1
|
Jo Y, Webster MJ, Kim S, Lee D. Interpretation of SNP combination effects on schizophrenia etiology based on stepwise deep learning with multi-precision data. Brief Funct Genomics 2024; 23:663-671. [PMID: 37738675 PMCID: PMC11428150 DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elad041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Schizophrenia genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have reported many genomic risk loci, but it is unclear how they affect schizophrenia susceptibility through interactions of multiple SNPs. We propose a stepwise deep learning technique with multi-precision data (SLEM) to explore the SNP combination effects on schizophrenia through intermediate molecular and cellular functions. The SLEM technique utilizes two levels of precision data for learning. It constructs initial backbone networks with more precise but small amount of multilevel assay data. Then, it learns strengths of intermediate interactions with the less precise but massive amount of GWAS data. The learned networks facilitate identifying effective SNP interactions from the intractably large space of all possible SNP combinations. We have shown that the extracted SNP combinations show higher accuracy than any single SNPs and preserve the accuracy in an independent dataset. The learned networks also provide interpretations of molecular and cellular interactions of SNP combinations toward schizophrenia etiology.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Yousang Jo
- Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
| | - Maree J Webster
- Brain Research Laboratory, Stanley Medical Research Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
| | - Sanghyeon Kim
- Brain Research Laboratory, Stanley Medical Research Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
| | - Doheon Lee
- Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Li X, Takahashi N, Narita A, Nakamura Y, Sakurai-Yageta M, Murakami K, Ishikuro M, Obara T, Kikuya M, Ueno F, Metoki H, Ohseto H, Takahashi I, Nakamura T, Warita N, Shoji T, Yu Z, Ono C, Kobayashi N, Kikuchi S, Matsuki T, Nagami F, Ogishima S, Sugawara J, Hoshiai T, Saito M, Fuse N, Kinoshita K, Yamamoto M, Yaegashi N, Ozaki N, Tamiya G, Kuriyama S, Tomita H. Identification of risk loci for postpartum depression in a genome-wide association study. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2024. [PMID: 39287932 DOI: 10.1111/pcn.13731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2024] [Revised: 07/30/2024] [Accepted: 08/06/2024] [Indexed: 09/19/2024]
Abstract
AIM Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of postpartum depression (PPD) based on accumulated cohorts with multiple ethnic backgrounds have failed to identify significantly associated loci. Herein, we conducted a GWAS of Japanese perinatal women along with detailed confounding information to uncover PPD-associated loci. METHODS The first and second cohorts (n = 9260 and n = 8582 perinatal women enrolled in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project) and the third cohort (n = 997), recruited at Nagoya University, underwent genotyping. Of them, 1421, 1264, and 225 were classified as PPD based on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale 1 month after delivery. The most influential confounding factors of genetic liability to PPD were selected, and logistic regression analyses were performed to evaluate genetic associations with PPD after adjusting for confounders. RESULTS A meta-analysis of GWAS results from the three cohorts identified significant associations between PPD and the following loci (P < 5 × 10-8) by integrating the number of deliveries and the number of family members living together as the most influential confounders: rs377546683 at DAB1, rs11940752 near UGT8, rs141172317, rs117928019, rs76631412, rs118131805 at DOCK2, rs188907279 near ZNF572, rs504378, rs690150, rs491868, rs689917, rs474978, rs690118, rs690253 near DIRAS2, rs1435984417 at ZNF618, rs57705782 near PTPRM, and rs185293917 near PDGFB. Pathway analyses indicated that SNPs suggestively associated with PPD were mostly over-represented in categories including long-term depression, GnRH signaling, glutamatergic synapse, oxytocin signaling, and Rap1 signaling. CONCLUSION The current GWAS study identified eight loci significantly associated with PPD, which may clarify the genetic structure underlying its pathogenesis.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Xue Li
- Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Department of Regional Alliance for Promoting Liaison Psychiatry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
| | - Nagahide Takahashi
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
| | - Akira Narita
- Department of Integrative Genomics, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
| | - Yukako Nakamura
- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
| | - Mika Sakurai-Yageta
- Department of Integrative Genomics, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
| | - Keiko Murakami
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
| | - Mami Ishikuro
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
| | - Taku Obara
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
| | - Masahiro Kikuya
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
- Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Fumihiko Ueno
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
| | - Hirohito Metoki
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
| | - Hisashi Ohseto
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
| | - Ippei Takahashi
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
| | - Tomohiro Nakamura
- Department of Health Record Informatics, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
| | - Noriko Warita
- Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
| | - Tomoka Shoji
- Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
| | - Zhiqian Yu
- Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
| | - Chiaki Ono
- Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Department of Regional Alliance for Promoting Liaison Psychiatry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
| | | | - Saya Kikuchi
- Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
| | - Tasuku Matsuki
- Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
| | - Fuji Nagami
- Department of Public Relations and Planning, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
| | - Soichi Ogishima
- Department of Health Record Informatics, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
| | - Junichi Sugawara
- Department of Community Medical Supports, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
- Department of gynecology and obstetrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Suzuki Memorial Hospital, Iwanumashi, Japan
| | - Tetsuro Hoshiai
- Department of gynecology and obstetrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
| | - Masatoshi Saito
- Department of gynecology and obstetrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
| | - Nobuo Fuse
- Department of Integrative Genomics, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
| | - Kengo Kinoshita
- Department of Integrative Genomics, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
| | - Masayuki Yamamoto
- Department of Integrative Genomics, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
| | - Nobuo Yaegashi
- Department of Community Medical Supports, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
- Department of gynecology and obstetrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
| | - Norio Ozaki
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Pathophysiology of Mental Disorders, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
| | - Gen Tamiya
- Department of Integrative Genomics, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
| | - Shinichi Kuriyama
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
- Tohoku University International Research Institute of Disaster Sciences, Sendai, Japan
| | - Hiroaki Tomita
- Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Department of Regional Alliance for Promoting Liaison Psychiatry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan
- Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
- Tohoku University International Research Institute of Disaster Sciences, Sendai, Japan
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Borges VM, Horimoto ARVR, Wijsman EM, Kimura L, Nunes K, Nato AQ, Mingroni-Netto RC. Genomic Exploration of Essential Hypertension in African-Brazilian Quilombo Populations: A Comprehensive Approach with Pedigree Analysis and Family-Based Association Studies. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2024:2024.06.26.24309531. [PMID: 38978678 PMCID: PMC11230341 DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.26.24309531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/10/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Essential Hypertension (EH) is a global health issue, responsible for approximately 9.4 million deaths annually. Its prevalence varies by region, with genetic factors contributing 30-60% to blood pressure variation. Despite extensive research, the genetic complexity of EH remains largely unexplained. This study aimed to investigate the genetic basis of EH in African-derived individuals from partially isolated quilombo remnant populations in Vale do Ribeira (SP-Brazil). METHODS Samples from 431 individuals (167 affected, 261 unaffected, 3 with unknown phenotype) were genotyped using a 650k SNP array. Global ancestry proportions were estimated at 47% African, 36% European, and 16% Native American. Additional data from 673 individuals were used to construct six pedigrees. Pedigrees were pruned, and three non-overlapping marker subpanels were created. We phased haplotypes and performed local ancestry analysis to account for admixture. We then conducted genome-wide linkage analysis (GWLA) and performed fine-mapping through family-based association studies (FBAS) on imputed data and through EH-related genes investigation. RESULTS Linkage analysis identified 22 ROIs with LOD scores ranging from 1.45 to 3.03, encompassing 2363 genes. Fine-mapping identified 60 EH-related candidate genes and 118 suggestive or significant variants (FBAS). Among these, 14 genes, including PHGDH, S100A10, MFN2, and RYR2, were strongly associated with hypertension and harbors 29 SNPs. CONCLUSIONS Through a complementary approach - combining admixture-adjusted genome-wide linkage analysis based on Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods, association studies on imputed data, and in silico investigations - genetic regions, variants, and candidate genes were identified, offering insights into the genetic etiology of EH in quilombo remnant populations.
Collapse
|
4
|
Brazier T, Glémin S. Diversity in Recombination Hotspot Characteristics and Gene Structure Shape Fine-Scale Recombination Patterns in Plant Genomes. Mol Biol Evol 2024; 41:msae183. [PMID: 39302634 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msae183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2024] [Accepted: 08/20/2024] [Indexed: 09/22/2024] Open
Abstract
During the meiosis of many eukaryote species, crossovers tend to occur within narrow regions called recombination hotspots. In plants, it is generally thought that gene regulatory sequences, especially promoters and 5' to 3' untranslated regions, are enriched in hotspots, but this has been characterized in a handful of species only. We also lack a clear description of fine-scale variation in recombination rates within genic regions and little is known about hotspot position and intensity in plants. To address this question, we constructed fine-scale recombination maps from genetic polymorphism data and inferred recombination hotspots in 11 plant species. We detected gradients of recombination in genic regions in most species, yet gradients varied in intensity and shape depending on specific hotspot locations and gene structure. To further characterize recombination gradients, we decomposed them according to gene structure by rank and number of exons. We generalized the previously observed pattern that recombination hotspots are organized around the boundaries of coding sequences, especially 5' promoters. However, our results also provided new insight into the relative importance of the 3' end of genes in some species and the possible location of hotspots away from genic regions in some species. Variation among species seemed driven more by hotspot location among and within genes than by differences in size or intensity among species. Our results shed light on the variation in recombination rates at a very fine scale, revealing the diversity and complexity of genic recombination gradients emerging from the interaction between hotspot location and gene structure.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Thomas Brazier
- Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 6553 - ECOBIO (Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Evolution), University of Rennes, CNRS, Rennes, France
| | - Sylvain Glémin
- Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 6553 - ECOBIO (Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Evolution), University of Rennes, CNRS, Rennes, France
- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Center and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
| |
Collapse
|
5
|
Takayama J, Makino S, Funayama T, Ueki M, Narita A, Murakami K, Orui M, Ishikuro M, Obara T, Kuriyama S, Yamamoto M, Tamiya G. A fine-scale genetic map of the Japanese population. Clin Genet 2024; 106:284-292. [PMID: 38719617 DOI: 10.1111/cge.14536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Revised: 04/13/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 08/13/2024]
Abstract
Genetic maps are fundamental resources for linkage and association studies. A fine-scale genetic map can be constructed by inferring historical recombination events from the genome-wide structure of linkage disequilibrium-a non-random association of alleles among loci-by using population-scale sequencing data. We constructed a fine-scale genetic map and identified recombination hotspots from 10 092 551 bi-allelic high-quality autosomal markers segregating among 150 unrelated Japanese individuals whose genotypes were determined by high-coverage (30×) whole-genome sequencing, and the genotype quality was carefully controlled by using their parents' and offspring's genotypes. The pedigree information was also utilized for haplotype phasing. The resulting genome-wide recombination rate profiles were concordant with those of the worldwide population on a broad scale, and the resolution was much improved. We identified 9487 recombination hotspots and confirmed the enrichment of previously known motifs in the hotspots. Moreover, we demonstrated that the Japanese genetic map improved the haplotype phasing and genotype imputation accuracy for the Japanese population. The construction of a population-specific genetic map will help make genetics research more accurate.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Jun Takayama
- Department of AI and Innovative Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Department of Integrative Genomics, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo) Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Statistical Genetics Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Satoshi Makino
- Department of Integrative Genomics, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo) Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
| | - Takamitsu Funayama
- Department of Integrative Genomics, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo) Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Statistical Genetics Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Masao Ueki
- Statistical Genetics Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Akira Narita
- Department of Integrative Genomics, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo) Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
| | - Keiko Murakami
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, ToMMo, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
| | - Masatsugu Orui
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, ToMMo, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Department of Molecular Epidemiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
| | - Mami Ishikuro
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, ToMMo, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Department of Molecular Epidemiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
| | - Taku Obara
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, ToMMo, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Department of Molecular Epidemiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
| | - Shinichi Kuriyama
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, ToMMo, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Department of Molecular Epidemiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
| | - Masayuki Yamamoto
- Department of Integrative Genomics, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo) Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
| | - Gen Tamiya
- Department of AI and Innovative Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Department of Integrative Genomics, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo) Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Statistical Genetics Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project, Tokyo, Japan
| |
Collapse
|
6
|
Pouget JG, Giratallah H, Langlois AWR, El-Boraie A, Lerman C, Knight J, Cox LS, Nollen NL, Ahluwalia JS, Benner C, Chenoweth MJ, Tyndale RF. Fine-mapping the CYP2A6 regional association with nicotine metabolism among African American smokers. Mol Psychiatry 2024:10.1038/s41380-024-02703-5. [PMID: 39217253 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02703-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 08/14/2024] [Accepted: 08/16/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
Abstract
