BioMed Research International
Volume 2017 (2017), Article ID 1538750, 8 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1538750

Research Article

Association of Platelet Membrane Glycoprotein HPA-2a/b, GP VI T13254C, and GP Ibα VNTR Polymorphisms with Risk of Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-Analysis

Wei Ni,¹ Jidong He,² Haoyu Wang,¹ and Tao Liu¹

¹Department of Cardiology, Nanchong Central Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, China
²Department of Cardiology, Bazhong Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital, Bazhong 636600, China

Correspondence should be addressed to Tao Liu; nclt456@sina.com

Received 24 November 2016; Revised 14 April 2017; Accepted 23 April 2017; Published 18 May 2017

Academic Editor: Gianluca Di Bella

Copyright © 2017 Wei Ni et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract.

Background and Aims. Recently, controversial results have been reported regarding the association of the polymorphisms of platelet membrane glycoproteins (HPA-2a/b, GP VI T13254C, and GP Ibα VNTR) with coronary artery disease (CAD). We performed this meta-analysis to further assess the polymorphisms of platelet membrane glycoproteins with a risk of CAD. Methods. A systematic electronic literature search was conducted in Embase, Cochrane Library, PubMed, and the Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM). Analyses were performed using the Cochrane software package Review Manager 5.2 and Stata 12.0 software package. Results. Twenty-nine full-text articles were included in the meta-analysis. Based on random-effects meta-analysis, a significant association between the HPA-2a/b polymorphism and CAD was identified (allele model: odds ratio = 1.43, 95% confidence interval = 1.07–1.91; dominant genetic model: odds ratio = 1.57, 95% confidence interval = 1.08–2.28). Our study showed no association between the GP VI T13254C polymorphism and CAD in either a random-effects model or a fixed-effects model. Furthermore, there was no evidence to suggest that the GP Ibα VNTR polymorphism was associated with CAD in any of the genetic analysis models. Conclusions. The HPA-2a/b polymorphism correlated significantly with a risk of CAD, and the HPA-2b allele and the HPA-2ab + HPA-2bb genotype may increase the risk of CAD. There was no evidence to suggest that polymorphisms of GP VI T13254C and GP Ibα VNTR were associated with CAD.

1. Introduction

Coronary artery disease (CAD), one of the leading causes of mortality, is a complex disease that is multifactorial and clearly influenced by environmental factors and genetic predisposition. Platelets and thrombosis play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of atherogenesis in CAD [1]. Platelet membrane glycoproteins Ib-IX-V, Ia-IIa, and IIb-IIIa mediated crucial reactions in the process of platelet adhesion, aggregation, and thrombosis [2]. The polymorphisms of platelet membrane glycoproteins affect the function of platelets in the process of thrombosis, and this can ultimately lead to different risks for CAD [3].

Many studies have focused on exploring the correlation between polymorphisms of platelet membrane glycoproteins and CAD; but unfortunately there has not been some kind of unified understanding [4–9]. So far, no published studies have specifically explored the association of platelet membrane glycoprotein (HPA-2a/b, GP VI T13254C, and GP Ibα VNTR) polymorphisms with the risk of CAD. The present meta-analysis attempts to use all relevant evidence to answer the question of whether the polymorphisms of platelet membrane glycoproteins HPA-2a/b, GP VI T13254C, and GP Ibα VNTR are associated with a risk of CAD.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Literature Search

We initially identified published studies that investigated the association of polymorphisms of platelet membrane glycoproteins (HPA-2a/b, GP VI T13254C, and GP Ibα VNTR) with a risk of CHD by searching the Embase, Cochrane Library, PubMed, and CBM databases from their inception through December 31, 2016. The following search terms were used: “platelet glycoprotein” or “GP I b-IX Complex” or “GP I bα” or “platelet membrane glycoprotein VI” or “HPA-2” or “GP I bαVNTR” or “GP6” AND “polymorphism or gene or variant or mutation” AND “coronary heart disease” or “CAD” or “myocardial infarction” or “angina” or “ischemic heart disease” or “ischemic cardiomyopathy” or “coronary artery stenosis”. We also reviewed the reference lists of the retrieved articles and recent reviews.

2.2. Study Selection

We included any study that met all of the following criteria: (1) the study was a cross-sectional, case control, or cohort design; (2) clear diagnostic criteria for CAD were established; (3) the association between of HPA-2a/b, GP VI T13254C, and GP Ibα VNTR with risk of CHD was investigated; and (4) the odds ratios (ORs)/risk ratio (RR, for cohort studies) and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs), or the distributions of genotype and allele frequency were reported. Two authors independently evaluated the eligibility of all studies retrieved from the databases. Disagreements were resolved by discussion or in consultation with a third author.

