期刊
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
卷 374, 期 2, 页码 129-131出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.10.041
关键词
angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE); substance P; migraine; headache; polymorphism; association
Recently, several angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and an angiotensin 11 receptor blocker were demonstrated to have a clinically important prophylactic effect in migraine. ACE is one of the key enzymes in the rennin-angiotensin-aldostel-one system, which modulates vascular tension and blood pressure. In humans, serum ACE levels are strongly genetically determined. Individuals who were homozygous for the deletion (D) allele showed increased ACE activity levels. To investigate the role of ACE polymorphism in headache, we analyzed the ACE insertion (1)/deletion (D) genotypes of 54 patients suffering from migraine with aura (MwA), 122 from migraine without aura, 78 from tension-type headache (TH), and 248 non-headache healthy controls. The ACE D allele were significantly more frequent in the MwA than controls (p < 0.01). The incidence of the D/D genotype in MwA (25.9%) was significantly higher than that in controls (12.5%; p < 0.01; odds ratio = 5.26, 95% confidence interval: 1.69-16.34, adjusted for age and gender). No differences in the remaining groups were found. Our results support the conclusion that the D allele and the D/D genotype in the ACE gene is a genetic risk factor for Japanese MwA. There seems to be a possible relationship between ACE activity and the pathogenesis of migraine. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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