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Molekulargenetik der humanen Hypertonie

Molecular genetics of human hypertension

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Zusammenfassung

Vor über 100 Jahren wurde ein genetischer Einfluss auf den Blutdruck nachgewiesen und ein einfacher Erbgang gemäß den Mendel-Regeln vermutet. Platt und Pickering führten eine lebhafte Debatte über dieses Thema. Platt favorisierte die Idee, dass ein einzelnes Gen oder nur wenige Gene für den Bluthochdruck verantwortlich seien. Pickering legte Forschungsergebnisse vor, die vermuten ließen, dass viele Gene Einfluss auf den Blutdruck ausüben. Dies alles in einer Zeit, in der man noch nicht wusste, was Gene überhaupt sind. Genomweite Assoziationsstudien (GWAS) nach dem Pickering-Modell weisen auf > 500 blutdruckrelevante Genloci hin, die über das gesamte Genom verteilt sind. Jedes einzelne Gen übt nur einen kleinen Einfluss auf den Blutdruck aus. Als Außenseiter der Hochdruckforschung gelten sekundäre Ursachen. Bei Phäochromozytom, Aldosteronismus, Cushing-Syndrom und sogar bei der fibromuskulären Dysplasie (renovaskuläre Hypertonie) lassen die Ergebnisse darauf schließen, dass der sekundären Hypertonie regelmäßig eine genetische Ursache zugrunde liegt. Damit wurde auch die Theorie von Platt teilweise bestätigt. Mittlerweile wurde eine Vielzahl von Hypertonieformen mit einem genetischen Erbgang nach Mendel beschrieben. Jede dieser Genvarianten übt einen beträchtlichen Einfluss auf den Blutdruck aus. Eine Vielzahl neuer physiologischer Mechanismen wurde dadurch aufgeklärt. Diese Befunde werden therapeutische Bedeutung haben. Also obliegt es den Klinikern, über diese Forschungsergebnisse bestens informiert zu sein.

Abstract

A genetic influence on blood pressure was demonstrated more than 100 years ago and a simple Mendelian inheritance was initially presumed. Platt and Pickering conducted a lively debate on this topic. Platt favored the idea that a single gene or only a few genes were responsible for high blood pressure. Pickering presented research results, which supported the assumption that many genes exerted an influence on blood pressure. This was all in a period when it was not even known what genes were. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) according to the Pickering model have identified > 500 blood pressure relevant gene loci, which are distributed over the whole genome. Each individual gene exerts only a small effect on blood pressure. The dark horses of hypertension research are the secondary causes. In pheochromocytoma, primary aldosteronism, Cushing’s syndrome and even fibromuscular dysplasia (renovascular hypertension) the results indicate that a genetic cause regularly underlies secondary hypertension. This would therefore also partially confirm Platt’s theory. In the meantime, a multitude of forms of hypertension have been described with a genetic inheritance according to Mendel. Each of these genetic variants exerts a considerable influence on blood pressure. A multitude of novel physiological mechanisms were explained by this. These findings will become therapeutically important. Therefore, it is incumbent upon clinicians to be optimally informed about these research results.

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