A multitrait genetic study of hemostatic factors and hemorrhagic transformation after stroke treatment

Cristina Gallego-Fabrega, Gerard Temprano-Sagrera, Jara Cárcel-Márquez, Elena Muiño, Natalia Cullell, Miquel Lledós, Laia Llucià-Carol, Jesús M. Martin-Campos, Tomás Sobrino, José Castillo, M. nica Millán, Lucía Muñoz-Narbona, Elena López-Cancio, Marc Ribó, Jose Alvarez-Sabin, Jordi Jiménez-Conde, Jaume Roquer, Silvia Tur, Victor Obach, Juan F. ArenillasTomas Segura, Gemma Serrano-Heras, Joan Marti-Fabregas, Marimar Freijo-Guerrero, Francisco Moniche, Maria del Mar Castellanos, Alanna C. Morrison, Spanish Stroke Genetic Consortium, Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology Consortium

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Abstract

Background: Thrombolytic recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (r-tPA) treatment is the only pharmacologic intervention available in the ischemic stroke acute phase. This treatment is associated with an increased risk of intracerebral hemorrhages, known as hemorrhagic transformations (HTs), which worsen the patient's prognosis. Objectives: To investigate the association between genetically determined natural hemostatic factors’ levels and increased risk of HT after r-tPA treatment. Methods: Using data from genome-wide association studies on the risk of HT after r-tPA treatment and data on 7 hemostatic factors (factor [F]VII, FVIII, von Willebrand factor [VWF], FXI, fibrinogen, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, and tissue plasminogen activator), we performed local and global genetic correlation estimation multitrait analyses and colocalization and 2-sample Mendelian randomization analyses between hemostatic factors and HT. Results: Local correlations identified a genomic region on chromosome 16 with shared covariance: fibrinogen-HT, P = 2.45 × 10−11. Multitrait analysis between fibrinogen-HT revealed 3 loci that simultaneously regulate circulating levels of fibrinogen and risk of HT: rs56026866 (PLXND1), P = 8.80 × 10−10; rs1421067 (CHD9), P = 1.81 × 10−14; and rs34780449, near ROBO1 gene, P = 1.64 × 10−8. Multitrait analysis between VWF-HT showed a novel common association regulating VWF and risk of HT after r-tPA at rs10942300 (ZNF366), P = 1.81 × 10−14. Mendelian randomization analysis did not find significant causal associations, although a nominal association was observed for FXI-HT (inverse-variance weighted estimate [SE], 0.07 [−0.29 to 0.00]; odds ratio, 0.87; 95% CI, 0.75-1.00; raw P = .05). Conclusion: We identified 4 shared loci between hemostatic factors and HT after r-tPA treatment, suggesting common regulatory mechanisms between fibrinogen and VWF levels and HT. Further research to determine a possible mediating effect of fibrinogen on HT risk is needed.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)936-950
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of thrombosis and haemostasis
Volume22
Issue number4
Early online date2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2024

Keywords

  • fibrinogen
  • hemorrhagic transformation
  • hemostatic factors
  • r-tPA treatment
  • von Willebrand factor

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