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Nabil IK, Mahmud Z, Tamanna S, Rahman MM, Rashid G, Hossain MS, Asad HB, Kamal MA, Howlader MZH. Vitamin D deficiency and the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphism rs2228570 (FokI) are associated with an increased susceptibility to hypertension among the Bangladeshi population. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0297138. [PMID: 38483874 PMCID: PMC10939211 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
Abstract
Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene is implicated in hypertension vulnerability due to its role in regulating the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and blood pressure. In this case-control study, a carefully selected cohort of 111 hypertensive individuals and 100 healthy controls underwent serum analysis using HPLC to measure 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels. Polymorphic variations in the VDR gene were detected and characterized using the PCR-RFLP method. At first, lower 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels were observed in hypertensive individuals compared to controls (p<0.001). The genotype frequency of the VDR gene TaqI showed no significant difference between cases and controls (p>0.05). Similarly, no significant difference was found in the VDR gene BsmI genotype frequency between hypertensive patients and controls (p>0.05). However, a statistically significant distinction was observed in the VDR gene FokI genotype frequency between cases and controls (p<0.01). The odds ratios for FokI genotypes (CC, CT, TT, and CT+TT) were 1.0, 0.590, 1.566, and 0.963, respectively. Furthermore, serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels were significantly higher in control subjects compared to hypertensive patients across all genotypes of VDR (p<0.001). Hypertensive patients, excluding those with the FokI VDR gene CC genotype, exhibited significantly higher systolic blood pressure levels compared to the control group (p<0.05). Similarly, hypertensive subjects displayed elevated diastolic blood pressure levels compared to the control group (p<0.001). Overall, the results suggest the presence of a potential inverse correlation between serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels and hypertension. The association analysis conducted indicated that there is no significant association between TaqI and bsmI genotypic variants and the risk of developing hypertension. However, it was observed that VDR gene polymorphisms do have a clear association with hypertension susceptibility, as evidenced by the significantly higher occurrence of FokI genotypic variants in hypertensive patients. Our study therefore introduces the possibility of utilizing 25-hydroxy vitamin D deficiency and VDR gene polymorphisms as a biomarker for hypertension.
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- Imrul Kayes Nabil
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Amity Medical School, Amity University Haryana, (AUH), Gurugram, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, Daffodil International University, Birulia, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Pharmacy, Daffodil International University, Birulia, Bangladesh
- Institutes for Systems Genetics, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Enzymoics, Hebersham, NSW, Australia
- Novel Global Community Educational Foundation, Hebersham, New South Wales, Australia
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Bertuccio MP, Currò M, Caccamo D, Ientile R. Dietary Intake and Genetic Background Influence Vitamin Needs during Pregnancy. Healthcare (Basel) 2022; 10:healthcare10050768. [PMID: 35627905 PMCID: PMC9141544 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10050768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Numerous approaches demonstrate how nutritional intake can be sufficient to ensure the necessary supply of vitamins. However, it is evident that not all vitamins are contained in all foods, so it is necessary either to combine different food groups or to use a vitamin supplement to be well-fed. During pregnancy, deficiencies are often exacerbated due to increased energy and nutritional demands, causing adverse outcomes in mother and child. Micronutrient supplementation could lead to optimal pregnancy outcomes being essential for proper metabolic activities that are involved in tissue growth and functioning in the developing fetus. In order to establish adequate vitamin supplementation, various conditions should be considered, such as metabolism, nutrition and genetic elements. This review accurately evaluated vitamin requirements and possible toxic effects during pregnancy. Much attention was given to investigate the mechanisms of cell response and risk assessment of practical applications to improve quality of life. Importantly, genetic studies suggest that common allelic variants and polymorphisms may play an important role in vitamin metabolism during pregnancy. Changes in gene expression of different proteins involved in micronutrients’ metabolism may influence the physiological needs of the pregnant woman.
