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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

ALDH2 rs671 Polymorphism Likely a Risk Factor for Hemorrhagic Stroke: A Hospital-Based Study

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Pages 1471-1478 | Received 18 Feb 2023, Accepted 17 Apr 2023, Published online: 21 Apr 2023

Abstract

Background

Hypertension is the main risk factor for hemorrhagic stroke. Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) may inhibit the occurrence of hypertension by anti-oxidative stress and vascular dilation. The purpose was to investigate the relationship of ALDH2 polymorphisms with hemorrhagic stroke in Hakka Chinese.

Methods

A total of 329 patients with hemorrhagic stroke and 515 controls were enrolled, and medical records (smoking and drinking history, hypertension, and diabetes) were collected. The genotypes of ALDH2 rs671 of the two groups were detected and analyzed.

Results

The proportion of the ALDH2 rs671 G/G, G/A, and A/A genotype in patients with hemorrhagic stroke was 55.9%, 37.4%, and 6.7%, respectively, while those were 65.0%, 30.7%, and 4.3% in controls, respectively. There was statistically significant difference in ALDH2 rs671 genotypes distribution (P=0.021) and alleles distribution (P=0.005) between patients and controls. Among hemorrhagic stroke patients, no statistically significant differences were observed between patients with ALDH2 different genotypes. Logistic regression analysis showed that there was significantly high risk of hemorrhagic stroke in men (male vs female: adjusted OR 1.711, 95% CI 1.154–2.538, P=0.008), the presence of hypertension (with vs without hypertension: adjusted OR 16.095, 95% CI 10.958–23.641, P<0.001), and the presence of ALDH2 rs671 G/A genotype (G/A vs G/G: adjusted OR 1.679, 95% CI 1.151–2.450, P=0.007) or A/A genotype (A/A vs G/G: adjusted OR 2.516, 95% CI 1.132–5.591, P=0.024).

Conclusion

ALDH2 rs671 polymorphism likely a risk factor for hemorrhagic stroke.

Introduction

Stroke is a group of diseases in which blood cannot flow into the brain due to sudden rupture or blockage of blood vessels in the brain, with high morbidity, disability, mortality and the prevalence of stroke in the young are increasing.Citation1 Stroke can be divided into hemorrhagic stroke and ischemic stroke.Citation2 Hemorrhagic stroke refers to intracranial hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by intracranial aneurysm, cerebral and spinal vascular malformation, moyamoya disease and other intracranial vascular lesions under the action of blood flow. Its high mortality and disability rate seriously endanger human health.Citation3 Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, and hemorrhagic stroke accounts for about more than 30% strokes.Citation4 Despite the decline in age-standardized morbidity and mortality rates since 1990, the disease burden of hemorrhagic stroke in China remains severe.Citation5

Hypertension, exposure to ambient particulate pollution, smoking, and diabetes are the main risk factors for stroke burden.Citation4,Citation5 In addition, the incidence of hemorrhagic stroke is believed to be the result of genetic and environmental risk factors, the role of genetic factors in the incidence of hemorrhagic stroke has been paid more and more attention. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) data has shown that aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) gene associated with hemorrhagic stroke.Citation6,Citation7 ALDH2 is a class of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) (P)+ dependent enzymes, which can utilize NAD (P) + as a cofactor to participate in the oxidation and metabolism of active aldehydes.Citation8 ALDH2 can catalyze the formation of 1.2-dinitrate and nitrite from nitroglycerin, thereby ultimately producing cyclic guanosine phosphate (cGMP) and NO to dilate blood vessels.Citation9 ALDH2 plays an anti-oxidative stress role in vivo by metabolizing 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) and inhibit the occurrence of hypertension.Citation10 The ALDH2 gene rs671 polymorphism (G1510A, Glu504Lys) changed the structure of ALDH2 enzyme, and the binding of coenzyme NAD (P) + to the mutant ALDH2 enzyme was impaired, and the dehydrogenation effect was weakened, leading to the decrease of the activity of ALDH2. It suggests that ALDH2 gene polymorphisms may play an important role in hemorrhagic stroke by affecting blood pressure.