The nicotine metabolite ratio (NMR; 3'hydroxycotinine/cotinine) is a stable biomarker for CYP2A6 enzyme activity and nicotine clearance, with demonstrated clinical utility in personalizing smoking cessation treatment. Common genetic variation in the CYP2A6 region is strongly associated with NMR in smokers. Here, we investigated this regional association in more detail. We evaluated the association of CYP2A6 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and * alleles with NMR among African American smokers (N = 953) from two clinical trials of smoking cessation. Stepwise conditional analysis and Bayesian fine-mapping were undertaken. Putative causal variants were incorporated into an existing African ancestry-specific genetic risk score (GRS) for NMR, and the performance of the updated GRS was evaluated in both African American (n = 953) and European ancestry smokers (n = 933) from these clinical trials. Five independent associations with NMR in the CYP2A6 region were identified using stepwise conditional analysis, including the deletion variant CYP2A6*4 (beta = -0.90, p = 1.55 × 10-11). Six putative causal variants were identified using Bayesian fine-mapping (posterior probability, PP = 0.67), with the top causal configuration including CYP2A6*4, rs116670633, CYP2A6*9, rs28399451, rs8192720, and rs10853742 (PP = 0.09). Incorporating these putative causal variants into an existing ancestry-specific GRS resulted in comparable prediction of NMR within African American smokers, and improved trans-ancestry portability of the GRS to European smokers. Our findings suggest that both * alleles and SNPs underlie the association of the CYP2A6 region with NMR among African American smokers, identify a shortlist of variants that may causally influence nicotine clearance, and suggest that portability of GRSs across populations can be improved through inclusion of putative causal variants.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Jennie G Pouget
- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
| | - Haidy Giratallah
- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
| | - Alec W R Langlois
- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
| | - Ahmed El-Boraie
- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
| | - Caryn Lerman
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - Jo Knight
- Data Science Institute and Medical School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
| | - Lisa Sanderson Cox
- Department of Population Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
| | - Nikki L Nollen
- Department of Population Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
| | - Jasjit S Ahluwalia
- Departments of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
| | - Christian Benner
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Meghan J Chenoweth
- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
| | - Rachel F Tyndale
- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
| |
Collapse
|
7
|
Solé-Navais P, Juodakis J, Ytterberg K, Wu X, Bradfield JP, Vaudel M, LaBella AL, Helgeland Ø, Flatley C, Geller F, Finel M, Zhao M, Lazarus P, Hakonarson H, Magnus P, Andreassen OA, Njølstad PR, Grant SFA, Feenstra B, Muglia LJ, Johansson S, Zhang G, Jacobsson B. Genome-wide analyses of neonatal jaundice reveal a marked departure from adult bilirubin metabolism. Nat Commun 2024; 15:7550. [PMID: 39214992 PMCID: PMC11364559 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51947-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/20/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024] Open
Abstract
Jaundice affects almost all neonates in their first days of life and is caused by the accumulation of bilirubin. Although the core biochemistry of bilirubin metabolism is well understood, it is not clear why some neonates experience more severe jaundice and require treatment with phototherapy. Here, we present the first genome-wide association study of neonatal jaundice to date in nearly 30,000 parent-offspring trios from Norway (cases ≈ 2000). The alternate allele of a common missense variant affecting the sequence of UGT1A4 reduces the susceptibility to jaundice five-fold, which replicated in separate cohorts of neonates of African American and European ancestries. eQTL colocalization analyses indicate that the association may be driven by regulation of UGT1A1 in the intestines, but not in the liver. Our results reveal marked differences in the genetic variants involved in neonatal jaundice compared to those regulating bilirubin levels in adults, suggesting distinct genetic mechanisms for the same biological pathways.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Pol Solé-Navais
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
| | - Julius Juodakis
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
| | - Karin Ytterberg
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
| | - Xiaoping Wu
- Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Copenhagen University Hospital Biobank Unit, Department of Clinical Immunology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Jonathan P Bradfield
- Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Quantinuum Research LLC, Wayne, PA, USA
| | - Marc Vaudel
- Mohn Center for Diabetes Precision Medicine, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Genetics and Bioinformatics, Health Data and Digitalization, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
| | - Abigail L LaBella
- Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, College of Computing and Informatics, North Carolina Research Campus, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Kannapolis, NC, USA
| | - Øyvind Helgeland
- Mohn Center for Diabetes Precision Medicine, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Genetics and Bioinformatics, Health Data and Digitalization, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
| | - Christopher Flatley
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
| | - Frank Geller
- Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Copenhagen University Hospital Biobank Unit, Department of Clinical Immunology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Moshe Finel
- Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Mengqi Zhao
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, WA, USA
| | - Philip Lazarus
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, WA, USA
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
| | - Hakon Hakonarson
- Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - Per Magnus
- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
| | - Ole A Andreassen
- NORMENT Centre, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
| | - Pål R Njølstad
- Mohn Center for Diabetes Precision Medicine, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Children and Youth Clinic, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
| | - Struan F A Grant
- Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - Bjarke Feenstra
- Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Copenhagen University Hospital Biobank Unit, Department of Clinical Immunology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Louis J Muglia
- Office of the President, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
- Division of Human Genetics, Center for the Prevention of Preterm Birth, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
| | - Stefan Johansson
- Mohn Center for Diabetes Precision Medicine, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Medical Genetics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
| | - Ge Zhang
- Division of Human Genetics, Center for the Prevention of Preterm Birth, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
| | - Bo Jacobsson
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Department of Genetics and Bioinformatics, Health Data and Digitalization, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
| |
Collapse
|
8
|
Takahashi I, Ohseto H, Ueno F, Oonuma T, Narita A, Obara T, Ishikuro M, Murakami K, Noda A, Hozawa A, Sugawara J, Tamiya G, Kuriyama S. Genome-wide association study based on clustering by obesity-related variables uncovers a genetic architecture of obesity in the Japanese and the UK populations. Heliyon 2024; 10:e36023. [PMID: 39247266 PMCID: PMC11379603 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e36023] [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: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 08/06/2024] [Accepted: 08/08/2024] [Indexed: 09/10/2024] Open
Abstract
Whether all obesity-related variants contribute to the onset of obesity or one or a few variants cause obesity in genetically heterogeneous populations remains obscure. Here, we investigated the genetic architecture of obesity by clustering the Japanese and British populations with obesity using obesity-related factors. In Step-1, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) with body mass index (BMI) as the outcome for eligible participants. In Step-2, we assigned participants with obesity (BMI ≥25 kg/m2) to five clusters based on obesity-related factors. Subsequently, participants from each cluster and those with a BMI <25 kg/m2 were combined. A GWAS was conducted for each cluster. Several previously identified obesity-related genes were verified in Step-1. Of the genes detected in Step-1, unique obesity-related genes were detected separately for each cluster in Step-2. Our novel findings suggest that a smaller sample size with increased homogeneity may provide insights into the genetic architecture of obesity.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ippei Takahashi
- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
| | - Hisashi Ohseto
- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
| | - Fumihiko Ueno
- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
| | - Tomomi Oonuma
- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
| | - Akira Narita
- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
| | - Taku Obara
- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
| | - Mami Ishikuro
- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
| | - Keiko Murakami
- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
| | - Aoi Noda
- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
| | - Atsushi Hozawa
- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
| | - Junichi Sugawara
- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
| | - Gen Tamiya
- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Shinichi Kuriyama
- Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
| |
Collapse
|
9
|
Zou X, Gomez ZW, Reddy TE, Allen AS, Majoros WH. Bayesian Estimation of Allele-Specific Expression in the Presence of Phasing Uncertainty. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.08.09.607371. [PMID: 39211106 PMCID: PMC11361064 DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.09.607371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
Abstract
Motivation Allele-specific expression (ASE) analyses aim to detect imbalanced expression of maternal versus paternal copies of an autosomal gene. Such allelic imbalance can result from a variety of cis-acting causes, including disruptive mutations within one copy of a gene that impact the stability of transcripts, as well as regulatory variants outside the gene that impact transcription initiation. Current methods for ASE estimation suffer from a number of shortcomings, such as relying on only one variant within a gene, assuming perfect phasing information across multiple variants within a gene, or failing to account for alignment biases and possible genotyping errors. Results We developed BEASTIE, a Bayesian hierarchical model designed for precise ASE quantification at the gene level, based on given genotypes and RNA-Seq data. BEASTIE addresses the complexities of allelic mapping bias, genotyping error, and phasing errors by incorporating empirical phasing error rates derived from Genome-in-a-Bottle individual NA12878. BEASTIE surpasses existing methods in accuracy, especially in scenarios with high phasing errors. This improvement is critical for identifying rare genetic variants often obscured by such errors. Through rigorous validation on simulated data and application to real data from the 1000 Genomes Project, we establish the robustness of BEASTIE. These findings underscore the value of BEASTIE in revealing patterns of ASE across gene sets and pathways. Availability and Implementation The software is freely available from https://github.com/x811zou/BEASTIE . BEASTIE is available as Python source code and as a Docker image. Supplementary information Additional information is available online.
Collapse
|
10
|
Montero-Tena JA, Abdollahi Sisi N, Kox T, Abbadi A, Snowdon RJ, Golicz AA. haploMAGIC: accurate phasing and detection of recombination in multiparental populations despite genotyping errors. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2024; 14:jkae109. [PMID: 38808682 PMCID: PMC11304941 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2024] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
Abstract
Recombination is a key mechanism in breeding for promoting genetic variability. Multiparental populations (MPPs) constitute an excellent platform for precise genotype phasing, identification of genome-wide crossovers (COs), estimation of recombination frequencies, and construction of recombination maps. Here, we introduce haploMAGIC, a pipeline to detect COs in MPPs with single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data by exploiting the pedigree relationships for accurate genotype phasing and inference of grandparental haplotypes. haploMAGIC applies filtering to prevent false-positive COs due to genotyping errors (GEs), a common problem in high-throughput SNP analysis of complex plant genomes. Hence, it discards haploblocks not reaching a specified minimum number of informative alleles. A performance analysis using populations simulated with AlphaSimR revealed that haploMAGIC improves upon existing methods of CO detection in terms of recall and precision, most notably when GE rates are high. Furthermore, we constructed recombination maps using haploMAGIC with high-resolution genotype data from 2 large multiparental populations of winter rapeseed (Brassica napus). The results demonstrate the applicability of the pipeline in real-world scenarios and showed good correlations in recombination frequency compared with alternative software. Therefore, we propose haploMAGIC as an accurate tool at CO detection with MPPs that shows robustness against GEs.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Jose A Montero-Tena
- Department of Agrobioinformatics, IFZ Research Center for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich Buff Ring 26, 35392 Giessen, Germany
| | - Nayyer Abdollahi Sisi
- Department of Plant Breeding, IFZ Research Center for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich Buff Ring 26, 35392 Giessen, Germany
| | - Tobias Kox
- NPZ Innovation GmbH, Hohenlieth-Hof, 24363 Holtsee, Germany
| | - Amine Abbadi
- NPZ Innovation GmbH, Hohenlieth-Hof, 24363 Holtsee, Germany
| | - Rod J Snowdon
- Department of Plant Breeding, IFZ Research Center for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich Buff Ring 26, 35392 Giessen, Germany
| | - Agnieszka A Golicz
- Department of Agrobioinformatics, IFZ Research Center for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich Buff Ring 26, 35392 Giessen, Germany
| |
Collapse
|
11
|
Pereira JL, de Souza CA, Neyra JEM, Leite JMRS, Cerqueira A, Mingroni-Netto RC, Soler JMP, Rogero MM, Sarti FM, Fisberg RM. Genetic Ancestry and Self-Reported "Skin Color/Race" in the Urban Admixed Population of São Paulo City, Brazil. Genes (Basel) 2024; 15:917. [PMID: 39062696 PMCID: PMC11276533 DOI: 10.3390/genes15070917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2024] [Revised: 07/08/2024] [Accepted: 07/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Epidemiological studies frequently classify groups based on phenotypes like self-reported skin color/race, which inaccurately represent genetic ancestry and may lead to misclassification, particularly among individuals of multiracial backgrounds. This study aimed to characterize both global and local genome-wide genetic ancestries and to assess their relationship with self-reported skin color/race in an admixed population of Sao Paulo city. We analyzed 226,346 single-nucleotide polymorphisms from 841 individuals participating in the population-based ISA-Nutrition study. Our findings confirmed the admixed nature of the population, demonstrating substantial European, significant Sub-Saharan African, and minor Native American ancestries, irrespective of skin color. A correlation was observed between global genetic ancestry and self-reported color-race, which was more evident in the extreme proportions of African and European ancestries. Individuals with higher African ancestry tended to identify as Black, those with higher European ancestry tended to identify as White, and individuals with higher Native American ancestry were more likely to self-identify as Mixed, a group with diverse ancestral compositions. However, at the individual level, this correlation was notably weak, and no deviations were observed for specific regions throughout the individual's genome. Our findings emphasize the significance of accurately defining and thoroughly analyzing race and ancestry, especially within admixed populations.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Jaqueline L. Pereira
- Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-904, Brazil; (J.L.P.); (J.M.R.S.L.); (M.M.R.)
| | - Camila A. de Souza
- Department of Statistics, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil; (C.A.d.S.); (J.E.M.N.); (J.M.P.S.)
| | - Jennyfer E. M. Neyra
- Department of Statistics, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil; (C.A.d.S.); (J.E.M.N.); (J.M.P.S.)
| | - Jean M. R. S. Leite
- Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-904, Brazil; (J.L.P.); (J.M.R.S.L.); (M.M.R.)
| | - Andressa Cerqueira
- Department of Statistics, Federal University of Sao Carlos, São Carlos 13565-905, Brazil;
| | - Regina C. Mingroni-Netto
- Human Genome and Stem Cell Research Center, Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Biosciences Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil;
| | - Julia M. P. Soler
- Department of Statistics, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil; (C.A.d.S.); (J.E.M.N.); (J.M.P.S.)
| | - Marcelo M. Rogero
- Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-904, Brazil; (J.L.P.); (J.M.R.S.L.); (M.M.R.)
| | - Flavia M. Sarti
- School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo 03828-000, Brazil;
| | - Regina M. Fisberg
- Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-904, Brazil; (J.L.P.); (J.M.R.S.L.); (M.M.R.)
