Paraoxonase gene Gln192Arg (Q192R) polymorphism is associated with coronary artery spasm.
We recently reported that oxidative stress is involved in the pathogenesis of coronary spasm. We hypothesized that oxidative-stress-related genetic factors and certain polymorphisms in the paraoxonase gene (PON1) and platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH) might influence the pathogenesis of coronary spasm. We therefore examined the possible association between the PON1 Q192R or PAF-AH V279F polymorphisms and coronary spasm in 214 patients with coronary spasm and 212 control subjects. Genotypes were determined by polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. The incidence of the PON1-192R allele was significantly higher in the coronary spasm group than in the control group (65% vs 53%; P=0.0005). The PAF-AH-279F allele was not associated with coronary spasm (15% vs. 16%; P=0.8781). Multiple logistic regression analysis with forward stepwise selection involving the PON1-192R allele and the environmental risk factors revealed that the most predictive independent risk factor for coronary spasm was the PON1-192R allele (significance=0.0016, OR=2.52), followed by cigarette smoking (significance=0.0007, OR=2.01). We also measured plasma levels of TBARS (thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances) as a marker of oxidative stress. TBARS levels were higher in R/R types than in Q/Q types (2.115+/-0.086 nmol/ml [ n=25] vs 1.676+/-0.102 nmol/ml [ n=11], P<0.01). Thus, there is a significant association between the PON1-192R allele and coronary spasm; the PON1-192R allele may play an important role in the genesis of coronary spasm, probably by attenuating the suppression of oxidative stress.
Ito
Teruhiko
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Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
Yasue
Hirofumi
H
Yoshimura
Michihiro
M
Nakamura
Shota
S
Nakayama
Masafumi
M
Shimasaki
Yukio
Y
Harada
Eisaku
E
Mizuno
Yuji
Y
Kawano
Hiroaki
H
Ogawa
Hisao
H
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D001120:Arginine; D043303:Aryldialkylphosphatase; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003329:Coronary Vasospasm / Q000097:blood / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D004950:Esterases / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D005973:Glutamine; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012016:Reference Values; D012907:Smoking; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000032:analysis
D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D005973:Glutamine; D001120:Arginine; D002784:Cholesterol; D004950:Esterases; D043303:Aryldialkylphosphatase; C468406:PON1 protein, human