Huang et alCitation11 found that ALDH2 rs671 G/G genotype is a risk factor for spontaneously deep intracerebral haemorrhage (SDICH) in the Taiwan population. The different regions, populations, lifestyles and interaction between gene polymorphisms will affect the occurrence of hemorrhagic stroke. Up to now, there has been no report on the relationship between ALDH2 gene polymorphisms and hemorrhagic stroke in the population in mainland China. Therefore, this study aims to clarify the relationship between them in a Hakka population in southern China.

Materials and Methods

Data Collection

The data of this retrospective study including age, gender, history of smoking, history of alcohol consumption, hypertension, diabetes, were collected from the Hospital Information System (HIS) of Meizhou People’s Hospital from June 2015 to June 2021. The inclusion criteria were: (1) patients diagnosed with hemorrhagic stroke; (2) patients without missing information; (3) patients aged 18 and above. The control subjects were all from the physical examination center of Meizhou People’s Hospital and did not develop hemorrhagic stroke. Finally, 329 patients with hemorrhagic stroke and 565 controls were enrolled. This retrospective study was approved by the Human Ethics Committees of Meizhou People’s Hospital.

Collection of Laboratory Test Data

The data of this retrospective study including ALDH2 genotyping, and lipid levels, were collected from the Laboratory Information System (LIS) of Meizhou People’s Hospital. Genomic DNA was extracted from whole blood, and ALDH2 genotyping was performed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-gene chip method (BaiO Technology Co, Ltd., China). Serum samples were evaluated for lipid level indicators, such as triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), apolipoprotein A1 (Apo-A1), and apolipoprotein B (Apo-B), using the Olympus AU5400 system (Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, Japan).

Statistical Analysis

Data analysis was performed using SPSS statistical software version 21.0 (IBM Inc., USA). Student’s t-test or the Mann–Whitney U-test was used for continuous data analysis. Genotype composition ratios and allele frequencies of groups were analyzed by the Chi-square test. Logistic regression analysis was applied to examine the relationship between ALDH2 rs671 different genotypes and hemorrhagic stroke. P< 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results

Characteristics of Subjects

Three hundred and twenty-nine patients with hemorrhagic stroke (214 (65.0%) men and 115 (35.0%) women) and 515 controls (362 (70.3%) men and 153 (29.7%) women) were enrolled in this study. The average age was 64.76±12.38 years and 62.15±15.85 years in hemorrhagic stroke patients and controls, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference in the proportions between hemorrhagic stroke group and controls at different ages (<60, 60–70, and >70 years old) (P=0.181). There were statistically significant differences in the percentage of subjects with a history of smoking, alcohol consumption, and hypertension (all P<0.001). The serum TC, HDL-C, LDL-C, Apo-A1, and Apo-B (all P<0.001) levels in the patients with hemorrhagic stroke were higher than that in controls ().

Table 1 Comparison of Clinical Characteristics Between Patients with Hemorrhagic Stroke and Controls

Frequencies of ALDH2 rs671 Genotypes in Patients and Controls

The distribution of ALDH2 rs671 genotype in controls (χ2 = 0.375, P = 0.540) and patients with hemorrhagic stroke (χ2 = 0.055, P = 0.814) was consistent with Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, respectively. The percentage of the ALDH2 rs671 G/G, G/A, and A/A genotype in hemorrhagic stroke patients was 55.9%, 37.4%, and 6.7%, respectively, while those were 65.0%, 30.7%, and 4.3% in controls, respectively. The frequency of G and A allele was 74.6% and 25.4% in patients with hemorrhagic stroke, respectively; G and A allele was 80.4% and 19.6% in controls, respectively. There was statistically significant difference in ALDH2 rs671 genotype distribution (P=0.021) and allele distribution (P=0.005) between patients and controls ().

