Beta-adrenergic receptors (beta-ARs) play a pivotal role in the cardiovascular regulation. In the human heart beta1- and beta2-ARs dominate in atria as well as in ventricle influencing heart rate and myocardial contractility. Some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of beta-ARs might influence cardiovascular function. However, the influence of beta-AR genes SNPs on hemodynamic parameters at rest and their reactivity under stress is still not well known. We aimed to explore the associations between four selected beta-ARs gene polymorphisms and selected cardiovascular measures in eighty-seven young healthy subjects. While in beta1-AR polymorphism rs1801252 no significant association was observed, second beta1-AR polymorphism rs1801253 was associated with decreased cardiac output and cardiac index during all phases and with decreased flow time corrected and ejection time index at rest and during mental arithmetics. Polymorphism rs1042713 in beta2-AR was associated with alterations in blood pressure variability at rest and during head-up-tilt, while rs1042714 was associated predominantly with decreased parameters of cardiac contractility at rest and during mental arithmetics. We conclude that complex analysis of various cardiovascular characteristics related to the strength of cardiac contraction and blood pressure variability can reveal subtle differences in cardiovascular sympathetic nervous control associated with beta-ARs polymorphisms.

Department of Physiology Comenius University in Bratislava Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin Martin Slovakia

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