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Wang P, Qin W, Wang P, Huang Y, Liu Y, Zhang R, Li S, Yang Q, Wang X, Chen F, Liu J, Yang B, Cheng X, Liao Y, Wu Y, Ke T, Tu X, Ren X, Yang Y, Xia Y, Luo X, Liu M, Li H, Liu J, Xiao Y, Chen Q, Xu C, Wang QK. Genomic Variants in NEURL, GJA1 and CUX2 Significantly Increase Genetic Susceptibility to Atrial Fibrillation. Sci Rep 2018; 8:3297. [PMID: 29459676 PMCID: PMC5818533 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21611-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia. In 2014, two new meta-GWAS identified 5 AF loci, including the NEURL locus, GJA1 locus, CAND2 locus, and TBX5 locus in the European ancestry populations and the NEURL locus and CUX2 locus in a Japanese population. The TBX5 locus for AF was reported by us in 2013 in the Chinese population. Here we assessed the association between AF and SNPs in the NEURL, GJA1, CAND2 and CUX2 loci in the Chinese Han population. We carried out a large case-control association study with 1,164 AF patients and 1,460 controls. Significant allelic and genotypic associations were identified between NEURL variant rs6584555 and GJA1 variant rs13216675 and AF. Significant genotypic association was found between CUX2 SNP rs6490029 and AF. No association was found between CAND2 variant rs4642101 and AF, which may be due to an insufficient power of the sample size for rs4642101. Together with our previous findings, seven of fifteen AF loci (<50%) identified by GWAS in the European ancestry populations conferred susceptibility to AF in the Chinese population, and explained approximately 14.5% of AF heritability. On the other hand, two AF loci identified in the Japanese population were both replicated in the Chinese population.
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- Pengxia Wang
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Cardio-X Center, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- School of Life Science and Engineering, Graduate School, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Liyuan Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Wuhan Children's Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Cardio-X Center, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Cardio-X Center, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Cardio-X Center, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, People's Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wuhan City, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Cardio-X Center, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Cardio-X Center, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Cardio-X Center, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, P.R. China
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- Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Cardio-X Center, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Cardio-X Center, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- College of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
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- Center for Cardiovascular Genetics, Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Cardio-X Center, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Cardio-X Center, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China.
- Center for Cardiovascular Genetics, Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
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Lv WQ, Zhang X, Zhang Q, He JY, Liu HM, Xia X, Fan K, Zhao Q, Shi XZ, Zhang WD, Sun CQ, Deng HW. Novel common variants associated with body mass index and coronary artery disease detected using a pleiotropic cFDR method. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2017; 112:1-7. [PMID: 28843344 PMCID: PMC5812278 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2017.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Revised: 08/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been successfully applied in identifying single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with body mass index (BMI) and coronary heart disease (CAD). However, the SNPs to date can only explain a small percentage of the genetic variances of traits. Here, we applied a genetic pleiotropic conditional false discovery rate (cFDR) method that combines summary statistic p values from different multi-center GWAS datasets, to detect common genetic variants associated with these two traits. The enrichment of SNPs associated with BMI and CAD was assessed by conditional Q-Q plots and the common variants were identified by the cFDR method. By applying the cFDR level of 0.05, 7 variants were identified to be associated with CAD (2 variants being novel), 34 variants associated with BMI (11 variants being novel), and 3 variants associated with both BMI and CAD (2 variants being novel). The SNP rs653178 (ATXN2) is noteworthy as this variant was replicated in an independent analysis. SNP rs12411886 (CNNM2) and rs794356 (HIP1) were of note as the annotated genes may be associated with processes that are functionally important in lipid metabolism. In conclusion, the cFDR method identified novel variants associated with BMI and/or CAD by effectively incorporating different GWAS datasets.
