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From the Human Genetics Division (E.P., A.R.M., C.C., S.Y.), School of Medicine, University of Southampton, United Kingdom; INSERM U525 (D.-A.T), Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France; and Atherosclerosis Research Unit (A.S., A.H., P.E.), King Gustaf V Research Institute, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Correspondence to Dr Shu Ye, Human Genetics Division, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Duthie Bldg (Mp 808), Tremona Rd, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom. E-mail Shu.Ye{at}soton.ac.uk
Myocardial infarction (MI) is commonly caused by atherosclerotic plaque rupture following excessive degradation of collagen fibers in the atherosclerotic lesion. We investigated whether interindividual variability in risk of MI was related to polymorphisms in the gene encoding matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-1, a key fibrillar collagendegrading enzyme. Several single nucleotide polymorphisms in the MMP1 gene promoter were identified following sequencing DNA samples from 30 individuals. An analysis of the polymorphisms in a cohort of British whites with coronary atherosclerosis, including 639 patients with MI and 538 non-MI subjects, revealed a haplotype effect of the 519A>G and 340T>C polymorphisms on risk of MI, with the A519-C340 and G519-T340 haplotypes being protective (odds ratio=0.70 [0.57 to 0.86]; P=0.0007), whereas the G519-C340 haplotype increased MI risk (odds ratio=1.94 [1.15 to 3.28]; P=0.013). This finding was replicated in a subsequent analysis of 387 Swedish MI patients and 387 healthy controls (odds ratio=0.70 [0.55 to 0.89], P=0.003, for A519-C340 and G519-T340; odds ratio=1.54 [0.97 to 2.46], P=0.07, for G519-C340). In vitro assays showed that compared with the A519-T340 haplotype, the A519-C340 and G519-T340 haplotypes had lower promoter activity, whereas the G519-C340 haplotype had greater promoter strength, in driving gene expression in human macrophages. Haplotype-specific differences in MMP1 mRNA level in atherosclerotic tissues were also detected. The data indicate that MMP1 gene variation is a genetic factor contributing to interindividual differences in MI risk.
Key Words: matrix metalloproteinase genetics polymorphism haplotype analysis atherosclerosis
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