Abstract:Objective To investigate the relationship between the single nucleotide polymorphism of the rhythm gene clif and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the elderly. Methods Retrospective analysis of 126 elderly patients with AMI who met the inclusion criteria from July 2016 to March 2018 in our hospital. 132 healthy subjects were selected as the control group. The SNaPshot was applied to detect the genotypic and allelic frequency of clif gene (rs2583913 and rs1071592) in the experimental group and control group. Lentivirus interference was used to silence the expression level of clif in mice. The expression levels of plasma thrombomodulin (TM) and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) mRNA in silent clif mice were observed. Results There was no statistical significance in distribution of genotypic and allelic frequency of rs2583913 in clif gene between experimental group and control group (P?>?0.05). There was statistical significance in distribution of genotypic and allelic frequency of rs1071592 in clif gene between experimental group andcontrol group (P?0.05). The expression levels of clif, PAI-1 and TM mRNA in the lentiviral transfection group were lower than those in the blank control group and the lentivirus control group (P?0.05). The expression levels of TM and PAI-1 in lentiviral transfection group were lower than those in the blank control group and the lentivirus control group (P?0.05). Conclusion The rs1071592 polymorphism in clif gene is associated with acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients with AMI. Circadian gene clif can influence the expressions of PAI-1 and TM in serum levels in mice, which may lead to acute myocardial infarction.