Abstract
Ischemic stroke (IS) is one of the main causes of morbidity and disability worldwide due to its complex mechanism. Anemia was characterized as a risk factor of IS because the direct connection between central nervous system, blood supply, and tissue oxygen delivery. As the key oxygen-carrying molecule in the blood, hemoglobin (Hb) may be decisive in the destiny of penumbral area or influence the brain recovery and neurologic function, which could finally affect the outcome of IS. However, more detailed information on the expression levels of Hb related genes were still lacking possibly because the concentration of Hb was determined by the genes’ expression several hours ago, which may make the research more difficult to perform. This time gap between gene expressions and protein concentration could make these genes predictive bio-markers for IS outcome. In this study, we choose 28 IS patients, of which 12 were suffering from anemia. Statistical analysis results showed that the outcomes of the patients were different when dividing them into two groups characterized by Hb concentration. 2 sex and age matched patients were first chosen to perform RNA-seq analysis on, on two occasions at two different time points, after which the Hb counts were tested at least 24 h after sequencing. Results showed that the outcome of anemia patients was poor compared with non-anemia patients. Two other patients were then chosen for analysis which excluded the coincidence of other factors. The results showed that the low value of Hb under 13 g/dL in men were closely related to the poor outcome of IS patients. Differently expressed Hb related genes were tested and six genes were shown to be positively correlated with the recovery degree of IS patients: ELANE, FGF23, HBB, PIEZO1, RASA4, and PRTN3. Gene CPM was shown to be negatively correlated with clinical outcomes. All of the seven genes were validated to be related to strokes using real-time PCR or literature searches. Taken together, these genes could be considered as new predictors for the recovery of IS patients.
Highlights
Ischemic stroke (IS) is one of the main causes of morbidity and disability worldwide due to its complex mechanism
Whole blood samples were collected from 46 IS patients under different stages to perform analyses on three levels as follows: (1) Clinical information analyses group (C-group): all the 28 IS patients in this group were in non-acute period
The regression analysis between Hb count and these baseline characters showed similar results: there were no significant associations between Hb counts and sex, Lateral upper limbproximal, Lateral upper limb-distal, and all the Medical history besides pulmonary infection
Summary
Ischemic stroke (IS) is one of the main causes of morbidity and disability worldwide due to its complex mechanism. Statistical analysis results showed that the outcome of the patients was different when dividing them into two groups characterized by Hb concentration. 2 sex and age matched patients were first chosen to perform RNA-seq analyses twice on different time points, after which the Hb counts were tested at least 24 h after sequencing.
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