McCarthy, NS;
Vangjeli, C;
Surendran, P;
Treumann, A;
Rooney, C;
Ho, E;
Sever, P;
... Stanton, AV; + view all
(2018)
Genetic variants in PPARGC1B and CNTN4 are associated with
thromboxane A2 formation and with cardiovascular event free
survival in the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT).
Atherosclerosis
, 269
pp. 42-49.
10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.12.013.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Elevated urinary 11-dehydro thromboxane B 2 (TxB 2 ), a measure of thromboxane A 2 formation in vivo, predicts future atherothrombotic events. To further understand this relationship, the genetic determinants of 11-dehydro TxB 2 and their associations with cardiovascular morbidity were investigated in this study. METHODS: Genome-wide and targeted genetic association studies of urinary 11-dehydro TxB 2 were conducted in 806 Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT) participants. RESULTS: The strongest associations were in PPARGC1B (rs4235745, rs32582, rs10515638) and CNTN4 (rs10510230, rs4684343), these 5 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were independently associated with 11-dehydro TxB 2 formation. Haplotypes of 11-dehydro TxB 2 increasing alleles for both PPARGC1B and CNTN4 were significantly associated with 11-dehydro TxB 2 , explaining 5.2% and 4.5% of the variation in the whole cohort, and 8.8% and 7.9% in participants not taking aspirin, respectively. In a second ASCOT population (n = 6199), addition of these 5 SNPs significantly improved the covariate-only Cox proportional hazards model for cardiovascular events (chisq = 14.7, p=0.01). Two of the risk alleles associated with increased urinary 11-dehydro TxB 2 were individually associated with greater incidences of cardiovascular events - rs10515638 (HR = 1.31, p=0.01) and rs10510230 (HR = 1.25, p=0.007); effect sizes were larger in those not taking aspirin. CONCLUSIONS: PPARGC1B and CNTN4 genotypes are associated with elevated thromboxane A 2 formation and with an excess of cardiovascular events. Aspirin appears to blunt these associations. If specific protection of PPARGC1B and CNTN4 variant carriers by aspirin is confirmed by additional studies, PPARGC1B and CNTN4 genotyping could potentially assist in clinical decision making regarding the use of aspirin in primary prevention.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Genetic variants in PPARGC1B and CNTN4 are associated with thromboxane A2 formation and with cardiovascular event free survival in the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.12.013 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.12.0... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Genome wide association study; Thromboxane; Thrombosis |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science > Population Science and Experimental Medicine |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10040762 |
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