Zhang, R; Witkowska, K; Afonso Guerra-Assunção, J; Ren, M; Ng, FL; Mauro, C; Tucker, AT; Caulfield, MJ; Ye, S
(2016)
A blood pressure-associated variant of the SLC39A8 gene influences cellular cadmium accumulation and toxicity.
Hum Mol Genet, 25 (18).
pp. 4117-4126.
ISSN 1460-2083
https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddw236
SGUL Authors: Ng, Fu Liang
Abstract
Genome-wide association studies have revealed a relationship between inter-individual variation in blood pressure and the single nucleotide polymorphism rs13107325 in the SLC39A8 gene. This gene encodes the ZIP8 protein which co-transports divalent metal cations, including heavy metal cadmium, the accumulation of which has been associated with increased blood pressure. The polymorphism results in two variants of ZIP8 with either an alanine (Ala) or a threonine (Thr) at residue 391. We investigated the functional impact of this variant on protein conformation, cadmium transport, activation of signalling pathways and cell viability in relation to blood pressure regulation. Following incubation with cadmium, higher intracellular cadmium was detected in cultured human embryonic kidney cells (HEK293) expressing heterologous ZIP8-Ala391, compared with HEK293 cells expressing heterologous ZIP8-Thr391. This Ala391-associated cadmium accumulation also increased the phosphorylation of the signal transduction molecule ERK2, activation of the transcription factor NFκB, and reduced cell viability. Similarly, vascular endothelial cells with the Ala/Ala genotype had higher intracellular cadmium concentration and lower cell viability than their Ala/Thr counterpart following cadmium exposure. These results indicate that the ZIP8 Ala391-to-Thr391 substitution has an effect on intracellular cadmium accumulation and cell toxicity, providing a potential mechanistic explanation for the association of this genetic variant with blood pressure.
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© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
Keywords: |
Blood Pressure, Cadmium, Cation Transport Proteins, Cell Survival, Endothelial Cells, Genome-Wide Association Study, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Kidney, Male, Testis, Testis, Kidney, Endothelial Cells, Humans, Cadmium, Cation Transport Proteins, Cell Survival, Blood Pressure, Male, Genome-Wide Association Study, HEK293 Cells, Genetics & Heredity, 06 Biological Sciences, 11 Medical and Health Sciences |
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: |
Academic Structure > Institute of Medical & Biomedical Education (IMBE) |
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Hum Mol Genet |
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1460-2083 |
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eng |
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15 September 2016 | Published | 27 July 2016 | Published Online | 11 July 2016 | Accepted |
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Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 |
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PubMed ID: |
27466201 |
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https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/112398 |
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https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddw236 |
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