Abstract
Approximately one-quarter of strokes occur in individuals with prior stroke. Despite the advancement in secondary stroke prevention, the long-term risk of recurrent stroke has remained unchanged. The objective of this study was to identify metabolite risk markers that are associated with recurrent stroke. We performed targeted metabolomic profiling of 162 metabolites by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry in baseline plasma in a stroke case-cohort study nested within the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study, an observational cohort study of 30,239 individuals aged 45 and older enrolled in 2003–2007. Weighted Cox proportional hazard models were used to identify metabolites that had a differential effect on first-time versus recurrent stroke using an interaction term between metabolite and prior stroke at baseline (yes or no). The study included 1391 incident stroke cases identified during 7.1 ± 4.5 years of follow-up and 1050 participants in the random cohort sample. Among 162 metabolites, 13 candidates had a metabolite-by-prior stroke interaction at a p-value <0.05, with one metabolite, acetylglutamine, surpassing the Bonferroni adjusted p-value threshold (p for interaction = 5.78 × 10−5). In an adjusted model that included traditional stroke risk factors, acetylglutamine was associated with recurrent stroke (HR = 2.27 per SD increment, 95% CI = 1.60–3.20, p = 3.52 × 10−6) but not with first-time stroke (HR = 0.96 per SD increment, 95% CI = 0.87–1.06, p = 0.44). Acetylglutamine was associated with recurrent stroke but not first-time stroke, independent of traditional stroke risk factors. Future studies are warranted to elucidate the pathogenesis of acetylglutamine and recurrent stroke risk.
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This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 NS099209 (Dr. Kimberly), American Heart Association (AHA) 17CSA33550004 (Dr. Kimberly), and NIH P20 GM135007 (Dr. Cushman). REGARDS is supported by cooperative agreement U01 NS041588 co-funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA), NIH, Department of Health and Human Service. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NINDS or the NIA. Representatives of the NINDS were involved in the review of the manuscript but were not directly involved in the collection, management, analysis, or interpretation of the data. The authors thank the other investigators, the staff, and the participants of the REGARDS study for their valuable contributions. A full list of participating REGARDS investigators and institutions can be found at https://www.uab.edu/soph/regardsstudy/.
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Kijpaisalratana, N., Ament, Z., Patki, A. et al. Acetylglutamine Differentially Associated with First-Time Versus Recurrent Stroke. Transl. Stroke Res. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12975-023-01181-1
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