[Genetic predictors of myocardial infarction in subjects of young age]

to investigate associations of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) rs499818 (6p24.1), rs619203 of ROS1 gene (6q22), rs10757278 rs1333049 (9p21.3), rs2549513 (16q23.1), rs4804611 of ZNF627 gene (19p13.2) with myocardial infarction in subjects of young age. The group of patients with MI (n=99) aged less than 45 years and the control group (n=111) did not differ significantly by sex (=0,617), age (=0.291), arterial hypertension (=0.766), diabetes mellitus (=0.395), hypercholestolemia (=0.696), excessive body mass and obesity (=0.361), abdominal obesity (=0.831) and history of smoking (=0.400). There was significant difference between groups by burdened heredity (<0.001). Genomic DNA was obtained from venous blood by phenol-chloroform extraction. Genetic testing was performed by real time polymerase chain reaction using 7900HT Fast Real-Time PCR System according to manufacturers protocol. We found significant association between rs1333049 and rs10757278 and myocardial infarction (MI). Odds ratio (OR) of development of MI in carriers of risk allele rs1333049 was 2.4 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.24 to 4.65), in carriers of G rs10757278 allele - 2.00 (95%CI 1.05 to 3.80). Association of risk alleles rs 1333049 and G rs10757278 with MI remained significant after adjustment for burdened family history (OR 4.25, 95%CI 1.39 to 12.99, and OR 3.04, 95%CI 1.09 to 8.52, respectively). Presence in the genotype of both risk alleles rs1333049 and G rs10757278 was associated with OR of MI development 2.40 (95%CI 1.20 to 4.82) which was not different from that associated with carriage of allele rs1333049 only. Possibly in our population both SNPs belong to one linkage block and correspondingly it is sufficient to genotype one SNP. No significant associations with MI were found for variants rs4804611, rs2549513, rs499818, rs619203. SNPs rs1333049 and rs10757278 of 9p21.3 locus are predictors of MI in young individuals not dependent on both traditional risk factors and presence of burdened family history.