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Title: Hydrogen Sulphide-Related Thiol Metabolism and Nutrigenetics in Relation to Hypertension in an Elderly Population
Authors: Lucock, M.;Yates, Z.;Martin, C.;Choi, Jeong-Hwa ;Boyd, Lyndell ;Tang, S.;Naumovski, Nenad ;Roach, Paul ;Veysey, Martin 
Issue Date: Mar-2013
Source: Volume 8, Issue 2, pp. 221-229
Journal title: Genes & Nutrition
Abstract: Hydrogen sulphide (H(2)S) is a gaseous signalling molecule that regulates blood flow and pressure. It is synthesised from cysteine via cystathionine beta-synthase and cystathionine gamma-lyase. We examined whether thiol precursors of H(2)S, transsulphuration pathway gene variants (CBS-844ins68 and CTH-G1364T) and key B-vitamin cofactors might be critical determinants of hypertension in an elderly Australian population. An elderly Australian retirement village population (n = 228; age 65-96 years, 91 males and 137 females) was assessed for the prevalence of two transsulphuration pathway-related variant genes associated with cysteine synthesis and hence H(2)S production. Thiols were determined by HPLC, genotypes by PCR and dietary intake by food frequency questionnaire. Homocysteine levels were statistically higher in the hypertensive phenotype (p = 0.0399), but there was no difference for cysteine or glutathione. Using nominal logistic regression, cysteine, CTH-G1364T genotype, dietary synthetic folate and vitamin B(6) predicted clinical phenotype (determined as above/below 140/90 mm Hg) and then only in female subjects (p = 0.0239, 0.0178, 0.0249 and 0.0371, respectively). Least-squares regression supports cysteine being highly inversely predictive of diastolic blood pressure: p and r (2) values <0.0001 and 0.082; 0.0409 and 0.046; and <0.0001 and 0.113 for all subjects, males and females, respectively. Additionally, CTH-G1364T genotype predicts diastolic blood pressure in males (p = 0.0217; r (2) = 0.083), but contrasts with observations for females. Overall, analyses, including stepwise regression, suggest cysteine, dietary natural and synthetic folate, vitamins B(6) and B(12), and both genetic variants (CTH-C1364T and CBS-844ins68) are all aetiologically relevant in the regulation of blood pressure. Hydrogen sulphide is a vasorelaxant gasotransmitter with characteristics similar to nitric oxide. Cysteine and the G1364T and 844ins68 variants of the cystathionine gamma-lyase and cystathionine beta-synthase genes, respectively, are the biological determinants of H(2)S synthesis, and all three are shown here to influence the hypertensive phenotype. Additionally, B-vitamin cofactors for these three enzymes may also be important determinants of blood pressure.
URI: https://elibrary.cclhd.health.nsw.gov.au/cclhdjspui/handle/1/205
DOI: 10.1007/s12263-012-0317-3
Pubmed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22907821
ISSN: 1555-8932
Publicaton type: Journal Article
Keywords: Aged
Genotype
Haematology
Hematology
Nutrition
Hypertension
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