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Hébert F, Causeur D, Emily M. Omnibus testing approach for gene-based gene-gene interaction. Stat Med 2022; 41:2854-2878. [PMID: 35338506 DOI: 10.1002/sim.9389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Genetic interaction is considered as one of the main heritable component of complex traits. With the emergence of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), a collection of statistical methods dedicated to the identification of interaction at the SNP level have been proposed. More recently, gene-based gene-gene interaction testing has emerged as an attractive alternative as they confer advantage in both statistical power and biological interpretation. Most of the gene-based interaction methods rely on a multidimensional modeling of the interaction, thus facing a lack of robustness against the huge space of interaction patterns. In this paper, we study a global testing approaches to address the issue of gene-based gene-gene interaction. Based on a logistic regression modeling framework, all SNP-SNP interaction tests are combined to produce a gene-level test for interaction. We propose an omnibus test that takes advantage of (1) the heterogeneity between existing global tests and (2) the complementarity between allele-based and genotype-based coding of SNPs. Through an extensive simulation study, it is demonstrated that the proposed omnibus test has the ability to detect with high power the most common interaction genetic models with one causal pair as well as more complex genetic models where more than one causal pair is involved. On the other hand, the flexibility of the proposed approach is shown to be robust and improves power compared to single global tests in replication studies. Furthermore, the application of our procedure to real datasets confirms the adaptability of our approach to replicate various gene-gene interactions.
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- Florian Hébert
- Department of Statistics and Computer Science, Institut Agro, CNRS, IRMAR, Univ Rennes, F-35000, Rennes, France
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- Department of Statistics and Computer Science, Institut Agro, CNRS, IRMAR, Univ Rennes, F-35000, Rennes, France
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- Department of Statistics and Computer Science, Institut Agro, CNRS, IRMAR, Univ Rennes, F-35000, Rennes, France
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Setiarsih D, Hastuti P, Nurdiati DS. Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism in Madura pregnant women with hypertension: a case control study. EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL HUMAN GENETICS 2022. [DOI: 10.1186/s43042-022-00246-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
Genetic factors are important considerations in the etiology of preeclampsia and gestational hypertension. Several previous studies have shown an association of Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms with hypertension in pregnancy. However, the number of studies is still very limited and the results differ from one another.
Aim of the study
This study aimed to analyze the polymorphisms of rs2228570 and rs731236 of the VDR gene in subjects with hypertension and non-hypertension in pregnancy in Madura ethnicity.
Subjects and methods
The researchers conducted tests for two polymorphisms in the VDR gene among 210 subjects consisting of 105 pregnant women with hypertension and 105 non-hypertension pregnant women from Madura ethnicity. The rs2228570 (T>C) and rs731236 (C>T) polymorphisms were detected by Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism. All data were analyzed by T-tests and Chi-Square tests.
Results
The TT genotype frequency of rs2228570 (15.2%) in the hypertension group was higher than in the control group (6.7%) (p = 0.047). Subjects with the TT genotype at rs2228570 showed a 3.048 times greater risk of developing hypertension than the CC genotype (OR = 3.048: 1.135–8.183, p = 0.023). The T allele frequency of rs2228570 (40.5%) in the hypertension group was higher than in the control group (30.5%) (p = 0.032). Subjects with the T allele had 1.551 times greater risk of developing hypertension. There was no significant difference in genotype and allele of rs731236 between hypertension subjects and controls.
Conclusion
The TT genotype and T allele of rs2228570 in the hypertension group were risk factors for hypertension in this study. While the TT genotype and T allele at rs731236 were not risk factors for hypertension in pregnancy. Genotyping of VDR gene polymorphisms in pregnant women is expected to be useful in strategies for treating hypertension in pregnancy.
