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. 2019 Sep 11;9:13177. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-49123-y

Association among PlA1/A2 gene polymorphism, laboratory aspirin resistance and clinical outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease: An updated meta-analysis

Jing Wang 1,2,#, Jie Liu 1,3,#, Yaqing Zhou 1,#, Fei Wang 1,4,#, Ke Xu 1, Deyu Kong 5, Jianling Bai 6, Jun Chen 7, Xiaoxuan Gong 1, Haoyu Meng 1, Chunjian Li 1,✉
PMCID: PMC6739359  PMID: 31511539

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the association among the PlA1/A2 gene polymorphism, laboratory aspirin resistance and adverse clinical outcomes in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients who were on aspirin maintainance therapy. A comprehensive literature search was performed and 35 eligible clinical trials including 19025 CAD patients were recruited. Adverse clinical outcomes involving all-cause death, non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI), ischemic stroke and target vessel revascularization (TVR) were analyzed. The definition of aspirin resistance in each study was accepted. Meta-analysis was performed using the Review Manager 5.3.5 System. In CAD patients, the PlA2 gene carriers had similar incidence of laboratory aspirin resistance compared to those with PlA1/A1 genotype [29.7% vs 28.3%, OR = 0.94 (95% CI 0.63 to 1.40, P = 0.74)], and there were no significant differences in the adverse clinical outcomes between the PlA2 carriers and the PlA1/A1 genotype patients. However, the laboratory aspirin non-responders had higher risks of death [7.9% vs. 2.5%, OR = 2.42 (95% CI 1.86 to 3.15, P < 0.00001)] and TVR [4.5% vs. 1.7%, OR = 2.20 (95% CI 1.19 to 4.08, P = 0.01)] compared to the responders. In aspirin-treated CAD patients, the laboratory aspirin resistance predicts all-cause death and TVR. However, the PlA1/A2 gene polymorphism predicts neither the laboratory aspirin response nor the clinical outcomes.

Subject terms: Cardiovascular genetics, Platelets

Introduction

Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) is a well-known baseline anti-platelet agent for the treatment and prevention of coronary artery disease (CAD). It irreversibly acetylates a serine residue at position 529 in platelet prostaglandin synthase, and inhibits cyclooxygenase (COX) channel associated with platelet aggregation. However, up to 24% patients were reported to be resistant to aspirin1. This mechanism of resistance and its clinical impact are under investigation.

PlA1/A2 polymorphism, a single nucleotide substitution (T → C) at position 1565 in exon 2 of the GP IIIa (a component of the final platelet aggregation pathway GPIIb/IIIa) gene has been reported to be associated with the laboratory detected aspirin resistance2–5 and adverse clinical outcomes6–9. However, the results are inconsistent among different studies10–12. In addition, study results regarding whether aspirin resistance is associated with adverse cardiovascular events are also inconsistent13–17.

This meta-analysis aimed to include the latest studies and update the concept regarding whether the PlA1/A2 gene polymorphism predicts laboratory aspirin resistance and/or cardiovascular outcomes, and whether laboratory detected aspirin resistance predicts cardiovascular outcomes in CAD patients who are on aspirin treatment. The results of this study will provide evidence for the individualized anti-platelet treatment.

Materials and Methods

Eligibility and search strategy

We performed a comprehensive literature search to identify all the studies investigating the association among PlA1/A2 gene polymorphism, aspirin resistance and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease treated with aspirin. The literature was scanned by computerized searches of Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane library and Chinese Medical Journal Network databases from establishment to September 2018. The search strategy included a combination of medical subject headings and text words as follows: A = (aspirin OR acetylsalicylic acid), B = (platelet aggregation OR platelet activity OR aspirin resistance OR aspirin non-responder OR aspirin low response), C = (gene OR polymorphism OR mutation OR genotype OR allele OR genetic), D = (death OR stroke OR myocardial infarction OR revascularization). The Medical Subject Headings terms and text words A, B, C were used for the search to investigate the association between PlA1/A2 gene polymorphism and aspirin resistance; The Medical Subject Headings terms and text words A, C, D were used for the search to assess the association between PlA1/A2 gene polymorphism and cardiovascular outcomes; The Medical Subject Headings terms and text words A, B, D were used for the search to investigate the association between aspirin resistance and cardiovascular outcomes. Reference literatures of the appropriate trials were hand searched. The search results were limited to human. No language restriction was enforced.

