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Association analysis of APO gene polymorphisms with ischemic stroke risk: a case-control study in a Chinese Han population

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Rongjun Xiao, Shuaiqi Sun, Jiayi Zhang, Yongri Ouyang, Ning Zhang, Min Yang, Tianbo Jin _ and Ying Xia

Abstract

Rongjun Xiao1,*, Shuaiqi Sun1,*, Jiayi Zhang2, Yongri Ouyang2, Ning Zhang2, Min Yang2, Tianbo Jin2 and Ying Xia1

1 Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Haikou Hospital of Xiangya Medical College of Central South University, Haikou People’s Hospital, Haikou, Hainan, China

2 School of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

3 Key Laboratory of High Altitude Environment and Genes Related to Diseases of Tibet Autonomous Region, School of Medicine, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China

* These authors have Contributed equally to this work

Correspondence to:

Tianbo Jin, email:

Ying Xia, email:

Keywords: APO; ischemic stroke; gene polymorphisms; case-control study; Chinese Han population

Received: January 10, 2017 Accepted: February 13, 2017 Published: February 20, 2017

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the association of APO gene polymorphisms and ischemic stroke risk in a Chinese Han population. In this case-control study, we geno­typed 14 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 3 APO genes in 488 cases and 503 controls using Sequenom Mass-ARRAY technology and evaluated their association with ischemic stroke using the χ2 and genetic model analysis. In the allelic model analysis, we determined three SNPs were significantly associated with ischemic stroke: rs693 with a p value of 0.042 (OR = 1.406; 95%CI = 1.011-1.956), rs651821 with a p value of 0.007 (OR = 0.760; 95%CI = 0.622-0.929) and rs662799 with a p value of 0.006 (OR = 0.755; 95%CI = 0.618-0.923). In the genetic model analysis, we found the minor allele “A” of rs693 was associated with an increased ischemic stroke risk in the additive model and dominant model. The minor allele “C” of rs651821 was associated with a decreased ischemic stroke risk in the additive model. The minor allele “G” of rs662799 was associated with a decreased ischemic stroke risk in the additive model. Additionally, strong linkage was found in 3 blocks constituted by rs1042034, rs676210, rs693, rs673548 in APOB; rs3791981, rs679899 in APOB; and rs651821, rs662799, rs17120035 in APOA5. Our data suggested that gene polymorphisms in the APO genes may exert influences ischemic stroke susceptibility in a Chinese Han population.


Introduction

In recent years, ischemic stroke is becoming the most seriously disabling illness in industrialized countries [1]. As the population growth and aging in the world, the incidence of ischemic stroke is increasing every year. We have to take action now to look for some novel targets for new therapeutic strategies [2]. Previous study have suggested that the ischemic stroke is a multifactorial disease which is influenced by many factors, such as age, gender, obesity, smoking status, history of hypertension, diabetes and abnormal lipid metabolism as well as gene variation [3, 4]. Recent studies have identified several predisposing genes that are associated with ischemic stroke risk, including HDAC9 [5], LTC4S, ALOX5 [6], APOA1, APOB [7].

The protein encoded by APOA1 is the major protein component of high density lipoprotein (HDL) in plasma. Defects in APOA1 are associated with HDL deficiencies, including Tangier disease and systemic non-neuropathic amyloidosis [8]. APOA1 is closely linked with APOA5, which is another apolipoprotein gene on chromosome 11. The apolipoprotein encoded by APOA5 regulates the plasma triglyceride levels. Previous study have found that APOA5 mutations are associated with hypertriglyceridemia and hyperlipoproteinemia type 5 [9].

The protein encoded by APOB is the main apolipoprotein of chylomicrons and low density lipoproteins (LDL). Mutations in APOB or its regulatory region cause hypobetalipoproteinemia, normotriglyceridemic hypobetalipoproteinemia and hypercholesterolemia [10]. Additionally, APO levels have a closely correlation with lipid levels in the human body, and APOB/APOA1 could be used for predicting of abnormal lipid metabolism related disease [7].