| |
Collapse
|
12
|
Spurgin LG, Bosse M, Adriaensen F, Albayrak T, Barboutis C, Belda E, Bushuev A, Cecere JG, Charmantier A, Cichon M, Dingemanse NJ, Doligez B, Eeva T, Erikstad KE, Fedorov V, Griggio M, Heylen D, Hille S, Hinde CA, Ivankina E, Kempenaers B, Kerimov A, Krist M, Kvist L, Laine VN, Mänd R, Matthysen E, Nager R, Nikolov BP, Norte AC, Orell M, Ouyang J, Petrova-Dinkova G, Richner H, Rubolini D, Slagsvold T, Tilgar V, Török J, Tschirren B, Vágási CI, Yuta T, Groenen MAM, Visser ME, van Oers K, Sheldon BC, Slate J. The great tit HapMap project: A continental-scale analysis of genomic variation in a songbird. Mol Ecol Resour 2024; 24:e13969. [PMID: 38747336 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024]
Abstract
A major aim of evolutionary biology is to understand why patterns of genomic diversity vary within taxa and space. Large-scale genomic studies of widespread species are useful for studying how environment and demography shape patterns of genomic divergence. Here, we describe one of the most geographically comprehensive surveys of genomic variation in a wild vertebrate to date; the great tit (Parus major) HapMap project. We screened ca 500,000 SNP markers across 647 individuals from 29 populations, spanning ~30 degrees of latitude and 40 degrees of longitude - almost the entire geographical range of the European subspecies. Genome-wide variation was consistent with a recent colonisation across Europe from a South-East European refugium, with bottlenecks and reduced genetic diversity in island populations. Differentiation across the genome was highly heterogeneous, with clear 'islands of differentiation', even among populations with very low levels of genome-wide differentiation. Low local recombination rates were a strong predictor of high local genomic differentiation (FST), especially in island and peripheral mainland populations, suggesting that the interplay between genetic drift and recombination causes highly heterogeneous differentiation landscapes. We also detected genomic outlier regions that were confined to one or more peripheral great tit populations, probably as a result of recent directional selection at the species' range edges. Haplotype-based measures of selection were related to recombination rate, albeit less strongly, and highlighted population-specific sweeps that likely resulted from positive selection. Our study highlights how comprehensive screens of genomic variation in wild organisms can provide unique insights into spatio-temporal evolutionary dynamics.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Lewis G Spurgin
- School of Biological Sciences, Norwich Research Park, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
- Department of Biology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Mirte Bosse
- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Animal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Ecological Science, Animal Ecology Group, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Frank Adriaensen
- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
| | - Tamer Albayrak
- Department of Biology, Science and art Faculty, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Istiklal Yerleskesi, Burdur, Turkey
- Biology Education, Buca Faculty of Education, Mathematics and Science Education, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey
| | | | - Eduardo Belda
- Institut d'Investigació per a la Gestió Integrada de Zones Costaneres, Campus de Gandia, Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain
| | - Andrey Bushuev
- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
| | - Jacopo G Cecere
- Area Avifauna Migratrice, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Ozzano Emilia, Italy
| | | | - Mariusz Cichon
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
| | - Niels J Dingemanse
- Behavioural Ecology, Faculty of Biology, LMU München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
| | - Blandine Doligez
- UMR CNRS 5558-LBBE, Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, Villeurbanne, France
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Animal Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
| | - Tapio Eeva
- Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
| | - Kjell Einar Erikstad
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, FRAM-High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, Tromsø, Norway
| | | | - Matteo Griggio
- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - Dieter Heylen
- Department of Biology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
| | - Sabine Hille
- Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Science, Vienna, Austria
| | - Camilla A Hinde
- Behavioural Ecology Group, Department of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridgeshire, UK
| | - Elena Ivankina
- Faculty of Biology, Zvenigorod Biological Station, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
| | - Bart Kempenaers
- Department of Ornithology, Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Seewiesen, Germany
| | - Anvar Kerimov
- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
| | - Milos Krist
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
| | - Laura Kvist
- Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
| | - Veronika N Laine
- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Zoology Unit, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Raivo Mänd
- Department of Zoology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
| | - Erik Matthysen
- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
| | - Ruedi Nager
- School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
| | - Boris P Nikolov
- Bulgarian Ornithological Centre, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
| | - Ana Claudia Norte
- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - Markku Orell
- Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
| | | | - Gergana Petrova-Dinkova
- Bulgarian Ornithological Centre, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
| | - Heinz Richner
- Evolutionary Ecology Lab, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
| | - Diego Rubolini
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Politiche Ambientali, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
| | - Tore Slagsvold
- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - Vallo Tilgar
- Department of Zoology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
| | - János Török
- Behavioural Ecology Group, Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
| | - Barbara Tschirren
- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK
| | - Csongor I Vágási
- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
| | - Teru Yuta
- Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, Abiko, Japan
| | - Martien A M Groenen
- Animal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
| | - Marcel E Visser
- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Animal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
| | - Kees van Oers
- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands
| | - Ben C Sheldon
- Department of Biology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Jon Slate
- School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
| |
Collapse
|
13
|
Venu V, Harjunmaa E, Dreau A, Brady S, Absher D, Kingsley DM, Jones FC. Fine-scale contemporary recombination variation and its fitness consequences in adaptively diverging stickleback fish. Nat Ecol Evol 2024; 8:1337-1352. [PMID: 38839849 PMCID: PMC11239493 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02434-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
Abstract
Despite deep evolutionary conservation, recombination rates vary greatly across the genome and among individuals, sexes and populations. Yet the impact of this variation on adaptively diverging populations is not well understood. Here we characterized fine-scale recombination landscapes in an adaptively divergent pair of marine and freshwater populations of threespine stickleback from River Tyne, Scotland. Through whole-genome sequencing of large nuclear families, we identified the genomic locations of almost 50,000 crossovers and built recombination maps for marine, freshwater and hybrid individuals at a resolution of 3.8 kb. We used these maps to quantify the factors driving variation in recombination rates. We found strong heterochiasmy between sexes but also differences in recombination rates among ecotypes. Hybrids showed evidence of significant recombination suppression in overall map length and in individual loci. Recombination rates were lower not only within individual marine-freshwater-adaptive loci, but also between loci on the same chromosome, suggesting selection on linked gene 'cassettes'. Through temporal sampling along a natural hybrid zone, we found that recombinants showed traits associated with reduced fitness. Our results support predictions that divergence in cis-acting recombination modifiers, whose functions are disrupted in hybrids, may play an important role in maintaining differences among adaptively diverging populations.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Vrinda Venu
- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Tübingen, Germany.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, NM, USA.
| | - Enni Harjunmaa
- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Tübingen, Germany
- CeGAT GmbH, Tübingen, Germany
| | - Andreea Dreau
- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Tübingen, Germany
- Evotec SE 'Campus Curie', Toulouse, France
| | - Shannon Brady
- Deptartment of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
| | - Devin Absher
- HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, USA
| | - David M Kingsley
- Deptartment of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
| | - Felicity C Jones
- Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Tübingen, Germany.
- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
| |
Collapse
|
14
|
Xia ZY, Chen X, Wang CC, Deng Q. Tracing the fine-scale demographic history and recent admixture in Hmong-Mien speakers. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2024; 184:e24945. [PMID: 38708925 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2023] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
Abstract
The linguistic, historical, and subsistent uniqueness of Hmong-Mien (HM) speakers offers a wonderful opportunity to investigate how these factors impact the genetic structure. The genetic differentiation among HM speakers and their population history are not well characterized. Here, we generate genome-wide data from 65 Yao ethnicity samples and analyze them with published data, particularly by leveraging haplotype-based methods. We determined that the fine-scale genetic substructure of HM speakers corresponds better with linguistic classification than with geography. Particularly, parallels between serial founder events and language differentiations can be observed in West Hmongic speakers. Multiple lines of evidence indicate that ~500-year-old GaoHuaHua individuals are most closely related to West Hmongic-speaking Bunu. The strong genetic bottleneck of some HM-speaking groups, especially Bunu, could potentially be associated with their long-term practice of swidden agriculture to some degree. The inferred admixture dates for most of the HM speakers overlap with the reign of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644 CE). Besides a common genetic origin for HM speakers, their genetic ancestry is shared primarily with neighboring Han Chinese and Tai-Kadai speakers in south China. In conclusion, our analyses reveal that recent isolation and admixture events have contributed to the genetic population history of present-day HM speakers.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Zi-Yang Xia
- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- Department of Computational Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Department of Anthropology and Human Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
| | - Xingcai Chen
- Department of Human Anatomy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, China
| | - Chuan-Chao Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Department of Anthropology and Human Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Anthropology and Ethnology, Institute of Anthropology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Bioanthropology, School of Sociology and Anthropology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
| | - Qiongying Deng
- Department of Human Anatomy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, China
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- Key Laboratory of Human Development and Disease Research, Guangxi Medical University, Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, China
- Key Laboratory of Longevity and Aging-related Diseases of Chinese Ministry of Education, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
| |
Collapse
|
15
|
Xiao Q, Mao X, Ploner A, Grassmann F, Rodriguez J, Eriksson M, Hall P, Czene K. Cancer risks among first-degree relatives of women with a genetic predisposition to breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 2024; 116:911-919. [PMID: 38366028 PMCID: PMC11160497 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djae030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Associations between germline alterations in women and cancer risks among their relatives are largely unknown. METHODS We identified women from 2 Swedish cohorts Karolinska Mammography Project for Risk Prediction of Breast Cancer (KARMA) and prevalent KARMA (pKARMA), including 28 362 women with genotyping data and 13 226 with sequencing data. Using Swedish Multi-Generation Register, we linked these women to 133 389 first-degree relatives. Associations between protein-truncating variants in 8 risk genes and breast cancer polygenic risk score in index women and cancer risks among their relatives were modeled via Cox regression. RESULTS Female relatives of index women who were protein-truncating variant carriers in any of the 8 risk genes had an increased breast cancer risk compared with those of noncarriers (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.85, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.52 to 2.27), with the strongest association found for protein-truncating variants in BRCA1 and 2. These relatives had a statistically higher risk of early onset than late-onset breast cancer (P = .001). Elevated breast cancer risk was also observed in female relatives of index women with higher polygenic risk score (HR per SD = 1.28, 95% CI = 1.23 to 1.32). The estimated lifetime risk was 22.3% for female relatives of protein-truncating variant carriers and 14.4% for those related to women in the top polygenic risk score quartile. Moreover, relatives of index women with protein-truncating variant presence (HR = 1.30, 95% CI = 1.06 to 1.59) or higher polygenic risk score (HR per SD = 1.04, 95% CI = 1.01 to 1.07) were also at higher risk of nonbreast hereditary breast and ovary cancer syndrome-related cancers. CONCLUSIONS Protein-truncating variants of risk genes and higher polygenic risk score in index women are associated with an increased risk of breast and other hereditary breast and ovary syndrome-related cancers among relatives.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Qingyang Xiao
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Xinhe Mao
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Alexander Ploner
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Felix Grassmann
- Institute for Clinical Research and Systems Medicine, Health and Medical University, Potsdam, Germany
| | - Juan Rodriguez
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Mikael Eriksson
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Per Hall
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Oncology, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Kamila Czene
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| |
Collapse
|
16
|
Nieto-Caballero VE, Reijneveld JF, Ruvalcaba A, Innocenzi G, Abeydeera N, Asgari S, Lopez K, Iwany SK, Luo Y, Nathan A, Fernandez-Salinas D, Chiñas M, Huang CC, Zhang Z, León SR, Calderon RI, Lecca L, Budzik JM, Murray M, Van Rhijn I, Raychaudhuri S, Moody DB, Suliman S, Gutierrez-Arcelus M. History of tuberculosis disease is associated with genetic regulatory variation in Peruvians. PLoS Genet 2024; 20:e1011313. [PMID: 38870230 PMCID: PMC11208071 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 06/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024] Open
Abstract
A quarter of humanity is estimated to have been exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) with a 5-10% risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) disease. Variability in responses to Mtb infection could be due to host or pathogen heterogeneity. Here, we focused on host genetic variation in a Peruvian population and its associations with gene regulation in monocyte-derived macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs). We recruited former household contacts of TB patients who previously progressed to TB (cases, n = 63) or did not progress to TB (controls, n = 63). Transcriptomic profiling of monocyte-derived DCs and macrophages measured the impact of genetic variants on gene expression by identifying expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL). We identified 330 and 257 eQTL genes in DCs and macrophages (False Discovery Rate (FDR) < 0.05), respectively. Four genes in DCs showed interaction between eQTL variants and TB progression status. The top eQTL interaction for a protein-coding gene was with FAH, the gene encoding fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase, which mediates the last step in mammalian tyrosine catabolism. FAH expression was associated with genetic regulatory variation in cases but not controls. Using public transcriptomic and epigenomic data of Mtb-infected monocyte-derived dendritic cells, we found that Mtb infection results in FAH downregulation and DNA methylation changes in the locus. Overall, this study demonstrates effects of genetic variation on gene expression levels that are dependent on history of infectious disease and highlights a candidate pathogenic mechanism through pathogen-response genes. Furthermore, our results point to tyrosine metabolism and related candidate TB progression pathways for further investigation.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Victor E. Nieto-Caballero
- Division of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Undergraduate Program in Genomic Sciences, Center for Genomic Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Morelos, Mexico
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
| | - Josephine F. Reijneveld
- Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Division of Experimental Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
| | - Angel Ruvalcaba
- Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Division of Experimental Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
| | - Gabriel Innocenzi
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
| | - Nalin Abeydeera
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
| | - Samira Asgari
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Institute for Genomic Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
| | - Kattya Lopez
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Socios En Salud Sucursal Peru, Lima, Peru
| | - Sarah K. Iwany
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
| | - Yang Luo
- Division of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - Aparna Nathan
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
| | - Daniela Fernandez-Salinas
- Division of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
| | - Marcos Chiñas
- Division of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
| | - Chuan-Chin Huang
- Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
| | - Zibiao Zhang
- Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
| | - Segundo R. León
- Socios En Salud Sucursal Peru, Lima, Peru
- Medical Technology School and Global Health Research Institute, San Juan Bautista Private University, Lima, Perú
| | | | | | - Jonathan M. Budzik
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
| | - Megan Murray
- Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
| | - Ildiko Van Rhijn
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
| | - Soumya Raychaudhuri
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
| | - D. Branch Moody
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
| | - Sara Suliman
- Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Division of Experimental Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Biohub, San Francisco, California, United States of America
| | - Maria Gutierrez-Arcelus
- Division of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
| |
Collapse
|
17
|
Tovo-Rodrigues L, Camerini L, Martins-Silva T, Carpena MX, Bonilla C, Oliveira IO, de Paula CS, Murray J, Barros AJD, Santos IS, Rohde LA, Hutz MH, Genro JP, Matijasevich A. Gene - maltreatment interplay in adult ADHD symptoms: main role of a gene-environment correlation effect in a Brazilian population longitudinal study. Mol Psychiatry 2024:10.1038/s41380-024-02589-3. [PMID: 38744991 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02589-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 05/01/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
Abstract
Childhood maltreatment correlates with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in previous research. The interaction between ADHD genetic predisposition and maltreatment's impact on ADHD symptom risk remains unclear. We aimed to elucidate this relationship by examining the interplay between a polygenic score for ADHD (ADHD-PGS) and childhood maltreatment in predicting ADHD symptoms during young adulthood. Using data from the 2004 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort comprising 4231 participants, we analyzed gene-environment interaction (GxE) and correlation (rGE). We further explored rGE mechanisms through mediation models. ADHD symptoms were assessed at age 18 via self-report (Adult Self Report Scale - ASRS) and mother-reports (Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire - SDQ). The ADHD-PGS was derived from published ADHD GWAS meta-analysis. Physical and psychological child maltreatment was gauged using the Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scale (CTSPC) at ages 6 and 11, with a mean score utilized as a variable. The ADHD-PGS exhibited associations with ADHD symptoms on both ASRS (β = 0.53; 95% CI: 0.03; 1.03, p = 0.036), and SDQ (β = 0.20; 95% CI: 0.08; 0.32, p = 0.001) scales. The total mean maltreatment score was associated with ADHD symptoms using both scales [(βASRS = 0.51; 95% CI: 0.26;0.77) and (βSDQ = 0.24; 95% CI: 0.18;0.29)]. The ADHD-PGS was associated with total mean maltreatment scores (β = 0.09; 95% CI: 0.01; 0.17; p = 0.030). Approximately 47% of the total effect of ADHD-PGS on maltreatment was mediated by ADHD symptoms at age 6. No evidence supported gene-environment interaction in predicting ADHD symptoms. Our findings underscore the significant roles of genetics and childhood maltreatment as predictors for ADHD symptoms in adulthood, while also indicating a potential evocative mechanism through gene-environment correlation.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Luciana Tovo-Rodrigues
- Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil.