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Nunes IFOC, Cavalcante AACM, Alencar MVOB, Carvalho MDF, Sarmento JLR, Teixeira NSCCA, Paiva AA, Carvalho LR, Nascimento LFM, Cruz MSP, Rogero MM, Lima AB, Carvalho CMRG. Meta-Analysis of the Association Between the rs228570 Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphism and Arterial Hypertension Risk. Adv Nutr 2020; 11:1211-1220. [PMID: 32597926 PMCID: PMC7490169 DOI: 10.1093/advances/nmaa076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The association between FokI polymorphism in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene and susceptibility to arterial hypertension (HT) is controversial. Thus, we evaluated the relation between FokI and HT according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines using MEDLINE® (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online)/PubMed, Scopus, and Cochrane Library CENTRAL databases. Data from case-control studies, including the number of participants, age, 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations, systolic and diastolic blood pressure values, FokI allele, and genotype frequency were extracted by 2 independent authors and OR was calculated with the 95% CI to assess the strength of the association between the FokI variant and odds of HT. In general and subgroup analyses, we used allelic (f compared with F), common (ff compared with FF + Ff), risk (ff + Ff compared with FF), and additive (ff compared with FF) models. Six case-control studies including 3140 cases and 3882 controls were reviewed in the meta-analysis. Global assessment revealed a correlation between FokI and reduced odds of HT in the additive/homozygote model (ff compared with FF; OR: 0.65; 95% CI: 0.45-0.94) and common/recessive model (ff compared with FF + Ff; OR: 0.75; 95% CI: 0.57-0.99). In Asian subjects, there was a significant reduction in the odds of HT in additive (ff compared with FF; OR: 0.84; 95% CI: 0.73-0.98) and risk models (ff + Ff compared with FF; OR: 0.87, 95% CI: 0.78-0.97), in particular, for Indians (South). In Africans, the statistically significant association occurred in the additive and common models. Allele f in the FokI polymorphism of the VDR gene was associated with reduced odds of HT in the general population based on the risk model. Thus, nutritional genomics can help understand the influence of nutrition on metabolic homeostasis pathways and the clinical consequences of hypertension. This study shows the need for healthy, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant compounds to prevent or treat chronic complications.
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- Post-Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of
Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil
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- Post-Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of
Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Piauí,
Teresina, Piauí, Brazil
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- Post-Graduate Program in Animal Science, Federal University of
Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil
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- Post-Graduate Program in Food and Nutrition, Federal University of
Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil
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- Post-Graduate Program in Food and Nutrition, Federal University of
Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil
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- Post-Graduate Program in Food and Nutrition, Federal University of
Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil
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- Post-Graduate Program in Animal Science, Federal University of
Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil
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- Post-Graduate Program in Animal Science, Federal University of
Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil
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- Faculty of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo,
São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Piauí,
Teresina, Piauí, Brazil
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- Post-Graduate Program in Food and Nutrition, Federal University of
Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil
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Wei LK, Griffiths LR, Kooi CW, Irene L. Meta-Analysis of Factor V, Factor VII, Factor XII, and Factor XIII-A Gene Polymorphisms and Ischemic Stroke. MEDICINA (KAUNAS, LITHUANIA) 2019; 55:E101. [PMID: 30979054 PMCID: PMC6524011 DOI: 10.3390/medicina55040101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2019] [Revised: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Numerous studies examined the association between factors FV, FVII, FXII, and FXIII-A gene polymorphisms and ischemic stroke, but conclusive evidence is yet to be obtained. Thus, this meta-analysis aimed to investigate the novel association of FV rs1800595, FVII rs5742910, FXII rs1801020, and FXIII-A rs5982 and rs3024477 polymorphisms with ischemic stroke risk. A systematic review was performed on articles retrieved before June 2018. Relevant data were extracted from eligible studies and meta-analyzed using RevMan version 5.3. The strength of association between studied polymorphisms and ischemic stroke risk was calculated as odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals, by applying both fixed- and random-effect models. A total of 25 studies involving 6100 ischemic stroke patients and 9249 healthy controls were incorporated in the final meta-analysis model. Specifically, rs1800595, rs5742910, rs1801020, rs5982, and rs3024477 consisted of 673, 3668, 922, 433, and 404 cases, as well as 995, 4331, 1285, 1321, and 1317 controls, respectively. The pooled analysis indicated that there was no significant association of FV rs1800595, FVII rs5742910, FXII rs1801020, FXIII-A rs5982, and FXIII-A rs3024477 polymorphisms with ischemic stroke risk, under any genetic models (dominant, recessive, over-dominant, and allelic). The present meta-analysis concluded that FV rs1800595, FVII rs5742910, FXII rs1801020, and FXIII-A rs5982 and rs3024477 polymorphisms are not associated with ischemic stroke risk.
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- Loo Keat Wei
- Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Bandar Barat, Kampar 31900, Perak, Malaysia.
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- Genomics Research Centre, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove QLD 4059, Australia.