Table 2 The Prevalence of ALDH2 rs671 Variants in Cases and Controls

Comparison of Characteristics of Patients with Hemorrhagic Stroke Grouped by ALDH2 rs671 Variation

Among hemorrhagic stroke patients, no statistically significant differences were observed in the percentage of history of smoking, history of alcohol consumption, and hypertension, diabetes, and the TG, TC, HDL-C, LDL-C, Apo-A1, Apo-B levels between patients with ALDH2 rs671 different genotypes. As well, no statistically significant differences were observed in the percentage of history of smoking, history of alcohol consumption, and hypertension, diabetes, and the lipid levels between patients with G and A allele, respectively ().

Table 3 Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Hemorrhagic Stroke Stratified by ALDH2 rs671 Variants

Effect of ALDH2 rs671 on Hemorrhagic Stroke Susceptibility

Logistic regression analysis showed that there was significantly high risk of hemorrhagic stroke in men (male vs female: adjusted OR 1.711, 95% CI 1.154–2.538, P=0.008), the presence of hypertension (with vs without hypertension: adjusted OR 16.095, 95% CI 10.958–23.641, P<0.001), and the presence of ALDH2 rs671 G/A genotype (G/A vs G/G: adjusted OR 1.679, 95% CI 1.151–2.450, P=0.007) or A/A genotype (A/A vs G/G: adjusted OR 2.516, 95% CI 1.132–5.591, P=0.024). And there was significantly low risk of hemorrhagic stroke in the presence of history of smoking (smoking vs non-smoking: adjusted OR 0.340, 95% CI 0.203–0.569, P<0.001). In addition, history of alcohol consumption, and diabetes were not associated with hemorrhagic stroke after adjusting for other covariates ().

Table 4 Logistic Regression Analysis of Risk Factors Associated with Hemorrhagic Stroke

Discussion

Studies have found that the interaction of traditional risk factors, such as hypertension, diabetes, smoking, drinking, high total cholesterol, and environmental factors likely the risk factors for stroke.Citation12,Citation13 In view of these possible risk factors identified, active response measures should be taken to effectively prevent stroke, but the risk of stroke was not fully clarified by these risk factors. Previous study has found that common variants in some genetic loci are associated with stroke risk.Citation14 There have been a lot of studies on genetic factors in stroke risk, but relative to ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke-related studies are relatively few.Citation15

Several studies have reported the relationship between genetic factors and the risk of hemorrhagic stroke.Citation16 Such as, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) I/D polymorphism may increase the risk of hemorrhagic stroke.Citation17 Polymorphism of ADH1B was related to the risk of hemorrhagic stroke in a Taiwanese population.Citation18 Polymorphism of E-selectin gene was related to the risk of hemorrhagic stroke in an Indian population.Citation19 The interaction of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) gene polymorphisms may be related to the wind direction of hemorrhagic stroke.Citation20 APOE,Citation21 RAGE, TNFRSF11B, Golgb1,Citation22 LPL,Citation23 CRP,Citation24 KCNK17Citation25 polymorphisms, and some microRNAsCitation26 also play a role in hemorrhagic stroke. However, other studies have failed to find a link between genetic variants and hemorrhagic stroke in different populations.Citation27–31

