ABCA1 Polymorphism Is Associated With the Warfarin-Induced Aortic Stiffness After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in the Chinese Population

J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2020 Sep;76(3):360-366. doi: 10.1097/FJC.0000000000000860.

Abstract

Warfarin is the most widely prescribed oral anticoagulant and is recommended for patients recovering from coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) with atrial fibrillation. Increasing evidence suggested that warfarin increased arterial stiffness in those patients. We aimed to examine the effect of warfarin therapy on aortic stiffness in patients who underwent CABG with or without postoperative warfarin treatment and explored the potential relationships of warfarin therapy with ABCA1 polymorphisms. This was a retrospect observational study of 24 patients who were continuously treated with warfarin were selected as the warfarin group and matched them by age (±3 years) and gender to 48 patients with nonuse of warfarin as the control group. The aortic stiffness, cholesterol efflux capacity, and plasma level of PIVKA-II were measured. Two ABCA1 polymorphisms were genotyped. Compared with baseline, treatment with warfarin for 1 year significantly increased the plasma level of PIVKA-II and aortic stiffness in pulse pressure and pulse wave velocity in patients after CABG. The increase of pulse wave velocity and plasma PIVKA-II level in the TT genotype was significantly greater than the CC genotype when comparing the -565C/T genotypes. The capacity of cholesterol efflux was significantly lower in the TT genotype at baseline and 1-year follow-up than the CC genotype. Postoperative treatment of warfarin for 1 year significantly increased aortic stiffness in patients who underwent CABG. ABCA1 -565C/T polymorphisms affected the cholesterol efflux capacity and were associated with the vitamin K status and the increased aortic stiffness after warfarin treatment in those patients.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Observational Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1 / genetics*
  • Aged
  • Anticoagulants / adverse effects*
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / blood
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / chemically induced
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / genetics*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / physiopathology
  • China
  • Coronary Artery Bypass / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Genetic Association Studies
  • Homozygote
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pharmacogenomic Variants*
  • Polymorphism, Genetic*
  • Protein Precursors / blood
  • Prothrombin
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Stiffness / drug effects*
  • Warfarin / adverse effects*

Substances

  • ABCA1 protein, human
  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1
  • Anticoagulants
  • Biomarkers
  • Protein Precursors
  • acarboxyprothrombin
  • Warfarin
  • Prothrombin