Department of Pharmacology and Kohwang Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Department of Urology, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Int Neurourol J. 2013 Dec;17(4):168-73. doi: 10.5213/inj.2013.17.4.168. Epub 2013 Dec 31.
Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) is a well-known gene involved in alcohol and aldehyde metabolism. Moreover, recent studies have reported associations between ALDH2 and age-related disorders. Benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) is an age-related disorder and genetic factors may contribute to its onset. In this study, we investigated the association of a well-studied ALDH2 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs671, with the onset and clinical features of BPH.
A total of 222 BPH patients and 214 control subjects were genotyped. The clinical features of the BPH patients (prostate volume, prostate-specific antigen level, and International Prostatic Symptom Score) were analyzed.
The results show that rs671 was only associated with the volume of BPH in genotype and allele frequencies (P<0.05).
We propose that rs671 is an Asian-specific SNP in ALDH2 that may affect the disease progression of BPH in the Korean population.
醛脱氢酶 2(ALDH2)是参与酒精和醛代谢的知名基因。此外,最近的研究报告称 ALDH2 与与年龄相关的疾病之间存在关联。良性前列腺增生(BPH)是一种与年龄相关的疾病,遗传因素可能促成其发病。在这项研究中,我们调查了研究充分的 ALDH2 单核苷酸多态性(SNP)rs671 与 BPH 发病和临床特征的关系。
对 222 名 BPH 患者和 214 名对照进行基因分型。分析 BPH 患者的临床特征(前列腺体积、前列腺特异性抗原水平和国际前列腺症状评分)。
结果表明,rs671 仅与基因型和等位基因频率的 BPH 体积相关(P<0.05)。
我们提出 rs671 是 ALDH2 中的一个亚洲特异性 SNP,可能影响韩国人群中 BPH 的疾病进展。