2.3. Data Extraction

Two investigators independently extracted data on patient and study characteristics and the quality of each study using a standardized data extraction form. Any discrepancies were resolved by consensus. The following information was extracted from each study: first author, year of publication, location, race, diagnostic criteria, gene, mean age, disease definition, gender, source of controls, number of patients, effect size (OR, HR), and adjusted variables.

2.4. Data Analysis

Statistical analyses were performed using the Cochrane software package Review Manager 5.2 and the Stata 12.0 software package. Descriptive statistics were calculated for all demographic and clinical characteristics of the study subjects. Quantitative clinical data were compared between patients with CAD and control subjects using an unpaired Student’s -test. Qualitative data were compared by the chi-square test. Allele frequencies were estimated by the gene counting method, and the chi-square test was used to identify significant departures from the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The strength of the association between the HPA-2a/b, GP VI T13254C, and GP Ibα VNTR polymorphisms with risk of CAD was measured by odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

The OR values of the two-allele polymorphism were calculated from the following two models, respectively: (1) allele model (mutant alleles versus wild-type alleles); (2) dominant model (heterozygous + homozygous mutant versus homozygous wild-type). The OR values of the variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism were calculated from the following three models, respectively: (1) allele model (single allele versus other alleles); (2) dominant model (contained a specific allele genotype versus other genotypes); (3) codominant model (single genotype versus other genotypes).

Heterogeneity was quantified using the statistic. Where the value was 50% or lower, indicating no evidence of heterogeneity, the fixed-effects model was suggested; otherwise, we used the random-effects model. In the presence of heterogeneity, we performed subgroup and sensitivity analyses to explore possible explanations for the heterogeneity and examine the influence of various exclusion criteria on the overall risk estimate. The funnel plot and Egger’s test were conducted to identify a potential publication bias.

3. Results

3.1. Study Selection

A flowchart of the study selection process is shown in Figure 1. Twenty-five published studies (containing 29 research investigations) were finally included in the meta-analysis [4–28]. Among these, one study contained two independent researches [13], and three studies explored HPA-2a/b and GP Ibα VNTR, simultaneously [5, 11, 16]. In addition, six studies enrolled community-based populations [8, 9, 12, 14, 21, 22], and the rest were controlled through hospital populations. Only two articles mentioned gene sequencing using a blind method [16, 20] (Table 1).

Table 1: Primary characteristics of included studies.

References
Location
Race
Diagnostic criteria
Gene
Age (yrs)
Disease definition
Male (%)
Source of controls
Sample
for
HWE

Ca
Co
Ca/Co
Ca/Co

Hato et al. 1997
Japan
2
WHO
1
54.0 ± 5.6
52.3 ± 7.0
MI
86/90
Hospital
88/100
0.340

Murata et al. 1997
Japan
2
No description
1
60.7 ± 8.7
49.1 ± 5.5
CAD
70/91
Hospital
91/105
0.367

Gonzalez-Conejero et al. 1998
Spain
1
WHO
1,3
62.9 ± 11.1
63.7 ± 10.9
ACS
73/73
Hospital
101/101
0.893

Ito et al. 1999
Japan
2
WHO, AHA
1,3
59.3 ± 10.0
51.0 ± 11.2
ACS
85/72
Hospital
158/169
0.912

Zhang et al. 1999
China
2
No description
1
59.2 ± 11.6
56.3 ± 10.7
MI
71/63
Hospital
100/104
0.364

Croft et al. 2001
England
1
WHO
2
61.9 ± 9.2
61.1 ± 9.1
MI
65/63
Hospital
289/292
0.181

Croft et al. 2001
England
1
WHO
2
61.5 ± 9.3
54.4 ± 11.8
MI
73/59
Hospital
236/182
0.972

Reiner et al. 2001
USA
1
No description
1
18–44
18–44
MI
NA
Community
68/346
0.763

Douglas et al. 2002
England
1
No description
3
59.1 ± 9.9
57.0 ± 10.6
MI
90/60
Hospital
88/168
0.952

Rosenberg et al. 2002
Israel
1
No description
1
42.5 ± 4.2
40.6 ± 4.1
MI
100/100
Hospital
100/119
NA

NI et al. 2004
China
2
ACC/AHA
3
60.6 ± 9.0
57.4 ± 11.0
ACS
62/62
Hospital
69/69
0.164

Kou et al. 2004
China
2
Coronarography
2
59.95 ± 6.31
58.76 ± 6.32
CAD
60/57
Hospital
179/164
0.718

