Project description:<p>The GenSalt study aims to identify genes which interact with dietary sodium and potassium intake to influence blood pressure in Han Chinese participants from rural north China. Whole genome sequencing will be conducted among 1,860 participants of the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Salt Sensitivity (GenSalt) Study. We will work in collaboration with participating TOPMed studies to identify novel common, low-frequency and rare variants associated with an array of cardiometabolic phenotypes. In addition, we will explore the relation of low-frequency and rare variants with salt-sensitivity among GenSalt study participants.</p>
Project description:Salt sensitivity of blood pressure (SSBP) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, the pathogenic mechanisms of SSBP are still uncertain. Thus, ceRNA microarray was applied to identify differentially expressed lncRNAs and mRNAs. The whole blood samples from 10 hypertensives and 10 normotensives were collected by professional nurses in community health centers using EDTA blood tube. The samples were classified according to the salt sensitivity (SS, salt sensitivity; SR, salt resistant) and hypertension (H, hypertensives; N, normotensives). QRT-PCR and cell experiments would be also implemented to validate the reliability of the results.
Project description:Sodium-lithium countertransport activity (SLC) is an intermediate phenotype for salt sensitive hypertension; elevated SLC corresponds to increased risk of hypertension. Genetic epidemiology studies indicate that SLC is heritable in humans and nonhuman primates; however, little is known about genetic determinants explaining variation in SLC. In this study we identified dietary salt-responsive gene networks in baboon kidneys and salt-responsive networks that differ between baboons with normal and high blood pressure phenotypes.