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- Wan-Qiang Lv
- College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, No.100 Kexue Road, High-Tech Development Zone of States, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Hubei Zhang Road (Formerly Ziyang Road), Wuchang District No. 99 Jiefang Road 238, Wuhan 430060, People's Republic of China
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- College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, No.100 Kexue Road, High-Tech Development Zone of States, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, No.100 Kexue Road, High-Tech Development Zone of States, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, No.100 Kexue Road, High-Tech Development Zone of States, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, No.100 Kexue Road, High-Tech Development Zone of States, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, No.100 Kexue Road, High-Tech Development Zone of States, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, No.100 Kexue Road, High-Tech Development Zone of States, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, No.100 Kexue Road, High-Tech Development Zone of States, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, No.100 Kexue Road, High-Tech Development Zone of States, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, No.100 Kexue Road, High-Tech Development Zone of States, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China; Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
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Asif M, Bhat S, Nizamuddin S, Mustak MS. TG haplotype in the LRP8 is associated with myocardial infarction in south Indian population. Gene 2017; 642:225-229. [PMID: 29032149 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.10.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Revised: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Myocardial infarction (MI) is a complex multifactorial cardiovascular disease. India experiences a much greater burden of MI, also suggesting an experimental increase of this burden in the future. The absolute reasons for MI are context dependent and differ with different geographical settings. Several reports indicate that SNPs that are associated with certain diseases in other populations may not be associated with Indian population. It is, therefore, important to validate the association of SNPs. Low density lipoprotein receptor related protein 8 (LRP8) gene plays central role in human lipoprotein metabolism as it facilitates the clearance of bad cholesterol LDL, VLDL from plasma and is reported to be associated with MI in the western population. However, this gene has not been studied in the South Indian population. We aim to test the role of the LRP8 gene variants correlating with the lipid profile in MI patients in South Indian population. We sequenced regions of SNPs rs10788952, rs7546246, rs2297660 and rs5174 of LRP8 in 100 MI patients and 100 age-matched controls. Our result revealed a total of 4 variations. None of the SNPs were significantly associated with MI (p>0.973). Interestingly, haplotype based association analysis showed TG and CG of rs10788952 and rs7546246 significantly associated with MI (p<0.01 and p<0.00005) and in particular, haplotype TG was positively correlated with the risk of MI, as this increased the LDL and total cholesterol level in MI patients in south Indians. Our results suggest that haplotype TG is a risk factor for MI in South Indian population.
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- Muhammed Asif
- Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College and Hospital, Mangalore 575018, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College and Hospital, Mangalore 575018, Karnataka, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Department of Applied Zoology, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, 574199 Mangalore, India.
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Naji DH, Tan C, Han F, Zhao Y, Wang J, Wang D, Fa J, Li S, Chen S, Chen Q, Xu C, Wang QK. Significant genetic association of a functional TFPI variant with circulating fibrinogen levels and coronary artery disease. Mol Genet Genomics 2017; 293:119-128. [PMID: 28894953 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-017-1365-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) gene encodes a protease inhibitor with a critical role in regulation of blood coagulation. Some genomic variants in TFPI were previously associated with plasma TFPI levels, however, it remains to be further determined whether TFPI variants are associated with other coagulation factors. In this study, we carried out a large population-based study with 2313 study subjects for blood coagulation data, including fibrinogen levels, prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), and thrombin time (TT). We identified significant association of TFPI variant rs10931292 (a functional promoter variant with reduced transactivation) with increased plasma fibrinogen levels (P = 0.017 under a recessive model), but not with PT, APTT or TT (P > 0.05). Using a large case-control association study population with 4479 CAD patients and 3628 controls, we identified significant association between rs10931292 and CAD under a recessive model (OR 1.23, P = 0.005). For the first time, we show that a TFPI variant is significantly associated with fibrinogen levels and risk of CAD. Our finding contributes significantly to the elucidation of the genetic basis and biological pathways responsible for fibrinogen levels and development of CAD.