Candore et al. 2006
Italy
1
WHO, AHA
1
<46

MI
91/91
Community
105/110
0.671

Aleksic et al. 2000
Croatia
1
Coronarography
1
60.4 ± 9.3
57.5 ± 10.6
CAD
77/53
Hospital
402/202
0.284

Xue et al. 2008
China
2
WHO
1
NA
NA
CAD
NA
Hospital
212/106
NA

Abboud et al. 2010
Tunisia
1
WHO
1
55.5 ± 10.6
54.1 ± 9.4
CAD
72/76
Community
247/316
0.996

Motovska et al. 2010
Czech
1
ACC/ESC
2
47.78 ± 6.13
63.66 ± 9.47
MI
78/34
Hospital
105/132
NA

Musino et al. 2010
Italy
1
WHO
1
47.2
50
MI
86/67
Community
71/150
0.816

Snoep et al. 2010
Holland
1
WHO
2
57 (49–64)
59 (50–66)
MI
100/100
Hospital
545/643
0.480

Shaffer et al. 2011
USA
1
WHO
2
NA
NA
MI
77/77
Community
652/625
NA

Ashavaid et al. 2011
India
3
No description
1,3
58.6 ± 10.4
43.0 ± 11.3
CAD
80/54
Hospital
446/473
0.999

Dogra et al. 2012
India
3
WHO
1
36.4 ± 4.5
31.1 ± 6.0
MI
96/76
Community
184/350
0.340

Chen and Zen 2012
China
2
WHO
1
61.05 ± 10.27
60.74 ± 6.80
MI
79/79
Hospital
86/85
0.543

Kazemi et al. 2012
Iran
1
ACC/ESC
2
46.3 ± 5.2
44.7 ± 6.8
MI
84/41
Hospital
100/100
0.061

Sun et al. 2012
China
2
No description
2
75.96 ± 7.45
71.72 ± 8.31
CAD
68/63
Hospital
246/185
0.852

Zhang et al. 2015
China
2
WHO
1
62.5 ± 11.9
60.1 ± 10.2
ACS
71/59
Hospital
403/500
0.973

Race: (1) Caucasian; (2) East Asians; (3) Indian. Gene: (1) HPA-2; (2) GP VI T13254C; (3) GP Ibα VNTR. Ca, case group; Co, control group. CAD, coronary artery disease; MI, myocardial infarction (acute or chronic); ACS, acute coronary syndrome. Matching with the control; WHO, World Health Organization; AHA, American Heart Association; ESC, European Society of Cardiology.

Figure 1: Flow chart from identification of eligible studies to final inclusion.

3.2. Study Characteristics

The characteristics of the studies are summarized in Table 1. Three studies were from Japan [4, 5, 19], one study was from Spain [16], seven studies were from China [6, 7, 20, 25–28], three studies were from England [13, 15], two studies were from the United States [21, 23], one study was from Israel [22], two studies were from Italy [9, 12], one study was from Croatia [10], one study was from Tunisia [8], one study was from the Czech Republic [18], one study was from Holland [24], two studies were from India [11, 14], and one study was from Iran [17]. The disease diagnosis standards of twelve studies were consistent with World Health Organization criteria [4, 6–9, 13, 14, 16, 23, 24, 27]; the disease diagnosis standards of seven studies had no description [11, 15, 19, 21, 22, 26, 28]; two studies were consistent with World Health Organization and American Heart Association criteria [5, 12]; one was consistent with American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association criteria [20], two studies were confirmed by coronarography [10, 25], and two were consistent with American College of Cardiology and European Society of Cardiology criteria [17, 18]. Eight studies on disease definition concerned coronary heart disease (CHD) or coronary artery disease (CAD) [8, 10, 11, 19, 25–27], fifteen were on myocardial infarction (MI) [4, 7, 9, 12–15, 17, 18, 21–24], and six concerned acute coronary disease (ACS) [5, 6, 16, 20]. The HPA-2a/b allele model and the dominant model each had fifteen studies that were selected. Eight studies were included in the GP VI T13254C allele model, and six studies were in the GP VI T13254C dominant model. Only five studies were included in the GP Ibα VNTR model because some research studies did not conform to the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. In the HPA-2a/b allele model, there were 2650 patients with CAD included, and 2762 patients with CAD in the HPA-2a/b dominant model. In the GP VI T13254C allele model, there were 2352 patients with CAD included, and 1595 patients with CAD were in the GP VI T13254C dominant model. In the GP Ibα VNTR gene model, there were 861 patients with CAD included.