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- Department of Medicine and Clinical Research Centre, Hospital Taiping, Jalan Tamingsari, Taiping 34000, Perak, Malaysia.
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- Department of Medicine and Clinical Research Centre, Hospital Seberang Jaya, Jalan Tun Hussein Onn, Seberang Jaya 13700, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
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El Shamieh S, Costanian C, Kassir R, Visvkis-Siest S, Bissar-Tadmouri N. APOE genotypes in Lebanon: distribution and association with hypercholesterolemia and Alzheimer's disease. Per Med 2018; 16:15-23. [PMID: 30457419 DOI: 10.2217/pme-2018-0067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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AIM We first investigated the distribution of APOE genotypes in Lebanese general population and Alzheimer's disease study (ADS) groups, and compared it with 1000 genomes populations. Then, we assessed eventual association between APOE genotypes, hypercholesterolemia and Alzheimer's disease (AD). MATERIALS & METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 591 individuals. Clinical and biological data were collected, DNA was extracted and genotyped using Kompetitive allele specific PCR (KASP™) and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphis (PCR-RFLP). Results: Prevalence of APOE genotypes in Lebanon was similar to that seen in Asian populations. APOE genotypes were not associated with hypercholesterolemia. A significant difference between APOE genotypes in AD cases versus controls and versus Lebanese general population was seen. Moreover, E4 allele was approximately threefold higher in Alzheimer's disease study patients when compared with the remaining individuals. CONCLUSION We established the distribution of APOE genotypes in the Lebanon and showed that in contrast to lipid profile, E4 correlates with AD.
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- Said El Shamieh
- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- School of Kinesiology & Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON M3J1P3, Canada
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Université de Lorraine, Inserm, IGE-PCV, F-54000 Nancy, France.,Department of Internal Medicine & Geriatrics, CHU Technopôle Nancy-Brabois, Rue du Morvan, 54511, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon
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Knabl J, Vattai A, Ye Y, Jueckstock J, Hutter S, Kainer F, Mahner S, Jeschke U. Role of Placental VDR Expression and Function in Common Late Pregnancy Disorders. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18112340. [PMID: 29113124 PMCID: PMC5713309 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18112340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Revised: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Vitamin D, besides its classical role in bone metabolism, plays a distinct role in multiple pathways of the feto-maternal unit. Calcitriol is the major active ligand of the nuclear vitamin D receptor (VDR). The vitamin D receptor (VDR) is expressed in different uteroplacental parts and exerts a variety of functions in physiologic pregnancy. It regulates decidualisation and implantation, influences hormone secretion and placental immune modulations. This review highlights the role of the vitamin D receptor in physiologic and disturbed pregnancy, as preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, gestational diabetes and preterm birth. We discuss the existing literature regarding common VDR polymorphisms in these pregnancy disorders.
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- Julia Knabl
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, 80337 Munich, Germany.
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Klinik Hallerwiese, 90419 Nürnberg, Germany.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, 80337 Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, 80337 Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, 80337 Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, 80337 Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Klinik Hallerwiese, 90419 Nürnberg, Germany.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, 80337 Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, 80337 Munich, Germany.
