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Vojinovic D, Kavousi M, Ghanbari M, Brouwer RWW, van Rooij JGJ, van den Hout MCGN, Kraaij R, van Ijcken WFJ, Uitterlinden AG, van Duijn CM, Amin N. Whole-Genome Linkage Scan Combined With Exome Sequencing Identifies Novel Candidate Genes for Carotid Intima-Media Thickness. Front Genet 2018; 9:420. [PMID: 30356672 PMCID: PMC6189289 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) is an established heritable marker for subclinical atherosclerosis. In this study, we aim to identify rare variants with large effects driving differences in cIMT by performing genome-wide linkage analysis of individuals in the extremes of cIMT trait distribution (>90th percentile) in a large family-based study from a genetically isolated population in the Netherlands. Linked regions were subsequently explored by fine-mapping using exome sequencing. We observed significant evidence of linkage on chromosomes 2p16.3 [rs1017418, heterogeneity LOD (HLOD) = 3.35], 19q13.43 (rs3499, HLOD = 9.09), 20p13 (rs1434789, HLOD = 4.10), and 21q22.12 (rs2834949, HLOD = 3.59). Fine-mapping using exome sequencing data identified a non-coding variant (rs62165235) in PNPT1 gene under the linkage peak at chromosome 2 that is likely to have a regulatory function. The variant was associated with quantitative cIMT in the family-based study population (effect = 0.27, p-value = 0.013). Furthermore, we identified several genes under the linkage peak at chromosome 21 highly expressed in tissues relevant for atherosclerosis. To conclude, our linkage analysis identified four genomic regions significantly linked to cIMT. Further analyses are needed to demonstrate involvement of identified candidate genes in development of atherosclerosis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dina Vojinovic
- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Genetics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Cell Biology, Center for Biomics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology, Center for Biomics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology, Center for Biomics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.,Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Eleftheriadis T, Pissas G, Sounidaki M, Antoniadi G, Rountas C, Liakopoulos V, Stefanidis L. Tryptophan depletion under conditions that imitate insulin resistance enhances fatty acid oxidation and induces endothelial dysfunction through reactive oxygen species-dependent and independent pathways. Mol Cell Biochem 2017; 428:41-56. [PMID: 28161804 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-016-2915-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 12/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
In atherosclerosis-associated pathologic entities characterized by malnutrition and inflammation, L-tryptophan (TRP) levels are low. Insulin resistance is an independent cardiovascular risk factor and induces endothelial dysfunction by increasing fatty acid oxidation. It is also associated with inflammation and low TRP levels. Low TRP levels have been related to worse cardiovascular outcome. This study evaluated the effect of TRP depletion on endothelial dysfunction under conditions that imitate insulin resistance. Fatty acid oxidation, harmful pathways due to increased fatty acid oxidation, and endothelial dysfunction were assessed in primary human aortic endothelial cells cultured under normal glucose, low insulin conditions in the presence or absence of TRP. TRP depletion activated general control non-derepressible 2 kinase and inhibited aryl hydrocarbon receptor. It increased fatty acid oxidation by increasing expression and activity of carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1. Elevated fatty acid oxidation increased the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) triggering the polyol and hexosamine pathways, and enhancing protein kinase C activity and methylglyoxal production. TRP absence inhibited nitric oxide synthase activity in a ROS-dependent way, whereas it increased the expression of ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 in a ROS independent and possibly p53-dependent manner. Thus, TRP depletion, an amino acid whose low levels have been related to worse cardiovascular outcome and to inflammatory atherosclerosis-associated pathologic entities, under conditions that imitate insulin resistance enhances fatty acid oxidation and induces endothelial dysfunction through ROS-dependent and independent pathways. These findings may offer new insights at the molecular mechanisms involved in accelerated atherosclerosis that frequently accompanies malnutrition and inflammation.
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- Theodoros Eleftheriadis
- Department of Nephrology, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Neo Ktirio, Mezourlo Hill, 41110, Larissa, Greece.
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- Department of Nephrology, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Neo Ktirio, Mezourlo Hill, 41110, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Nephrology, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Neo Ktirio, Mezourlo Hill, 41110, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Nephrology, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Neo Ktirio, Mezourlo Hill, 41110, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Nephrology, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Neo Ktirio, Mezourlo Hill, 41110, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Nephrology, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Neo Ktirio, Mezourlo Hill, 41110, Larissa, Greece
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Genetic associations with coronary heart disease: Meta-analyses of 12 candidate genetic variants. Gene 2013; 531:71-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2013] [Revised: 05/21/2013] [Accepted: 07/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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