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(Circulation. 1999;99:2717-2719.)
© 1999 American Heart Association, Inc.


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Stromelysin Promoter 5A/6A Polymorphism Is Associated With Acute Myocardial Infarction

Masahiro Terashima, MD; Hozuka Akita, MD; Kenji Kanazawa, MD; Nobutaka Inoue, MD; Shinichiro Yamada, MD; Keiichi Ito, MD; Yasuaki Matsuda, MD; Eiji Takai, MD; Chikao Iwai, MD; Hiroyuki Kurogane, MD; Yutaka Yoshida, MD; Mitsuhiro Yokoyama, MD

From the First Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, and Himeji Cardiovascular Center, Hyogo (H.K., Y.Y.), Japan.

Correspondence to Hozuka Akita, the First Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, 7-5-1, Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan 650-0017. E-mail ahozu{at}med.kobe-u.ac.jp

Background—Rupture of the fibrous cap of an atherosclerotic plaque is a key event that predisposes to acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) may contribute to weakening of the cap, which favors rupture. Stromelysin, a member of MMP family, is identified extensively in human coronary atherosclerotic lesions. It can degrade most of the constituents of extracellular matrix as well as activating other MMPs, which suggests that it may play an important role in plaque rupture. Recently, a common variant (5A/6A) in the promoter of the stromelysin gene has been identified. The 5A/6A polymorphism could regulate the transcription of the stromelysin gene in an allele-specific manner.

Methods and Results—To investigate the relation between the 5A/6A polymorphism in the promoter of the stromelysin gene and AMI, we conducted a case-control study of 330 AMI patients and 330 control subjects. The prevalence of the 5A/6A+5A/5A genotype was significantly more frequent in the patients with AMI than in control subjects (48.8% vs 32.7%, P<0.0001). In logistic regression models, the odds ratio of the 5A/6A+5A/5A was 2.25 (95% CI, 1.51 to 3.35). The association of 5A/6A polymorphism with AMI was statistically significant and independent of other risk factors.

Conclusions—The 5A/6A polymorphism in the promoter of the stromelysin gene is a novel pathogenetic risk factor for AMI.


Key Words: plaque • metalloproteinases • myocardial infarction • risk factors




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