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Hochner H, Allard C, Granot-Hershkovitz E, Chen J, Sitlani CM, Sazdovska S, Lumley T, McKnight B, Rice K, Enquobahrie DA, Meigs JB, Kwok P, Hivert MF, Borecki IB, Gomez F, Wang T, van Duijn C, Amin N, Rotter JI, Stamatoyannopoulos J, Meiner V, Manor O, Dupuis J, Friedlander Y, Siscovick DS. Parent-of-Origin Effects of the APOB Gene on Adiposity in Young Adults. PLoS Genet 2015; 11:e1005573. [PMID: 26451733 PMCID: PMC4599806 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2015] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Loci identified in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of cardio-metabolic traits account for a small proportion of the traits' heritability. To date, most association studies have not considered parent-of-origin effects (POEs). Here we report investigation of POEs on adiposity and glycemic traits in young adults. The Jerusalem Perinatal Family Follow-Up Study (JPS), comprising 1250 young adults and their mothers was used for discovery. Focusing on 18 genes identified by previous GWAS as associated with cardio-metabolic traits, we used linear regression to examine the associations of maternally- and paternally-derived offspring minor alleles with body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), fasting glucose and insulin. We replicated and meta-analyzed JPS findings in individuals of European ancestry aged ≤50 belonging to pedigrees from the Framingham Heart Study, Family Heart Study and Erasmus Rucphen Family study (total N≅4800). We considered p<2.7x10-4 statistically significant to account for multiple testing. We identified a common coding variant in the 4th exon of APOB (rs1367117) with a significant maternally-derived effect on BMI (β = 0.8; 95%CI:0.4,1.1; p = 3.1x10-5) and WC (β = 2.7; 95%CI:1.7,3.7; p = 2.1x10-7). The corresponding paternally-derived effects were non-significant (p>0.6). Suggestive maternally-derived associations of rs1367117 were observed with fasting glucose (β = 0.9; 95%CI:0.3,1.5; p = 4.0x10-3) and insulin (ln-transformed, β = 0.06; 95%CI:0.03,0.1; p = 7.4x10-4). Bioinformatic annotation for rs1367117 revealed a variety of regulatory functions in this region in liver and adipose tissues and a 50% methylation pattern in liver only, consistent with allelic-specific methylation, which may indicate tissue-specific POE. Our findings demonstrate a maternal-specific association between a common APOB variant and adiposity, an association that was not previously detected in GWAS. These results provide evidence for the role of regulatory mechanisms, POEs specifically, in adiposity. In addition this study highlights the benefit of utilizing family studies for deciphering the genetic architecture of complex traits. To date, genetic variants identified in large-scale genetic studies using recent technical and methodological advances explain only a small proportion of the genetic basis of obesity, diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors. These studies were typically conducted in samples of unrelated individuals. Here we utilize a family-based approach to identify genetic variants associated with obesity-related traits. Specifically, we examined the separate contribution of maternally- vs. paternally-inherited common genetic variants to these traits. By examining 1250 young adults and their mothers from Jerusalem, we show that a specific genetic variant, rs1367117, located in the APOB gene on chromosome 2 is related to body mass index and waist circumference when inherited from mother and not from father. This maternal effect is not restricted to Jerusalemites, but is also seen in a large sample of individuals of European descent from independent family studies worldwide. Our findings provide support of the role of complex genetic mechanisms in obesity, and highlight the benefit of utilizing family studies for uncovering genetic pathways underlying common risk factors and diseases.
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- Hagit Hochner
- Braun School of Public Health, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Département de Mathématiques, Université de Sherbrooke and Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Braun School of Public Health, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Statistics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Harvard Medical School and General Medicine Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Translational Genomics and Population Sciences and Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles BioMedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics and Metabolism, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Braun School of Public Health, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Braun School of Public Health, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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Singla R. Response to: relationship between preeclampsia, gestational hypertension, and vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2015; 292:719-21. [PMID: 26104128 DOI: 10.1007/s00404-015-3799-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Rimpi Singla
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India,
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Jia J, Shen C, Mao L, Yang K, Men C, Zhan Y. Vitamin D receptor genetic polymorphism is significantly associated with decreased risk of hypertension in a Chinese Han population. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2014; 16:634-9. [PMID: 25196087 DOI: 10.1111/jch.12386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2014] [Revised: 06/08/2014] [Accepted: 06/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the association of vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphism and hypertension in a Chinese Han population. The authors genotyped 3 tagSNPs (rs11574129, rs2228570, and rs739837) of the VDR gene using TaqMan assays in a case-control study including 2409 patients with hypertension and 3063 controls. The results showed that rs2228570 presented statistical correlations with decreased risk of male hypertension after adjustment for confounding factors, odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of additive, dominant, and recessive models were 0.828 (0.74-0.927), 0.75 (0.631-0.89), and 0.816 (0.67-0.995), and P values were .001, .001, and .044, respectively. Significant associations were found in the smoking population and ORs (95% CIs) of additive and dominant models were 0.81 (0.69-0.952) and 0.71 (0.552-0.913) (P values .011 and .008), respectively, after adjustment for covariates. Quantitative trait analysis indicated that the untreated cases with TT genotype of rs2228570 showed higher systolic blood pressure compared with the TC/CC genotype (P=.015). Our findings suggest that VDR genetic polymorphism rs2228570 is significantly associated with the decreased risk of hypertension in Chinese men and smokers.