To date, several independent studies suggest that APOA1, APOA5 and APOB levels are risk factors for ischemic stroke risk in Western populations. However, little is known about the contribution of APOA1, APOA5 and APOB genes polymorphisms to ischemic stroke risk, especially in the Chinese Han population. We therefore performed a case-control study to investigate the associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in APOA1, APOA5 and APOB, and the risk of ischemic stroke in Chinese Han population.

Results

This study included 488 ischemic stroke cases (325 men, 163 women; mean age 63.96 ± 11.06 years) and 503 healthy controls (196 men, 308 women; mean age 50.36 ± 7.89 years). The clinical characteristics of cases and controls are shown in Table 1. Age (p < 0.001) and sex (p < 0.001) were significantly different between cases and healthy controls. Multivariate analyses were adjusted for age and sex.

Table 1: Basic characteristics of case and control subjects.

Variables

Case (n= 488)

Control (n=503)

p value

No.

%

No.

%

Sex

Male

325

66.6

195

38.9

p<0.001a

Female

163

33.4

308

61.1

Age

Mean ± SD

63.96 ± 11.06

50.36 ± 7.89

p <0.001b

aP values were calculated by two-sided chi-square tests;

bP values were calculated from Student t tests.

To design the multiplexed SNPs MassEXTEND assay, we used Sequenom MassARRAY Assay Design 3.0 Software (PCR primers are shown in Table 2). The minor allele frequencies (MAFs) of the analyzed SNPs in the case and control groups are shown in Table 3. All SNPs were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) in the controls (p > 0.05). We found three SNPs were significantly associated with ischemic stroke: rs693 with a p value of 0.042 (OR = 1.406; 95%CI = 1.011-1.956), rs651821 with a p value of 0.007 (OR = 0.760; 95%CI = 0.622-0.929) and rs662799 with a p value of 0.006 (OR = 0.755; 95%CI = 0.618-0.923).

Table 2: PCR primers used for this study.

SNP_ID

1st-PCR primer sequences

2nd-PCR primer sequences

UEP sequences

rs1042034

ACGTTGGATGATGAAGATTAAGGCATAGG

ACGTTGGATGATCCAAGATGAGATCAACAC

ATGAGATCAACACAATCTTCA

rs1801702

ACGTTGGATGTCCTTTCGAGTTAAGGAAAC

ACGTTGGATGGGCTTTAAATACCTCTTGGG

TGATAAATCTTTCAACAGTTCC

rs676210

ACGTTGGATGATAGCTTGCCAAAAGTAGG

ACGTTGGATGTTTTCAAGTTCCTGACCTTC

ggtccAGTTCCTGACCTTCACATAC

rs693

ACGTTGGATGGGTATCGTTGAAGTTCCTGC

ACGTTGGATGCACATGAAGGCCAAATTCCG

aGCCAAATTCCGAGAGAC

rs673548

ACGTTGGATGCTTTCAGTGCATTGTCCAG

ACGTTGGATGAAGAGCAATGAACATTAGGC

GAACATTAGGCAAAAATACC

rs3791981

ACGTTGGATGCTACCTAGCTACCTCAAATC

ACGTTGGATGGTTTTGAGAATGAAGAAACA

AGAATGAAGAAACAATAGCTC

rs679899

ACGTTGGATGTCCATGACAGTTGGAAGTTG

ACGTTGGATGATAACATGGTGTGTCAGCTC

CTGAAAAAGTTAGTGAAAGAAG

rs512535

ACGTTGGATGTTCCGGTGGGAAATGGGCAG

ACGTTGGATGCCTCATAGACATCTGGAACC

aCATGCATCGTTTCCTTC

rs651821

ACGTTGGATGCTCCCTCCACCTGTCTTCT

ACGTTGGATGAGACCCACCTGAAAGAAGAG

CAGCCATGCTTGCCATTA

rs662799

ACGTTGGATGAGCATTTGGGCTTGCTCTCC

ACGTTGGATGTCTGAGCCCCAGGAACTGGA

cctGAACTGGAGCGAAAGT

rs17120035

ACGTTGGATGTACACACGTTCACAAGCTCC

ACGTTGGATGCTGGTGCAATGATGGTAGTG

GGATTGATTCAAGATGCATTTA

rs9804646

ACGTTGGATGCTGGGTTCTGATTCTGGTTG

ACGTTGGATGGTTTGAGGAGATCAAGTGGC

ACGTTGGATGCTTTCAGTGCATTGTCCAG

rs5072

ACGTTGGATGTGTGACCCTGCCTGGAGAT

ACGTTGGATGCCGAGTCCTCACCTAATATC

gaatATGGTCTGGATGGAGAAAC

rs632153

ACGTTGGATGAGCTGTGCTCCTGGAGGCTG

ACGTTGGATGAGGGACATGAGCAACCCTTC

AGCTGGAGAAGGCAAAG

Table 3: Allele frequencies in cases and controls and odds ratio estimates for ischemic stroke risk (adjusted for gender and age).

SNP ID

Chromosome

Position

Allele

Gene

Role

HWE p

MAF

OR(95%CI)

p value

A/B

Case

Control

rs1042034

2

21225281

T/C

APOB

Coding exon

0.1247

0.297

0.282

1.075(0.885-1.305)

0.467

rs1801702

2

21225485

G/C

APOB

Coding exon

1

0.027

0.029

0.922(0.539-1.577)

0.767

rs676210

2

21231524

G/A

APOB

Coding exon

0.1534

0.295

0.283

1.057(0.870-1.284)

0.577

rs693

2

21232195

A/G

APOB

Coding exon

0.2639

0.091

0.067

1.406(1.011-1.956)

0.042*

rs673548

2

21237544

G/A

APOB

Intron (boundary)

0.1526

0.295

0.284

1.056(0.869-1.283)

0.581

rs3791981

2

21245367

G/A

APOB

Intron

0.1267

0.046

0.051

0.905(0.600-1.365)

0.634

rs679899

2

21250914

G/A

APOB

Coding exon

0.8762

0.184

0.173

1.081(0.859-1.361)

0.505

rs512535

2

21267782

T/C

APOB

Promoter

0.7202

0.256

0.249

1.041(0.850-1.275)

0.696

rs651821

11

116662579

C/T

APOA5

5' UTR

0.9139

0.238

0.291

0.760(0.622-0.929)

0.007*

rs662799

11

116663707

G/A

APOA5

Promoter

1

0.238

0.292

0.755(0.618-0.923)

0.006*

rs17120035

11

116663851

T/C

APOA5

Promoter

1

0.100

0.100

1.000(0.746-1.341)

0.999

rs9804646

11

116665079

T/C

APOA5

Promoter

0.8933

0.221

0.211

1.064(0.859-1.318)

0.567

rs5072

11

116707583

A/G

APOA1

Intron

0.5463

0.333

0.333

1.001(0.831-1.207)

0.988

rs632153

11

116710239

T/G

APOA1

Promoter

0.4523

0.065

0.065

1.001(0.700-1.433)

0.995

SNP single nucleotide polymorphism, HWE Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, MAF minor allele frequency, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval.

*p ≤ 0.05 indicates statistical significance.

We further assessed the association between each SNP and ischemic stroke risk in an unconditional logistic regression analysis, which was performed using three models: additive, dominant and recessive model (Table 4). The minor allele “A” of rs693 in APOB was associated with an increased ischemic stroke risk in the additive model (OR = 1.583; 95 % CI = 1.045 - 2.397; p = 0.030) and dominant model (OR = 1.610; 95 % CI = 1.024 - 2.530; p = 0.039) respectively. The minor allele “C” of rs651821 in APOA5 was associated with a decreased ischemic stroke risk in the additive model (OR = 0.773; 95 % CI = 0.597 - 0.999; p = 0.040). The minor allele “G” of rs662799 in APOA5 was associated with a decreased ischemic stroke risk in the additive model (OR = 0. 768; 95 % CI = 0.593 - 0.993; p = 0.044).

Table 4: Association between APO SNPs and ischemic stroke risk in multiple inheritance models (adjusted for gender and age)

SNP ID

Minor Allele

Additive model

Dominant model

Recessive model

OR (95% CI)

p value

OR (95% CI)

p value

OR (95% CI)

p value

rs1042034

T

1.143 (0.895-1.461)

0.284

1.218 (0.881-1.684)

0.233

1.111 (0.642-1.923)

0.707

rs1801702

G

0.962 (0.483-1.917)

0.912

0.940 (0.463-1.909)

0.864

-

0.999

rs676210

G

1.119 (0.875-1.431)

0.372

1.196 (0.865-1.653)

0.280

1.046 (0.600-1.823)

0.874

rs693

A

1.583 (1.045-2.397)

0.030*

1.610 (1.024-2.530)

0.039*

2.685 (0.484-14.890)

0.258

rs673548

G

1.109 (0.867-1.419)

0.409

1.180 (0.853-1.632)

0.319

1.044 (0.599-1.818)

0.880

rs3791981

G

0.770 (0.457-1.297)

0.326

0.792 (0.450-1.393)

0.419

0.276 (0.022-3.536)

0.323

rs679899

G

1.019 (0.757-1.372)

0.901

1.059 (0.751-1.492)

0.745

0.795 (0.316-2.003)

0.627

rs512535

T

0.971 (0.748-1.262)

0.828

0.965 (0.751-1.492)

0.829

0.965 (0.502-1.857)

0.915

rs651821

C

0.773 (0.597-0.999)

0.040*

0.743 (0.536-1.028)

0.073

0.659 (0.352-1.231)

0.190

rs662799

G

0.768 (0.593-0.993)

0.044*

0.735 (0.531-1.017)

0.063

0.660 (0.353-1.233)

0.193

rs17120035

T

0.999 (0.688-1.453)

0.998

0.971 (0.644-1.462)

0.887

1.472 (0.323-6.588)

0.613

rs9804646

T

1.071 (0.812-1.413)

0.626

1.056 (0.758-1.472)

0.746

1.261 (0.589-2.700)

0.551

rs5072

A

0.915 (0.716-1.170)

0.480

0.869 (0.627-1.204)

0.398

0.961 (0.567-1.627)

0.882

rs632153

T

1.028 (0.641-1.651)

0.908

1.050 (0.644-1.711)

0.844

0.355 (0.008-16.740)

0.599

SNP single nucleotide polymorphism, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval.

*p ≤ 0.05 indicates statistical significance.

We further characterized the SNPs in APOs using linkage disequilibrium (LD) and haplotype analyses. Figure 1 showed the two blocks in APOB constructed by rs1042034, rs676210, rs693, rs673548 and rs3791981, rs679899 in chromosome 2 with D’ = 1. Figure 2 showed the block in APOA5 constructed by rs651821, rs662799 and rs17120035 in chromosome 11 with D’ = 1. The association analysis between the three blocks and ischemic stroke risk was shown in Table 5. The haplotype “TGAG” in APOB constructed by rs1042034, rs676210, rs693 and rs673548 in chromosome 2 was associated with an increased ischemic stroke risk (OR = 1.583; 95 % CI = 1.045 - 2.397; p = 0.031). The haplotype “CGC” in APOA5 constructed by rs651821, rs662799 and rs17120035 in chromosome 11 was associated with a decreased ischemic stroke risk (OR = 0.770; 95 % CI = 0.595 - 0.997; p = 0.047).