3.3. Meta-Analysis Results

Fifteen studies were included in the HPA-2a/b allele model and the dominant model. The association between HPA-2 polymorphism and CAD showed a significant difference utilizing the random-effects model in allele model (OR = 1.43, 95%CI = 1.07–1.91, ) and dominant model (OR = 1.57, 95%CI = 1.08–2.28, ) (Table 2). Cumulative meta-analysis showed that the difference was statistically significant since the study of Rosenberg et al. and significant difference tends to stability after this (Figure 2). However, subgroup analysis showed that this difference was not statistically significant among Indians.

Table 2: Meta-analysis of studies examining association between HPA-2a/b polymorphisms and risk of coronary artery disease according to race.

Genotype
Number of trails
Heterogeneity
Effect model
Meta-analyses

value
ORs
95% CIs
value

Allelic model

All
15
78
<0.01
Random
1.43
1.07–1.91
0.01

Race

    Caucasian
7
48
0.07
Fixed
1.40
1.06–1.84
0.02

    East Asians
6
84
<0.01
Random
1.95
1.09–3.50
0.03

    Indian
2
0%
0.48
Fixed
0.75
0.55–1.04
0.08

Dominant model

All
15
84
<0.01
Random
1.57
1.08–2.28
0.02

Race

    Caucasian
6
63
0.02
Random
1.46
1.00–2.14
0.05

    East Asians
7
89
<0.01
Random
2.23
1.06–4.71
0.04

    Indian
2
0%
0.45
Fixed
0.75
0.54–1.05
0.10

Figure 2: Cumulative meta-analysis of studies examining association between HPA-2a/b polymorphisms and risk of coronary artery disease.

Eight studies were included in the GP VI T13254C allele model and six studies in the GP VI T13254C dominant model. No significant association was demonstrated between the GP VI T13254C polymorphism and CAD in either the allele model (OR = 1.06, 95% CI = 0.82–1.37, random-effects model) or the dominant model (OR = 1.11, 95% = 0.93–1.31, fixed-effects model) (Table 3). In this meta-analysis, the studies by Gonzalez-Conejero et al. lacked the A allele, and Ni et al. lacked the D allele in both the CAD group and the control group. Therefore, only five studies were included in the GP Ibα VNTR polymorphism. The overall results from the different genetic analysis models identified no significant association between GP Ibα VNTR polymorphism and CAD (Table 3).

Table 3: Meta-analysis of studies examining association between GP VI T13254C, GP Ibα VNTR polymorphisms and risk of coronary artery disease.

Genotype
Number of trails
Heterogeneity
Effect model
Meta-analyses

value
OR
95% CIs
value

GP VI T13254C allele model
8
73
<0.01
Random
1.0
0.82–1.37
0.66

GP VI T13254C dominant model
6
4
0.39
Fixed
1.1
0.93–1.31
0.24

GP Ibα VNTR A allele model
5
0
0.47
Fixed
1.1
0.70–1.91
0.58

GP Ibα VNTR B allele model
5
51
0.08
Random
1.0
0.72–1.59
0.74

GP Ibα VNTR C allele model
5
57
0.06
Random
1.0
0.80–1.32
0.86

GP Ibα VNTR D allele model
5
0
0.43
Fixed
1.1
0.93–1.32
0.25

GP Ibα VNTR A allele dominant model
5
0
0.49
Fixed
1.0
0.60–1.81
0.88

GP Ibα VNTR B allele dominant model
5
67
0.02
Random
1.2
0.70–2.20
0.46

GP Ibα VNTR C allele dominant model
5
34
0.19
Fixed
0.8
0.58–1.31
0.50

GP Ibα VNTR D allele dominant model
5
0
0.80
Fixed
1.0
0.82–1.25
0.91

GP Ibα VNTR BC codominant model
5
76
<0.01
Random
1.3
0.64–2.74
0.44

GP Ibα VNTR CC codominant model
5
58
0.05
Random
0.9
0.64–1.29
0.59

3.4. Heterogeneity Test

A significant heterogeneity was present in the HPA-2a/b models (allele model = 78%, dominant model = 84%). Heterogeneity analysis revealed that the study of Chen and Zen from East Asians ethnic studies was the largest source of heterogeneity (Figure 3). In order to find out the source of heterogeneity in clinical and methodological presentation, a metaregression was performed to explore the source of heterogeneity in both the allele model and the dominant model, respectively. However, no clinical and methodological heterogeneity was found (). This shows that the heterogeneity is derived from the statistical methods. We also found significant heterogeneity in the meta-analysis of the association between the GP VI T13254C allele model, the GP Ibα VNTR polymorphism, and CAD. Because less than 10 studies were included in the meta-analysis, a metaregression analysis was not performed to explore the source of heterogeneity.