The study of ALDH2 gene polymorphism has certain significance for the occurrence of hemorrhagic stroke. But the association between ALDH2 gene polymorphisms and the risk of hemorrhagic stroke has been poorly studied. In a Taiwanese study, ALDH2 rs671 was not associated with hemorrhagic stroke in alcohol drinkers.Citation18 In this study, ALDH2 rs671 likely a risk factor for hemorrhagic stroke. In terms of mechanism, on one hand, chronic inflammation, tissue hypoxia and oxidative stress play crucial roles in cerebrovascular diseases.Citation32 ALDH2 plays a protective role against oxidative stress by metabolizing related toxic aldehydes.Citation33 The ALDH2 gene rs671 polymorphism changed the structure of ALDH2 enzyme, leading to the decrease of the activity of ALDH2, and the anti-oxidative stress effect of ALDH2 was weakened. The production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the body exceeds the endogenous antioxidant capacity, which tilts the balance between the oxidative system and the antioxidant system toward oxidative stress, eventually leading to vascular injury.Citation34,Citation35 On the other hand, hypertension is a relatively recognized risk factor for hemorrhagic stroke,Citation36,Citation37 antihypertensive treatment can reduce the stroke risk.Citation38 ALDH2 can play an anti-oxidative stress role in vivo by metabolizing 4⁃HNE and inhibit the occurrence of hypertension.Citation10 And ALDH2 deficiency increases oxidative stress which is the predisposing factor of hypertension.Citation39,Citation40 ALDH2 also can be used as nitrate reductase to catalyze the formation of 1.2-dinitrate and nitrite from nitroglycerin, thereby ultimately producing cyclic guanosine phosphate (cGMP) and NO to dilate blood vessels and inhibit the occurrence of hypertension.Citation9 There were some studies on the relationship between ALDH2 polymorphisms and hypertension. ALDH2 rs671 polymorphism was a risk factor of hypertension among males in the general population in Japan.Citation41 ALDH2 rs671 A/A genotype and A allele increase the risk of hypertension, and ALDH2 rs671 polymorphism was a risk factor of hypertension in Han Chinese.Citation42 ALDH2 rs671 polymorphism may be a risk factor for hypertension in a Chinese population.Citation43 The interactions of ALDH2 rs671 polymorphism and APOE rs429358 or rs7412 polymorphism may effect on hypertension susceptibility.Citation44 So, ALDH2 rs671 polymorphism may play a role in the risk of hemorrhagic stroke by influencing susceptibility to hypertension.

Our study is the first to study on the relationship of ALDH2 polymorphisms and hemorrhagic stroke in Chinese mainland. And the results showed that the rs671 polymorphism of ALDH2 likely a risk factor for hemorrhagic stroke. The frequency of ALDH2 rs671 A allele in the East Asian population is higher than that in the South Asian, American, European and African populations.Citation11 But it does not fully explain racial differences in the burden of stroke.Citation45 Therefore, the study of risk factors for hemorrhagic stroke still needs to include more people and more factors for analysis.

The study has some shortcomings. First of all, the association between this polymorphism and the grade and location of hemorrhagic stroke was not investigated in this study because some medical records of some patients were incomplete. Second, it is a study conducted among patients and examiners in a medical institution, there was inevitably selection bias as the population is not completely representative. Third, the association between common polymorphisms of ALDH2 gene and hemorrhagic stroke were analyzed, but this study did not investigate the relationship between the full-length variation of ALDH2 gene, gene expression level and the risk of hemorrhagic stroke. Future studies with larger sample sizes and more polymorphisms are needed to study this relationship.

Conclusion

Individuals with ALDH2 rs671 G/A or A/A genotype have an increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke, that is to say, ALDH2 rs671 polymorphism likely a risk factor for hemorrhagic stroke. Our study is the first to study on the relationship of ALDH2 polymorphisms with hemorrhagic stroke in Chinese mainland, providing valuable data for the role of ALDH2 polymorphism in diseases.

Ethics Approval

All participants were informed on the study procedures and goals and the study obtained informed consent from all the participants. The study was performed under the guidance of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethics Committee of Medicine, Meizhou People’s Hospital.

Author Contributions

All authors made a significant contribution to the work reported, whether that is in the conception, study design, execution, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation, or in all these areas; took part in drafting, revising or critically reviewing the article; gave final approval of the version to be published; have agreed on the journal to which the article has been submitted; and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Disclosure

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Acknowledgments

The author would like to thank other colleagues who were not listed in the authorship of Intensive Care Unit, Meizhou People’s Hospital for their helpful comments on the manuscript.

Data Sharing Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

Additional information

Funding

This study was supported by the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine and Clinical Translation Research of Hakka Population (Grant No.: 2018B030322003), and Science and Technology Program of Meizhou (Grant No.: 2019B0202001).

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