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  • The human angiotensinogen (hAGT) gene has different haplotypes (gene variations) linked to hypertension risk, with -6A/-217A associated with higher blood pressure and -6G/-217G linked to lower cardiovascular risk.
  • Research using double transgenic mice with human renin genes shows that glucocorticoid therapy (like with dexamethasone) enhances hAGT expression, particularly in mice with the -6A haplotype, through better binding to glucocorticoid receptors.
  • The findings suggest that glucocorticoids can influence blood pressure and the renin-angiotensin system based on the specific haplotype present, leading to increased blood pressure

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The human angiotensinogen (hAGT) gene has polymorphisms in its 2.5-kb promoter that form two haplotype (Hap) blocks: -6A/G (-1670A/G, -1562C/T, and -1561T/C) and -217A/G (-532T/C, -793A/G, -1074T/C, and -1178G/A). Hap -6A/-217A is associated with human hypertension, whereas Hap -6G/-217G reduces cardiovascular risk. Hap -6A/-217A has increased promoter activity with enhanced transcription factor binding, including to the glucocorticoid receptor (GR). Glucocorticoid therapy frequently causes hypertension, the mechanisms for which are incompletely understood. We have engineered double transgenic (TG) mice containing the human renin gene with either Hap of the hAGT gene and examined the physiological significance of glucocorticoid-mediated allele-specific regulation of the hAGT gene. We have also studied the consequential effects on the renin angiotensin system and blood pressure. TG mice with Hap -6A and -6G were treated with and without a low dose of a GR agonist, dexamethasone (2.5 μg/ml), for 72 h. We found greater chromatin-GR binding with increased GR agonist-induced hAGT expression in liver and renal tissues of Hap -6A mice. Additionally, dexamethasone treatment increased circulating hAGT and angiotensin II levels in Hap -6A mice, as compared with -6G mice. Importantly, GR agonist significantly increased blood pressure and redox markers in TG mice with Hap-6A of the hAGT gene. Taken together, our results show, for the first time, that glucocorticoids affect hAGT expression in a haplotype-dependent fashion with SNPs in Hap -6A favoring agonist-induced GR binding. This leads to increased expression of the hAGT, up-regulation of the renin angiotensin system, and increased blood pressure and oxidative stress in Hap -6A mice.

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