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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 47, 990-996, May 2006
Copyright © 2006 by American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Variants at the APOA5 locus, association with carotid atherosclerosis, and modification by obesity: the Framingham Study

Roberto Elosua^*,,, Jose M. Ordovas^*, L. Adrienne Cupples^,**, Chao-Qiang Lai^*, Serkalem Demissie, Caroline S. Fox^**,,, Joseph F. Polak^***, Philip A. Wolf^**,, Ralph B. D'Agostino, Sr.^** and Christopher J. O'Donnell^1,**,,

^* U.S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA
Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica, Barcelona, Spain
^** National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
^*** Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Departments of Neurology and Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

The online version of this article (available at http://www.jlr.org) contains an additional two figures.

Published, JLR Papers in Press, February 11, 2006.

¹ To whom correspondence should be addressed. e-mail: codonnell{at}nih.gov

	ABSTRACT

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Genetic variation at the apolipoprotein A5 gene (APOA5) is associated with increased triglyceride concentrations, a risk factor for atherosclerosis. Carotid intimal medial thickness (IMT) is a surrogate measure of atherosclerosis burden. We sought to determine the association of common APOA5 genetic variants with carotid IMT and stenosis. A total of 2,273 Framingham Offspring Study participants underwent carotid ultrasound and had data on at least one of the five APOA5 variants (–1131T>C, –3A>G, 56C>G, IVS3+476G >A, and 1259T>C). Although none of the individual variants was significantly associated with carotid measures, the haplotype defined by the presence of the rare allele of the 56C>G variant was associated with a higher common carotid artery (CCA) IMT compared with the wild-type haplotype (0.75 vs. 0.73 mm; P < 0.05). The rare allele of each of the –1131T >C, –3A>G, IVS3+476G>A, and 1259T>C variants and the haplotype defined by the presence of the rare alleles in these four variants were each significantly associated with CCA IMT in obese participants. These associations remained significant even after adjustment for triglycerides. APOA5 variants were associated with CCA IMT, particularly in obese participants. The mechanism of these associations and the effect modification by obesity are independent of fasting triglyceride levels.

Supplementary key words apolipoproteins • carotid arteries • epidemiology • genetics • apolipoprotein A5 gene

	INTRODUCTION

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The apolipoprotein A5 gene (APOA5) was recently identified by comparison of genomic DNA from human and mouse (1) and by searching for genes involved in liver regeneration (2). This gene is located near the APOA1/C3/A4 gene cluster in human 11q23 and is involved in triglyceride metabolism (1, 3). More recently, apolipoprotein A-V has been described to reduce plasma triglycerides by inhibiting VLDL-triglyceride production (4) and by stimulating lipoprotein lipase-mediated VLDL-triglyceride hydrolysis (4, 5). Three APOA5 genetic variants were initially described in humans (–1131T>C, IVS3 + 476G>A, and 1259T>C) (1), and two others were reported subsequently (–3A>G and 56C>G) (6). The less common alleles of these five variants have been consistently associated with higher plasma triglyceride concentrations (1, 6–13). APOA5 genetic variants have also been associated with larger LDL (12, 14) and VLDL (15) particle sizes.

Although hypertriglyceridemia is an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease (16), there are limited data regarding the association between the APOA5 locus and a phenotypic manifestation of atherosclerosis in humans, particularly in unselected men and women from the general population. Most of the available studies have reported associations of APOA5 with atherosclerosis progression in men after coronary bypass (15), with coronary heart disease in a selected population of patients referred for coronary bypass surgery (17) or for angiography (18), and with myocardial infarction (19, 20) and cardiovascular disease (12) in the general population.

Carotid intimal medial thickness (IMT) measured by ultrasound is associated with prevalent cardiovascular disease (21), incident myocardial infarction and stroke (22), and premature parental coronary heart disease (23). Therefore, carotid IMT, and carotid stenosis as well, are widely used as surrogate measures of atherosclerosis burden and risk. There is a substantial heritable component to both internal and common carotid IMT (24), but each may represent distinct underlying pathophysiologies (25).

In this report, we sought to determine the association of APOA5 genetic variants and APOA5 haplotypes with carotid IMT and stenosis, to assess whether other cardiovascular risk factors modify this association, and to establish whether any observed associations are mediated through plasma triglyceride concentration in a large community-based sample of men and women.

	METHODS

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Study population
The design of the Framingham Heart Study has been detailed previously (26). Subjects included in this analysis were participants in the offspring cohort of the Framingham Heart Study. There were 3,532 participants in Offspring Study examination cycle 6 (1995–1998). A total of 3,380 (96%) of these participants underwent B-mode carotid ultrasonography. APOA5 genotype data were available in 2,273–2,367 participants (67–70%) with available carotid IMT data, depending on the genetic variant analyzed. The research protocol and genotype analyses were approved by the Institutional Review Boards at Boston University and Tufts University. All participants provided informed consent.