- ADHD Outpatient Program & Development Psychiatry Program, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
- Human Development and Violence Research Centre (DOVE), Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil.
| | - Laísa Camerini
- Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
- ADHD Outpatient Program & Development Psychiatry Program, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
| | - Thais Martins-Silva
- Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
- ADHD Outpatient Program & Development Psychiatry Program, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Human Development and Violence Research Centre (DOVE), Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
| | - Marina Xavier Carpena
- Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
- ADHD Outpatient Program & Development Psychiatry Program, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Human Development and Violence Research Centre (DOVE), Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
| | - Carolina Bonilla
- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
| | - Isabel Oliveira Oliveira
- Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
- Institute of Biology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
| | | | - Joseph Murray
- Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
- Human Development and Violence Research Centre (DOVE), Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
| | - Aluísio J D Barros
- Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
| | - Iná S Santos
- Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
| | - Luis Augusto Rohde
- ADHD Outpatient Program & Development Psychiatry Program, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- National Institute of Developmental Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents & National Center for Research and Innovation in Child Mental Health, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Medical School Council, UniEduK, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - Mara Helena Hutz
- ADHD Outpatient Program & Development Psychiatry Program, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
| | - Julia Pasqualini Genro
- ADHD Outpatient Program & Development Psychiatry Program, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Bioscience, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
| | - Alicia Matijasevich
- Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
| |
Collapse
|
18
|
Vilà-Valls L, Abdeli A, Lucas-Sánchez M, Bekada A, Calafell F, Benhassine T, Comas D. Understanding the genomic heterogeneity of North African Imazighen: from broad to microgeographical perspectives. Sci Rep 2024; 14:9979. [PMID: 38693301 PMCID: PMC11063056 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-60568-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024] Open
Abstract
The strategic location of North Africa has led to cultural and demographic shifts, shaping its genetic structure. Historical migrations brought different genetic components that are evident in present-day North African genomes, along with autochthonous components. The Imazighen (plural of Amazigh) are believed to be the descendants of autochthonous North Africans and speak various Amazigh languages, which belong to the Afro-Asiatic language family. However, the arrival of different human groups, especially during the Arab conquest, caused cultural and linguistic changes in local populations, increasing their heterogeneity. We aim to characterize the genetic structure of the region, using the largest Amazigh dataset to date and other reference samples. Our findings indicate microgeographical genetic heterogeneity among Amazigh populations, modeled by various admixture waves and different effective population sizes. A first admixture wave is detected group-wide around the twelfth century, whereas a second wave appears in some Amazigh groups around the nineteenth century. These events involved populations with higher genetic ancestry from south of the Sahara compared to the current North Africans. A plausible explanation would be the historical trans-Saharan slave trade, which lasted from the Roman times to the nineteenth century. Furthermore, our investigation shows that assortative mating in North Africa has been rare.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Laura Vilà-Valls
- Departament de Medicina i Ciències de la Vida, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Amine Abdeli
- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Faculté Des Sciences Biologiques, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene, Alger, Algeria
| | - Marcel Lucas-Sánchez
- Departament de Medicina i Ciències de la Vida, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Asmahan Bekada
- Département de Biotechnologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université Oran 1 (Ahmad Ben Bella), Oran, Algeria
| | - Francesc Calafell
- Departament de Medicina i Ciències de la Vida, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Traki Benhassine
- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Faculté Des Sciences Biologiques, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene, Alger, Algeria
| | - David Comas
- Departament de Medicina i Ciències de la Vida, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
| |
Collapse
|
19
|
Peng W, Zhang Y, Gao L, Shi W, Liu Z, Guo X, Zhang Y, Li B, Li G, Cao J, Yang M. Selection signatures and landscape genomics analysis to reveal climate adaptation of goat breeds. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:420. [PMID: 38684985 PMCID: PMC11057119 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10334-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Goats have achieved global prominence as essential livestock since their initial domestication, primarily owing to their remarkable adaptability to diverse environmental and production systems. Differential selection pressures influenced by climate have led to variations in their physical attributes, leaving genetic imprints within the genomes of goat breeds raised in diverse agroecological settings. In light of this, our study pursued a comprehensive analysis, merging environmental data with single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) variations, to unearth indications of selection shaped by climate-mediated forces in goats. Through the examination of 43,300 SNPs from 51 indigenous goat breeds adapting to different climatic conditions using four analytical methods: latent factor mixed models (LFMM), F-statistics (Fst), Extended haplotype homozygosity across populations (XPEHH), and spatial analysis method (SAM), A total of 74 genes were revealed to display clear signs of selection, which are believed to be influenced by climatic conditions. Among these genes, 32 were consistently identified by at least two of the applied methods, and three genes (DENND1A, PLCB1, and ITPR2) were confirmed by all four approaches. Moreover, our investigation yielded 148 Gene Ontology (GO) terms based on these 74 genes, underlining pivotal biological pathways crucial for environmental adaptation. These pathways encompass functions like vascular smooth muscle contraction, cellular response to heat, GTPase regulator activity, rhythmic processes, and responses to temperature stimuli. Of significance, GO terms about endocrine regulation and energy metabolic responses, key for local adaptation were also uncovered, including biological processes, such as cell differentiation, regulation of peptide hormone secretion, and lipid metabolism. These findings contribute to our knowledge of the genetic structure of climate-triggered adaptation across the goat genome and have practical implications for marker-assisted breeding in goats.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Weifeng Peng
- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China.
| | - Yiyuan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory for Sheep Genetic Improvement and Healthy Production, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences, Shihezi, China
| | - Lei Gao
- State Key Laboratory for Sheep Genetic Improvement and Healthy Production, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences, Shihezi, China
| | - Wanlu Shi
- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
| | - Zi Liu
- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
| | - Xinyu Guo
- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
| | - Yunxia Zhang
- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
| | - Bing Li
- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
| | - Guoyin Li
- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
| | - Jingya Cao
- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
| | - Mingsheng Yang
- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China.
| |
Collapse
|
20
|
Jin M, Wang H, Liu G, Lu J, Yuan Z, Li T, Liu E, Lu Z, Du L, Wei C. Whole-genome resequencing of Chinese indigenous sheep provides insight into the genetic basis underlying climate adaptation. Genet Sel Evol 2024; 56:26. [PMID: 38565986 PMCID: PMC10988870 DOI: 10.1186/s12711-024-00880-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Chinese indigenous sheep are valuable resources with unique features and characteristics. They are distributed across regions with different climates in mainland China; however, few reports have analyzed the environmental adaptability of sheep based on their genome. We examined the variants and signatures of selection involved in adaptation to extreme humidity, altitude, and temperature conditions in 173 sheep genomes from 41 phenotypically and geographically representative Chinese indigenous sheep breeds to characterize the genetic basis underlying environmental adaptation in these populations. RESULTS Based on the analysis of population structure, we inferred that Chinese indigenous sheep are divided into four groups: Kazakh (KAZ), Mongolian (MON), Tibetan (TIB), and Yunnan (YUN). We also detected a set of candidate genes that are relevant to adaptation to extreme environmental conditions, such as drought-prone regions (TBXT, TG, and HOXA1), high-altitude regions (DYSF, EPAS1, JAZF1, PDGFD, and NF1) and warm-temperature regions (TSHR, ABCD4, and TEX11). Among all these candidate genes, eight ABCD4, CNTN4, DOCK10, LOC105608545, LOC121816479, SEM3A, SVIL, and TSHR overlap between extreme environmental conditions. The TSHR gene shows a strong signature for positive selection in the warm-temperature group and harbors a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) missense mutation located between positions 90,600,001 and 90,650,001 on chromosome 7, which leads to a change in the protein structure of TSHR and influences its stability. CONCLUSIONS Analysis of the signatures of selection uncovered genes that are likely related to environmental adaptation and a SNP missense mutation in the TSHR gene that affects the protein structure and stability. It also provides information on the evolution of the phylogeographic structure of Chinese indigenous sheep populations. These results provide important genetic resources for future breeding studies and new perspectives on how animals can adapt to climate change.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Meilin Jin
- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
| | - Huihua Wang
- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
| | - Gang Liu
- National Animal Husbandry Service, National Center of Preservation and Utilization of Animal Genetic Resources, Beijing, China
| | - Jian Lu
- National Animal Husbandry Service, National Center of Preservation and Utilization of Animal Genetic Resources, Beijing, China
| | - Zehu Yuan
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
| | - Taotao Li
- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
| | - Engming Liu
- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
| | - Zengkui Lu
- Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lan-Zhou, China
| | - Lixin Du
- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
| | - Caihong Wei
- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
| |
Collapse
|
21
|
Lee S, Sbihi H, MacIsaac JL, Balshaw R, Ambalavanan A, Subbarao P, Mandhane PJ, Moraes TJ, Turvey SE, Duan Q, Brauer M, Brook JR, Kobor MS, Jones MJ. Persistent DNA Methylation Changes across the First Year of Life and Prenatal NO2 Exposure in a Canadian Prospective Birth Study. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2024; 132:47004. [PMID: 38573328 DOI: 10.1289/ehp13034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that prenatal air pollution exposure alters DNA methylation (DNAm), which could go on to affect long-term health. It remains unclear whether DNAm alterations present at birth persist through early life. Identifying persistent DNAm changes would provide greater insight into the molecular mechanisms contributing to the association of prenatal air pollution exposure with atopic diseases. OBJECTIVES This study investigated DNAm differences associated with prenatal nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) exposure (a surrogate measure of traffic-related air pollution) at birth and 1 y of age and examined their role in atopic disease. We focused on regions showing persistent DNAm differences from birth to 1 y of age and regions uniquely associated with postnatal NO 2 exposure. METHODS Microarrays measured DNAm at birth and at 1 y of age for an atopy-enriched subset of Canadian Health Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) study participants. Individual and regional DNAm differences associated with prenatal NO 2 (n = 128 ) were identified, and their persistence at age 1 y were investigated using linear mixed effects models (n = 124 ). Postnatal-specific DNAm differences (n = 125 ) were isolated, and their association with NO 2 in the first year of life was examined. Causal mediation investigated whether DNAm differences mediated associations between NO 2 and age 1 y atopy or wheeze. Analyses were repeated using biological sex-stratified data. RESULTS At birth (n = 128 ), 18 regions of DNAm were associated with NO 2 , with several annotated to HOX genes. Some of these regions were specifically identified in males (n = 73 ), but not females (n = 55 ). The effect of prenatal NO 2 across CpGs within altered regions persisted at 1 y of age. No significant mediation effects were identified. Sex-stratified analyses identified postnatal-specific DNAm alterations. DISCUSSION Regional cord blood DNAm differences associated with prenatal NO 2 persisted through at least the first year of life in CHILD participants. Some differences may represent sex-specific alterations, but replication in larger cohorts is needed. The early postnatal period remained a sensitive window to DNAm perturbations. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP13034.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Samantha Lee
- Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Biology of Breathing Theme, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | - Hind Sbihi
- British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - Julia L MacIsaac
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - Robert Balshaw
- Centre for Healthcare Innovation, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | | | - Padmaja Subbarao
- Department of Pediatrics & Translational Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Piushkumar J Mandhane
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, USCI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| | - Theo J Moraes
- Department of Pediatrics & Translational Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Stuart E Turvey
- BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - Qingling Duan
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- School of Computing, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
| | - Michael Brauer
- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - Jeffrey R Brook
- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Michael S Kobor
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - Meaghan J Jones
- Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Biology of Breathing Theme, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| |
Collapse
|
22
|
Yonezawa Y, Takahashi I, Ohseto H, Ueno F, Onuma T, Noda A, Murakami K, Ishikuro M, Obara T, Kuriyama S. Genome-wide association study of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy in Japan: the TMM BirThree Cohort Study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2024; 24:209. [PMID: 38509478 PMCID: PMC10953086 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-024-06376-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (NVP) and hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), common conditions affecting most pregnant women, are highly heritable and associated with maternal and fetal morbidity. However, the pathologies underlying NVP and HG and their associated loci are scarce. METHODS We performed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of NVP in pregnant women (n = 23,040) who participated in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study in Japan from July 2013 to March 2017. Participants were divided into discovery (n = 9,464) and replication (n = 10,051) stages based on the platform used for their genotyping. Loci that achieved the genome-wide significance level (p < 5.0 × 10- 8) in the discovery stage were selected for genotyping in the replication stage. A meta-analysis integrating the discovery and replication stage results (n = 19,515) was conducted. NVP-related variables were identified as categorical or continuous. RESULTS GWAS analysis in the discovery phase revealed loci linked to NVP in two gene regions, 11q22.1 (rs77775955) and 19p13.11 (rs749451 and rs28568614). Loci in these two gene regions have also been shown to be associated with HG in a White European population, indicating the generalizability of the GWAS analyses conducted in this study. Of these, only rs749451 and rs28568614 at 19p13.11 reached the genome-wide suggestive level (p < 1.0 × 10- 5) in the replication stage; however, both loci were significant in the meta-analysis. CONCLUSIONS NVP-related loci were identified in the Japanese population at 11q22.1 and 19p13.11, as reported in previous GWAS. This study contributes new evidence on the generalizability of previous GWAS on the association between genetic background and NVP.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Yudai Yonezawa
- Division of Molecular Epidemiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan
- Innovation Division, KAGOME CO., LTD, 17 Nishitomiyama, Nasushiobara, Tochigi, 329- 2762, Japan
| | - Ippei Takahashi
- Division of Molecular Epidemiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan
| | - Hisashi Ohseto
- Division of Molecular Epidemiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan
| | - Fumihiko Ueno
- Division of Molecular Epidemiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan
- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8573, Japan
| | - Tomomi Onuma
- Division of Molecular Epidemiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan
- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8573, Japan
| | - Aoi Noda
- Division of Molecular Epidemiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan
- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8573, Japan
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba- ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-0872, Japan
| | - Keiko Murakami
- Division of Molecular Epidemiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan
- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8573, Japan
| | - Mami Ishikuro
- Division of Molecular Epidemiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan
- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8573, Japan
| | - Taku Obara
- Division of Molecular Epidemiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan
- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8573, Japan
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba- ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-0872, Japan
| | - Shinichi Kuriyama
- Division of Molecular Epidemiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan.
- Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8573, Japan.
- International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramakiaoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8572, Japan.
| |
Collapse
|
23
|
Kessler C, Shafer ABA. Genomic Analyses Capture the Human-Induced Demographic Collapse and Recovery in a Wide-Ranging Cervid. Mol Biol Evol 2024; 41:msae038. [PMID: 38378172 PMCID: PMC10917209 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msae038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024] Open
Abstract
The glacial cycles of the Quaternary heavily impacted species through successions of population contractions and expansions. Similarly, populations have been intensely shaped by human pressures such as unregulated hunting and land use changes. White-tailed and mule deer survived in different refugia through the Last Glacial Maximum, and their populations were severely reduced after the European colonization. Here, we analyzed 73 resequenced deer genomes from across their North American range to understand the consequences of climatic and anthropogenic pressures on deer demographic and adaptive history. We found strong signals of climate-induced vicariance and demographic decline; notably, multiple sequentially Markovian coalescent recovers a severe decline in mainland white-tailed deer effective population size (Ne) at the end of the Last Glacial Maximum. We found robust evidence for colonial overharvest in the form of a recent and dramatic drop in Ne in all analyzed populations. Historical census size and restocking data show a clear parallel to historical Ne estimates, and temporal Ne/Nc ratio shows patterns of conservation concern for mule deer. Signatures of selection highlight genes related to temperature, including a cold receptor previously highlighted in woolly mammoth. We also detected immune genes that we surmise reflect the changing land use patterns in North America. Our study provides a detailed picture of anthropogenic and climatic-induced decline in deer diversity and clues to understanding the conservation concerns of mule deer and the successful demographic recovery of white-tailed deer.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Camille Kessler
- Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
| | - Aaron B A Shafer
- Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Forensic Science, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
| |
Collapse
|
24
|
Fong WJ, Tan HM, Garg R, Teh AL, Pan H, Gupta V, Krishna B, Chen ZH, Purwanto NY, Yap F, Tan KH, Chan KYJ, Chan SY, Goh N, Rane N, Tan ESE, Jiang Y, Han M, Meaney M, Wang D, Keppo J, Tan GCY. Comparing feature selection and machine learning approaches for predicting CYP2D6 methylation from genetic variation. Front Neuroinform 2024; 17:1244336. [PMID: 38449836 PMCID: PMC10915285 DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2023.1244336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2024] Open
Abstract
Introduction Pharmacogenetics currently supports clinical decision-making on the basis of a limited number of variants in a few genes and may benefit paediatric prescribing where there is a need for more precise dosing. Integrating genomic information such as methylation into pharmacogenetic models holds the potential to improve their accuracy and consequently prescribing decisions. Cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) is a highly polymorphic gene conventionally associated with the metabolism of commonly used drugs and endogenous substrates. We thus sought to predict epigenetic loci from single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related to CYP2D6 in children from the GUSTO cohort. Methods Buffy coat DNA methylation was quantified using the Illumina Infinium Methylation EPIC beadchip. CpG sites associated with CYP2D6 were used as outcome variables in Linear Regression, Elastic Net and XGBoost models. We compared feature selection of SNPs from GWAS mQTLs, GTEx eQTLs and SNPs within 2 MB of the CYP2D6 gene and the impact of adding demographic data. The samples were split into training (75%) sets and test (25%) sets for validation. In Elastic Net model and XGBoost models, optimal hyperparameter search was done using 10-fold cross validation. Root Mean Square Error and R-squared values were obtained to investigate each models' performance. When GWAS was performed to determine SNPs associated with CpG sites, a total of 15 SNPs were identified where several SNPs appeared to influence multiple CpG sites. Results Overall, Elastic Net models of genetic features appeared to perform marginally better than heritability estimates and substantially better than Linear Regression and XGBoost models. The addition of nongenetic features appeared to improve performance for some but not all feature sets and probes. The best feature set and Machine Learning (ML) approach differed substantially between CpG sites and a number of top variables were identified for each model. Discussion The development of SNP-based prediction models for CYP2D6 CpG methylation in Singaporean children of varying ethnicities in this study has clinical application. With further validation, they may add to the set of tools available to improve precision medicine and pharmacogenetics-based dosing.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Wei Jing Fong
- Computational Biology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
| | - Hong Ming Tan
- Computational Biology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
| | - Rishabh Garg
- Computational Biology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
| | - Ai Ling Teh
- Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
| | - Hong Pan
- Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
| | - Varsha Gupta
- Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
| | - Bernadus Krishna
- Computational Biology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
| | - Zou Hui Chen
- Computational Biology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
| | | | - Fabian Yap
- KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
| | - Kok Hian Tan
- KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
- Duke NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
| | - Kok Yen Jerry Chan
- KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
- Duke NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
| | - Shiao-Yng Chan
- Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
- National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
| | | | - Nikita Rane
- Institute of Mental Health,Singapore, Singapore
| | | | | | - Mei Han
- Computational Biology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
| | - Michael Meaney
- Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
| | - Dennis Wang
- Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
| | - Jussi Keppo
- Computational Biology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
| | - Geoffrey Chern-Yee Tan
- Computational Biology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Institute of Mental Health,Singapore, Singapore
| |
Collapse
|
25
|
Yiangou K, Mavaddat N, Dennis J, Zanti M, Wang Q, Bolla MK, Abubakar M, Ahearn TU, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Antonenkova NN, Arndt V, Aronson KJ, Augustinsson A, Baten A, Behrens S, Bermisheva M, de Gonzalez AB, Białkowska K, Boddicker N, Bodelon C, Bogdanova NV, Bojesen SE, Brantley KD, Brauch H, Brenner H, Camp NJ, Canzian F, Castelao JE, Cessna MH, Chang-Claude J, Chenevix-Trench G, Chung WK, Colonna SV, Couch FJ, Cox A, Cross SS, Czene K, Daly MB, Devilee P, Dörk T, Dunning AM, Eccles DM, Eliassen AH, Engel C, Eriksson M, Evans DG, Fasching PA, Fletcher O, Flyger H, Fritschi L, Gago-Dominguez M, Gentry-Maharaj A, González-Neira A, Guénel P, Hahnen E, Haiman CA, Hamann U, Hartikainen JM, Ho V, Hodge J, Hollestelle A, Honisch E, Hooning MJ, Hoppe R, Hopper JL, Howell S, Howell A, Jakovchevska S, Jakubowska A, Jernström H, Johnson N, Kaaks R, Khusnutdinova EK, Kitahara CM, Koutros S, Kristensen VN, Lacey JV, Lambrechts D, Lejbkowicz F, Lindblom A, Lush M, Mannermaa A, Mavroudis D, Menon U, Murphy RA, Nevanlinna H, Obi N, Offit K, Park-Simon TW, Patel AV, Peng C, Peterlongo P, Pita G, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Pylkäs K, Radice P, Rashid MU, Rennert G, Roberts E, Rodriguez J, Romero A, Rosenberg EH, Saloustros E, Sandler DP, Sawyer EJ, Schmutzler RK, Scott CG, Shu XO, Southey MC, Stone J, Taylor JA, Teras LR, van de Beek I, Willett W, Winqvist R, Zheng W, Vachon CM, Schmidt MK, Hall P, MacInnis RJ, Milne RL, Pharoah PD, Simard J, Antoniou AC, Easton DF, Michailidou K. Differences in polygenic score distributions in European ancestry populations: implications for breast cancer risk prediction. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2024:2024.02.12.24302043. [PMID: 38410445 PMCID: PMC10896416 DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.12.24302043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
Abstract
The 313-variant polygenic risk score (PRS313) provides a promising tool for breast cancer risk prediction. However, evaluation of the PRS313 across different European populations which could influence risk estimation has not been performed. Here, we explored the distribution of PRS313 across European populations using genotype data from 94,072 females without breast cancer, of European-ancestry from 21 countries participating in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC) and 225,105 female participants from the UK Biobank. The mean PRS313 differed markedly across European countries, being highest in south-eastern Europe and lowest in north-western Europe. Using the overall European PRS313 distribution to categorise individuals leads to overestimation and underestimation of risk in some individuals from south-eastern and north-western countries, respectively. Adjustment for principal components explained most of the observed heterogeneity in mean PRS. Country-specific PRS distributions may be used to calibrate risk categories in individuals from different countries.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Kristia Yiangou
- Biostatistics Unit, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2371
| | - Nasim Mavaddat
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, CB1 8RN
| | - Joe Dennis
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, CB1 8RN
| | - Maria Zanti
- Biostatistics Unit, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2371
| | - Qin Wang
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, CB1 8RN
| | - Manjeet K. Bolla
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, CB1 8RN
| | - Mustapha Abubakar
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA, 20850
| | - Thomas U. Ahearn
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA, 20850
| | - Irene L. Andrulis
- Fred A, Litwin Center for Cancer Genetics, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X5
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A8
| | - Hoda Anton-Culver
- Department of Medicine, Genetic Epidemiology Research Institute, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA, 92617
| | - Natalia N. Antonenkova
- NN Alexandrov Research Institute of Oncology and Medical Radiology, Minsk, Belarus, 223040
| | - Volker Arndt
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, 69120
| | - Kristan J. Aronson
- Department of Public Health Sciences, and Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada, K7L 3N6
| | | | - Adinda Baten
- Leuven Multidisciplinary Breast Center, Department of Oncology, Leuven Cancer Institute, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 3000
| | - Sabine Behrens
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, 69120
| | - Marina Bermisheva
- Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Russia, 450054
- St Petersburg State University, St, Petersburg, Russia, 199034
| | | | - Katarzyna Białkowska
- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, 71-252
| | - Nicholas Boddicker
- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA, 55905
| | - Clara Bodelon
- Department of Population Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30303
| | - Natalia V. Bogdanova
- NN Alexandrov Research Institute of Oncology and Medical Radiology, Minsk, Belarus, 223040
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, 30625
- Gynaecology Research Unit, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, 30625
| | - Stig E. Bojesen
- Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark, 2730
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark, 2730
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2200
| | - Kristen D. Brantley
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA, 02115
| | - Hiltrud Brauch
- Dr Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany, 70376
- iFIT-Cluster of Excellence, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, 72074
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Partner Site Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, 72074
| | - Hermann Brenner
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, 69120
- Division of Preventive Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany, 69120
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, 69120
| | - Nicola J. Camp
- Department of Internal Medicine and Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 84112
| | - Federico Canzian
- Genomic Epidemiology Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, 69120
| | - Jose E. Castelao
- Oncology and Genetics Unit, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS) Foundation, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, SERGAS, Vigo, Spain, 36312
| | - Melissa H. Cessna
- Department of Pathology, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 84143
- Intermountain Biorepository, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 84143
| | - Jenny Chang-Claude
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, 69120
- Cancer Epidemiology Group, University Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, 20246
| | - Georgia Chenevix-Trench
- Cancer Research Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4006
| | - Wendy K. Chung
- Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA, 10032
| | - NBCS Collaborators
- Department of Cancer Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital-Radiumhospitalet, Oslo, Norway, 0379
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 0450
- Department of Research, Vestre Viken Hospital, Drammen, Norway, 3019
- Section for Breast- and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Cancer, Division of Surgery, Cancer and Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital-Ullevål, Oslo, Norway, 0450
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 0379
- Department of Pathology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway, 1478
- Department of Tumor Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 0379
- Department of Oncology, Division of Surgery, Cancer and Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital-Radiumhospitalet, Oslo, Norway, 0379
- National Advisory Unit on Late Effects after Cancer Treatment, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 0379
- Department of Oncology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway, 1478
- Oslo Breast Cancer Research Consortium, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 0379
- Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 0379
| | - Sarah V. Colonna
- Department of Internal Medicine and Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 84112
| | - Fergus J. Couch
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA, 55905
| | - Angela Cox
- Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK, S10 2TN
| | - Simon S. Cross
- Division of Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK, S10 2TN
| | - Kamila Czene
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 171 65
| | - Mary B. Daly
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19111
| | - Peter Devilee
- Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, 2333 ZA
- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, 2333 ZA
| | - Thilo Dörk
- Gynaecology Research Unit, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, 30625
| | - Alison M. Dunning
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, CB1 8RN
| | - Diana M. Eccles
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK, SO17 1BJ
| | - A. Heather Eliassen
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA, 02115
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, 02115
- Department of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA, 02115
| | - Christoph Engel
- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, 04107
- LIFE - Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, 04103
| | - Mikael Eriksson
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 171 65
| | - D. Gareth Evans
- Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK, M13 9WL
- North West Genomics Laboratory Hub, Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK, M13 9WL
| | - Peter A. Fasching
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 91054
| | - Olivia Fletcher
- The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK, SW7 3RP
| | - Henrik Flyger
- Department of Breast Surgery, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark, 2730
| | - Lin Fritschi
- School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 6102
| | - Manuela Gago-Dominguez
- Cancer Genetics and Epidemiology Group, Genomic Medicine Group, Fundación Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela (FIDIS), Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, SERGAS, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 15706
| | - Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj
- MRC Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, University College London, London, UK, WC1V 6LJ
- Department of Women’s Cancer, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women’s Health, University College London, London, UK
| | - Anna González-Neira
- Human Genotyping Unit-CeGen, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid, Spain, 28029
- Spanish Network on Rare Diseases (CIBERER)
| | - Pascal Guénel
- Team ‘Exposome and Heredity’, CESP, Gustave Roussy, INSERM, University Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Villejuif, France, 94805
| | - Eric Hahnen
- Center for Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, 50937
- Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, 50937
| | - Christopher A. Haiman
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 90033
| | - Ute Hamann
- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, 69120
| | - Jaana M. Hartikainen
- Cancer RC, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland, 70210
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland, 70210
| | - Vikki Ho
- Health Innovation and Evaluation Hub, Université de Montréal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montréal, Québec, Canada
| | - James Hodge
- Department of Population Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30303
| | - Antoinette Hollestelle
- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 3015 GD
| | - Ellen Honisch
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, 40225
| | - Maartje J. Hooning
- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 3015 GD
| | - Reiner Hoppe
- Dr Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany, 70376
- University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, 72074
| | - John L. Hopper
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3010
| | - Sacha Howell
- Division of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
- Nightingale/Prevent Breast Cancer Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
- Manchester Breast Centre, Manchester Cancer Research Centre, The Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK
| | - Anthony Howell
- Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, M13 9PL
| | - ABCTB Investigators
- Australian Breast Cancer Tissue Bank, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2145
| | - kConFab Investigators
- Research Department, Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3000
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 3000
| | - Simona Jakovchevska
- Research Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology ‘Georgi D, Efremov’, MASA, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia, 1000
| | - Anna Jakubowska
- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, 71-252
- Independent Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetic Diagnostics, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, 171-252
| | - Helena Jernström
- Oncology, Clinical Sciences in Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 221 85
| | - Nichola Johnson
- The Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK, SW7 3RP
| | - Rudolf Kaaks
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, 69120
| | - Elza K. Khusnutdinova
- Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Russia, 450054
- Department of Genetics and Fundamental Medicine, Ufa University of Science and Technology, Ufa, Russia, 450076
| | - Cari M. Kitahara
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA, 20892
| | - Stella Koutros
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA, 20850