Table 5: Haplotype frequencies of APO genes and the association with ischemic stroke risk in cases and control (adjusted for gender and age).

Chromosome

Gene

SNPs

Haplotype

Frequency

Frequency

OR

95% CI

p value

Case

Control

chr2

APOB

rs1042034|rs676210|rs693|rs673548

TGAG

0.091

0.067

1.583

1.045

2.397

0.030*

TGGG

0.203

0.216

0.940

0.714

1.238

0.659

CAGA

0.701

0.717

0.873

0.683

1.115

0.276

chr2

APOB

rs3791981|rs679899

GG

0.046

0.050

0.774

0.459

1.306

0.338

AG

0.138

0.123

1.139

0.815

1.592

0.447

AA

0.816

0.826

0.984

0.731

1.324

0.913

chr11

APOA5

rs651821|rs662799|rs17120035

TAT

0.100

0.100

1.000

0.688

1.453

0.998

CGC

0.238

0.291

0.770

0.595

0.997

0.047*

TAC

0.662

0.607

1.245

0.985

1.573

0.067

SNP single nucleotide polymorphism, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval.

*p ≤ 0.05 indicates statistical significance.

D&#x2019; linkage map for the 8 SNPs in

Figure 1: D’ linkage map for the 8 SNPs in APOB.

D&#x2019; linkage map for the 6 SNPs in

Figure 2: D’ linkage map for the 6 SNPs in APOA1 and APOA5. A standard color scheme was used to display linkage disequilibrium (LD), with bright red corresponding to strong LD (LOD = 2, D’ = 1), white corresponding to no LD (LOD < 2, D’ < 1), and pink/red (LOD = 2, D’ < 1) and blue (LOD < 2, D’ = 1) corresponding to intermediate LD.

Discussion

In the current study, we evaluated the association between fourteen SNPs in three APO genes and ischemic stroke risk in the Chinese Han population. We found the minor allele “A” of rs693 was associated with an increased ischemic stroke risk. The minor allele “C” of rs651821 and “G” of rs662799 have a protective role for ischemic stroke.

The SNP rs693 at chromosome 2p24.1 was located in the exon region of APOB gene. The minor allele “A” of rs693 in codon 3611 resulted in amino acid substitution of glutamine to arginine, which could further changed the LDL-receptor binding affinity [11]. Previous studies demonstrated rs693 have a closely correlation with cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol levels [12-15]. Our study demonstrated rs693 was associated with ischemic stroke risk in a Chinese Han population, the detailed mechanism of how the SNP affected the progressing of ischemic stroke deserved further investigation.

The SNP rs651821 and rs662799 at chromosome 11q23.3 was located in the 5’ UTR and promoter region of APOA5 gene respectively. As demonstrated by previous studies, the elevated triglyceride level may be an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke [16]. Human and animal data consistently show that the newly identified APOA5 gene may play an important role in the development of ischemic stroke and triglyceride metabolism [17, 18]. APOA5-1131T/C (rs662799), as one polymorphism site of APOA5, has been widely studied in ischemic stroke susceptibility. However, inconclusive results have been obtained. Some studies supported the conclusion that risk for ischemic stroke was associated with the polymorphism, whereas other studies drew converse conclusions [17-22]. Our study supported rs662799 was associated with ischemic stroke risk in a Chinese Han population, further meta-analysis will be need to confirm the results.

The haplotype analysis suggested that the combination of certain SNPs could increase or decrease the risk of ischemic stroke since the change of a certain SNP may affect the change of another SNP thus generating a joint effect in the progressing of ischemic stroke. The detailed mechanism of this phenomenon deserved further investigation.

