Abstract

BackgroundBoth intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS) and moyamoya disease (MMD) are prevalent in Asians. We hypothesized that the Ring Finger protein 213 gene polymorphism (RNF213), a susceptibility locus for MMD in East Asians, is also a susceptibility gene for ICAS in patients whose diagnosis had been confirmed by conventional angiography (absence of basal collaterals) and high-resolution MRI (HR-MRI, presence of plaque).MethodsWe analyzed 532 consecutive patients with ischemic events in the middle cerebral artery (MCA) distribution and relevant stenotic lesion on the distal internal carotid artery or proximal MCA, but no demonstrable carotid or cardiac embolism sources. Additional angiography was performed on 370 (69.5%) patients and HR-MRI on 283 (53.2%) patients.ResultsBased on angiographic and HR-MRI findings, 234 patients were diagnosed with ICAS and 288 with MMD. The RNF213 variant was observed in 50 (21.4%) ICAS patients and in 119 (69.1%) MMD patients. The variant was observed in 25.2% of patients with HR-MRI-confirmed ICAS. Similarly, 15.8% of ICAS patients in whom MMD was excluded by angiography had this variant. Among the ICAS patients, RNF213 variant carriers were younger and more likely to have a family history of MMD than non-carriers were. Multivariate testing showed that only the age of ICAS onset was independently associated with the RNF213 variant (odds ratio, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.944–0.99).ConclusionsRNF213 is a susceptibility gene not only for MMD but also for ICAS in East Asians. Further studies are needed on RNF213 variants in ICAS patients outside East Asian populations.

Highlights

  • Intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS) is a common stroke subtype worldwide

  • We hypothesized that the Ring Finger protein 213 gene polymorphism (RNF213), a susceptibility locus for MMD in East Asians, is a susceptibility gene for ICAS in patients whose diagnosis had been confirmed by conventional angiography and high-resolution MRI (HR-MRI, presence of plaque)

  • 15.8% of ICAS patients in whom MMD was excluded by angiography had this variant

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Introduction

Intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS) is a common stroke subtype worldwide. ICAS is more prevalent in Asians than in Westerners, the reason for the racial-ethnic differences is unknown. A genome-wide linkage analysis and exome analysis recently identified the ring finger protein 213 gene (RNF213) on 17q25.3 as the strongest susceptibility gene for MMD in East Asian people.[8,9] this genetic variant associated with MMD was observed in patients with non-MMD intracranial stenosis.[10,11] [12]. Both intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS) and moyamoya disease (MMD) are prevalent in Asians. We hypothesized that the Ring Finger protein 213 gene polymorphism (RNF213), a susceptibility locus for MMD in East Asians, is a susceptibility gene for ICAS in patients whose diagnosis had been confirmed by conventional angiography (absence of basal collaterals) and high-resolution MRI (HR-MRI, presence of plaque)

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