Functional polymorphism of the renalase gene is associated with cardiac hypertrophy in female patients with aortic stenosis

PLoS One. 2017 Oct 24;12(10):e0186729. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186729. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

Renalase decreases circulating catecholamines concentration and is important in maintaining primary cellular metabolism. Renalase acts through the plasma membrane calcium ATPase 4b in the heart, which affects pressure overload but not exercise induced heart hypertrophy. The aim of this study was to test the association between a functional polymorphism Glu37Asp (rs2296545) of the renalase gene and left ventricular hypertrophy in a large cohort of patients with aortic stenosis. The study group consisted of 657 patients with aortic stenosis referred for aortic valve replacement. Preoperative echocardiographic assessment was performed to obtain cardiac phenotypes. Generalized-linear models were implemented to analyze data using crude or full model adjusted for selected clinical factors. In females, the Asp37 variant of the Glu37Asp polymorphism was associated with higher left ventricular mass (p = 0.0021 and p = 0.055 crude and full model respectively), intraventricular septal thickness (p = 0.0003 and p = 0.0143) and posterior wall thickness (p = 0.0005 and p = 0.0219) all indexed to body surface area, as well as relative wall thickness (p = 0.001 and p = 0.0097). No significant associations were found among the male patients. In conclusion, we have found the association of the renalase Glu37Asp polymorphism with left ventricle hypertrophy in large group of females with aortic stenosis. The Glu37Asp polymorphism causes not only amino-acid substitution in FAD binding domain but may also change binding affinity of the hypoxia- and hypertrophy-related transcription factors and influence renalase gene expression. Our data suggest that renalase might play a role in hypertrophic response to pressure overload, but the exact mechanism requires further investigation.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / complications*
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / genetics
  • Binding Sites
  • Cardiomegaly / complications*
  • Cohort Studies
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Monoamine Oxidase / genetics*
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide*
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism

Substances

  • Transcription Factors
  • Monoamine Oxidase
  • renalase

Grants and funding

This work was supported by an unrestricted grant from the Polpharma Scientific Foundation [12/VIII/2009] http://www.polpharma.pl/en/scientific-foundation/; a governmental grant from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education [4354/B/P01/2007/33] http://www.nauka.gov.pl/en/ and an unrestricted grant from the Foundation for Polish Science, Program TEAM [TEAM/2012-9/2] http://www.fnp.org.pl/en/, co-financed by the European Union European Regional Development Fund. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.