Carotid ultrasonography
Ultrasound measures were acquired and images analyzed according to a standard protocol (27), as described previously (28). Common carotid artery (CCA) and internal carotid artery (ICA) IMT were defined as the means of the maximal IMT measurements for the right and left sides. A subjective estimate of ICA narrowing, graded as 0%, 1–24%, and 25–49%, was made by the sonographer when Doppler-derived peak systolic velocities in the ICA were <150 cm/s. ICA narrowing of hemodynamic significance (50%) was defined as present when peak systolic velocities in the ICA were 150 cm/s. We defined the degree of stenosis based upon the maximum stenosis in either ICA, and stenosis was defined as present if it was 25%. More details are available in the supplementary data.

APOA5 genotype
DNA was isolated from blood samples using DNA Blood Midi Kits (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) according to the protocol recommended by the vendor. Five previously reported variants were determined (1, 6): –1131T>C (initially named SNP3-[1]), –3A >G, 56C>G (also known as S19W-[6]), IVS3+476G>A (initially named SNP2-[1]), and 1259T>C (also known as SNP1-[1]).

Genotyping was carried out using the ABI Prism SnaPshot multiplex system (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA). The primers and probes used have been reported previously (11).

The haplotype structures and frequencies were established among unrelated participants using Haplo.score (29). Selecting unrelated participants with complete data on all of the analyzed variants (n = 1,535), the four variants other than 56C>G were in almost complete linkage disequilibrium, with correlation coefficients ranging from 0.88 to 0.98, whereas the correlation coefficients between 56C>G and the other four variants ranged from 0.06 to 0.07 (12). There was a limited number of common haplotype variants (frequency>1%) (Table 1 ). When analyzing the whole sample, we could define the haplotype structures without ambiguous linkage phase in 2,047 of the 2,129 participants who had complete data on APOA5 genotypes. Three haplotype-genotype groups were defined (Table 2 ): haplotype-genotype APOA5*1/1, which includes homozygotes for haplotype variant *1, the wild-type (n = 1,578); haplotype-genotype APOA5*1/2 and 2/2, the carriers of haplotype variant *2 (n = 223); and haplotype-genotype APOA5*1/3 and 3/3, the carriers of haplotype variant *3 (n = 233). Because they were extremely infrequent (n = 13), APOA5*2/3 heterozygous individuals were excluded from the association analyses, as were those subjects with ambiguous or very rare haplotypes (n = 82).

Statistical methods
Chi-square tests were used to compare proportions across groups, and ANOVA was used to compare means of continuous variables across groups. Analysis of covariance was used to determine the carotid IMT mean across APOA5 genotypes, adjusting for covariates. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to determine the association between genetic variants and ICA stenosis. Familial correlations were accounted for using generalized estimating equations with Proc Genmod in SAS (version 8.0). For these analyses, a dominant genetic model was assumed, as the frequency of the rare alleles was low. In these models, we adjusted for the following covariates: age, sex, smoking, diabetes, systolic blood pressure, hypertension treatment and BMI, triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol, and LDL-cholesterol. We ran three models, one adjusting for age and sex, a second adjusting for all covariates except the lipid measures, and a third with all covariates.

Additionally, haplotype analyses were performed in the subset of individuals with unambiguous linkage phase (2,047 of 2,129). According to the individual haplotype structures, we defined three haplotype-genotype groups using a dominant genetic model, as explained above (Table 2). In these analyses, we also used generalized estimating equations and logistic regression with Proc Genmod in SAS, as described above.

According to the prespecified aims of the study, we also tested for the effects on carotid phenotypes of interactions between the genetic variants (individual variants and haplotypes) and hypertension, smoking, diabetes, and obesity. For all analyses, a two-tailed nominal P value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant, and we accounted for familial correlations.

	RESULTS

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The frequencies of the different APOA5 rare alleles (analyzed in an unrelated subsample of the study) were 0.06 for the 56C>G and IV53+476G>A variants and 0.07 for the –1131T>C, –3A>G, and 1259T>C variants. These frequencies were consistent with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, except for the 56C>G genetic variant. For 56C>G, there was a small but statistically significant difference between the observed genotype frequencies (89.1, 10.1, and 0.8 for the CC, CG, and GG genotypes, respectively) and the expected frequencies (88.7, 11.0, and 0.3, respectively) in this large sample size. Given the very small magnitude of difference, we continued to include this variant in subsequent analyses.

