Welcome to Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics,Today is Chinese

Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2010, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (9): 961-966.

    Next Articles

Correlation between ACE gene I/D polymorphism and clinical efficacy of iptakalim in Chinese Han hypertensive population

DUAN Rui-feng1, CUI Wen-yu2, GAO Hong-yan3, WANG Xiao-pei3, HU Sheng-kai3, LIU Wei2, WANG Hai1,2,3   

  1. 1Department of Environmental Medicine, Institute of Health and Environmental Medicine;
    2Department of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China;
    3Thadweik Acodemy of Medicine, Beijing 100039, China
  • Received:2010-08-20 Revised:2010-09-14 Online:2010-09-26 Published:2020-09-17

Abstract: AIM: To study the correlation between angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism and the clinical efficacy of iptakalim in a Chinese Han hypertensive population.METHODS: The ACE I/D polymorphism of 162 Chinese Han hypertensive patients treated with iptakalim for 8 weeks was determined by the polymerase chain reaction technique.RESULTS: Among the 162 cases of hypertensive patients, the frequencies of II, ID, and DD were 40.1%, 46.3%, and 13.6%, respectively. The pretreatment SBP and DBP were (153±13) mm Hg and (100±4) mm Hg, respectively. The pretreatment DBP were not different in the three groups, while the pretreatment SBP were larger in patients with the DD genotype than those with the II and ID genotypes (P<0.05). The posttreatment SBP and DBP were (142±13) mm Hg and (89±9) mm Hg, respectively. The changes of SBP and DBP by iptakalim were significant (P<0.001). The posttreatment SBP were similar in the three groups, while a greater decrease in DBP was observed in patients with the II genotype than those with the ID genotype (P<0.05). The clinical efficacy was 66.67% after iptakalim administration in 162 patients. The clinical efficacy of the II genotype group (75.38%) was higher than that of the ID genotype group (58.67%) (P<0.05).CONCLUSION: Iptakalim is a new and effective antihypertensive drug. The patients with the genotype II have better clinical efficacy.

Key words: Iptakalim, Hypertension, ACE, Gene polymorphism

CLC Number: