Identification of nine genes as novel susceptibility loci for early‑onset ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, or subarachnoid hemorrhage
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- Published online on: May 29, 2018 https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2018.1104
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Abstract
Introduction
Stroke is the leading cause of severe disability and a life-threatening condition (1). In 2015, there were 6.3 million stroke deaths worldwide (11.8% of total deaths), making stroke the second leading cause of death behind ischemic heart disease (2). Of all strokes, 87% are ischemic stroke, 10% are intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and 3% are subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in the United States (2). The etiology of common forms of stroke is multifactorial and includes both genetic and environmental factors (2,3). Studies with twins, siblings, and families provided substantial evidence for heritability of stroke (2,4). Given that personalized prevention is important to reduce overall burden of stroke, identification of genetic variants for stroke risk is key both for risk prediction and for potential intervention to avert future cerebrovascular events.
The Trial of ORG 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) study (5) classified ischemic stroke into five subtypes: i) Large-artery atherosclerosis; ii) cardioembolism; iii) small-vessel occlusion; iv) stroke of other determined etiology; and v) stroke of undetermined etiology. A family history study of 1,000 individuals with ischemic stroke and 800 controls showed that a family history of stroke was a risk factor for both large-vessel atherosclerosis and small-vessel occlusion, especially in cases aged <65 years (6). The heritability of ischemic stroke was estimated to be 40.3% for large-vessel disease, 32.6% for cardioembolic stroke, 16.1% for small-vessel disease, and 37.9% for all ischemic stroke (7). These observations suggest that genetic components play important roles in the pathogenesis of ischemic stroke, in addition to conventional risk factors such as hypertension and diabetes mellitus (2,8,9).
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) in European ancestry populations identified various genes and loci that confer susceptibility to ischemic stroke (10–17). A recent GWAS identified HDAC9 and chromosome 1p13.2 (near TSPAN2) as susceptibility loci for large-vessel disease, PITX2 and ZFHX3 as loci for cardioembolic stroke, and 12q24 (near ALDH2) as a susceptibility locus for small-vessel disease, indicating that ischemic stroke-related loci are subtype specific (18). A more recent multiancestry meta-analysis of GWASs identified 32 loci including 22 new loci that confer susceptibility to stroke (19).
ICH accounts for a large proportion of severe or fatal cases of stroke, with its most important risk factors being hypertension and advanced age (20). Familial aggregation of ICH cases was demonstrated in a prospective study in North Carolina in the United States, showing that 10% of affected individuals had a family history of ICH (21). Genetic factors may influence, not only the development of ICH, but also the prevalence of risk factors for this condition, such as hypertension (22).
ICH has a substantial genetic component with heritability of deep or lobar ICH being estimated at 34 and 73%, respectively (23). Previous genetic association studies suggested several genes and loci are involved in the predisposition to ICH (24–27). A meta-analysis of GWASs for ICH in European ancestry populations identified chromosome 12q21.1 (near TRHDE) as a susceptibility locus for lobar ICH and 1q22 (near PMF1-SCL25A44) as a locus for non-lobar ICH (28).
SAH is commonly caused by rupture of an aneurysm in an intracranial artery (29). Given that a family history is an important risk factor for the development of intracranial aneurysm, genetic components may play important roles in the development of SAH (30–32). The heritability of SAH was estimated as 41% (33). GWASs have implicated several loci and genes that confer susceptibility to intracranial aneurysm (34–38). A meta-analysis of GWASs identified 19 genetic variants associated with intracranial aneurysm (39).
Although several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been found to be significantly associated with ischemic stroke (40,41) or intracranial aneurysm (42) in Japanese subjects, genetic variants that confer susceptibility to ischemic stroke, ICH, or SAH in Japanese remain to be identified definitively.
In a family and twin study of ischemic stroke, heritability was higher in early-onset than late-onset individuals with this condition (6,43,44), suggesting that early-onset ischemic stroke has a strong genetic component. Similar to ischemic stroke, early-onset ICH (45) and SAH (46) were shown to have strong genetic components. Given that a genetic contribution may be greater in early-onset forms than in late-onset forms of ischemic stroke, ICH, and SAH, statistical power of the genetic association study may be increased by focusing on early-onset subjects with diseases (6).
We performed exome-wide association studies (EWASs) with the use of human exome array-based genotyping methods to identify genetic variants that confer susceptibility to ischemic stroke, ICH, or SAH in Japanese individuals. To increase the statistical power of EWASs, we examined early-onset subjects with these conditions.
Materials and methods
Study subjects
In our previous study (47), the median age of subjects with ischemic stroke, ICH, or SAH was 74, 71, or 60 years, respectively. We thus defined patients aged ≤65 years as early-onset cases in the present study. A total of 6,649 individuals aged ≤65 years were examined. For the EWAS of ischemic stroke, 6,224 individuals (450 subjects with ischemic stroke, and 5,774 controls) were examined. For the EWAS of hemorrhagic stroke, 6,179 individuals (261 subjects with ICH, 176 subjects with SAH, and 5,742 controls) were examined. Most control individuals were the same for the studies of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. The subjects were recruited from individuals who visited outpatient clinics of or were admitted to participating hospitals in Japan (Gifu Prefectural Tajimi Hospital, Tajimi; Gifu Prefectural General Medical Center, Gifu; Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital, Nagoya; Northern Mie Medical Center Inabe General Hospital, Inabe; Hirosaki University Hospital and Hirosaki Stroke and Rehabilitation Center, Hirosaki) because of various symptoms or for an annual health checkup between October 2002 and March 2014; or who were community-dwelling individuals recruited to a population-based cohort study in Inabe between March 2010 and September 2014 (48).
The diagnosis of ischemic stroke, ICH, or SAH was based on the occurrence of a new and abrupt focal neurological deficit, with neurological symptoms and signs persisting for >24 h, and it was confirmed by positive findings in computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging (or both) of the head. The type of stroke was determined according to the Classification of Cerebrovascular Diseases III (49). Given that susceptibility loci for ischemic stroke are subtype-specific (18), we examined subjects with atherothrombotic cerebral infarction (large-vessel disease).
For the study of ischemic stroke, subjects with cardiogenic embolic stroke, lacunar infarction alone, transient ischemic attack, hemorrhagic stroke, cerebrovascular malformations, moyamoya disease, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, brain tumors, or traumatic cerebrovascular diseases were excluded from enrollment. For the studies of hemorrhagic stroke, individuals with ischemic stroke, lacunar infarction, transient ischemic attack, intracranial hemorrhage resulting from cerebrovascular malformations, moyamoya disease, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, brain tumors, traumatic cerebrovascular diseases, or subdural hematoma were excluded. The control individuals had no history of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke; of aortic, coronary, or peripheral artery disease; or of other thrombotic, embolic, or hemorrhagic disorders. Individuals with unruptured intracranial aneurysm were also excluded from controls. The absence of stroke history was evaluated with a detailed questionnaire and was confirmed by the absence of a history of neurological deficits.
EWASs
Venous blood was collected into tubes containing 50 mmol/l ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (disodium salt), peripheral blood leukocytes were isolated, and genomic DNA was extracted from these cells either with a DNA extraction kit (Genomix, Talent Srl, Trieste, Italy) or SMITEST EX-R&D (Medical & Biological Laboratories, Co., Ltd., Nagoya, Japan). EWASs were performed with the use of a Human Exome-12 v1.2 DNA Analysis BeadChip or Infinium Exome-24 v1.0 BeadChip (Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA), both of which include putative functional exonic variants selected from ~12,000 individual exome and whole-genome sequences. The exonic content of ~244,000 SNPs represents diverse populations including European, African, Chinese, and Hispanic individuals (50). SNPs contained in only one of the exome arrays (~2.6% of all SNPs) were excluded from analysis. We performed quality control (51) as follows: i) Genotyping data with a call rate of <97% were discarded, with the mean call rate for the remaining data being 99.9%. ii) Sex specification was checked for all samples, and those for which sex phenotype in the clinical records was inconsistent with genetic sex were discarded. iii) Duplicated samples and cryptic relatedness were checked by calculation of identity by descent; all pairs of DNA samples showing identity by descent of >0.1875 were inspected, and one sample from each pair was excluded. iv) Heterozygosity of SNPs was calculated for all samples, with those showing extremely low or high heterozygosity (>3 standard deviations from the mean) being discarded. v) SNPs in sex chromosomes or in mitochondrial DNA were excluded from the analysis, as were non-polymorphic SNPs or SNPs with a minor allele frequency of <1.0%. vi) SNPs whose genotype distributions deviated significantly (P<0.01) from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in control individuals were discarded. vii) Genotype data were examined for population stratification by principal components analysis (52), and population outliers were excluded from the analysis. Totals of 31,245, 31,253, or 30,970 SNPs that passed quality control for the study of ischemic stroke, ICH, or SAH, respectively, were subjected to analysis.