In Table 3 , we present the characteristics of the participants by each of the APOA5 genetic variants. With respect to lipids, there was a consistently higher triglyceride level associated with the presence of the rare allele in all of the analyzed APOA5 variants, with increases ranging from 22% to 27%. Compared with noncarriers, total cholesterol levels were higher in carriers of the rare allele in the –1131T>C, –3A>G, and IVS3+476G>A variants, and HDL-cholesterol levels were lower in those with the rare allele of the 56C>G variant. Additionally, the prevalence of diabetes was lower among carriers of the rare allele of the –1131T>C, –3A>G, and IVS3+476G >A variants. The prevalence of obesity was lower among carriers of the rare allele of the 1259T>C genetic variant.

In analyses for interactions between the APOA5 haplotype variants and obesity-related variables, the interaction between the APOA5 haplotype-genotype groups and BMI was marginally significant (P = 0.059), and the results were consistent with those noted for the individual genetic variants (Fig. 1 ). The association of BMI with CCA IMT was stronger in carriers of the APOA5*1/2-2/2 haplotype-genotype. The interaction between APOA5 haplotype-genotype groups and obesity was statistically significant, even after adjusting for lipids (P = 0.031): the APOA5*1/2-2/2 haplotype-genotype was associated with higher CCA IMT in obese people (Fig. 2 ). These interactions were also observed in analyses conducted separately in men and women (data not shown). Aside from the obesity interactions, there were no other significant interactions of other risk factors with APOA5 variants.

View larger version (12K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Predicted values from the regression of the adjusted common carotid artery (CCA) intimal medial thickness (IMT) on body mass index (BMI) within each apolipoprotein A5 gene (APOA5) haplotype-genotype group, and P value for the interaction between APOA5 haplotype-genotype and BMI. The models were adjusted for age, sex, smoking, diabetes, systolic blood pressure, hypertension treatment, triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol, and LDL-cholesterol.

View larger version (16K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Multivariable adjusted CCA IMT according to APOA5 haplotype-genotype groups and obesity, and P values for the interactions between these haplotypes and obesity. The models were adjusted for age, sex, smoking, diabetes, systolic blood pressure, hypertension treatment, triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol, and LDL-cholesterol.

	DISCUSSION

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The results of our study extend and add new information to the existing data regarding the association between APOA5 and atherosclerosis measures. Although the association between APOA5 genetic variants and hypertriglyceridemia has been studied extensively and replicated consistently in different studies (1, 6–11), there have been few studies, particularly in large population-based cohorts, of the association between these genetic variants and clinically relevant atherosclerotic phenotypes (12, 15, 17, 19, 20). We report an association between APOA5 genetic variants and CCA IMT, and although the magnitude of differences in IMT is modest, similar magnitudes of difference in other studies have been associated with clinically significant atherosclerotic outcomes (21–23).

Our data further add to prior studies by analyzing the association of haplotypes and individual genetic variants at the APOA5 locus with atherosclerosis-related phenotypes. Although we did not observe statistically significant associations between the individual APOA5 variants and carotid measures, the haplotype defined by the presence of the 56C > G variant (APOA5*1/3-3/3) was associated with higher CCA IMT compared with the wild-type haplotype (APOA5*1/1). Thus, the discordance of the results for CCA IMT observed between the association of the haplotype defined by the presence of the 56C > G variant and this individual single-nucleotide polymorphism may be explained by a more precise genetic classification of the individuals. The haplotype analysis clearly defines three different haplotype-genotype groups. However, the individual single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis defines only two groups, comparing the carriers of the 56C > G variant and noncarriers. Because the noncarriers include both wild-type individuals (haplotype APOA5*1/1) and carriers of the other four genetic variants (haplotype APOA5*1/2-2/2), the association results for CCA IMT may be diluted by the introduction of misclassification. These results support the idea that analyses based upon haplotypes may be more efficient than separate analyses of individual markers when studying complex diseases (30).

