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Article Dans Une Revue Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science Année : 2009

Primary open-angle glaucoma: association with cholesterol 24S-hydroxylase (CYP46A1) gene polymorphism and plasma 24-hydroxycholesterol levels

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Purpose. Genetics has made significant contributions to the study of glaucoma over the past few decades. Cholesterol-24S-hydroxylase (CYP46A1) is a cholesterol-metabolizing enzyme that is especially expressed in retinal ganglion cells. CYP46A1 and its metabolic product, 24S-hydroxycholesterol, have been linked to neurodegeneration. A single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the CYP46A1 gene, designated as rs754203 and associated with Alzheimer disease, was evaluated as a genetic risk factor for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), as well as plasma 24S-hydroxycholesterol levels. Methods. The frequency of the CYP46*C and CYP46*T alleles was analyzed in 150 patients with POAG and 118 control subjects. Plasma 24S-hydroxycholesterol levels were quantified. Sex, age, alleles, and genotype frequencies between patients with POAG and control subjects were compared by using the {chi}2 and Student's t-tests. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated by logistic regression to assess the relative association between disease and age, sex, and genotypes. Results. The frequency of the TT genotype was significantly higher in patients with POAG than in control subjects (61.3% versus 48.3%, respectively, OR = 1.26; 95% CI = 1.006–1.574, P < 0.05). Plasma 24S-hydroxycholesterol levels did not differ between control subjects and patients with POAG. The ratio of estimated brain weight to liver volume as an estimate of the capacity of the human body to synthesize and metabolize 24S-hydroxycholesterol was found to correlate to plasma 24S-hydroxycholesterol in control subjects and patients with POAG. Conclusions. The rs754203 SNP in CYP46A1 was associated with a risk for POAG. This polymorphism was not associated with changes in plasma 24S-hydroxycholesterol, highlighting that despite its retinal origin, 24S-hydroxycholesterol cannot be used as a biomarker for POAG.
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Cynthia Fourgeux, Lucy Martine, Ingemar Björkhem, Ulf Diczfalusy, Corinne Joffre, et al.. Primary open-angle glaucoma: association with cholesterol 24S-hydroxylase (CYP46A1) gene polymorphism and plasma 24-hydroxycholesterol levels. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2009, 50 (12), pp.5712-5717. ⟨10.1167/iovs.09-3655⟩. ⟨hal-01278218⟩
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