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- Duraid Hamid Naji
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- The Institute for Translational Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- University Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Molecular Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Genetics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA. .,Department of Molecular Medicine/CCLCM, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA.
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology and Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China. .,Department of Molecular Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Genetics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA. .,Department of Molecular Medicine/CCLCM, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA. .,Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA.
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Declerck K, Remy S, Wohlfahrt-Veje C, Main KM, Van Camp G, Schoeters G, Vanden Berghe W, Andersen HR. Interaction between prenatal pesticide exposure and a common polymorphism in the PON1 gene on DNA methylation in genes associated with cardio-metabolic disease risk-an exploratory study. Clin Epigenetics 2017; 9:35. [PMID: 28396702 PMCID: PMC5382380 DOI: 10.1186/s13148-017-0336-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Prenatal environmental conditions may influence disease risk in later life. We previously found a gene-environment interaction between the paraoxonase 1 (PON1) Q192R genotype and prenatal pesticide exposure leading to an adverse cardio-metabolic risk profile at school age. However, the molecular mechanisms involved have not yet been resolved. It was hypothesized that epigenetics might be involved. The aim of the present study was therefore to investigate whether DNA methylation patterns in blood cells were related to prenatal pesticide exposure level, PON1 Q192R genotype, and associated metabolic effects observed in the children. METHODS Whole blood DNA methylation patterns in 48 children (6-11 years of age), whose mothers were occupationally unexposed or exposed to pesticides early in pregnancy, were determined by Illumina 450 K methylation arrays. RESULTS A specific methylation profile was observed in prenatally pesticide exposed children carrying the PON1 192R-allele. Differentially methylated genes were enriched in several neuroendocrine signaling pathways including dopamine-DARPP32 feedback (appetite, reward pathways), corticotrophin releasing hormone signaling, nNOS, neuregulin signaling, mTOR signaling, and type II diabetes mellitus signaling. Furthermore, we were able to identify possible candidate genes which mediated the associations between pesticide exposure and increased leptin level, body fat percentage, and difference in BMI Z score between birth and school age. CONCLUSIONS DNA methylation may be an underlying mechanism explaining an adverse cardio-metabolic health profile in children carrying the PON1 192R-allele and prenatally exposed to pesticides.
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- Ken Declerck
- Laboratory of Protein Chemistry, Proteomics and Epigenetic Signalling (PPES), Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Antwerp University, Universiteitsplein 1, Antwerp, Belgium.,Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Unit Environmental Risk and Health, Boeretang 200, Mol, Belgium
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- Department of Growth and Reproduction, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Growth and Reproduction, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp and Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Unit Environmental Risk and Health, Boeretang 200, Mol, Belgium.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Antwerp University, Universiteitsplein 1, Antwerp, Belgium.,Environmental Medicine, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Laboratory of Protein Chemistry, Proteomics and Epigenetic Signalling (PPES), Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Environmental Medicine, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Genetic Loci and Novel Discrimination Measures Associated with Blood Pressure Variation in African Americans Living in Tallahassee. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0167700. [PMID: 28002425 PMCID: PMC5176163 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/18/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Sequencing of the human genome and decades of genetic association and linkage studies have dramatically improved our understanding of the etiology of many diseases. However, the multiple causes of complex diseases are still not well understood, in part because genetic and sociocultural risk factors are not typically investigated concurrently. Hypertension is a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease and afflicts more African Americans than any other racially defined group in the US. Few genetic loci for hypertension have been replicated across populations, which may reflect population-specific differences in genetic variants and/or inattention to relevant sociocultural factors. Discrimination is a salient sociocultural risk factor for poor health and has been associated with hypertension. Here we use a biocultural approach to study blood pressure (BP) variation in African Americans living in Tallahassee, Florida by genotyping over 30,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and capturing experiences of discrimination using novel measures of unfair treatment of self and others (n = 157). We perform a joint admixture and genetic association analysis for BP that prioritizes regions of the genome with African ancestry. We only report significant SNPs that were confirmed through our simulation analyses, which were performed to determine the false positive rate. We identify eight significant SNPs in five genes that were previously associated with cardiovascular diseases. When we include measures of unfair treatment and test for interactions between SNPs and unfair treatment, we identify a new class of genes involved in multiple phenotypes including psychosocial distress and mood disorders. Our results suggest that inclusion of culturally relevant stress measures, like unfair treatment in African Americans, may reveal new genes and biological pathways relevant to the etiology of hypertension, and may also improve our understanding of the complexity of gene-environment interactions that underlie complex diseases.
