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. 2009 Mar;50(3):565-573.
doi: 10.1194/jlr.P800041-JLR200. Epub 2008 Nov 12.

The effects of ABCG5/G8 polymorphisms on plasma HDL cholesterol concentrations depend on smoking habit in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study

Mireia Junyent  1 , Katherine L Tucker  1 , Caren E Smith  1 , Antonio Garcia-Rios  1 , Josiemer Mattei  1 , Chao-Qiang Lai  1 , Laurence D Parnell  1 , Jose M Ordovas  2
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The effects of ABCG5/G8 polymorphisms on plasma HDL cholesterol concentrations depend on smoking habit in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study

Mireia Junyent et al. J Lipid Res. 2009 Mar.

Abstract

Low HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) is associated with an increased risk for atherosclerosis, and concentrations are modulated by genetic factors and environmental factors such as smoking. Our objective was to assess whether the association of common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at ABCG5/G8 (i18429G>A, i7892T>C, Gln604GluC>G, 5U145A>C, Tyr54CysA>G, Asp19HisG>C, i14222A>G, and Thr400LysC>A) genes with HDL-C differs according to smoking habit. ABCG5/G8 SNPs were genotyped in 845 participants (243 men and 602 women). ABCG5/G8 (i7892T>C, 5U145A>C, Tyr54CysA>G, Thr400LysC>A) SNPs were significantly associated with HDL-C concentrations (P < 0.001-0.013) by which carriers of the minor alleles at the aforementioned polymorphisms and homozygotes for the Thr400 allele displayed lower HDL-C. A significant gene-smoking interaction was found, in which carriers of the minor alleles at ABCG5/G8 (Gln604GluC>G, Asp19HisG>C, i14222A>G) SNPs displayed lower concentrations of HDL-C only if they were smokers (P = 0.001-0.025). Also, for ABCG8_Thr400LysC>A SNP, smokers, but not nonsmokers, homozygous for the Thr400 allele displayed lower HDL-C (P = 0.004). Further analyses supported a significant haplotype global effect on lowering HDL-C (P = 0.002) among smokers. In conclusion, ABCG5/G8 genetic variants modulate HDL-C concentrations, leading to an HDL-C-lowering effect and thereby a potential increased risk for atherosclerosis only in smokers.

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Age, sex, body mass index, physical activity, alcohol consumption, medications, prior coronary heart disease, and population admixture adjusted HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) (in mg/dl) concentrations depending on ABCG5_Gln604GluC>G (A), ABCG8_Asp19HisG>C (B), ABCG8_i14222A>G (C), and ABCG8_Thr400LysC>A (D) polymorphisms and smoking status. Values are mean ± SD. Probability values were obtained in the multivariate models in predicting differences in HDL-C concentrations for the analyzed polymorphisms.
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