Circulation Journal
Online ISSN : 1347-4820
Print ISSN : 1346-9843
ISSN-L : 1346-9843
Ischemic Heart Disease
East Asians Variant Mitochondrial Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 Genotype Exacerbates Nitrate Tolerance in Patients With Coronary Spastic Angina
Yuji MizunoEisaku HaradaFumihito KugimiyaMakoto ShonoIzumi KusumegiMichihiro YoshimuraKenji KinoshitaHirofumi Yasue
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2020 Volume 84 Issue 3 Pages 479-486

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Background:Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) plays a central role in the biotransformation of glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) or nitroglycerin, which is widely used for the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD). The deficient variant ALDH2 genotype (ALDH2*2) is prevalent among East Asians. This study examined whether there are differences in nitroglycerine-mediated dilation (NMD) and flow-mediated dilation (FMD) response between wildALDH2*1/*1and variantALDH2*2patients with CAD.

Methods and Results:The study subjects comprised 55 coronary spastic angina (CSA) patients, confirmed by coronary angiography and intracoronary injection of acetylcholine (42 men and 13 women, mean age 68.0±9.0 years). They underwent NMD and FMD tests in the morning before and after continuous transdermal GTN administration for 48 h. NMD was lower at baseline inALDH2*2than in theALDH2*1/*1group (P=0.0499) and decreased significantly in both groups (P<0.0001 and P<0.0001, respectively) after GTN, with significantly lower levels in theALDH2*2group (P=0.0002). FMD decreased significantly in bothALDH2*1/*1andALDH2*2groups (P<0.0001and P=0.0002, respectively) after continuous GTN administration, with no significant differences between the 2 groups both before and after GTN.

Conclusions:Continuous administration of GTN produced endothelial dysfunction as well as nitrate tolerance in bothALDH2*1/1andALDH2*2patients with CSA.ALDH2*2attenuated GTN response and exacerbated GTN tolerance, but not endothelial dysfunction, as compared toALDH2*1/*1in patients with CSA.

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