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Jiao H, Wang K, Yang F, Grant SFA, Hakonarson H, Price RA, Li WD. Pathway-Based Genome-Wide Association Studies for Plasma Triglycerides in Obese Females and Normal-Weight Controls. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0134923. [PMID: 26308950 PMCID: PMC4550433 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Pathway-based analysis as an alternative approach can provide complementary information to single-marker genome-wide association studies (GWASs), which always ignore the epistasis and does not have sufficient power to find rare variants. In this study, using genotypes from a genome-wide association study (GWAS), pathway-based association studies were carried out by a modified Gene Set Enrichment Algorithm (GSEA) method (GenGen) for triglyceride in 1028 unrelated European-American extremely obese females (BMI≥35kg/m2) and normal-weight controls (BMI<25kg/m2), and another pathway association analysis (ICSNPathway) was also used to verify the GenGen result in the same data. The GO0009110 pathway (vitamin anabolism) was among the strongest associations with triglyceride (empirical P<0.001); the result remained significant after FDR correction (P = 0.022). MMAB, an obesity-related locus, included in this pathway. The ABCG1 and BCL6 gene was found in several triglyceride-related pathways (empirical P<0.05), which were also replicated by ICSNPathway (empirical P<0.05, FDR<0.05). We also performed single-marked GWAS using PLINK for TG levels (log-transformed). Significant associations were found between ASTN2 gene SNPs and plasma triglyceride levels (rs7035794, P = 2.24×10−10). Our study suggested that vitamin anabolism pathway, BCL6 gene pathways and ASTN2 gene may contribute to the genetic variation of plasma triglyceride concentrations.
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- Hongxiao Jiao
- Research Center of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China
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- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute and Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, United States of America
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- Research Center of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China
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- Center for Applied Genomics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America
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- Center for Applied Genomics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America
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- Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America
- * E-mail: (WDL); (RAP)
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- Research Center of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China
- Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America
- * E-mail: (WDL); (RAP)
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Shen GQ, Girelli D, Li L, Rao S, Archacki S, Olivieri O, Martinelli N, Park JE, Chen Q, Topol EJ, Wang QK. A novel molecular diagnostic marker for familial and early-onset coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction in the LRP8 gene. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 7:514-20. [PMID: 24867879 DOI: 10.1161/circgenetics.113.000321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Many single-nucleotide polymorphisms have been associated with coronary artery disease (CAD)/myocardial infarction (MI) by genome-wide association studies, but the diagnostic value of these variants is limited. Functional single-nucleotide polymorphism R952Q in LRP8 is associated with familial and early-onset CAD/MI. The objective of this study is to test whether fine mapping and haplotype analysis for single-nucleotide polymorphisms flanking R952Q may identify a haplotype that may serve as a molecular diagnostic marker for familial and early-onset CAD/MI. METHODS AND RESULTS Five single-nucleotide polymorphisms (rs7546246, rs2297660, rs3737983, R952Q, and rs5177) were genotyped and analyzed in GeneQuest (381 patients with familial, early-onset CAD and 183 patients with MI versus 560 controls) and the Italian population (248 patients with familial MI versus 308 controls). One novel risk haplotype, TACGC, was found only in patients with CAD and MI but not in controls. It was significantly associated with CAD (P=7.4×10(-7)) and MI (P=2.2×10(-9)) in GeneQuest. The finding was replicated in the Italian cohort (P=0.041). Sib-transmission disequilibrium test analysis showed a significant association between haplotype TACGC and CAD in GeneQuest II (P=0.039). Haplotype TACGC was not present in a South Korean population of 611 patients with CAD and 294 normal controls. TACGC/TACGC homozygotes tended to develop CAD/MI earlier and showed higher low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels than heterozygotes (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS The rare haplotype TACGC in LRP8 confers a significant risk of familial, early-onset CAD/MI. Because the risk haplotype exists only in patients with familial and early-onset CAD/MI, we propose that it may be a molecular diagnostic marker for diagnosis of familial, early-onset CAD/MI in some white populations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gong-Qing Shen
- From the Department of Molecular Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH (G.-Q.S., L.L., S.R., S.A., Q.C., Q.K.W.); Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy (D.G., O.O., N.M.); Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea (J.E.P.); The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA (E.J.T.); and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (Q.K.W.)