Our study had several intrinsic limitations. For example, ischemic stroke is a very complicated process, and environment factors such as eating and exercise habits are important risk factors for ischemic stroke. Because our study had a relatively small sample size, and it did not incorporate data regarding eating and exercise habits, we could not explore the interactions between genetic polymorphisms and environmental factors in ischemic stroke. Therefore, the relationship between APOs polymorphisms and environment factors in ischemic stroke must be evaluated in future studies.

In sum, our present study provided evidence that three SNPs rs693, rs651821 and rs662799 were associated with ischemic stroke risk in a Chinese Han population, which could be used in clinical diagnosis of ischemic stroke. Further investigations are deserved to discover more susceptible loci to other cardiovascular diseases, and to clarify the molecular mechanism of ischemic stroke.

Materials and methods

Study subjects

All the participants in this study were Han Chinese lived in Hainan Province. A total of 488 patients who diagnosed with ischemic stroke were recruited from the Haikou People’s Hospital between January 2013 and February 2016. They were all newly diagnosed to be ischemic stroke patients according to the International Classification of Disease (9th revision, codes 430 to 438) on the basis of history, clinical symptoms, physical examination, and cranial computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. Patients with hemorrhagic stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, transient ischemic attack, traumatic brain injuries, infectious diseases, and tumors were excluded in this study.

We also recruited 503 controls at the Haikou People’s hospital. Controls were healthy, unrelated individuals selected randomly from the medical examination center of the hospital. All participants were informed of the procedures and purpose of the study, and each participant provided signed informed consent forms. The use of human samples in this study was approved by the Ethics Committees of the local participating hospitals and was in accordance with Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) regulations for protection of human research subjects.

Polymorphisms selection and genotyping assays

Candidate SNPs in the APO genes were selected from previously published polymorphisms associated with stroke [23, 24]. Validated tSNPs were selected with a MAF > 5% in the HapMap CHB population. A total of 14 SNPs in the APO genes including 2 SNPs in APOA1, 4 SNPs in APOA5 and 8 SNPs in APOB were selected for further genotyping. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood leukocytes using the GoldMag® nanoparticles method (GoldMag Ltd. Xi’an, China) according to the manufacturer’s instructions and DNA concentration was measured using the NanoDrop 2000 (Thermo Scientific, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA). We used Sequenom MassARRAY Assay Design 3.0 Software to design Multiplexed SNP MassEXTEND assays [25]. SNP genotyping was performed using the Sequenom MassARRAY RS1000 with a standard protocol recommended by the manufacturer [25]. Data management and analyses were performed using the Sequenom Typer 4.0 software as previously described [25, 26].

Statistical analysis

Statistical analyses were performed using Microsoft Excel (Redmond, WA, USA) and SPSS 16.0 statistical package (SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA). All p values in this study were two-sided, and p ≤ 0.05 was considered as the statistical significance threshold [27]. An exact test was used to assess the departure of each SNP frequency from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) in controls. We compared allele frequencies between cases and controls using a χ2 test. p values were calculated using unconditional logistic regression analysis with adjustment for age and gender [28, 29].

The three genetic models (dominant, recessive and additive) were applied by PLINK software (http://www.cog-genomics.org/plink2/) to assess the association of single SNPs with the risk of ischemic stroke. The odds are a way of representing probability, especially familiar for betting. The confidence intervals are standard errors for the log odds ratio. The odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were calculated by unconditional logistic regression analyses adjusted for age and sex [30].

We used the Haploview software package (version 4.2) to analyze the linkage disequi­librium (LD), haplotype construction, genetic association at polymorphism loci and a D’ value greater than 0.8 indicated that the related SNPs formed one block [31]. Marker information, including name and location is loaded separately. The program filters out markers which fall below 5% for subsequent steps. Haplotypes with fre­quencies > 1% were selected for analysis of ischemic stroke risk.

Acknowledgments

This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundations (NO.81360190). We are grateful to all the patients and individuals in the study who made this work possible. We would also like to thank the clinicians and hospital staffs who contributed to data collection for this study.

conflicts of interest

There is no conflict of interest.

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