Abstract 17030: Stress-Related Neurobiological Activity Contributes to the Link Between Cardiovascular Polygenic Risk Score and Myocardial Infarction

Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Taimur Abbasi ◽  
Shady Abohashem ◽  
Tawseef Dar ◽  
Ahmed Ghoneem ◽  
Nicki Naddaf ◽  
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Introduction: A polygenic risk score for coronary artery disease (PRS CAD ) integrates information from many sites of DNA variation into a single metric of inherited susceptibility. Heightened metabolic activity of the amygdala (AmygA), a stress-associated brain center, associates with increases in leukopoietic activity, atherosclerosis and CVD risk. We hypothesized that genes included in the PRS CAD link to MI in part by encoding for heightened stress-associated neurobiological activity. Accordingly, we tested whether CVPRS associates with heightened AmygA as a contributing factor linking high CVPRS and CVD events. Methods: Individuals (N=16821, median age (IQR): 63 (52, 74) years, 46% male) were identified from the Partners Biobank where genome-wide PRS CAD and principle components of ancestry (PCI) were calculated. Using validated 18 FDG-PET/CT imaging methods, AmygA was measured in individuals with prior clinical imaging (N=854). MI incidence was derived using International Classification of Diseases (ICD) diagnoses. Traditional CVD risk factors and psychiatric history were obtained using ICD codes and questionnaires and were used for covariable adjustments. Linear and logistic regression were employed. Results: A total of 2046 (12.1%) participants experienced an MI. PRS CAD associated with increased AmygA after adjusting for age and sex (β [95% confidence interval (CI)]: 0.099 [0.015, 0.183], p=0.021) as well as increased MI incidence (odds ratio (OR) [95% CI]: 1.208 [1.120, 1.302], p<0.001) ( Table 1, Figure 1 ). Concurrently, AmygA associated with increased MI incidence in adjusted analyses (OR [95% CI]: 1.451 [1.061, 1.983], p=0.003). Conclusion: High PRS CAD associates with higher AmygA and AmygA in-turn associates with MI. These findings suggest increased stress-related neurobiological activity may contribute to the link between PRS CAD and MI.

Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shady Abohashem ◽  
Michael Osborne ◽  
Karmel W Choi ◽  
Tawseef Dar ◽  
Ahmed Ghoneem ◽  
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Introduction and Hypothesis: Chronic psychological stress is strongly linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Metabolic activity of the amygdala, a stress-associated brain center, robustly associates with high inflammation and CVD risk. We hypothesized that a validated polygenic risk score for neuroticism (nPRS), a broad trait measure of vulnerability to stress, independently associates with 1) heightened amygdalar activity (AmygA) and 2) increased myocardial infarction (MI) risk Methods: Individuals (N=14349; median age (IQR): 64 (52, 74) yrs, 46%male) were identified from the Partners Biobank where genome wide nPRS and principle components of ancestry (PCI) were calculated. Using validated 18 FDG PET/CT imaging methods, AmygA was measured (N=995) as a target-to-background-ratio in individuals with clinical PET/CT imaging. MI was adjudicated using International Classification of Diseases (ICD) diagnoses. Traditional CVD risk factors * and psychiatric history were obtained using ICD codes and questionnaires. Independent t-tests and linear and logistic regression were employed Results: A total of 1708 (12%) individuals experienced MI. nPRS associated with AmygA (standardized β [95% CI]: 0.07 [0.01, 0.13], p=0.02 Fig A ) after adjustment for age, sex, and 10 PCI. It remained significant after additional adjustment for psychiatric history (p=0.02). AmygA also predicted MI in an adjusted model (OR: 1.50, p=0.006 * ). Importantly, after adjustment for age, sex, and 10 PCI, nPRS significantly associated with MI incidence (standardized OR [95% CI]: 1.12 [1.05, 1.17], p<0.001 Fig B ) and remained significant after additional adjustment for CVD factors (p=0.006*) and psychiatric history (p=0.007) Conclusions: These findings show for the first time that a genetic susceptibility to stress (high nPRS) associates with greater stress-related neurobiological activity, and MI risk. Further, these findings suggest nPRS may serve as a novel risk marker for MI


Diabetes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 1645-P
Author(s):  
JOHANNE TREMBLAY ◽  
REDHA ATTAOUA ◽  
MOUNSIF HALOUI ◽  
RAMZAN TAHIR ◽  
CAROLE LONG ◽  
...  