Statistical analysis
For analysis of characteristics of the study subjects, quantitative data were presented as means ± SD, and were compared between subjects with ischemic stroke, ICH, or SAH and controls with the unpaired Student's t-test. Categorical data were compared between two groups with Pearson's Chi-square test. Allele frequencies were estimated by the gene counting method, and Fisher's exact test was applied to identify departure from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Allele frequencies of SNPs were compared between subjects with ischemic stroke, ICH, or SAH, and corresponding controls with Fisher's exact test. To compensate for multiple comparisons of allele frequencies with ischemic stroke, ICH, or SAH, we applied a false discovery rate (FDR) (53) for statistical significance of association. The significance level was set at a FDR of <0.05 for each EWAS. The inflation factor (λ) was 1.06 for ischemic stroke, 1.10 for ICH, and 1.11 for SAH. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed with ischemic stroke as a dependent variable and independent variables including age, sex (0, woman; 1, man), the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus (0, no history of these conditions; 1, positive history), and genotype of each SNP. A similar analysis was performed with ICH or SAH as a dependent variable and independent variables including age, sex, the prevalence of hypertension, and genotype of each SNP. Genotypes of each SNP were assessed according to dominant [0, AA; 1, AB + BB (A, major allele; B, minor allele)], recessive (0, AA + AB; 1, BB), and additive genetic models, and the P-value, odds ratio, and 95% confidence interval were calculated. Additive models comprised additive 1 (0, AA; 1, AB; 0, BB) and additive 2 (0, AA; 0, AB; 1, BB) scenarios, which were analyzed simultaneously with a single statistical model. The association of genotypes of SNPs to intermediate phenotypes was examined with Pearson's Chi-square test and P-values were shown. Bonferroni's correction was applied to other statistical analyses as indicated. Statistical tests were performed with JMP Genomics version 9.0 software (SAS Institute, Cary, NC, USA).
Results
Characteristics of subjects
The characteristics of the 6,224 subjects enrolled in the ischemic stroke study are shown in Table I. Age, the frequency of men, and the prevalence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and chronic kidney disease as well as systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP), fasting plasma glucose (FPG) level, blood glycosylated hemoglobin (hemoglobin A1c) content, and serum concentrations of triglycerides were greater, whereas serum concentration of high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) were lower, in subjects with ischemic stroke than in controls.
The characteristics of the subjects enrolled in the hemorrhagic stroke study are shown in Table II. Age, the frequency of men, and the prevalence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and chronic kidney disease as well as systolic and diastolic BP, FPG level, blood hemoglobin A1c content, and serum concentrations of triglycerides were greater, whereas serum concentrations of HDL-cholesterol and low density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol were lower, in subjects with ICH than in controls. The prevalence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and chronic kidney disease as well as systolic and diastolic BP, FPG level, and serum concentrations of triglycerides were greater, whereas the prevalence of dyslipidemia and the serum concentration of HDL-cholesterol were lower, in subjects with SAH than in controls.
EWAS for ischemic stroke, ICH, or SAH
We examined the association of allele frequencies of 31,245 SNPs that passed quality control to ischemic stroke with the use of Fisher's exact test, and detected that 31 SNPs were significantly (FDR <0.05) associated with ischemic stroke (Table III). The relation of allele frequencies of 31,253 or 30,970 SNPs to ICH or SAH, respectively, was examined with Fisher's exact test. Six or two SNPs were significantly associated with ICH or SAH, respectively (Table IV).
