomidine were assessed by measuring changes in vein diameter with a linear variable differential transformer. The outcome variable for constriction was log-transformed dexmedetomidine ED50. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 433 378 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was carried out for determining the sensitivity of DHV responses in 64 healthy Finnish individuals. Twenty SNPs were selected on the basis of the GWAS results and their associations with the ED50 of dexmedetomidine were tested in an independent North American study population of 68 healthy individuals. RESULTS: In both study populations (GWAS and replication samples), the SNP rs9922316 in the gene for protein kinase C type β was consistently associated with dexmedetomidine ED50 for DHV constriction (unadjusted P=0.00016 for the combined population). CONCLUSION: Genetic variation in protein kinase C type β may contribute toward the interindividual variation in DHV constriction responses to α2-AR activation by the agonist dexmedetomidine.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)127-134
Number of pages8
JournalPharmacogenetics and Genomics
Volume23
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • adrenergic
  • candidate genes
  • dexmedetomidine
  • dorsal hand vein
  • genome-wide association study
  • receptors
  • α

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