Shared genetic contribution to ischemic stroke and Alzheimer's disease

Matthew Traylor, Poneh Adib-Samii, Denise Harold, Martin Dichgans, Julie Williams, Cathryn M. Lewis, Hugh S. Markus, Myriam Fornage, Elizabeth G. Holliday, Pankaj Sharma, Joshua C. Bis, Bruce M. Psaty, Sudha Seshadri, Mike A. Nalls, William J. Devan, Giorgio Boncoraglio, Rainer Malik, Braxton D. Mitchell, Steven J. Kittner, M. Arfan IkramRobert Clarke, Jonathan Rosand, James F. Meschia, Cathie Sudlow, Peter M. Rothwell, Christopher Levi, Steve Bevan, Laura L. Kilarski, Matthew Walters, Vincent Thijs, Agnieszka Slowik, Arne Lindgren, Paul I.W. De Bakker, Jean Charles Lambert, Carla A. Ibrahim-Verbaas, Adam C. Naj, Rebecca Sims, Céline Bellenguez, Gyungah Jun, Anita L. Destefano, Gary W. Beecham, Benjamin Grenier-Boley, Giancarlo Russo, Tricia A. Thornton-Wells, Nicola Jones, Albert V. Smith, Vincent Chouraki, Charlene Thomas, Diana Zelenika, Badri N. Vardarajan, Yoichiro Kamatani, Chiao Feng Lin, Amy Gerrish, Helena Schmidt, Brian Kunkle, Melanie L. Dunstan, Agustin Ruiz, Marie Thçrèse Bihoreau, Seung Hoan Choi, Christiane Reitz, Florence Pasquier, Paul Hollingworth, Alfredo Ramirez, Olivier Hanon, Annette L. Fitzpatrick, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Dominique Campion, Paul K. Crane, Clinton Baldwin, Tim Becker, Vilmundur Gudnason, Carlos Cruchaga, David Craig, Najaf Amin, Claudine Berr, Oscar L. Lopez, Philip L. De Jager, Vincent Deramecourt, Janet A. Johnston, Denis Evans, Simon Lovestone, Luc Letenneur, Francisco J. Morón, David C. Rubinsztein, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Kristel Sleegers, Alison M. Goate, Nathalie Fiçvet, Matthew J. Huentelman, Michael Gill, Kristelle Brown, M. Ilyas Kamboh, Lina Keller, Pascale Barberger-Gateau, Bernadette McGuinness, Eric B. Larson, Robert Green, Amanda J. Myers, Carole Dufouil, Stephen Todd, David Wallon, Seth Love, Ekaterina Rogaeva, John Gallacher, Peter St George-Hyslop, Jordi Clarimon, Alberto Lleo, Anthony Bayer, Debby W. Tsuang, Lei Yu, Magda Tsolaki, Paola Bossù, Gianfranco Spalletta, Petroula Proitsi, John Collinge, Sandro Sorbi, Florentino Sanchez-Garcia, Nick C. Fox, John Hardy, Maria Candida Deniz Naranjo, Paolo Bosco, Carol Brayne, Daniela Galimberti, Michelangelo Mancuso, Fiona Matthews, Susanne Moebus, Patrizia Mecocci, Maria Del Zompo, Wolfgang Maier, Harald Hampel, Alberto Pilotto, Maria Bullido, Francesco Panza, Paolo Caffarra, Benedetta Nacmias, John R. Gilbert, Manuel Mayhaus, Lars Lannfelt, Hakon Hakonarson, Sabrina Pichler, Minerva M. Carrasquillo, Martin Ingelsson, Duane Beekly, Victoria Alvarez, Fanggeng Zou, Otto Valladares, Steven G. Younkin, Eliecer Coto, Kara L. Hamilton-Nelson, Wei Gu, Cristina Razquin, Pau Pastor, Ignacio Mateo, Michael J. Owen, Kelley M. Faber, Palmi V. Jonsson, Onofre Combarros, Michael C. O'Donovan, Laura B. Cantwell, Hilkka Soininen, Deborah Blacker, Simon Mead, Thomas H. Mosley, David A. Bennett, Tamara B. Harris, Laura Fratiglioni, Clive Holmes, Renee F.A.G. De Bruijn, Peter Passmore, Thomas J. Montine, Karolien Bettens, Jerome I. Rotter, Alexis Brice, Kevin Morgan, Tatiana M. Foroud, Walter A. Kukull, Didier Hannequin, John F. Powell, Michael A. Nalls, Karen Ritchie, Kathryn L. Lunetta, John S.K. Kauwe, Eric Boerwinkle, Matthias Riemenschneider, Mercè Boada, Mikko Hiltunen, Eden R. Martin, Reinhold Schmidt, Dan Rujescu, Li San Wang, Jean François Dartigues, Richard Mayeux, Christophe Tzourio, Albert Hofman, Markus M. Nöthen, Caroline Graff, Lesley Jones, Jonathan L. Haines, Peter A. Holmans, Mark Lathrop, Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, Lenore J. Launer, Lindsay A. Farrer, Cornelia M. Van Duijn, Christine Van Broeckhoven, Valentina Moskvina, Gerard D. Schellenberg, Philippe Amouyel

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Abstract

Objective Increasing evidence suggests epidemiological and pathological links between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and ischemic stroke (IS). We investigated the evidence that shared genetic factors underpin the two diseases. Methods Using genome-wide association study (GWAS) data from METASTROKE + (15,916 IS cases and 68,826 controls) and the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project (IGAP; 17,008 AD cases and 37,154 controls), we evaluated known associations with AD and IS. On the subset of data for which we could obtain compatible genotype-level data (4,610 IS cases, 1,281 AD cases, and 14,320 controls), we estimated the genome-wide genetic correlation (rG) between AD and IS, and the three subtypes (cardioembolic, small vessel, and large vessel), using genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data. We then performed a meta-analysis and pathway analysis in the combined AD and small vessel stroke data sets to identify the SNPs and molecular pathways through which disease risk may be conferred. Results We found evidence of a shared genetic contribution between AD and small vessel stroke (rG [standard error] = 0.37 [0.17]; p = 0.011). Conversely, there was no evidence to support shared genetic factors in AD and IS overall or with the other stroke subtypes. Of the known GWAS associations with IS or AD, none reached significance for association with the other trait (or stroke subtypes). A meta-analysis of AD IGAP and METASTROKE + small vessel stroke GWAS data highlighted a region (ATP5H/KCTD2/ICT1) associated with both diseases (p = 1.8 × 10-8). A pathway analysis identified four associated pathways involving cholesterol transport and immune response. Interpretation Our findings indicate shared genetic susceptibility to AD and small vessel stroke and highlight potential causal pathways and loci.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)739-747
Number of pages9
JournalAnnals of neurology
Volume79
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 2016

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Neurology
  • Clinical Neurology

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