Study selection

The inclusion criteria of this study include: (1) studies that include patients with confirmed CAD; (2) studies that include patients who were treated with aspirin for secondary prevention of cardiovascular events; (3) studies that contain a clear description of the method used to establish the effects of aspirin on platelet reactivity; (4) studies that contain a clear description of the PlA1/A2 polymorphism; (5) studies that report the incidence of either death, myocardial infarction (MI), ischemic stroke, or target vessel revascularization (TVR). Studies that meet the criteria (1), (2), (3), (4) were adopted to analyze the relationship between PlA1/A2 gene polymorphism and aspirin resistance. Studies that meet criteria (1), (2), (4), (5) were adopted to analyze the relationship between PlA1/A2 gene polymorphism and cardiovascular outcomes. Studies that meet criteria (1), (2), (3), (5) were adopted to analyze the relationship between aspirin resistance and cardiovascular outcomes (Fig. 1). We assessed the included observational studies according to the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.

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Flowchart of the study selection.

Clinical outcomes

The adverse clinical outcomes involve all-cause death, non-fatal MI, ischemic stroke and TVR. The definition of each event in the original articles was accepted.

Statistical analysis

Statistical analysis was performed using Review Manager 5.3.5 (The Cochrane Collaboration, Oxford, England). The odds ratio (OR) or relative risk (RR), and 95% confidence interval (CI) for categorical variables were calculated using a fixed-effect model with the Mantel-Haenszel method. The DerSimonian and Laird random effect model was applied to the calculated OR and RR in case of significant heterogeneity across studies. Statistical heterogeneity was evaluated using the Q statistic with P < 0.1. Points were evaluated at the longest follow-up available. Statistical significance was considered as P < 0.05.

Results

PlA1/A2 gene polymorphism and aspirin resistance

Sixteen studies18–33 including 3077 CAD patients were selected to assess the association between PlA1/A2 gene polymorphism and aspirin resistance. Details of included studies are summarized in Table 1. Heterogeneity testing showed considerable bias between different studies (P = 0.004), so a random effect model was adopted. An OR of 0.94 (95% CI 0.63 to 1.40, P = 0.74) was observed for aspirin resistance in patients carrying the PlA2 allele (PlA1/A2 + PlA2/A2) (Fig. 2).

Table 1.

Characteristics of eligible studies referring to the association between PlA1/A2 gene polymorphism and aspirin resistance.

