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Taylor JC, Bongartz T, Massey J, Mifsud B, Spiliopoulou A, Scott IC, Wang J, Morgan M, Plant D, Colombo M, Orchard P, Twigg S, McInnes IB, Porter D, Freeston JE, Nam JL, Cordell HJ, Isaacs JD, Strathdee JL, Arnett D, de Hair MJH, Tak PP, Aslibekyan S, van Vollenhoven RF, Padyukov L, Bridges SL, Pitzalis C, Cope AP, Verstappen SMM, Emery P, Barnes MR, Agakov F, McKeigue P, Mushiroda T, Kubo M, Weinshilboum R, Barton A, Morgan AW, Barrett JH. Genome-wide association study of response to methotrexate in early rheumatoid arthritis patients. THE PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL 2018; 18:528-538. [PMID: 29795407 DOI: 10.1038/s41397-018-0025-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Revised: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Methotrexate (MTX) monotherapy is a common first treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but many patients do not respond adequately. In order to identify genetic predictors of response, we have combined data from two consortia to carry out a genome-wide study of response to MTX in 1424 early RA patients of European ancestry. Clinical endpoints were change from baseline to 6 months after starting treatment in swollen 28-joint count, tender 28-joint count, C-reactive protein and the overall 3-component disease activity score (DAS28). No single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) reached genome-wide statistical significance for any outcome measure. The strongest evidence for association was with rs168201 in NRG3 (p = 10-7 for change in DAS28). Some support was also seen for association with ZMIZ1, previously highlighted in a study of response to MTX in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Follow-up in two smaller cohorts of 429 and 177 RA patients did not support these findings, although these cohorts were more heterogeneous.
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Affiliation(s)
- John C Taylor
- Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
| | | | - Jonathan Massey
- Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,NIHR Manchester BRC, Central Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
| | - Borbala Mifsud
- Clinical Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University, London, UK
| | - Athina Spiliopoulou
- Centre for Population Health Sciences, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, UK.,Pharmatics Ltd., 9, Little France Road, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Ian C Scott
- Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Primary Care Sciences, Keele University and Department of Rheumatology, Haywood Hospital, High Lane, Burslem, Staffordshire, UK.,Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, King's College London, London, UK
| | | | - Michael Morgan
- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.,Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
| | - Darren Plant
- Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,NIHR Manchester BRC, Central Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
| | - Marco Colombo
- Centre for Population Health Sciences, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Peter Orchard
- Pharmatics Ltd., 9, Little France Road, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Sarah Twigg
- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
| | - Iain B McInnes
- Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
| | - Duncan Porter
- Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
| | - Jane E Freeston
- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
| | - Jackie L Nam
- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
| | | | - John D Isaacs
- Musculoskeletal Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University and NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre in Ageing and Long Term Conditions, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
| | - Jenna L Strathdee
- Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
| | - Donna Arnett
- University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA
| | | | - Paul P Tak
- Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, UK.,Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK.,Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
| | - Stella Aslibekyan
- Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
| | - Ronald F van Vollenhoven
- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Leonid Padyukov
- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - S Louis Bridges
- Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
| | - Costantino Pitzalis
- Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University, London, UK
| | - Andrew P Cope
- Academic Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
| | - Suzanne M M Verstappen
- Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,NIHR Manchester BRC, Central Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
| | - Paul Emery
- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
| | - Michael R Barnes
- Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University, London, UK
| | - Felix Agakov
- Pharmatics Ltd., 9, Little France Road, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Paul McKeigue
- Centre for Population Health Sciences, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, UK
| | | | - Michiaki Kubo
- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
| | | | - Anne Barton
- Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,NIHR Manchester BRC, Central Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
| | - Ann W Morgan
- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
| | - Jennifer H Barrett
- Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
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