QTL mapping of rat blood pressure loci on RNO1 within a homologous region linked to human hypertension on HSA15.
Fine-mapping of regions linked to the inheritance of hypertension is accomplished by genetic dissection of blood pressure quantitative trait loci (BP QTLs) in rats. The goal of the current study was to further fine-map two genomic regions on rat chromosome 1 with opposing blood pressure effects (BP...
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| description | Fine-mapping of regions linked to the inheritance of hypertension is accomplished by genetic dissection of blood pressure quantitative trait loci (BP QTLs) in rats. The goal of the current study was to further fine-map two genomic regions on rat chromosome 1 with opposing blood pressure effects (BP QTL1b1 and BP QTL1b1a), the homologous region of which on human chromosome 15 harbors BP QTLs. Two new substrains were constructed and studied from the previously reported BP QTL1b1, one having significantly lower systolic BP by 17 mmHg than that of the salt-sensitive (S) rat (P = 0.007). The new limits of BP QTL1b1 were between 134.09 Mb and 135.40 Mb with a 43% improvement from the previous 2.31 Mb to the current 1.31 Mb interval containing 4 protein-coding genes (Rgma, Chd2, Fam174b, and St8sia2), 2 predicted miRNAs, and 4 lncRNAs. One new substrain was constructed and studied from the previously reported BPQTL1b1a having a significantly higher systolic BP by 22 mmHg (P = 0.006) than that of the S rat. The new limits of BPQTL1b1a were between 133.53 Mb and 134.52 Mb with a 32% improvement from the previous1.45 Mb to the current 990.21 Kb interval containing 1 protein-coding gene, Mctp2, and a lncRNA. The congenic segments of these two BP QTLs overlapped between 134.09 Mb and 134.52 Mb. No exonic variants were detected in any of the genes. These findings reiterate complexity of genetic regulation of BP within QTL regions, where elements beyond protein-coding sequences could be factors in controlling BP. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7d03c295f68f4b379f63cfd7108aca282022-12-21T18:00:31ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032019-01-01148e022165810.1371/journal.pone.0221658QTL mapping of rat blood pressure loci on RNO1 within a homologous region linked to human hypertension on HSA15.Blair MellXi ChengBina JoeFine-mapping of regions linked to the inheritance of hypertension is accomplished by genetic dissection of blood pressure quantitative trait loci (BP QTLs) in rats. The goal of the current study was to further fine-map two genomic regions on rat chromosome 1 with opposing blood pressure effects (BP QTL1b1 and BP QTL1b1a), the homologous region of which on human chromosome 15 harbors BP QTLs. Two new substrains were constructed and studied from the previously reported BP QTL1b1, one having significantly lower systolic BP by 17 mmHg than that of the salt-sensitive (S) rat (P = 0.007). The new limits of BP QTL1b1 were between 134.09 Mb and 135.40 Mb with a 43% improvement from the previous 2.31 Mb to the current 1.31 Mb interval containing 4 protein-coding genes (Rgma, Chd2, Fam174b, and St8sia2), 2 predicted miRNAs, and 4 lncRNAs. One new substrain was constructed and studied from the previously reported BPQTL1b1a having a significantly higher systolic BP by 22 mmHg (P = 0.006) than that of the S rat. The new limits of BPQTL1b1a were between 133.53 Mb and 134.52 Mb with a 32% improvement from the previous1.45 Mb to the current 990.21 Kb interval containing 1 protein-coding gene, Mctp2, and a lncRNA. The congenic segments of these two BP QTLs overlapped between 134.09 Mb and 134.52 Mb. No exonic variants were detected in any of the genes. These findings reiterate complexity of genetic regulation of BP within QTL regions, where elements beyond protein-coding sequences could be factors in controlling BP.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221658 |
| spellingShingle | Blair Mell Xi Cheng Bina Joe QTL mapping of rat blood pressure loci on RNO1 within a homologous region linked to human hypertension on HSA15. PLoS ONE |
| title | QTL mapping of rat blood pressure loci on RNO1 within a homologous region linked to human hypertension on HSA15. |
| title_full | QTL mapping of rat blood pressure loci on RNO1 within a homologous region linked to human hypertension on HSA15. |
| title_fullStr | QTL mapping of rat blood pressure loci on RNO1 within a homologous region linked to human hypertension on HSA15. |
| title_full_unstemmed | QTL mapping of rat blood pressure loci on RNO1 within a homologous region linked to human hypertension on HSA15. |
| title_short | QTL mapping of rat blood pressure loci on RNO1 within a homologous region linked to human hypertension on HSA15. |
| title_sort | qtl mapping of rat blood pressure loci on rno1 within a homologous region linked to human hypertension on hsa15 |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221658 |
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