Source Number of patients Study design Aspirin dosage (mg) Method of assessment of lab AR Definition of assessment of lab AR PlA2 (AR/AS) PlA1 (AR/AS)
Abderrazek F et al., 2010 188 Cohort study 250 PFA-100 CEPI-CT < 160 s 28/56 53/51
Beiyun W et al., 2014 450 Cohort study 100 LTA PLADP ≥ 70% and PLAA ≥ 20% 12/0 224/214
Bernardo E et al., 2006 76 Cohort study 100 PFA-100 CEPI-CT < 193s 10/16 15/35
Chunxiao L, et al., 2011 152 Cohort study 100 LTA PLADP ≥ 70% and PLAA ≥ 20% 0/0 8/144
Fei G et al., 2011 258 Cohort study 100 11-DH-TXB2 11-DH-TXB2 ≥ 20% 0/0 23/235
Kranzhofer R et al., 2006 55 Cohort study 100 LTA PLADP ≥ 70% and PLAA ≥ 20% 3/15 11/26
Lev EI et al., 2007 120 Cohort study 325 LTA PLADP ≥ 70% and PLAA ≥ 20% 4/27 8/81
Macchi L et al., 2003 98 Cohort study 160 PFA-100 CEPI-CT < 186 s 4/28 25/41
Pamukcu B et al., 2005 94 Cohort study 100–300 PFA-100 CEPI-CT < 186 s 7/14 36/37
Papp E et al., 2005 285 Case-control study 100–325 LTA UK 41/46 78/120
Zanxin W et al., 2013 210 Cohort study 100 11-DH-TXB2 11-DH-TXB2 ≥ 20% 0/0 62/148
Godeneche et al., 2009 82 Cohort study 160 PFA-100 CEPI-CT < 187 s 6/26 4/56
Jefferson et al., 2005 324 Cohort study 81 LTA PLADP ≥ 70% and PLAA ≥ 20% 15/51 80/273
Kunicki et al., 2009 447 Cohort study 75–150 PFA-100 CEPI-CT < 164 s/192 s 32/151 79/296
Lordkipanidze et al., 2011 191 Cohort study 85–325 LTA PLADP ≥ 70% and PLAA ≥ 20% 2/52 6/139
Pamukucu et al., 2010 47 Cohort study 193/207 PFA-100 CEPI-CT < 186 s 5/6 25/41
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AR, aspirin resistance; AS, aspirin sensitive; PFA-100, platelet function analyzer-100; ADP, adenosine diphosphate; AA, arachidonic acid; PLADP, ADP-induced platelet aggregation; PLAA, AA-induced platelet aggregation; UK, unknown;11-DH-TXB2, 11-dehydro-thromboxane B2; LTA, light transmittance aggregometry; CEPI-CT, collagen epinephrine-close time.

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Association between PlA1/A2 polymorphism and laboratory aspirin resistance. The position of the blue squares corresponds to the odds ratio (OR) per study and the horizontal black line to the 95% confidence intervals (CI). The size of the square is proportional to the relative weight of that study w(%) to compute the overall OR (black diamond). The width of the diamond represents the 95% CI of the overall OR. If a 95% CI spans one (indicated by the black vertical solid line), this study has found no significant difference in the incidence of aspirin resistance (AR) between patients carrying the PlA1 and PlA2 alleles. This meta-analysis shows no significant change in the incidence of AR of patients carrying the PlA2 allele over those carrying PlA1 allele. The overall OR is 0.94 (P = 0.74). Note that the p-value mentioned here is the p-value for Z test.

A subgroup analysis was conducted considering that the methodology used to assess aspirin resistance might influence the association. The data available allowed the comparison of two methods: light transmission aggregometry (LTA) and point-of-care assay PFA-100 (Supplemental Figs 1 and 2).

The LTA subgroup analysis showed significant homogeneity between studies (P = 0.22), but did not reveal a significant association between carriage of the PLA2 allele and aspirin resistance (OR 1.35, 95% CI 0.96, 1.91; P = 0.09). The PFA-100 subgroup analysis revealed a significant association between carriage of PLA2 allele and aspirin sensitivity (OR 0.7, 95% CI 0.52, 0.94; P = 0.02), but showed significant heterogeneity between studies (P = 0.02). This significance was lost when using the random effects model (OR 0.79, 95% CI 0.45, 1.38; P = 0.4).

PlA1/A2 gene polymorphism and adverse cardiovascular outcomes

Eight studies6–12,34 including 4091 CAD patients were selected to investigate the association between PlA1/A2 gene polymorphism and adverse cardiovascular events. Details of the included studies are summarized in Table 2. Among the recruited studies, data on death was available in eight studies6–12,34; data on non-fatal MI was available in seven studies6,8–12,34; and data on TVR was available in five studies6,8,10–12.

Table 2.

Characteristics of eligible studies referring to the association between PlA1/A2 gene polymorphism and adverse cardiovascular events.