| | - Domenico Girelli
- From the Department of Molecular Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH (G.-Q.S., L.L., S.R., S.A., Q.C., Q.K.W.); Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy (D.G., O.O., N.M.); Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea (J.E.P.); The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA (E.J.T.); and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (Q.K.W.)
| | - Lin Li
- From the Department of Molecular Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH (G.-Q.S., L.L., S.R., S.A., Q.C., Q.K.W.); Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy (D.G., O.O., N.M.); Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea (J.E.P.); The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA (E.J.T.); and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (Q.K.W.)
| | - Shaoqi Rao
- From the Department of Molecular Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH (G.-Q.S., L.L., S.R., S.A., Q.C., Q.K.W.); Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy (D.G., O.O., N.M.); Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea (J.E.P.); The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA (E.J.T.); and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (Q.K.W.)
| | - Stephen Archacki
- From the Department of Molecular Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH (G.-Q.S., L.L., S.R., S.A., Q.C., Q.K.W.); Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy (D.G., O.O., N.M.); Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea (J.E.P.); The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA (E.J.T.); and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (Q.K.W.)
| | - Oliviero Olivieri
- From the Department of Molecular Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH (G.-Q.S., L.L., S.R., S.A., Q.C., Q.K.W.); Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy (D.G., O.O., N.M.); Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea (J.E.P.); The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA (E.J.T.); and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (Q.K.W.)
| | - Nicola Martinelli
- From the Department of Molecular Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH (G.-Q.S., L.L., S.R., S.A., Q.C., Q.K.W.); Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy (D.G., O.O., N.M.); Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea (J.E.P.); The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA (E.J.T.); and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (Q.K.W.)
| | - Jeong Euy Park
- From the Department of Molecular Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH (G.-Q.S., L.L., S.R., S.A., Q.C., Q.K.W.); Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy (D.G., O.O., N.M.); Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea (J.E.P.); The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA (E.J.T.); and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (Q.K.W.)
| | - Qiuyun Chen
- From the Department of Molecular Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH (G.-Q.S., L.L., S.R., S.A., Q.C., Q.K.W.); Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy (D.G., O.O., N.M.); Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea (J.E.P.); The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA (E.J.T.); and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (Q.K.W.)
| | - Eric J Topol
- From the Department of Molecular Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH (G.-Q.S., L.L., S.R., S.A., Q.C., Q.K.W.); Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy (D.G., O.O., N.M.); Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea (J.E.P.); The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA (E.J.T.); and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (Q.K.W.)
| | - Qing K Wang
- From the Department of Molecular Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH (G.-Q.S., L.L., S.R., S.A., Q.C., Q.K.W.); Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy (D.G., O.O., N.M.); Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea (J.E.P.); The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA (E.J.T.); and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Center for Human Genome Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (Q.K.W.).
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