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Sun L, Hu C, Zheng C, Huang Z, Lv Z, Huang J, Liang S, Shi X, Zhu X, Yuan H, Yang Z. Gene-gene interaction between CETP and APOE polymorphisms confers higher risk for hypertriglyceridemia in oldest-old Chinese women. Exp Gerontol 2014; 55:129-33. [PMID: 24746514 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Revised: 03/26/2014] [Accepted: 04/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The knowledge of dyslipidemia and its genetic contributors in oldest-old subjects is limited; in addition, the majority of oldest-old subjects are females. Evidence has accumulated that multiple genetic factors play important roles in determining susceptibility to dyslipidemia and extended life span. Cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) and apolipoprotein E (APOE) are two plausible candidate genes for human longevity owing to their functionally related modulation of circulating lipid homeostasis; however, few studies have considered their interplay. In this study, we analyzed the distribution of CETP*V (rs5882) and APOE*4 (rs429358 and rs7412) in 372 oldest-old Chinese women (aged 80-109) and 340 controls (aged 20-58). In addition to replicating the association of longevity, our main goal was to evaluate the contribution of CETP*V, APOE*4 and CETP*APOE interaction to the risk of dyslipidemia. Only APOE*4 conferred a risk against longevity and was associated with high-cholesterol (hTC) and mixed dyslipidemia for oldest-old females. Moreover, CETP*V was found to be associated with hypertriglyceridemia (hTG) independently from APOE*4, age, BMI, alcohol drinking, TC, TG, HDL-c, and LDL-c. The stratification test, multivariable-adjusted logistic regression, and nonparametric MDR analysis all suggested a significant CETP*APOE interaction associated with hTG. The unadjusted odds for hTG were more than 4-fold in subjects with CETP*V and APOE*4 than those without either (OR=4.36, P<0.001). These results provide evidence of strong independent associations between hTG and CETP*V in oldest-old Chinese females, and APOE*4, as an independently non-significant variant, might interact with CETP*V resulting in an increased risk for hTG.
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- Liang Sun
- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital and Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Ministry of Health, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Jiangbin Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Guangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Yongfu Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Yongfu, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Neurology, Jiangbin Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital and Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Ministry of Health, Beijing, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital and Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Ministry of Health, Beijing, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital and Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Ministry of Health, Beijing, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital and Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Ministry of Health, Beijing, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital and Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Ministry of Health, Beijing, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital and Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Ministry of Health, Beijing, China.
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Yoshikawa T, Kanazawa H, Fujimoto S, Hirata K. Epistatic effects of multiple receptor genes on pathophysiology of asthma - its limits and potential for clinical application. Med Sci Monit 2014; 20:64-71. [PMID: 24435185 PMCID: PMC3907491 DOI: 10.12659/msm.889754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2013] [Accepted: 11/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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To date, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) permit a comprehensive scan of the genome in an unbiased manner, with high sensitivity, and thereby have the potential to identify candidate genes for the prevalence or development of multifactorial diseases such as bronchial asthma. However, most studies have only managed to explain a small additional percentage of hereditability estimates, and often fail to show consistent results among studies despite large sample sizes. Epistasis is defined as the interaction between multiple different genes affecting phenotypes. By applying epistatic analysis to clinical genetic research, we can analyze interactions among more than 2 molecules (genes) considering the whole system of the human body, illuminating dynamic molecular mechanisms. An increasing number of genetic studies have investigated epistatic effects on the risk for development of asthma. The present review highlights a concept of epistasis to overcome traditional genetic studies in humans and provides an update of evidence on epistatic effects on asthma. Furthermore, we review concerns regarding recent trends in epistatic analyses from the perspective of clinical physicians. These concerns include biological plausibility of genes identified by computational statistics, and definition of the diagnostic label of 'physician-diagnosed asthma'. In terms of these issues, further application of epistatic analysis will prompt identification of susceptibility of diseases and lead to the development of a new generation of pharmacological strategies to treat asthma.
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- Takahiro Yoshikawa
- Department of Sports Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Sports Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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