TY - JOUR
T1 - Genetic analysis of ring finger protein 213 (RNF213) c.14576G>A polymorphism in patients with vertebral artery dissection
T2 - a comparative study with moyamoya disease
AU - Tashiro, Ryosuke
AU - Fujimura, Miki
AU - Sakata, Hiroyuki
AU - Endo, Hidenori
AU - Tomata, Yasutake
AU - Sato-Maeda, Mika
AU - Niizuma, Kuniyasu
AU - Tominaga, Teiji
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by MHLW: [Grant Number S17310031], AMED: [Grant Number J170001344] and JSPS KAKENHI: [Grant Number 17K10815].
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Background: Intracranial vertebral artery dissection (VAD) and moyamoya disease (MMD) are rare cerebrovascular diseases, both of which have an ethnic predominance in the East Asian population. Disruption of the internal elastic lamina and subsequent rupture of the medial layer result in intracranial VAD. MMD is a chronic occlusive cerebrovascular disease of unknown etiology, in which the medial layer and internal elastic lamina of the intracranial arteries are significantly compromised. Recent genetic studies found ring finger protein 213 (RNF213) to be an important susceptibility gene for MMD in East Asian patients, but the association between VAD and RNF213 has not been investigated. Methods: We investigated polymorphism of the RNF213 gene (c.14576G>A) in genomic DNA of 24 patients with intracranial VAD in comparison with 58 patients with definitive MMD and 48 healthy controls. Results: Although RNF213 gene polymorphism (c.14576G>A) was evident in 69% of the MMD patients (40/58), none of the patients with intracranial VAD had this characteristic polymorphism (0/24, p < 0.001). The incidence of RNF213 c.14576G>A polymorphism was 4.2% in healthy controls (2/48). After adjustment by age and sex, the incidence of RNF213 c.14576G>A was significantly lower in intracranial VAD patients (p = 0.021) than that in MMD patients. Conclusions: In contrast to MMD patients, the prevalence of RNF213 c.14576G>A polymorphism was significantly lower in patients with intracranial VAD. The RNF213 gene polymorphism may preferentially affect the cerebrovascular lesion in the anterior circulation, which is originated from the primitive internal carotid arteries. The genetic background underlying intracranial VAD should be elucidated in future studies. Abbreviations: VAD: vertebral artery dissection; MMD: moyamoya disease; RNF213: ring finger protein 213; CAD: carotid artery dissection.
AB - Background: Intracranial vertebral artery dissection (VAD) and moyamoya disease (MMD) are rare cerebrovascular diseases, both of which have an ethnic predominance in the East Asian population. Disruption of the internal elastic lamina and subsequent rupture of the medial layer result in intracranial VAD. MMD is a chronic occlusive cerebrovascular disease of unknown etiology, in which the medial layer and internal elastic lamina of the intracranial arteries are significantly compromised. Recent genetic studies found ring finger protein 213 (RNF213) to be an important susceptibility gene for MMD in East Asian patients, but the association between VAD and RNF213 has not been investigated. Methods: We investigated polymorphism of the RNF213 gene (c.14576G>A) in genomic DNA of 24 patients with intracranial VAD in comparison with 58 patients with definitive MMD and 48 healthy controls. Results: Although RNF213 gene polymorphism (c.14576G>A) was evident in 69% of the MMD patients (40/58), none of the patients with intracranial VAD had this characteristic polymorphism (0/24, p < 0.001). The incidence of RNF213 c.14576G>A polymorphism was 4.2% in healthy controls (2/48). After adjustment by age and sex, the incidence of RNF213 c.14576G>A was significantly lower in intracranial VAD patients (p = 0.021) than that in MMD patients. Conclusions: In contrast to MMD patients, the prevalence of RNF213 c.14576G>A polymorphism was significantly lower in patients with intracranial VAD. The RNF213 gene polymorphism may preferentially affect the cerebrovascular lesion in the anterior circulation, which is originated from the primitive internal carotid arteries. The genetic background underlying intracranial VAD should be elucidated in future studies. Abbreviations: VAD: vertebral artery dissection; MMD: moyamoya disease; RNF213: ring finger protein 213; CAD: carotid artery dissection.
KW - Genetic analysis
KW - RNF213 gene
KW - c.14576G>A polymorphism
KW - moyamoya disease
KW - vascular wall fragility
KW - vertebral artery dissection
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U2 - 10.1080/01616412.2019.1615726
DO - 10.1080/01616412.2019.1615726
M3 - Article
C2 - 31064275
AN - SCOPUS:85065538752
VL - 41
SP - 811
EP - 816
JO - Neurological Research
JF - Neurological Research
SN - 0161-6412
IS - 9
ER -