Table III.The 31 SNPs significantly (FDR <0.05) associated with ischemic stroke in the exome-wide association study. |
Table IV.The eight SNPs significantly (FDR <0.05) associated with intracerebral hemorrhage or subarachnoid hemorrhage in the exome-wide association study. |
Multivariable logistic regression analysis of the association of SNPs to ischemic stroke, ICH, or SAH
The association of the 31 identified SNPs in the EWAS of ischemic stroke was further examined by multivariable logistic regression analysis with adjustment for age, sex, and the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus (Table V). The 12 SNPs were significantly [P<0.0004 (0.05/124) in at least one genetic model] related to ischemic stroke. The association of the six or two SNPs identified in the EWAS for ICH or SAH, respectively, to these conditions was examined by multivariable logistic regression analysis with adjustment for age, sex, and the prevalence of hypertension (Table VI). The SNPs were significantly [P<0.0016 (0.05/32)] related to ICH or SAH.
Table V.Association of SNPs to ischemic stroke as determined by multivariable logistic regression analysis. |
Table VI.Relation of SNPs to intracerebral hemorrhage or subarachnoid hemorrhage as determined by multivariable logistic regression analysis. |
Relationship of SNPs associated with ischemic stroke, ICH, or SAH to intermediate phenotypes
We examined the relationship of the 12 SNPs associated with ischemic stroke to intermediate phenotypes of this condition (including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypertriglyceridemia, hypo-HDL-cholesterolemia, hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia, chronic kidney disease, obesity, and hyperuricemia) with the use of Pearson's Chi-square test. None of the SNPs was related to intermediate phenotypes (Table VII). The relationship of six or two SNPs associated with ICH or SAH, respectively, to intermediate phenotypes of these conditions was also examined. The rs12229654 at chromosome 12q24.1, rs671 of ALDH2, and rs11066015 of ACAD10 associated with ICH were significantly related to hypertension, hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia, and hyperuricemia, whereas none of SNPs associated with SAH was related to intermediate phenotypes (Table VIII).
Linkage disequilibrium analyses
We examined linkage disequilibrium (LD) among SNPs associated with ischemic stroke or ICH. For the ischemic stroke study, rs3130688 at chromosome 6p21.3 and rs2308557 of HLA-C were in complete LD [square of the correlation coefficient (r2), 1.000], whereas rs3130981 and rs3130984 of CDSN were not in LD. For the ICH study, there was significant LD (r2, 0.650 to 0.995) among rs12229654 at 12q24.1, rs11066015 of ACAD10, and rs671 of ALDH2 (data not shown).
Association of genes, chromosomal loci, and SNPs identified in the present study to phenotypes reported by previously GWASs. In the ischemic stroke study, CDK18 was shown to be related to type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM); CDSN to T1DM and serum concentrations of triglycerides; HLA-C to T1DM and serum concentrations of triglycerides and LDL-cholesterol; NYNRIN to serum concentration of LDL-cholesterol; and GOSR2 to systolic BP. The remaining five genes (HHIPL2, CTNNA3, LOC643770, UTP20, TRIB3) were not found to be related to ischemic stroke or other cerebrovascular disease-related phenotypes (Table IX). In the hemorrhagic stroke study, SVEP1 was shown to be related to coronary artery disease (CAD); chromosome 12q24.1 to serum HDL-cholesterol level; ACAD10 to CAD, serum LDL-cholesterol level, T1DM, and diastolic BP; and ALDH2 to CAD, myocardial infarction (MI), serum concentrations of HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol, T1DM, and systolic and diastolic BP. The remaining four genes (DNTTIP2, FAM205A, FAM160A1, OR52E4) were not related to ICH, SAH, or other cerebrovascular disease-related phenotypes (Table X).
Table IX.Relationship of genes, chromosomal loci, and SNPs associated with ischemic stroke in the present study to previously reported cerebrovascular disease-related phenotypes. |
Table X.Relationship of genes and SNPs associated with intracerebral hemorrhage or subarachnoid hemorrhage in the present study to previously reported cerebrovascular disease-related phenotypes. |
Discussion
Given that stroke is a serious condition and is a global public health problem (1,2,20,29), identification of genetic variants that confer susceptibility to ischemic stroke, ICH, and SAH is clinically important to prevent these conditions. In the present study, we performed EWASs for ischemic stroke, ICH, and SAH in early-onset subjects who may have greater genetic components compared with late-onset individuals.
