Matrix metalloproteinase 10 gene polymorphism and atherothrombotic cerebral infarction risk in a Han Chinese population.

BACKGROUND Matrix metalloproteinase 10 (MMP10) plays an important role in ischemic stroke and has a close relationship with some stroke risk factors. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in the exon regions of the MMP10 gene and atherothrombotic cerebral infarction risk. METHODS Five hundred and thirty-seven hospital-based patients who had suffered first atherothrombotic cerebral infarction and 580 unrelated healthy controls were enrolled. Demographic and clinical features of the subjects were recorded, and two polymorphisms, rs17435959 (G>C), rs17293607 (C>T) were chosen to be genotyped by real-time polymerase chain reaction-restriction TaqMan probes using the ABI 7300 TaqMan platform. RESULTS There were several clinical parameters, such as blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, homocysteine, as well as carotid plaque and smoking, but not average age and sex ratios that showed significant differences between patients and control subjects. For rs17435959, there was no significant difference between the ischemic stroke group and the healthy control group in genotype frequency (OR=1.295, P=0.187, 95% CI (0.882-1.899)) or allele frequency (OR=1.267, P=0.202, 95% CI (0.881-1.823)). Moreover, in smoking, none smoking, having carotid plaque, no carotid plaque, male or female subtypes, there was significant difference between patients and control subjects in genotype frequencies or allele frequencies. The minor allele frequency of rs17293607 was 0.92%, prohibiting further study of this allele. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that the rs17435959 SNP may not associated with atherothrombotic cerebral infarction risk. We also found that rs17293607 is not polymorphic in our study population.