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A polymorphism in intron I of the human angiotensinogen gene (hAGT) affects binding by HNF3 and hAGT expression and increases blood pressure in mice.


ABSTRACT: Angiotensinogen (AGT) is the precursor of one of the most potent vasoconstrictors, peptide angiotensin II. Genome-wide association studies have shown that two A/G polymorphisms (rs2493134 and rs2004776), located at +507 and +1164 in intron I of the human AGT (hAGT) gene, are associated with hypertension. Polymorphisms of the AGT gene result in two main haplotypes. Hap-I contains the variants -217A, -6A, +507G, and +1164A and is pro-hypertensive, whereas Hap-II contains the variants -217G, -6G, +507A, and +1164G and does not affect blood pressure. The nucleotide sequence of intron I of the hAGT gene containing the +1164A variant has a stronger homology with the hepatocyte nuclear factor 3 (HNF3)-binding site than +1164G. Here we found that an oligonucleotide containing +1164A binds HNF3? more strongly than +1164G and that Hap-I-containing reporter gene constructs have increased basal and HNF3- and glucocorticoid-induced promoter activity in transiently transfected liver and kidney cells. Using a knock-in approach at the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase locus, we generated a transgenic mouse model containing the human renin (hREN) gene and either Hap-I or Hap-II. We show that transgenic animals containing Hap-I have increased blood pressure compared with those containing Hap-II. Moreover, the transcription factors glucocorticoid receptor, CCAAT enhancer-binding protein ?, and HNF3? bound more strongly to chromatin obtained from the liver of transgenic animals containing Hap-I than to liver chromatin from Hap-II-containing animals. These findings suggest that, unlike Hap-II variants, Hap-I variants of the hAGT gene have increased transcription rates, resulting in elevated blood pressure.

SUBMITTER: Mopidevi B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6682742 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A polymorphism in intron I of the human angiotensinogen gene (<i>hAGT</i>) affects binding by HNF3 and <i>hAGT</i> expression and increases blood pressure in mice.

Mopidevi Brahmaraju B   Kaw Meenakshi K MK   Sivankutty Indu I   Jain Sudhir S   Perla Sravan Kumar SK   Kumar Ashok A  

The Journal of biological chemistry 20190614 31


Angiotensinogen (AGT) is the precursor of one of the most potent vasoconstrictors, peptide angiotensin II. Genome-wide association studies have shown that two A/G polymorphisms (rs2493134 and rs2004776), located at +507 and +1164 in intron I of the human <i>AGT</i> (<i>hAGT</i>) gene, are associated with hypertension. Polymorphisms of the <i>AGT</i> gene result in two main haplotypes. Hap-I contains the variants -217A, -6A, +507G, and +1164A and is pro-hypertensive, whereas Hap-II contains the v  ...[more]

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