Source Number of patients (PlA1/PlA2) Study design Aspirin dosage (mg) Mean follow-up Outcomes (PlA1/PlA2)
Addad F et al., 2010 188(104/84) Cohort study 250 1 year Death (10/1)
Kastrati A et al., 2000 1759(1234/525) Cohort study 200 1 month Death (4/3)
MI (51/24)
TVR (28/12)
Laule M et al., 1999 653(470/183) Case-control study 100 1 month MI (8/4)
Death (1/0)
TVR (18/10)
Lopes NH et al., 2004 562(450/112) Cohort study UK 3 years Death (41/2)
MI (37/9)
TVR (44/2)
Syros G et al., 2009 200(144/56) Cohort study UK 1 year Death (2/2)
MI (1/0)
TVR (8/1)
Walter DH et al., 1997 318(255/63) Cohort study 100–500 1 month Death (0/0)
MI (3/4)
Walter DH et al., 2001 324(253/71) Cohort study 100 6 months Death (9/0)
MI (9/2)
TVR (83/30)
Wheeler GL et al., 2002 87(66/21) Cohort study UK 24 h Death (0/0)
MI (4/0)
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MI, myocardial infarction; TVR, target vessel revascularization; UK, unknown.

Meta-analysis showed that PlA2 gene carriers had similar risk of death compared with PlA1/A130. The incidences of MI and TVR in PlA2 gene carriers (PlA1/A2 or PlA2/A2) were also similar to those with the wild genotype (PlA1/A1) with ORs of 1.13 (95% CI 0.79 to 1.61, P = 0.51) and 0.89(95% CI 0.46 to 1.61, P = 0.71) respectively (Fig. 3).

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Association between PlA1/A2 polymorphism and clinical outcomes. Symbols and conventions are the same as in Fig. 2. This meta-analysis shows no significant change in the incidences of death, MI or TVR of patients carrying the PlA2 allele over those carrying PlA1 allele. The overall ORs of death, MI and TVR are 0.51(P = 0.28), 1.13 (P = 0.51) and 0.89 (P = 0.72) respectively. Note that the p-values mentioned here are the p-values for Z test. CI, confidence interval; MI, myocardial infarction; TVR, target vessel revascularization.

Laboratory aspirin resistance and adverse cardiovascular outcomes

Eleven studies13–17,35–40 with 11857 aspirin-treated CAD patients were included to analyze the association between laboratory aspirin resistance and adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Details of included studies are summarized in Table 3, where mortality was reported in 10 studies13–17,36–40, ischemic stroke was reported in 5 studies16,17,36–38, and revascularization was reported in 4 studies35,37–39.

Table 3.

Characteristics of eligible studies referring to the association between laboratory aspirin resistance and adverse cardiovascular outcomes.

Source Number of patients (AR/AS) Study design Aspirin dosage (mg) Method of assessment of lab AR Definition of assessment of lab AR Mean follow-up Outcomes (AR/AS)
Salah A et al., 2015 50(24/26) Cohort study 150 LTA PLAA ≥ 20% 6 months Death (0/0)
MI (2/0)
Stone GW et al., 2013 8527(478/8049) Cohort study 300–324 VerifyNow >550ARU 1 years Death (3/253)
MI (7/143)
Li L et al., 1912 109(20/89) Cohort study 100 CHRONO-LOG >0Ω 1years UK  UK
Glulmez O et al., 2008 114(27/87) Cohort study 300 PFA-100 CEPI-CT < 165 s 1 week UK  UK
Christiaens L et al., 2008 97(29/ 68) Cohort study 160 PFA-100 CEPI-CT < 187 s 2.5 years Death (3/5)
MI (1/2)
Anderson K et al., 2002 71(25/46) Cohort study 75–160 PFA-100 CEPI-CT < 196 s 4 years MI (3/4)
TVR (9/9)
Gum PA et al., 2003 326(17/309) Cohort study 325 LTA PLADP ≥ 70% and PLAA ≥ 20% 679 days Death (2/15)
MI (1/12)
Kim HJ et al., 2002 220(39/181) Cohort study 100 VerifyNow ≥550ARU 72 hours Death (0/1)
MI (1/12)
TVR (1/3)
Gori Am et al., 2016 1789(364/1425) Cohort study 100–325 LTA PLAA ≥ 20% 2 years Death (35/54)
MI (9/32)
TVR (3/13)
Marcucci R et al., 2006 146(41/105) Cohort study 100 PFA-100 CEPI-CT < 203 s 1 year Death (6/9)
MI (4/13)
TVR (8/4)
Foussas SG et al., 2009 496(121/375) Cohort study 100/160/280/325 PFA-100 CEPI-CT < 193 s 1 year Death (28/36)
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AR, aspirin resistance; AS, aspirin sensitive; LTA, light transmittance aggregometry; PLAA, AA-induced platelet aggregation; MI, myocardial infarction; ARU, aspirin reaction units;  UK, unknown; PFA-100, platelet function analyzer-100; CEPI-CT, collagen epinephrine-close time; TVR, target vessel revascularization; PLADP, ADP-induced platelet aggregation.