Figure 3: Galbraith plot for heterogeneity test of studies examining association between HPA-2a/b polymorphisms and risk of coronary artery disease.

3.5. Sensitivity Analysis

In the sensitivity analysis of the HPA-2 polymorphism and CAD in the allele models and dominant models, the ORs and 95% CIs were still 1.28 (1.04–1.58) and 1.30 (1.03–1.65), respectively, even after exclusion of the largest sources of heterogeneity from Chen and Zen. This fully shows that the meta-analysis results for the association between HPA-2a/b polymorphism and CAD have considerable stability. Meanwhile, this indicates that the result of Chen and Zen is the main factor leading to the increase in heterogeneity. Similarly, a sensitivity analysis did not change the results of the meta-analysis in the allele model or the dominant model for GP VI T13254C and the different genetic analysis models for GP Ibα VNTR.

3.6. Publication Bias

Publication bias among the eligible studies was assessed by the Egger’s test, and there was no publication bias in our meta-analysis (HPA-2a/b allele model: ; HPA-2a/b dominant model: = 1.000; GP VI T13254C allele model: ; GP VI T13254C dominant model: ; GP Ibα VNTR: omitted) (Figure 4).

Figure 4: Publication bias of studies examining association between HPA-2a/b polymorphisms and risk of coronary artery disease.

4. Discussion

A total of twenty-five studies were included in our systematic review. The results indicated that the HPA-2a/b polymorphism was associated with CAD in both the allele model and dominant model. There was no evidence to suggest that polymorphisms of GP VI T13254C and GP Ibα VNTR were associated with CAD.

At the beginning of this century, a number of researchers conducted systematic reviews on the association of platelet membrane glycoprotein polymorphisms and risk of CAD. One of the most studied was the Pl/Pl (HPA-1a/b) polymorphism of the platelet membrane glycoprotein receptor IIIa. Wu et al., Di Castelnuovo et al., and Burr et al. demonstrated meta-analysis results supporting a GP III a PlA1/PlA2 polymorphism associated with cardiovascular disease or coronary heart disease, although this correlation was rather weak. But in the years that followed, Ye et al. and Bentley et al. showed a meta-analysis whereby a platelet membrane glycoprotein polymorphism of PlA1/PlA2 (including GP Ibα Kozak-5T/C and GP Ia 807C/T) was associated with coronary heart disease, which was not statistically significant. This shows that the criteria for literature selection and meta-analysis method have a great influence on the results.

The main differences in the research methodology between this study and the meta-analyses reported above are as follows: (1) this study is limited to case control studies, and any retrospective or cohort studies were not included. (2) Studies were excluded that did not meet the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. (3) We used the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) to evaluate the quality of the papers; this scale is mainly applied to a quality evaluation of the literature in case control and cohort studies. (4) A variety of genetic analysis models were used in combined-effects models (allele model, dominant model, and GP Ibα VNTR polymorphism using more complex gene analysis models).

This study still has some shortcomings. We failed to collect the unpublished literature, which is a type of study likely to avoid a publication bias. Due to the statistical analysis of a small part of the original documents using only the dominant model, no specific or calculated allele data, and the fact that we contacted relevant authors through e-mail and oftentimes did not receive a reply, a combined analysis of the allele model could not be carried out. The very strict inclusion and exclusion criteria resulted in a final statistical analysis of a smaller portion of the research, especially for GPIbαVNTR, which only included 5 papers. These weaknesses can only be compensated for by carrying out more comprehensive literature collection and more rigorous clinical trials.

5. Conclusion

We confirmed that the HPA-2a/b polymorphism is significantly associated with CAD and the HPA-2b allele and HPA-2ab+bb genotype are the genetic risk factors for CAD. We found no evidence to support the theory that the presence of GP VI T13254C and GP Ibα VNTR polymorphisms was related to an increased risk of CAD. However, in the future, we will need a larger sample size, a more appropriate population, and better genetic testing methods to verify this view.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors state that they have no conflicts of interest.

Authors’ Contributions

Tao Liu, Haoyu Wang, Jidong He, and Wei Ni conceived and designed the experiments. Jidong He and Wei Ni performed the experiments, Jidong He and Wei Ni analyzed the data, and Wei Ni and Jidong He contributed to reagents, materials, and analysis tools. Wei Ni wrote the paper. Wei Ni and Jidong He are equal contributors and co-first authors.

Acknowledgments

This study was financially supported by the project grant from the Health and Family Planning Commission of Sichuan Province, China, no. 16PJ199.

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