| | - Vessela N. Kristensen
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 0450
- Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 0379
| | - James V. Lacey
- Department of Computational and Quantitative Medicine, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA, 91010
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA, 91010
| | - Diether Lambrechts
- Laboratory for Translational Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 3000
- VIB Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium, 3001
| | | | - Annika Lindblom
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 171 76
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, 171 76
| | - Michael Lush
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, CB1 8RN
| | - Arto Mannermaa
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland, 70210
- Translational Cancer Research Area, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland, 70210
- Biobank of Eastern Finland, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
| | - Dimitrios Mavroudis
- Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece, 711 10
| | - Usha Menon
- MRC Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, University College London, London, UK, WC1V 6LJ
| | - Rachel A. Murphy
- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4
- Cancer Control Research, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5Z 1L3
| | - Heli Nevanlinna
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 00290
| | - Nadia Obi
- Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, 20246
- Institute for Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, 20246
| | - Kenneth Offit
- Clinical Genetics Research Lab, Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA, 10065
- Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA, 10065
| | | | - Alpa V. Patel
- Department of Population Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30303
| | - Cheng Peng
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, 02115
| | - Paolo Peterlongo
- Genome Diagnostics Program, IFOM ETS - the AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy, 20139
| | - Guillermo Pita
- Human Genotyping Unit-CeGen, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid, Spain, 28029
| | - Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska
- Research Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology ‘Georgi D, Efremov’, MASA, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia, 1000
| | - Katri Pylkäs
- Laboratory of Cancer Genetics and Tumor Biology, Translational Medicine Research Unit, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 90220
- Laboratory of Cancer Genetics and Tumor Biology, Northern Finland Laboratory Centre Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 90220
| | - Paolo Radice
- Unit of Predictice Medicine, Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk, Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy, 20133
| | - Muhammad U. Rashid
- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, 69120
- Department of Basic Sciences, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH & RC), Lahore, Pakistan, 54000
| | - Gad Rennert
- Technion, Faculty of Medicine and Association for Promotion of Research in Precision Medicine, Haifa, Israel
| | - Eleanor Roberts
- Division of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
| | - Juan Rodriguez
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 171 65
| | - Atocha Romero
- Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain, 28222
| | - Efraim H. Rosenberg
- Department of Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1066 CX
| | | | - Dale P. Sandler
- Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, 27709
| | - Elinor J. Sawyer
- School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Guy’s Campus, King’s College London, London, UK
| | - Rita K. Schmutzler
- Center for Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, 50937
- Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, 50937
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, 50931
| | - Christopher G. Scott
- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA, 55905
| | - Xiao-Ou Shu
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA, 37232
| | - Melissa C. Southey
- Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, 3168
- Department of Clinical Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3010
- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3004
| | - Jennifer Stone
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3010
- Genetic Epidemiology Group, School of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 6000
| | - Jack A. Taylor
- Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, 27709
- Epigenetic and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, 27709
| | - Lauren R. Teras
- Department of Population Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30303
| | - Irma van de Beek
- Department of Clinical Genetics, The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1066 CX
| | - Walter Willett
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA, 02115
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, 02115
- Department of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA, 02115
| | - Robert Winqvist
- Laboratory of Cancer Genetics and Tumor Biology, Translational Medicine Research Unit, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 90220
- Laboratory of Cancer Genetics and Tumor Biology, Northern Finland Laboratory Centre Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 90220
| | - Wei Zheng
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA, 37232
| | - Celine M. Vachon
- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Division of Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA, 55905
| | - Marjanka K. Schmidt
- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1066 CX
- Division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1066 CX
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, 2333 ZA
| | - Per Hall
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 171 65
- Department of Oncology, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden, 118 83
| | - Robert J. MacInnis
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3010
- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3004
| | - Roger L. Milne
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3010
- Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, 3168
- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3004
| | - Paul D.P. Pharoah
- Department of Computational Biomedicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, CA, USA, 90069
| | - Jacques Simard
- Genomics Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec – Université Laval Research Center, Québec City, Québec, Canada, G1V 4G2
| | - Antonis C. Antoniou
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, CB1 8RN
| | - Douglas F. Easton
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, CB1 8RN
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, CB1 8RN
| | - Kyriaki Michailidou
- Biostatistics Unit, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2371
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, CB1 8RN
| |
Collapse
|
26
|
Gharani N, Calendo G, Kusic D, Madzo J, Scheinfeldt L. Star allele search: a pharmacogenetic annotation database and user-friendly search tool of publicly available 1000 Genomes Project biospecimens. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:116. [PMID: 38279110 PMCID: PMC10811916 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-09994-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Here we describe a new public pharmacogenetic (PGx) annotation database of a large (n = 3,202) and diverse biospecimen collection of 1000 Genomes Project cell lines and DNAs. The database is searchable with a user friendly, web-based tool ( www.coriell.org/StarAllele/Search ). This resource leverages existing whole genome sequencing data and PharmVar annotations to characterize *alleles for each biospecimen in the collection. This new tool is designed to facilitate in vitro functional characterization of *allele haplotypes and diplotypes as well as support clinical PGx assay development, validation, and implementation.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- N Gharani
- Coriell Institute for Medical Research, 403 Haddon Ave, Camden, NJ, 08103, USA
- Gharani Consulting Limited, 272 Regents Park Road, London, N3 3HN, UK
| | - G Calendo
- Coriell Institute for Medical Research, 403 Haddon Ave, Camden, NJ, 08103, USA
| | - D Kusic
- Coriell Institute for Medical Research, 403 Haddon Ave, Camden, NJ, 08103, USA
| | - J Madzo
- Coriell Institute for Medical Research, 403 Haddon Ave, Camden, NJ, 08103, USA
- Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, 401 South Broadway, Camden, NJ, 08103, USA
| | - L Scheinfeldt
- Coriell Institute for Medical Research, 403 Haddon Ave, Camden, NJ, 08103, USA.
- Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, 401 South Broadway, Camden, NJ, 08103, USA.
| |
Collapse
|
27
|
Zhang S, Zhang R, Yuan K, Yang L, Liu C, Liu Y, Ni X, Xu S. Reconstructing complex admixture history using a hierarchical model. Brief Bioinform 2024; 25:bbad540. [PMID: 38261339 PMCID: PMC10805183 DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbad540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Various methods have been proposed to reconstruct admixture histories by analyzing the length of ancestral chromosomal tracts, such as estimating the admixture time and number of admixture events. However, available methods do not explicitly consider the complex admixture structure, which characterizes the joining and mixing patterns of different ancestral populations during the admixture process, and instead assume a simplified one-by-one sequential admixture model. In this study, we proposed a novel approach that considers the non-sequential admixture structure to reconstruct admixture histories. Specifically, we introduced a hierarchical admixture model that incorporated four ancestral populations and developed a new method, called HierarchyMix, which uses the length of ancestral tracts and the number of ancestry switches along genomes to reconstruct the four-way admixture history. By automatically selecting the optimal admixture model using the Bayesian information criterion principles, HierarchyMix effectively estimates the corresponding admixture parameters. Simulation studies confirmed the effectiveness and robustness of HierarchyMix. We also applied HierarchyMix to Uyghurs and Kazakhs, enabling us to reconstruct the admixture histories of Central Asians. Our results highlight the importance of considering complex admixture structures and demonstrate that HierarchyMix is a useful tool for analyzing complex admixture events.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Shi Zhang
- School of Mathematics and Statistics, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China
| | - Rui Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
| | - Kai Yuan
- Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
| | - Lu Yang
- School of Mathematics and Statistics, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China
| | - Chang Liu
- Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
| | - Yuting Liu
- School of Mathematics and Statistics, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China
| | - Xumin Ni
- School of Mathematics and Statistics, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China
| | - Shuhua Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Human Phenome Institute, Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences, Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032 , China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, Fudan University, Shanghai 201203, China
- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
| |
Collapse
|
28
|
Li L, Ma X, Cui Y, Rotival M, Chen W, Zou X, Ding R, Qin Y, Wang Q, Quintana-Murci L, Li W. Immune-response 3'UTR alternative polyadenylation quantitative trait loci contribute to variation in human complex traits and diseases. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8347. [PMID: 38102153 PMCID: PMC10724249 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44191-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified thousands of non-coding variants that are associated with human complex traits and diseases. The analysis of such GWAS variants in different contexts and physiological states is essential for deciphering the regulatory mechanisms underlying human disease. Alternative polyadenylation (APA) is a key post-transcriptional modification for most human genes that substantially impacts upon cell behavior. Here, we mapped 9,493 3'-untranslated region APA quantitative trait loci in 18 human immune baseline cell types and 8 stimulation conditions (immune 3'aQTLs). Through the comparison between baseline and stimulation data, we observed the high responsiveness of 3'aQTLs to immune stimulation (response 3'aQTLs). Co-localization and mendelian randomization analyses of immune 3'aQTLs identified 678 genes where 3'aQTL are associated with variation in complex traits, 27.3% of which were derived from response 3'aQTLs. Overall, these analyses reveal the role of immune 3'aQTLs in the determination of complex traits, providing new insights into the regulatory mechanisms underlying disease etiologies.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Lei Li
- Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
| | - Xuelian Ma
- Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, 518055, China
| | - Ya Cui
- Division of Computational Biomedicine, Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
| | - Maxime Rotival
- Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, CNRS UMR2000, Human Evolutionary Genetics Unit, F-75015, Paris, France
| | - Wenyan Chen
- Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, 518055, China
| | - Xudong Zou
- Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, 518055, China
| | - Ruofan Ding
- Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, 518055, China
| | - Yangmei Qin
- Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, 518055, China
| | - Qixuan Wang
- Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, 518055, China
| | - Lluis Quintana-Murci
- Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, CNRS UMR2000, Human Evolutionary Genetics Unit, F-75015, Paris, France
- Human Genomics and Evolution, Collège de France, F-75005, Paris, France
| | - Wei Li
- Division of Computational Biomedicine, Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
| |
Collapse
|
29
|
Mujica PC, Martinez V. A purebred South American breed showing high effective population size and independent breed ancestry: The Chilean Terrier. Anim Genet 2023; 54:772-785. [PMID: 37778752 DOI: 10.1111/age.13359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
Abstract
The Chilean Terrier is a known breed in Chile that has not been genetically assessed despite its distinctive color patterns, agility, and hardiness across the diversity of climates encountered within the Chilean landscape. The population structure and its relatedness with other breeds, as well as the actual origin of the breed, remain unknown. We estimated several population parameters using samples from individuals representing the distribution of the Chilean Terrier across the country. By utilizing the Illumina HD canine genotyping array, we computed the effective population size (Ne ), individual inbreeding, and relatedness to evaluate the genetic diversity of the breed. The results show that linkage disequilibrium was relatively low and decayed rapidly; in fact, Ne was very high when compared to other breeds, and similar to other American indigenous breeds (such as the Chihuahua with values of Ne near 500). These results are in line with the low estimates of genomic inbreeding and relatedness and the relatively large number of effective chromosome segments (Me = 2467) obtained using the properties of the genomic relationship matrix. Between population analysis (cross-population extended haplotype homozygosity, di ) with other breeds such as the Jack Russell Terrier, the Peruvian-Inca Orchid, and the Chihuahua suggested that candidate regions harboring FGF5, PAX3, and ASIP, probably explained some morphological traits, such as the distinctive color pattern characteristic of the breed. When considering Admixture estimates and phylogenetic analysis, together with other breeds of American and European origin, the Chilean Terrier does not have a recent European ancestry. Overall, the results suggest that the breed has evolved independently in Chile from other terrier breeds, from an unknown European terrier ancestor.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Paola C Mujica
- FAVET-INBIOGEN Laboratory, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
| | - Víctor Martinez
- FAVET-INBIOGEN Laboratory, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
| |
Collapse
|
30
|
Rumker L, Sakaue S, Reshef Y, Kang JB, Yazar S, Alquicira-Hernandez J, Valencia C, Lagattuta KA, Mah-Som A, Nathan A, Powell JE, Loh PR, Raychaudhuri S. Identifying genetic variants that influence the abundance of cell states in single-cell data. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.11.13.566919. [PMID: 38014313 PMCID: PMC10680752 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.13.566919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
Abstract
Introductory ParagraphTo understand genetic mechanisms driving disease, it is essential but difficult to map how risk alleles affect the composition of cells present in the body. Single-cell profiling quantifies granular information about tissues, but variant-associated cell states may reflect diverse combinations of the profiled cell features that are challenging to predefine. We introduce GeNA (Genotype-Neighborhood Associations), a statistical tool to identify cell state abundance quantitative trait loci (csaQTLs) in high-dimensional single-cell datasets. Instead of testing associations to predefined cell states, GeNA flexibly identifies the cell states whose abundance is most associated with genetic variants. In a genome-wide survey of scRNA-seq peripheral blood profiling from 969 individuals,1GeNA identifies five independent loci associated with shifts in the relative abundance of immune cell states. For example, rs3003-T (p=1.96×10-11) associates with increased abundance of NK cells expressing TNF-α response programs. This csaQTL colocalizes with increased risk for psoriasis, an autoimmune disease that responds to anti-TNF treatments. Flexibly characterizing csaQTLs for granular cell states may help illuminate how genetic background alters cellular composition to confer disease risk.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Laurie Rumker
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
| | - Saori Sakaue
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
| | - Yakir Reshef
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
| | - Joyce B. Kang
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
| | - Seyhan Yazar
- Translational Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
- UNSW Cellular Genomics Futures Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
| | - Jose Alquicira-Hernandez
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
| | - Cristian Valencia
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
| | - Kaitlyn A Lagattuta
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
| | - Annelise Mah-Som
- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Aparna Nathan
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
| | - Joseph E. Powell
- Translational Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
- UNSW Cellular Genomics Futures Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
| | - Po-Ru Loh
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
| | - Soumya Raychaudhuri
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
| |
Collapse
|
31
|
Hammarén R, Goldstein ST, Schlebusch CM. Eurasian back-migration into Northeast Africa was a complex and multifaceted process. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0290423. [PMID: 37939042 PMCID: PMC10631636 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Recent studies have identified Northeast Africa as an important area for human movements during the Holocene. Eurasian populations have moved back into Northeastern Africa and contributed to the genetic composition of its people. By gathering the largest reference dataset to date of Northeast, North, and East African as well as Middle Eastern populations, we give new depth to our knowledge of Northeast African demographic history. By employing local ancestry methods, we isolated the Non-African parts of modern-day Northeast African genomes and identified the best putative source populations. Egyptians and Sudanese Copts bore most similarities to Levantine populations whilst other populations in the region generally had predominantly genetic contributions from the Arabian peninsula rather than Levantine populations for their Non-African genetic component. We also date admixture events and investigated which factors influenced the date of admixture and find that major linguistic families were associated with the date of Eurasian admixture. Taken as a whole we detect complex patterns of admixture and diverse origins of Eurasian admixture in Northeast African populations of today.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Rickard Hammarén