Meta-analysis showed that the laboratory aspirin resistance significantly increased the risk of all-cause death (OR = 2.42, 95% CI 1.86 to 3.15, I2 = 0%, P < 0.00001) and TVR (OR = 2.20, 95% CI 1.19 to 4.08, I2 = 13%, P = 0.01) (Fig. 4).

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Association between laboratory aspirin resistance and clinical outcomes. Symbols and conventions are the same as in Fig. 2. This meta-analysis shows significant overall increase in the incidences of death and TVR of patients with AR over those without AR, while no significant change in the incidences of MI or stroke. The overall ORs in death, MI, stroke and TVR are 2.42 (P < 0.00001), 0.95 (P = 0.79), 1.64 (P = 0.46) and 2.2 (P = 0.01) respectively. Note that the p-values mentioned here are the p-values for Z test. CI, confidence interval; ASA, aspirin; MI, myocardial infarction; TVR, target vessel revascularization.

Discussion

In this systematic review and meta-analysis we have found that: (1) there is no significant association between the PlA1/A2 polymorphism and aspirin resistance, or the PlA1/A2 polymorphism and worse clinical outcomes. (2) Laboratory aspirin resistance predicts all-cause death and TVR.

The PlA1/A2 gene polymorphism generated great interest since Weiss et al.41 first reported that PlA2 gene carriers presented a two-fold increase in risk of acute coronary syndromes. It has been clarified that PlA1/A2 encodes the platelet membrane glycoprotein IIIa which is integrated with glycoprotein IIb to form a complex. People with wild-type PlA1 have leucine at position 33 of mature glycoprotein IIIa, while those with point mutation PlA2 have proline at this position as a consequence of the substitution of cytosine for thymidine at position 1565 in exon 2 of the glycoprotein IIIa gene42. However, whether this mutation affects the anti-platelet effect of aspirin remains controversial.

By this meta-analysis, we found that PlA1/A2 polymorphism does not predict laboratory aspirin resistance. In fact, aspirin reduces the activation of platelets by irreversibly acetylating serine at position 529 of cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1), and thereby reduces thromboxane A2 (TXA2) formation from the platelets43. So when aspirin effectively blocks the COX-1 channel, platelet aggregation would be effectively inhibited as a consequence of less TXA2 formation even in PlA2 carriers who have an increased activity of the GpIIb/IIIa receptor44. We suggest that PlA1/A2 polymorphism does not affect the anti-platelet effect of aspirin as aspirin has an upstream inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation, which may also account for its inability to predict the clinical outcomes.

Goodman et al.45 reported their meta-analysis which showed a genetic association between the PlA1/A2 molecular variant and aspirin resistance in healthy subjects who took aspirin alone. However, they failed to find significant association between carriage of the PlA2 allele and aspirin resistance in subjects with cardiovascular disease, which was consistent with our findings. In fact, in our study 51.1% of the CAD patients are on dual anti-platelet treatment with aspirin and a P2Y12 receptor antagonist, and it has been demonstrated that P2Y12 antagonists potentiate the inhibitory actions of PGI2, which would be converted to TXA2 46. So it is possible that P2Y12 antagonists cause certain degree of platelet inhibition through blockage of TXA2 formation, and thereby obscuring the presence of aspirin resistance, as well as bias our study results. However, we believe that the efficacy of PlA1/A2 on aspirin resistance as well as the clinical outcomes would be too weak to be significant, should it exist.