Diabetes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 304-OR
Author(s):  
MICHAEL L. MULTHAUP ◽  
RYOSUKE KITA ◽  
NICHOLAS ERIKSSON ◽  
STELLA ASLIBEKYAN ◽  
JANIE SHELTON ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (7S_Part_19) ◽  
pp. P872-P872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Escott-Price ◽  
Rebecca Sims ◽  
Denise Harold ◽  
Maria Vronskaya ◽  
Peter Holmans ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. e000755
Author(s):  
Matthew Moll ◽  
Sharon M. Lutz ◽  
Auyon J. Ghosh ◽  
Phuwanat Sakornsakolpat ◽  
Craig P. Hersh ◽  
...  

IntroductionFamily history is a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We previously developed a COPD risk score from genome-wide genetic markers (Polygenic Risk Score, PRS). Whether the PRS and family history provide complementary or redundant information for predicting COPD and related outcomes is unknown.MethodsWe assessed the predictive capacity of family history and PRS on COPD and COPD-related outcomes in non-Hispanic white (NHW) and African American (AA) subjects from COPDGene and ECLIPSE studies. We also performed interaction and mediation analyses.ResultsIn COPDGene, family history and PRS were significantly associated with COPD in a single model (PFamHx <0.0001; PPRS<0.0001). Similar trends were seen in ECLIPSE. The area under the receiver operator characteristic curve for a model containing family history and PRS was significantly higher than a model with PRS (p=0.00035) in NHWs and a model with family history (p<0.0001) alone in NHWs and AAs. Both family history and PRS were significantly associated with measures of quantitative emphysema and airway thickness. There was a weakly positive interaction between family history and the PRS under the additive, but not multiplicative scale in NHWs (relative excess risk due to interaction=0.48, p=0.04). Mediation analyses found that a significant proportion of the effect of family history on COPD was mediated through PRS in NHWs (16.5%, 95% CI 9.4% to 24.3%), but not AAs.ConclusionFamily history and the PRS provide complementary information for predicting COPD and related outcomes. Future studies can address the impact of obtaining both measures in clinical practice.


Leukemia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geffen Kleinstern ◽  
J. Brice Weinberg ◽  
Sameer A. Parikh ◽  
Esteban Braggio ◽  
Sara J. Achenbach ◽  
...  

AbstractMonoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL) is a precursor to CLL. Other than age, sex, and CLL family-history, little is known about factors associated with MBL risk. A polygenic-risk-score (PRS) of 41 CLL-susceptibility variants has been found to be associated with CLL risk among individuals of European-ancestry(EA). Here, we evaluate these variants, the PRS, and environmental factors for MBL risk. We also evaluate these variants and the CLL-PRS among African-American (AA) and EA-CLL cases and controls. Our study included 560 EA MBLs, 869 CLLs (696 EA/173 AA), and 2866 controls (2631 EA/235 AA). We used logistic regression, adjusting for age and sex, to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals within each race. We found significant associations with MBL risk among 21 of 41 variants and with the CLL-PRS (OR = 1.86, P = 1.9 × 10−29, c-statistic = 0.72). Little evidence of any association between MBL risk and environmental factors was observed. We observed significant associations of the CLL-PRS with EA-CLL risk (OR = 2.53, P = 4.0 × 10−63, c-statistic = 0.77) and AA-CLL risk (OR = 1.76, P = 5.1 × 10−5, c-statistic = 0.62). Inherited genetic factors and not environmental are associated with MBL risk. In particular, the CLL-PRS is a strong predictor for both risk of MBL and EA-CLL, but less so for AA-CLL supporting the need for further work in this population.


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