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. 2019 Mar 27;76(12):2391–2409. doi: 10.1007/s00018-019-03079-4

Table 2.

Summary of genes involved in acute heart rate increase

Gene Variant Chromosome/position Minor/major allele/MAF Type of study Increase/decrease P value Type of exercise test Population Author; year
ACE a Del intron 16 17:63488529 Deletion/insertion  Candidate > 5.00 × 10−2 Maximal and submaximal bicycle General Rankinen et al. (2000) [25]
ADRA1A rs544215 8:26712028 C/T/0.46 Candidate 5.00 × 10−3 Standard Bruce General Ingelsson et al. (2007) [12]
ADRA1D rs3787441 20:4205059 G/A/0.27 Candidate 7.00 × 10−3 Standard Bruce General Ingelsson et al. (2007) [12]
ADRB1 rs1801253 10:114045297 C/G/0.28 Candidate < 5.00 × 10−2 Maximal Patients in cardiac rehab Defoor et al. (2005) [29]
ADRB1 rs1801252 10:114044277 G/A/0.21 Candidate < 5.00 × 10−2 Maximal Patients in cardiac rehab Defoor et al. (2005) [29]
ADRB2 rs1042713 5:148826877 A/G/- Candidate < 5.00 × 10−2 Hand grip test General Eisenach et al.(2003)[30]
CAV2 rs28495552 7:116113744 C/G/0.50 GWAS 2.80 × 10−11 Submaximal bicycle General Ramirez et al. (2018) [15]
CCDC141 rs10497529 2:179839888 A/G/0.04 GWAS 2.50 × 10−9 Submaximal bicycle General Ramirez et al. (2018) [15]
GNAS1 b rs7121 20:58903752 C/T/0.37 Candidate <5.00 × 10−2 Ergometer Referred for exercise test Nieminen et al. (2006) [28]
HMGA2 rs1480470 12:66412130 A/G/0.37 GWAS  3.40 × 10−08 Submaximal bicycle General Ramirez et al. (2018) [15]
MCTP2 rs12906962 15:95312071 C/T/0.32 GWAS  3.50 × 10−13 Submaximal bicycle General Ramirez et al. (2018) [15]
MCTP2 rs12906962 15:95312071 C/T/0.33 GWAS  2.70 × 10−14 Submaximal bicycle General Verweij et al. (2018) [14]
NOLA c,d rs6847149 4:111157701 GWAS  2.74 × 10−06 Standard Bruce General Vasan et al. (2007) [34]
NOS3 e rs1799983 7:150999023 T/G/0.26 Candidate 4.00  × 10−2 Naughton protocol Post-menopausal women Hand et al. (2006) [26]
PAX2 rs11190709 10:102552663 G/A/0.12 GWAS  1.30 × 10−11 Submaximal bicycle General Ramirez et al. (2018) [15]
POP4 rs12986417 19:30109533 A/G/0.35 GWAS  1.00 × 10−9 Submaximal bicycle General Verweij et al. (2018) [14]
POP4 rs7255293 19:30104198 G/A/0.42 GWAS  3.20 × 10−9 Submaximal bicycle General Ramirez et al.(2018)[15]
PPIL1 rs236352 6:36817113 A/G/0.34 GWAS  6.40 × 10−10 Submaximal bicycle General Ramirez et al. (2018) [15]
RGS6 rs17180489 14:72885471 C/G/0.14 GWAS 2.50 × 10−11 Submaximal bicycle General Verweij et al. (2018) [14]
RNF220 rs272564 1:45012273 C/A/0.28 GWAS 7.40 × 10−12 Submaximal bicycle General Ramirez et al. (2018) [15]
RP1L1 rs58065122 8:10526186 A/G/0.42 GWAS 3.90 × 10−10 Submaximal bicycle General Ramirez et al. (2018) [15]
RYR2 c,d rs2819770 1:234237045 GWAS 3.53 × 10−6 Standard Bruce General Vasan et al. (2007) [34]
SCN10A rs7433723 3:38784957 G/A/0.42 GWAS 4.50 × 10−8 Submaximal bicycle General Ramirez et al. (2018) [15]
SNCAIP rs4836027 5:121866990 C/T/0.32 GWAS 1.70 × 10−15 Submaximal bicycle General Verweij et al. (2018) [14]
SNCA1P rs4836027 5:121866990 C/T/0.31 GWAS 9.90 × 10−21 Submaximal bicycle General Ramirez et al. (2018) [15]
SOX5 rs4246224 12:24784139 A/G/0.15 GWAS 1.80 × 10−14 Submaximal bicycle General Ramirez et al. (2018) [15]
SYT10 rs1343676 12:33537387 T/C/0.51 GWAS 1.50 × 10−11 Submaximal bicycle General Ramirez et al. (2018) [15]
TCF4 rs1125313 18:52859261 C/A/0.50 GWAS 3.90 × 10−9 Submaximal bicycle General Ramirez et al. (2018) [15]

Genes found to be associated with heart rate increase during exercise are shown in alphabetical order and are then ordered on the year published. Variation stands for either an SNP or deletion/insertion mutation. MAF stands for Minor Allele Frequency. Effects of a variant (in- or decrease) on heart rate increase during exercise are shown for the Minor Allele. Candidate stands for candidate gene study. GWAS stands for genome-wide association study. A hyphen is shown in case information which was not reported

aResults from only one candidate gene study on ACE are shown; largest study was chosen; G allele in case of deletion; in case of insertion ATACAGTCACTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTGAGACGGAGTCTCGCTCTGTCGCCC

bStatistics from gene time of exercise interaction are showed

cStandard Bruce protocol is a maximal exercise treadmill test

dStatistics from the generalized estimating equations (GEE) tests are shown; Alleles were not mentioned in this article. None reached genome-wide significance; however, these were the most suggestive results

eNaughton protocol is a maximal exercise treadmill test