Angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphism predicts blood pressure response to angiotensin II receptor type 1 antagonist treatment in hypertensive patients

• OBJECTIVES: To determine whether polymorphisms in the renin-angiotensin system can predict blood pressure-lowering response to antihypertensive treatment; more specifically, in response to treatment with irbesartan or atenolol. DESIGN AND METHODS: Eighty-six patients with hypertension were randomized to double-blind treatment with either the angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonist irbesartan or the beta1 adrenergic receptor blocker atenolol and followed for 3 months. We analysed angiotensinogen T174M and M235T, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) I/D and angiotensin II type 1 receptor A1166C polymorphisms and related them to blood pressure reduction. RESULTS: The mean reductions in blood pressure were similar for both treatments. In the irbesartan group, individuals homozygous for the ACE gene I allele showed a greater reduction in diastolic blood pressure, exceeding those with the D allele (-18 +/- 11 SD versus -7 +/- 10 mmHg, P = 0.0096). This was not the case during treatment with atenolol, and the interaction term between type of treatment and ACE II genotype was significant (P = 0.0176). The angiotensinogen and angiotensin II type 1 receptor polymorhisms were not related to the response to treatment. CONCLUSIONS: ACE genotyping predicted the blood pressure-lowering response to antihypertensive treatment with irbesartan but not atenolol. Thus, specific genotypes might predict the response to specific antihypertensive treatment.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Kardiologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Farmakologi och toxikologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Basic Medicine -- Pharmacology and Toxicology (hsv//eng)

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Adrenergic beta-Antagonists/therapeutic use

Antihypertensive Agents/*therapeutic use

Atenolol/therapeutic use

Biphenyl Compounds/*therapeutic use

Blood Pressure/*drug effects

Double-Blind Method

Female

Forecasting

Humans

Hypertension/*drug therapy/*genetics

Male

Middle Aged

Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A/*genetics

Polymorphism; Genetic/*physiology

Receptor; Angiotensin; Type 1

Receptors; Angiotensin/*antagonists & inhibitors

Research Support; Non-U.S. Gov't

Tetrazoles/*therapeutic use

Treatment Outcome

MEDICINE

MEDICIN

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