Association between serum netrin-1 and prognosis of ischemic stroke: The role of lipid component levels.

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND AIMS:

High serum netrin-1 levels decrease the risk of ischemic stroke and are negatively associated with outcomes after ischemic stroke. However, it remains unclear whether the association between netrin-1 and ischemic stroke prognosis is modified by lipid component levels.

METHODS AND RESULTS:

We measured baseline serum netrin-1 levels in 3065 ischemic stroke patients from China Antihypertensive Trial in Acute Ischemic Stroke (CATIS). The primary outcome was a combination of death and major disability (modified Rankin Scale score≥3) at 3 months after ischemic stroke. Total cholesterol (TC) levels could modify the association between netrin-1 and prognosis of ischemic stroke (Pinteraction = 0.040). After multivariate adjustment, the odds ratios of the primary outcome associated with the highest quartile of netrin-1 were 0.39 (95%CI, 0.17-0.90; Ptrend = 0.004) for the patients with high TC levels and 0.82 (95%CI, 0.61-1.11; Ptrend = 0.149) for those with normal TC levels. Adding netrin-1 to conventional risk factors improved risk prediction for the primary outcome in the patients with high TC levels (net reclassification improvement: 26.8%, P = 0.015; integrated discrimination index: 1.6%, P = 0.028) but not in those with normal TC levels.

CONCLUSIONS:

Elevated netrin-1 is associated with improved prognosis at 3 months after ischemic stroke in the patients with high TC levels but not in those with normal TC levels. Further prospective studies from other populations and randomized clinical trials are needed to verify our findings and clarify the potential mechanisms.

• Authors: Yuhan Zang, Daoxia Guo, Lihua Chen, Pinni Yang, Zhengbao Zhu, Xiaoqing Bu, Tian Xu, Chongke Zhong, Aili Wang, Hao Peng, Tan Xu, Jing Chen, Yonghong Zhang, Jiang He
• Journal: Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD (Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis) Vol. 31 Issue 3 Pg. 852-859 (03 10 2021) ISSN: 1590-3729 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 33546947 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Observational Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier B.V.

Chemical References

• Biomarkers
• NTN1 protein, human
• Netrin-1
• Cholesterol

Topics

• Aged
• Biomarkers (blood)
• China
• Cholesterol (blood)
• Disability Evaluation
• Female
• Humans
• Ischemic Stroke (blood, diagnosis, mortality, therapy)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Netrin-1 (blood)
• Prognosis
• Prospective Studies
• Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
• Risk Assessment
• Risk Factors
• Time Factors
• Up-Regulation