Targeted proteomics improves cardiovascular risk prediction in secondary prevention

© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of European Society of Cardiology..

AIMS: Current risk scores do not accurately identify patients at highest risk of recurrent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in need of more intensive therapeutic interventions. Advances in high-throughput plasma proteomics, analysed with machine learning techniques, may offer new opportunities to further improve risk stratification in these patients.

METHODS AND RESULTS: Targeted plasma proteomics was performed in two secondary prevention cohorts: the Second Manifestations of ARTerial disease (SMART) cohort (n = 870) and the Athero-Express cohort (n = 700). The primary outcome was recurrent ASCVD (acute myocardial infarction, ischaemic stroke, and cardiovascular death). Machine learning techniques with extreme gradient boosting were used to construct a protein model in the derivation cohort (SMART), which was validated in the Athero-Express cohort and compared with a clinical risk model. Pathway analysis was performed to identify specific pathways in high and low C-reactive protein (CRP) patient subsets. The protein model outperformed the clinical model in both the derivation cohort [area under the curve (AUC): 0.810 vs. 0.750; P < 0.001] and validation cohort (AUC: 0.801 vs. 0.765; P < 0.001), provided significant net reclassification improvement (0.173 in validation cohort) and was well calibrated. In contrast to a clear interleukin-6 signal in high CRP patients, neutrophil-signalling-related proteins were associated with recurrent ASCVD in low CRP patients.

CONCLUSION: A proteome-based risk model is superior to a clinical risk model in predicting recurrent ASCVD events. Neutrophil-related pathways were found in low CRP patients, implying the presence of a residual inflammatory risk beyond traditional NLRP3 pathways. The observed net reclassification improvement illustrates the potential of proteomics when incorporated in a tailored therapeutic approach in secondary prevention patients.

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CommentIn: Eur Heart J. 2022 Apr 19;43(16):1578-1581. - PMID 35165698

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

Enthalten in:

European heart journal - 43(2022), 16 vom: 19. Apr., Seite 1569-1577

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nurmohamed, Nick S [VerfasserIn]
Belo Pereira, João P [VerfasserIn]
Hoogeveen, Renate M [VerfasserIn]
Kroon, Jeffrey [VerfasserIn]
Kraaijenhof, Jordan M [VerfasserIn]
Waissi, Farahnaz [VerfasserIn]
Timmerman, Nathalie [VerfasserIn]
Bom, Michiel J [VerfasserIn]
Hoefer, Imo E [VerfasserIn]
Knaapen, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Catapano, Alberico L [VerfasserIn]
Koenig, Wolfgang [VerfasserIn]
de Kleijn, Dominique [VerfasserIn]
Visseren, Frank L J [VerfasserIn]
Levin, Evgeni [VerfasserIn]
Stroes, Erik S G [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9007-41-4
ASCVD
C-Reactive Protein
C-reactive protein
Journal Article
Machine learning
NLRP3
Proteomics
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Risk score

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Date Completed 22.04.2022

Date Revised 16.06.2022

published: Print

CommentIn: Eur Heart J. 2022 Apr 19;43(16):1578-1581. - PMID 35165698

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/eurheartj/ehac055

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NLM336718160