Volume 8, Number 4, December 2007

Genetic polymorphisms of the renin-angiotensin system in preterm delivery and premature rupture of membranes
Laura L Valdez-Velazquez, Antonio Quintero-Ramos, Sandra A Perez, Francisco Mendoza-Carrera, Hector Montoya-Fuentes, Fernando Rivas Jr., Norma Olivares, Alfredo Celis, Oscar F Vazquez, Fernando Rivas

Introduction: Premature rupture of membranes (PRM) is a late pregnancy complication commonly associated with preterm delivery (PD). Although several markers related to the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) have been evaluated in certain pregnancy complications, only the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) I/D variant has been studied in PD-PRM. The aim of this survey was to investigate the association of the polymorphisms (angiotensin II type 1 [AT₁] receptor T174M and M235T, renin G2805A, ACE I/D and AT₁-receptor A1166C) of the genes of RAS in women with PD-PRM.
Design: Deoxyribonucleic acid samples from 89 Mexican Mestizo women with PD and PRM and 224–288 controls were studied. Polymorphisms were analysed by polymerase chain reaction-restricted fragment length polymorphism or sequence specific primer assays.
Results: For all loci, genotype distribution was in agreement with Hardy–Weinberg expectations in the control group. Significant intergroup difference (case vs. control) was seen for angiotensinogen (AGT) M235T polymorphism, with an increased allele M235 in affected cases (50% vs. 40% in controls). Analysis of two-locus haplotype agrees with an independent segregation of physically unlinked genes. Haplotype AGT 174T-235M was also increased (50% vs. 40% in controls).
Conclusions: Physically unlinked genes involved in RAS segregate independently. The AGT 174–235 region is associated with PD-PRM in this population.

JRAAS 2007;8:160-168.

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