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Platelet Endothelial Aggregation Receptor-1 (PEAR1) Gene to be most strongly associated with Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Response: Genetic Determinants of Variable Response to Aspirin (alone and in combination with Clopidogrel)

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

4 Genetic Variation in PEAR1 is Associated with Platelet Aggregation and Cardiovascular Outcomes

Joshua P. Lewis1, Kathleen Ryan1, Jeffrey R. O’Connell1, Richard B. Horenstein1,Coleen M. Damcott1, Quince Gibson1, Toni I. Pollin1, Braxton D. Mitchell1, Amber L. Beitelshees1, Ruth Pakzy1, Keith Tanner1, Afshin Parsa1, Udaya S. Tantry2, Kevin P. Bliden2, Wendy S. Post3, Nauder Faraday3, William Herzog4, Yan Gong5, Carl J. Pepine6, Julie A. Johnson5, Paul A. Gurbel2 and Alan R. Shuldiner7*

Author Affiliations

¹University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

²Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

⁴Sinai Hospital of Baltimore & Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

⁵University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Gainesville, FL

⁶University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL

⁷University of Maryland School of Medicine & Veterans Administration Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

↵^* University of Maryland School of Medicine & Veterans Administration Medical Center, Baltimore, MD ashuldin@medicine.umaryland.edu

Abstract

Background-Aspirin or dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with aspirin and clopidogrel is standard therapy for patients at increased risk for cardiovascular events. However, the genetic determinants of variable response to aspirin (alone and in combination with clopidogrel) are not known.

Methods and Results-We measured ex-vivo platelet aggregation before and after DAPT in individuals (n=565) from the Pharmacogenomics of Antiplatelet Intervention (PAPI) Study and conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of drug response. Significant findings were extended by examining genotype and cardiovascular outcomes in two independent aspirin-treated cohorts: 227 percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) patients, and 1,000 patients of the International VErapamil SR/trandolapril Study (INVEST) GENEtic Substudy (INVEST-GENES). GWAS revealed a strong association between single nucleotide polymorphisms on chromosome 1q23 and post-DAPT platelet aggregation. Further genotyping revealed rs12041331 in the platelet endothelial aggregation receptor-1 (PEAR1) gene to be most strongly associated with DAPT response (P=7.66×10^-9). In Caucasian and African American patients undergoing PCI, A-allele carriers of rs12041331 were more likely to experience a cardiovascular event or death compared to GG homozygotes (hazard ratio = 2.62, 95%CI 0.96-7.10, P=0.059 and hazard ratio = 3.97, 95%CI 1.10-14.31, P=0.035 respectively). In aspirin-treated INVEST-GENES patients, rs12041331 A-allele carriers had significantly increased risk of myocardial infarction compared to GG homozygotes (OR=2.03, 95%CI 1.01-4.09, P=0.048).

Conclusions – Common genetic variation in PEAR1 may be a determinant of platelet response and cardiovascular events in patients on aspirin, alone and in combination with clopidogrel.

Clinical Trial Registration Information-clinicaltrials.gov; Identifiers:NCT00799396 and NCT00370045

SOURCE:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23392654

http://circgenetics.ahajournals.org/content/6/2/184.short?rss=1

Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics.2013; 6: 184-192 Published online before print February 7, 2013,doi: 10.1161/​CIRCGENETICS.111.964627