In the study of ischemic stroke, among 10 genes and one chromosomal locus identified, CDK18, CDSN, HLA-C, NYNRIN and GOSR2 were shown to be related to T1DM (55–56), serum concentrations of triglycerides or LDL-cholesterol (57), or systolic BP (58,59) which are risk factors for ischemic stroke. Although rs3130688 at chromosomal 6p21.3 was not related to cerebrovascular phenotype, this region was previously related to CAD (60). We thus identified HHIPL2, CTNNA3, LOC643770, UTP20 and TRIB3 as novel susceptibility loci for ischemic stroke. The five genes associated with ischemic stroke were not related to intermediate phenotypes, although the relation of UTP20 to chronic kidney disease was borderline significance. The underline molecular mechanisms of the association of these genes with ischemic stroke remain unclear.
In the study of hemorrhagic stroke, of the seven genes and one chromosomal locus identified, SVEP1, ACAD10 and ALDH2 were shown to be related to CAD or MI (60–62). ACAD10 and ALDH2 were previously related to systolic or diastolic BP (59,63); and these genes as well as chromosome 12q24.1 were previously related to the serum concentrations of HDL-cholesterol or LDL-cholesterol (57,64). These phenotypes are related to cerebrovascular disease. We thus identified DNTTIP2 and FAM205A as new susceptibility loci for ICH, and FAM160A1 and OR52E4 as loci for SAH. Given that the four genes associated with ICH or SAH were not related to intermediate phenotypes, the functional relevance of the association of these genes with ICH or SAH remains to be elucidated.
We previously showed that four, six, or three SNPs were associated with ischemic stroke (P<0.01), ICH (P<0.05), or SAH (P<0.05), respectively, as determined by multivariable logistic regression analysis with adjustment for covariates after the initial EWAS screening among both early- and late-onset subjects with these conditions (47). The relationship of four SNPs to ischemic stroke was not replicated (P<0.05) in the present study. The relation of one of six SNPs [rs138533962 (P=0.0019)] to ICH was replicated in the present study. The association of one of three SNPs [rs117564807 (P=0.0454)] to SAH was replicated in the present study. The results suggest that genetic variants that confer susceptibility to ischemic stroke, ICH, or SAH may differ, in part, between early-onset and late-onset subjects with these conditions.
There are several limitations to our study: i) Given that the results were not replicated, their validation will be necessary in independent study populations or in other ethnic groups. ii) It is possible that SNPs identified in the present study are in LD with other genetic variants in the same gene or in other nearby genes that are actually responsible for the development of ischemic stroke, ICH, or SAH. iii) The functional relevance of identified SNPs to the pathogenesis of ischemic stroke, ICH, or SAH remains to be elucidated.
In conclusion, we have newly identified five (HHIPL2, CTNNA3, LOC643770, UTP20, TRIB3), two (DNTTIP2, FAM205A), or two (FAM160A1, OR52E4) genes as susceptibility loci for early-onset ischemic stroke, ICH, or SAH, respectively. Determination of genotypes for the SNPs in these genes may prove informative for assessment of the genetic risk for ischemic stroke, ICH, or SAH in Japanese subjects.
Acknowledgements
Not applicable.
Funding
This study was supported by CREST (JPMJCR1302), Japan Science and Technology Agency (to YYam, JS and IT).
Availability of data and materials
All data underlying the findings described in the article are available upon request from the corresponding author.
Authors' contributions
YYam contributed to conception and design of the study; to acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of the data; and to drafting of the manuscript. KK, MO, HH and TF each contributed to acquisition of the data and to revision of the manuscript. YYasukochi, IT and JS contributed to analysis and interpretation of the data as well as to revision of the manuscript.
Ethics approval and consent to participate
The study protocol complied with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Committees on the Ethics of Human Research of Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, and participating hospitals (Gifu Prefectural Tajimi Hospital, Gifu Prefectural General Medical Center, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital, Northern Mie Medical Center Inabe General Hospital, and Hirosaki Stroke and Rehabilitation Center). Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects.
Consent for publication
All authors approved submission of the final version of the article for publication.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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