Of potential clinical relevance, we report a significant effect modification of obesity on the association of individual APOA5 variants with CCA IMT. This effect modification was noted consistently in analyses of haplotypes involving the APOA5*1/2-2/2 haplotype-genotype, which was present in 11% of the population. These results suggest that 56C>G acts as a restrictive variant, whereas –1131T>C, –3A>G, IVS + 476G > A, and 1259T > C act as conditional genetic variants expressing the deleterious phenotype under certain environmental conditions, such as obesity. Interestingly, although all of the individual variants were associated with higher triglyceride levels, only the 56C > G variant was also associated with lower HDL-cholesterol, whereas the –1131T>C, –3A > G, and IVS + 476G > A variants were also associated with higher total cholesterol. These different associations may be related to a different impact of these variants on apolipoprotein A-V function (31): although the APOA5 56C>G variant reduces APOA5 expression, the other four variants, which define the haplotype APOA5*2, do not influence translation efficiency or gene expression, suggesting that the effect of these variants may reflect a strong linkage disequilibrium with other functional variants. The APOA5 gene is a constituent of the well-known APOA1/C3/A4/A5 gene cluster that has been the subject of intense research to gain understanding about lipid metabolism and cardiovascular disease risk (32). Recent data suggest that the haplotype APOA5*2 is in linkage disequilibrium with the minor alleles of some APOC3 variants (Sst1 –3238G> C, –482C>T, and –455T>C) (33, 34), such that the association between this haplotype and carotid IMT in obese men and women could be explained by variations in the APOC3 gene. The APOC3 Sst1 variant has been associated with carotid atherosclerosis in different studies (35–37), although we did not observe this association in the Framingham Heart Study (38). Recent studies suggest that haplotypes in APOC3 but not in APOA5 increase susceptibility to myocardial infarction (39). Further studies are warranted to explore this cluster, define the linkage disequilibrium pattern, and determine the association with lipid traits and cardiovascular risk susceptibility.

All of the associations of APOA5 variants with CCA IMT were independent of risk factors, including fasting triglycerides or other lipid levels. This surprising result was also reported by Szalai et al. (17), who found that the association between the APOA5 –1131T > C variant and coronary heart disease susceptibility was independent of triglyceride levels. These observations suggest additional mechanisms explaining the association between APOA5 and atherosclerosis independent of the classical lipid risk factors included in these analyses. It is possible that other lipid variables, such as postprandial lipemia or LDL particle size, reported previously to be associated with the APOA5 genotype (12, 14), may play a role. We explored other possible mechanisms by including C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation, and the ratio between triglycerides and HDL-cholesterol, an indirect marker of insulin resistance, in the multivariate models; however, the inclusion of these covariates did not alter the reported associations (data not shown).

We observed an association of the APOA5 variants with CCA IMT but not with ICA IMT or stenosis. These different carotid phenotypes represent different stages in the complex process of atherosclerosis (40). The observation of associations specific to CCA but not ICA, the effect modification by obesity, and the independence of effect from circulating triglyceride and other lipid levels leads to speculation regarding the function of apolipoprotein A-V in atherogenesis. Apolipoprotein A-V has been shown to stimulate lipoprotein lipase hydrolytic capacity (4, 5), and it is possible that it also stimulates other lipoprotein lipase functions, such as lipoprotein bridging and selective cholesteryl ester uptake (41). These functions are important in the delivery of atherogenic particles to the arterial wall (41) and could be especially significant in arterial segments with laminar blood flow, such as the CCA, where the wall shear stress decreases (25).

There are possible study limitations. Although we examined a priori for plausible interactions, it is possible that our observed interaction between APOA5 variants and obesity is falsely positive, given the number of tests examined during our analyses. Therefore, our observations, although strong, should be considered with caution and confirmed in other studies. Second, we have not conducted extensive single-nucleotide polymorphism genotyping across the APOA5 gene and have not measured carotid atherosclerosis measures other than IMT and stenosis; thus, it is possible that we have not completely accounted for the contribution of all possible genetic variations at this locus with all possible carotid measures. However, we have focused on the APOA5 variants that have been defined recently and studied intensively as well as on carotid phenotypes that are both heritable (24) and independently associated with incident cardiovascular disease in prospective studies (22). Third, our findings are restricted to a Caucasian cohort and thus may not be generalizable to other ethnic cohorts.

In conclusion, in this community-based study, we report that common APOA5 genetic variants and haplotypes are associated with CCA IMT, particularly in obese subjects. If confirmed, these associations may have substantial public health implications, given the recent epidemic increases in obesity. The independence of these associations from fasting triglyceride levels suggests the existence of an alternative mechanism in the association between APOA5 and atherosclerosis. Further studies are certainly warranted to confirm and further explore these findings.

	ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

 
This work was supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Contract N01 HC-25195, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Grant 5R01 NS-17950-22, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Grant HL-54776, and Contracts 53-K06-5-10 and 58-1950-9-001 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Research Service. R.E. received a grant from the Fulbright-Generalitat de Catalonia Program and from the Spanish Network of Cardiovascular Research Centers [Red Temática de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (RECAVA), FIS-C03/01].

Manuscript received October 11, 2005 and in revised form January 27, 2006.

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