Our study found that laboratory aspirin resistance predicted all-cause death and TVR, though the following studies reported negative results. Kim et al.37 included 220 patients who were planned to receive off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB), but it only recorded in-hospital clinical outcomes during the same admission period with relatively small sample size and very short follow-up intervals. This could lead to a study bias. The study conducted by Gulmez et al.16 was similar in this aspect.

Floyd et al. investigated the association between PlA1/A2 polymorphism of glycoprotein IIIa and the efficacy of aspirin by meta-analysis in 201447, in which they included 14 papers18,19,21,22,24–26,29–33,48,49 published before 1 April 2013, and 1463 subjects who were homozygous for the PlA1 allele and 622 who carried the PlA2 allele were enrolled in their meta-analysis. In our study, however, we only included papers studying on patients with coronary artery disease, so we excluded 2 papers48,49 included in Floyd’s study, but recruited another 4 papers20,23,27,28 in the analysis. As a result, sixteen studies18–33 including 3077 CAD patients were enrolled to assess the association between PlA1/A2 gene polymorphism and aspirin resistance. To the best of our knowledge, this meta-analysis is the first to simultaneously investigate the relationship among PlA1/A2, aspirin resistance and clinical outcomes, which included the latest studies and recruited the largest study population, and would come out with the most updated, accurate and realistic results on this topic.

Although we adopted a random effect model in the process of this meta-analysis, the following limitations could not be avoided: (1) The recruited studies differed in genders and the duration of follow-up time, which might cause heterogeneities. If more data were available in the future, it would be preferable to perform a refined stratification analysis with data being adjusted for these factors. (2) The recruited studies differed in geographical areas, of which 4 were performed in Asia, 8 in America, and 12 in Europe. It was reported that the prevalence of the PlA2 allele is dependent on ethnicity, with a frequency of approximately 15 per 100 in Caucasian populations falling to 1 per 100 in Oriental populations50,51. If we have a detailed data on the ethnicity of each included patient, a stratification analysis on different ethnicity would be valuable to elucidate whether the results would be differ by ethnicity. (3) As pointed out by Floyd et al., mortality bias may attenuate or entirely obscure any true association52. Almost a third of individuals with a first major coronary event die out-of-hospital, and are not accounted for in the predominantly retrospective data presented in this meta- analysis52.

In conclusion, in aspirin-treated CAD patients, the laboratory aspirin resistance predicts all-cause death and TVR. However, the PlA1/A2 gene polymorphism predicts neither the laboratory aspirin response nor the clinical outcomes. Given this result, individualized anti-platelet treatment with the guidance of PlA1/A2 genetic testing may not be meaningful. This is in accordance with the 2018 ESC/EACTS guidelines on myocardial revascularization which recommended that genetic testing can not be recommended on a routine basis for tailoring and escalating dual anti-platelet treatment after stent implantation in all percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)-treated patients53. However, as the results of laboratory platelet function test on individual aspirin response predict clinical outcomes, patients with aspirin resistance would benefit from intensified anti-platelet treatment.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Funding of China (81170181), a grant from the Jiangsu Province’s Key Provincial Talents Program (ZDRCA2016013), and a Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutes (PAPD).

Author Contributions

All the authors have made substantial contributions to the intellectual content of the manuscript. C.L., J.W. & J.L. - Designed the study; J.W., J.L., Y.Z. & F.W. - Collected the data. J.W., J.L., F.W. & K.X. - Prepared the manuscript. D.K., J.B., J.C., X.G. & H.M. - Analyzed the data. C.L. - Revised and edited the manuscript.

Competing Interests

The authors declare no competing interests.

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Jing Wang, Jie Liu, Yaqing Zhou and Fei Wang contributed equally.

Supplementary information

Supplementary information accompanies this paper at 10.1038/s41598-019-49123-y.

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