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This work is supported by Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (project: CGL2014-53781-R) and by Generalitat de Catalunya (Ref. 2017 SGR 1630). We thank Dr. Pere Puig Casado for his advice regarding the statistical analyses.

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Complete mitochondrial DNA profile in stroke: A geographical matched case-control study in Spanish population

Publicado en:Mitochondrion. 73 51-61 - 2023-10-08 73(), DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2023.10.001

Autores: Onieva, Ana; Martin, Joan; Cuesta-Aguirre, Daniel R; Planells, Violeta; Coronado-Zamora, Marta; Beyer, Katrin; Vega, Tomas; Lozano, Jose Eugenio; Santos, Cristina; Aluja, Maria Pilar

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Introduction: Stroke, the second leading cause of death worldwide, is a complex disease influenced by many risk factors among which we can find reactive oxygen species (ROS). Since mitochondria are the main producers of cellular ROS, nowadays studies are trying to elucidate the role of these organelles and its DNA (mtDNA) variation in stroke risk. The aim of the present study was to perform a comprehensive evaluation of the association between mtDNA mutations and mtDNA content and stroke risk.Material and methods: Homoplasmic and heteroplasmic mutations of the mtDNA were analysed in a case-controls study using 110 S cases and their corresponding control individuals. Mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNA-CN) was analysed in 73 of those case-control pairs.Results: Our results suggest that haplogroup V, specifically variants m.72C > T, m.4580G > A, m.15904C > T and m.16298 T > C have a protective role in relation to stroke risk. On the contrary, variants m.73A > G, m.11719G > A and m.14766C > T appear to be genetic risk factors for stroke. In this study, we found no statistically significant association between stroke risk and mitochondrial DNA copy number.Conclusions: These results demonstrate the possible role of mtDNA genetics on the pathogenesis of stroke, probably through alterations in mitochondrial ROS production.

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