- Human Evolution, Department of Organismal Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany
| | - Steven T. Goldstein
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany
| | - Carina M. Schlebusch
- Human Evolution, Department of Organismal Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Palaeo-Research Institute, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
- SciLifeLab, Uppsala, Sweden
| |
Collapse
|
32
|
Mao X, He W, Eriksson M, Lindström LS, Holowko N, Bajalica-Lagercrantz S, Hammarström M, Grassmann F, Humphreys K, Easton D, Hall P, Czene K. Prediction of breast cancer risk for sisters of women attending screening. J Natl Cancer Inst 2023; 115:1310-1317. [PMID: 37243694 PMCID: PMC10637039 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djad101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Risk assessment is important for breast cancer prevention and early detection. We aimed to examine whether common risk factors, mammographic features, and breast cancer risk prediction scores of a woman were associated with breast cancer risk for her sisters. METHODS We included 53 051 women from the Karolinska Mammography Project for Risk Prediction of Breast Cancer (KARMA) study. Established risk factors were derived using self-reported questionnaires, mammograms, and single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping. Using the Swedish Multi-Generation Register, we identified 32 198 sisters of the KARMA women (including 5352 KARMA participants and 26 846 nonparticipants). Cox models were used to estimate the hazard ratios of breast cancer for both women and their sisters, respectively. RESULTS A higher breast cancer polygenic risk score, a history of benign breast disease, and higher breast density in women were associated with an increased risk of breast cancer for both women and their sisters. No statistically significant association was observed between breast microcalcifications and masses in women and breast cancer risk for their sisters. Furthermore, higher breast cancer risk scores in women were associated with an increased risk of breast cancer for their sisters. Specifically, the hazard ratios for breast cancer per 1 standard deviation increase in age-adjusted KARMA, Breast and Ovarian Analysis of Disease Incidence and Carrier Estimation Algorithm (BOADICEA), and Tyrer-Cuzick risk scores were 1.16 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.07 to 1.27), 1.23 (95% CI = 1.12 to 1.35), and 1.21 (95% CI = 1.11 to 1.32), respectively. CONCLUSION A woman's breast cancer risk factors are associated with her sister's breast cancer risk. However, the clinical utility of these findings requires further investigation.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Xinhe Mao
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Wei He
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Chronic Disease Research Institute, The Children’s Hospital, and National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, School of Public Health, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
| | - Mikael Eriksson
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Linda S Lindström
- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet and Hereditary Cancer Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Natalie Holowko
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Medicine Solna, Clinical Epidemiology Division, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Svetlana Bajalica-Lagercrantz
- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet and Hereditary Cancer Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Mattias Hammarström
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Felix Grassmann
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Institute for Clinical Research and Systems Medicine, Health and Medical University, Potsdam, Germany
| | - Keith Humphreys
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Douglas Easton
- Department of Oncology, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| | - Per Hall
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Oncology, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Kamila Czene
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| |
Collapse
|
33
|
Cole R, Holroyd N, Tracey A, Berriman M, Viney M. The parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti exists predominantly as populations of long-lived asexual lineages. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6427. [PMID: 37833369 PMCID: PMC10575991 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42250-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Nematodes are important parasites of people and animals, and in natural ecosystems they are a major ecological force. Strongyloides ratti is a common parasitic nematode of wild rats and we have investigated its population genetics using single-worm, whole-genome sequencing. We find that S. ratti populations in the UK consist of mixtures of mainly asexual lineages that are widely dispersed across a host population. These parasite lineages are likely very old and may have originated in Asia from where rats originated. Genes that underly the parasitic phase of the parasite's life cycle are hyperdiverse compared with the rest of the genome, and this may allow the parasites to maximise their fitness in a diverse host population. These patterns of parasitic nematode population genetics have not been found before and may also apply to Strongyloides spp. that infect people, which will affect how we should approach their control.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Rebecca Cole
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK
| | - Nancy Holroyd
- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
| | - Alan Tracey
- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
| | - Matt Berriman
- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
- School of Infection & Immunity, University of Glasgow, 120 University Place, Glasgow, G12 8TA, UK
| | - Mark Viney
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK.
- Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK.
| |
Collapse
|
34
|
Ge X, Lu Y, Chen S, Gao Y, Ma L, Liu L, Liu J, Ma X, Kang L, Xu S. Genetic Origins and Adaptive Evolution of the Deng People on the Tibetan Plateau. Mol Biol Evol 2023; 40:msad205. [PMID: 37713634 PMCID: PMC10584363 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msad205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Revised: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/17/2023] Open
Abstract
The Tibetan Plateau is populated by diverse ethnic groups, but most of them are underrepresented in genomics studies compared with the Tibetans (TIB). Here, to gain further insight into the genetic diversity and evolutionary history of the people living in the Tibetan Plateau, we sequenced 54 whole genomes of the Deng people with high coverage (30-60×) and analyzed the data together with that of TIB and Sherpas, as well as 968 ancient Asian genomes and available archaic and modern human data. We identified 17.74 million novel single-nucleotide variants from the newly sequenced genomes, although the Deng people showed reduced genomic diversity and a relatively small effective population size. Compared with the other Tibetan highlander groups which are highly admixed, the Deng people are dominated by a sole ancestry that could be traced to some ancient northern East Asian populations. The divergence between Deng and Tibetan people (∼4,700-7,200 years) was more recent than that between highlanders and the Han Chinese (Deng-HAN, ∼9,000-14,000 years; TIB-HAN, 7,200-10,000 years). Adaptive genetic variants (AGVs) identified in the Deng are only partially shared with those previously reported in the TIB like HLA-DQB1, whereas others like KLHL12 were not reported in TIB. In contrast, the top candidate genes harboring AGVs as previously identified in TIB, like EPAS1 and EGLN1, do not show strong positive selection signals in Deng. Interestingly, Deng also showed a different archaic introgression scenario from that observed in the TIB. Our results suggest that convergent adaptation might be prevalent on the Tibetan Plateau.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Xueling Ge
- Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
| | - Yan Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Human Phenome Institute, Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
| | - Shuanghui Chen
- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
| | - Yang Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Human Phenome Institute, Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
| | - Lifeng Ma
- Key Laboratory of High-Altitude Environment and Genes Related to Disease of Tibet Ministry of Education, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China
- Research Center for Tibetan Social Governance, Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences in Xizang Minzu University, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China
| | - Lijun Liu
- Key Laboratory of High-Altitude Environment and Genes Related to Disease of Tibet Ministry of Education, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China
- Research Center for Tibetan Social Governance, Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences in Xizang Minzu University, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China
| | - Jiaojiao Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Human Phenome Institute, Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
| | - Xixian Ma
- Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
| | - Longli Kang
- Key Laboratory of High-Altitude Environment and Genes Related to Disease of Tibet Ministry of Education, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China
- Research Center for Tibetan Social Governance, Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences in Xizang Minzu University, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China
| | - Shuhua Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Human Phenome Institute, Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
| |
Collapse
|
35
|
Paskov K, Chrisman B, Stockham N, Washington PY, Dunlap K, Jung JY, Wall DP. Identifying crossovers and shared genetic material in whole genome sequencing data from families. Genome Res 2023; 33:1747-1756. [PMID: 37879861 PMCID: PMC10691535 DOI: 10.1101/gr.277172.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
Abstract
Large, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data sets containing families provide an important opportunity to identify crossovers and shared genetic material in siblings. However, the high variant calling error rates of WGS in some areas of the genome can result in spurious crossover calls, and the special inheritance status of the X Chromosome presents challenges. We have developed a hidden Markov model that addresses these issues by modeling the inheritance of variants in families in the presence of error-prone regions and inherited deletions. We call our method PhasingFamilies. We validate PhasingFamilies using the platinum genome family NA1281 (precision: 0.81; recall: 0.97), as well as simulated genomes with known crossover positions (precision: 0.93; recall: 0.92). Using 1925 quads from the Simons Simplex Collection, we found that PhasingFamilies resolves crossovers to a median resolution of 3527.5 bp. These crossovers recapitulate existing recombination rate maps, including for the X Chromosome; produce sibling pair IBD that matches expected distributions; and are validated by the haplotype estimation tool SHAPEIT. We provide an efficient, open-source implementation of PhasingFamilies that can be used to identify crossovers from family sequencing data.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Kelley Paskov
- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA;
| | - Brianna Chrisman
- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - Nathaniel Stockham
- Department of Neuroscience, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | | | - Kaitlyn Dunlap
- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - Jae-Yoon Jung
- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - Dennis P Wall
- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| |
Collapse
|
36
|
Lüth T, Gabbert C, Koch S, König IR, Caliebe A, Laabs BH, Hentati F, Sassi SB, Amouri R, Spielmann M, Klein C, Grünewald A, Farrer MJ, Trinh J. Interaction of Mitochondrial Polygenic Score and Lifestyle Factors in LRRK2 p.Gly2019Ser Parkinsonism. Mov Disord 2023; 38:1837-1849. [PMID: 37482924 DOI: 10.1002/mds.29563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Revised: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND A mitochondrial polygenic score (MGS) is composed of genes related to mitochondrial function and found to be associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) risk. OBJECTIVE To investigate the impact of the MGS and lifestyle/environment on age at onset (AAO) in LRRK2 p.Gly2019Ser parkinsonism (LRRK2-PD) and idiopathic PD (iPD). METHODS We included N = 486 patients with LRRK2-PD and N = 9259 with iPD from the Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Parkinson's Disease Knowledge Platform (AMP-PD), Fox Insight, and a Tunisian Arab-Berber founder population. Genotyping data were used to perform the MGS analysis. Additionally, lifestyle/environmental data were obtained from the PD Risk Factor Questionnaire (PD-RFQ). Linear regression models were used to assess the relationship between MGS, lifestyle/environment, and AAO. RESULTS Our derived MGS was significantly higher in PD cases compared with controls (P = 1.1 × 10-8 ). We observed that higher MGS was significantly associated with earlier AAO in LRRK2-PD (P = 0.047, β = -1.40) and there was the same trend with a smaller effect size in iPD (P = 0.231, β = 0.22). There was a correlation between MGS and AAO in LRRK2-PD patients of European descent (P = 0.049, r = -0.12) that was visibly less pronounced in Tunisians (P = 0.449, r = -0.05). We found that the MGS interacted with caffeinated soda consumption (P = 0.003, β = -5.65) in LRRK2-PD and with tobacco use (P = 0.010, β = 1.32) in iPD. Thus, patients with a high MGS had an earlier AAO only if they consumed caffeinated soda or were non-smokers. CONCLUSIONS The MGS was more strongly associated with earlier AAO in LRRK2-PD compared with iPD. Caffeinated soda consumption or tobacco use interacted with MGS to predict AAO. Our study suggests gene-environment interactions as modifiers of AAO in LRRK2-PD. © 2023 The Authors. Movement Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Theresa Lüth
- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
| | - Carolin Gabbert
- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
| | - Sebastian Koch
- Institute of Medical Informatics and Statistics, Kiel University, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
| | - Inke R König
- Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
| | - Amke Caliebe
- Institute of Medical Informatics and Statistics, Kiel University, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
| | - Björn-Hergen Laabs
- Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
| | - Faycel Hentati
- Neurology Department, National Institute of Neurology, Tunis, Tunisia
| | - Samia Ben Sassi
- Neurology Department, National Institute of Neurology, Tunis, Tunisia
| | - Rim Amouri
- Neurology Department, National Institute of Neurology, Tunis, Tunisia
| | - Malte Spielmann
- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
| | - Christine Klein
- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
| | - Anne Grünewald
- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
- Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
| | | | - Joanne Trinh
- Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
| |
Collapse
|
37
|
Bandesh K, Pal M, Balakrishnan A, Gautam P, Jha P, Tandon N, Pillai B, Bharadwaj D. A novel antisense lncRNA, ARBAG harboring an RNA destabilizing GWAS variant for C-peptide dictates the transcript isoforms of GABRA6 in cerebellum. Hum Mol Genet 2023; 32:2929-2939. [PMID: 37498167 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddad119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Human disease-associated genetic variations often map to long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) genes; however, elucidation of their functional impact is challenging. We previously identified a new genetic variant rs4454083 (A/G) residing in exon of an uncharacterized lncRNA ARBAG that strongly associates with plasma levels of C-peptide, a hormone that regulates insulin bioavailability. On the opposite strand, rs4454083 also corresponds to an intron of a cerebellum-specific GABA receptor subunit gene GABRA6 that mediates strengthening of inhibitory synapses by insulin. Here, we show that alleles of rs4454083 modulate transcript levels of the antisense gene, ARBAG, which then controls the expression of the sense gene, GABRA6. Predisposing to low C-peptide, GG (a minor allele genotype across ethnicities) stabilizes ARBAG lncRNA causing higher transcript levels in cerebellum. ARBAG lncRNA abundance leads to cleavage of GABRA6 mRNA at the complementary region, resulting in a dysfunctional GABRA6 protein that would not be recruited for synapse strengthening. Together, our findings in human cerebellar cell-line and induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) demonstrate biological role of a novel lncRNA in determining the ratio of mRNA isoforms of a protein-coding gene and the ability of an embedded variant in modulating lncRNA stability leading to inter-individual differences in protein expression.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Khushdeep Bandesh
- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110025, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
| | - Muneesh Pal
- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110025, India
| | | | - Pradeep Gautam
- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110025, India
| | - Punam Jha
- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110025, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
| | - Nikhil Tandon
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
| | - Beena Pillai
- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110025, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
| | - Dwaipayan Bharadwaj
- Systems Genomics Laboratory, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
| |
Collapse
|
38
|
Akdeniz BC, Mattingsdal M, Dominguez-Valentin M, Frei O, Shadrin A, Puustusmaa M, Saar R, Sõber S, Møller P, Andreassen OA, Padrik P, Hovig E. A Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Score Is Feasible for Risk Stratification in the Norwegian Population. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:4124. [PMID: 37627152 PMCID: PMC10452897 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15164124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Statistical associations of numerous single nucleotide polymorphisms with breast cancer (BC) have been identified in genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Recent evidence suggests that a Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) can be a useful risk stratification instrument for a BC screening strategy, and a PRS test has been developed for clinical use. The performance of the PRS is yet unknown in the Norwegian population. AIM To evaluate the performance of PRS models for BC in a Norwegian dataset. METHODS We investigated a sample of 1053 BC cases and 7094 controls from different regions of Norway. PRS values were calculated using four PRS models, and their performance was evaluated by the area under the curve (AUC) and the odds ratio (OR). The effect of the PRS on the age of onset of BC was determined by a Cox regression model, and the lifetime absolute risk of developing BC was calculated using the iCare tool. RESULTS The best performing PRS model included 3820 SNPs, which yielded an AUC = 0.625 and an OR = 1.567 per one standard deviation increase. The PRS values of the samples correlate with an increased risk of BC, with a hazard ratio of 1.494 per one standard deviation increase (95% confidence interval of 1.406-1.588). The individuals in the highest decile of the PRS have at least twice the risk of developing BC compared to the individuals with a median PRS. The results in this study with Norwegian samples are coherent with the findings in the study conducted using Estonian and UK Biobank samples. CONCLUSION The previously validated PRS models have a similar observed accuracy in the Norwegian data as in the UK and Estonian populations. A PRS provides a meaningful association with the age of onset of BC and lifetime risk. Therefore, as suggested in Estonia, a PRS may also be integrated into the screening strategy for BC in Norway.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Bayram Cevdet Akdeniz
- Center for Bioinformatics, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, 0313 Oslo, Norway (E.H.)
- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, 4956 Oslo, Norway (O.A.A.)
| | - Morten Mattingsdal
- Center for Bioinformatics, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, 0313 Oslo, Norway (E.H.)
- Department of Medical Research, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Bærum Hospital, 1346 Gjettum, Norway
| | - Mev Dominguez-Valentin
- Department of Tumor Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, 0424 Oslo, Norway (P.M.)
| | - Oleksandr Frei
- Center for Bioinformatics, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, 0313 Oslo, Norway (E.H.)
- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, 4956 Oslo, Norway (O.A.A.)
| | - Alexey Shadrin
- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, 4956 Oslo, Norway (O.A.A.)
| | | | - Regina Saar
- OÜ Antegenes, 50603 Tartu, Estonia; (M.P.); (R.S.)
| | - Siim Sõber
- OÜ Antegenes, 50603 Tartu, Estonia; (M.P.); (R.S.)
| | - Pål Møller
- Department of Tumor Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, 0424 Oslo, Norway (P.M.)
| | - Ole A. Andreassen
- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT), Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, 4956 Oslo, Norway (O.A.A.)
| | | | - Eivind Hovig
- Center for Bioinformatics, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, 0313 Oslo, Norway (E.H.)
- Department of Tumor Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, 0424 Oslo, Norway (P.M.)
| |
Collapse
|
39
|
Einson J, Glinos D, Boerwinkle E, Castaldi P, Darbar D, de Andrade M, Ellinor P, Fornage M, Gabriel S, Germer S, Gibbs R, Hersh CP, Johnsen J, Kaplan R, Konkle BA, Kooperberg C, Nassir R, Loos RJF, Meyers DA, Mitchell BD, Psaty B, Vasan RS, Rich SS, Rienstra M, Rotter JI, Saferali A, Shoemaker MB, Silverman E, Smith AV, Mohammadi P, Castel SE, Iossifov I, Lappalainen T. Genetic control of mRNA splicing as a potential mechanism for incomplete penetrance of rare coding variants. Genetics 2023; 224:iyad115. [PMID: 37348055 PMCID: PMC10411602 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyad115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Exonic variants present some of the strongest links between genotype and phenotype. However, these variants can have significant inter-individual pathogenicity differences, known as variable penetrance. In this study, we propose a model where genetically controlled mRNA splicing modulates the pathogenicity of exonic variants. By first cataloging exonic inclusion from RNA-sequencing data in GTEx V8, we find that pathogenic alleles are depleted on highly included exons. Using a large-scale phased whole genome sequencing data from the TOPMed consortium, we observe that this effect may be driven by common splice-regulatory genetic variants, and that natural selection acts on haplotype configurations that reduce the transcript inclusion of putatively pathogenic variants, especially when limiting to haploinsufficient genes. Finally, we test if this effect may be relevant for autism risk using families from the Simons Simplex Collection, but find that splicing of pathogenic alleles has a penetrance reducing effect here as well. Overall, our results indicate that common splice-regulatory variants may play a role in reducing the damaging effects of rare exonic variants.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Jonah Einson
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
- New York Genome Center, New York, NY 10013, USA
| | | | - Eric Boerwinkle
- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
| | - Peter Castaldi
- Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
| | - Dawood Darbar
- Department of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
| | - Mariza de Andrade
- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
| | - Patrick Ellinor
- Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
| | - Myriam Fornage
- Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
| | | | | | - Richard Gibbs
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
| | - Craig P Hersh
- Channing Division of Network Medicine and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
| | - Jill Johnsen
- Department of Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
| | - Robert Kaplan
- Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
| | - Barbara A Konkle
- Department of Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
| | | | - Rami Nassir
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca 24382, Saudi Arabia
| | - Ruth J F Loos
- Environmental Medicine & Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
| | - Deborah A Meyers
- Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
| | - Braxton D Mitchell
- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
- Geriatrics Research and Education Clinical Center, Baltimore Veterans Administration Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
| | - Bruce Psaty
- Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Departments of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
| | | | - Stephen S Rich
- Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
| | - Michael Rienstra
- Clinical Cardiology, UMCG Cardiology, Groningen 09713, the Netherlands
| | - Jerome I Rotter
- The Institute for Translational Genomics and Population Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502, USA
| | - Aabida Saferali
- Channing Division of Network Medicine and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
| | | | - Edwin Silverman
- Channing Division of Network Medicine and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
| | - Albert Vernon Smith
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
| | | | - Pejman Mohammadi
- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
| | - Stephane E Castel
- New York Genome Center, New York, NY 10013, USA
- Variant Bio, Seattle, WA 98102, USA
| | - Ivan Iossifov
- New York Genome Center, New York, NY 10013, USA
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
| | - Tuuli Lappalainen
- New York Genome Center, New York, NY 10013, USA
- Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
- Department of Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm 114 28, Sweden
| |
Collapse
|
40
|
Pranckėnienė L, Urnikytė A, Kučinskas V. Microevolutionary processes analysis in the Lithuanian genome. Sci Rep 2023; 13:11941. [PMID: 37488273 PMCID: PMC10366082 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-39249-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Differences in the relative fitness of genomic variants are foundational, without these, neither natural selection nor adaption can exist. This research analyzed two microevolutionary forces, mutations, and positive selection, using whole genome sequencing data from Lithuanians across three generations: newborns (generation I), their parents (generation II), 60 years old Lithuanians, and the root ancestors (generation III). The main objective was to determine the frequency of mutations under selection in modern humans and how allele frequencies change across generations. Our results show that going through all the landscapes of the relative fitness on each chromosome, the general relative fitness background pattern remains the same in analysed generations. However, the tendency of relative fitness to decrease, in general, is noted. We hypothesize that the de novo genome variants or genome variants with a very low frequency that formed in the previous generation did not have time to be as affected by natural selection, thus, in the following generation, the force of natural selection acting on them is greater and their cumulative relative fitness also decreases. The strong natural selection pressure on the genetic regions that encode the NEGR1 and PTPN1/PTNP21 genes were also identified, highlighting the evolution of the Lithuanian population's genome over generations, and possible genomic "deficiencies" for better adaptation.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Laura Pranckėnienė
- Department of Human and Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Biomedical Science Institute, Vilnius University, Santariskiu Street 2, 08661, Vilnius, Lithuania.
| | - Alina Urnikytė
- Department of Human and Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Biomedical Science Institute, Vilnius University, Santariskiu Street 2, 08661, Vilnius, Lithuania.
| | - Vaidutis Kučinskas
- Department of Human and Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Biomedical Science Institute, Vilnius University, Santariskiu Street 2, 08661, Vilnius, Lithuania
| |
Collapse
|
41
|
Juodakis J, Ytterberg K, Flatley C, Sole-Navais P, Jacobsson B. Time-varying effects are common in genetic control of gestational duration. Hum Mol Genet 2023; 32:2399-2407. [PMID: 37195282 PMCID: PMC10321382 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddad086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Preterm birth is a major burden to neonatal health worldwide, determined in part by genetics. Recently, studies discovered several genes associated with this trait or its continuous equivalent-gestational duration. However, their effect timing, and thus clinical importance, is still unclear. Here, we use genotyping data of 31 000 births from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child cohort (MoBa) to investigate different models of the genetic pregnancy 'clock'. We conduct genome-wide association studies using gestational duration or preterm birth, replicating known maternal associations and finding one new fetal variant. We illustrate how the interpretation of these results is complicated by the loss of power when dichotomizing. Using flexible survival models, we resolve this complexity and find that many of the known loci have time-varying effects, often stronger early in pregnancy. The overall polygenic control of birth timing appears to be shared in the term and preterm, but not very preterm, periods and exploratory results suggest involvement of the major histocompatibility complex genes in the latter. These findings show that the known gestational duration loci are clinically relevant and should help design further experimental studies.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Julius Juodakis
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 416 50, Sweden
| | - Karin Ytterberg
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 416 50, Sweden
| | - Christopher Flatley
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 416 50, Sweden
| | - Pol Sole-Navais
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 416 50, Sweden
| | - Bo Jacobsson
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 416 50, Sweden
- Department of Genetics and Bioinformatics, Division of Health Data and Digitalisation, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo 0456, Norway
| |
Collapse
|
42
|
Li Y, Xiong Z, Zhang M, Hysi PG, Qian Y, Adhikari K, Weng J, Wu S, Du S, Gonzalez-Jose R, Schuler-Faccini L, Bortolini MC, Acuna-Alonzo V, Canizales-Quinteros S, Gallo C, Poletti G, Bedoya G, Rothhammer F, Wang J, Tan J, Yuan Z, Jin L, Uitterlinden AG, Ghanbari M, Ikram MA, Nijsten T, Zhu X, Lei Z, Jia P, Ruiz-Linares A, Spector TD, Wang S, Kayser M, Liu F. Combined genome-wide association study of 136 quantitative ear morphology traits in multiple populations reveal 8 novel loci. PLoS Genet 2023; 19:e1010786. [PMID: 37459304 PMCID: PMC10351707 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010786] [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: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Human ear morphology, a complex anatomical structure represented by a multidimensional set of correlated and heritable phenotypes, has a poorly understood genetic architecture. In this study, we quantitatively assessed 136 ear morphology traits using deep learning analysis of digital face images in 14,921 individuals from five different cohorts in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Through GWAS meta-analysis and C-GWASs, a recently introduced method to effectively combine GWASs of many traits, we identified 16 genetic loci involved in various ear phenotypes, eight of which have not been previously associated with human ear features. Our findings suggest that ear morphology shares genetic determinants with other surface ectoderm-derived traits such as facial variation, mono eyebrow, and male pattern baldness. Our results enhance the genetic understanding of human ear morphology and shed light on the shared genetic contributors of different surface ectoderm-derived phenotypes. Additionally, gene editing experiments in mice have demonstrated that knocking out the newly ear-associated gene (Intu) and a previously ear-associated gene (Tbx15) causes deviating mouse ear morphology.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Yi Li
- CAS Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
| | - Ziyi Xiong
- Department of Genetic Identification, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, the Netherlands
- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, the Netherlands
| | - Manfei Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Human Phenome Institute, Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, Fudan University, China
| | - Pirro G. Hysi
- Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King’s College London, United Kingdom
| | - Yu Qian
- CAS Key Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Beijing No.8 High School, Beijing, China
| | - Kaustubh Adhikari
- Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, and UCL Genetics Institute, University College London, United Kingdom
- School of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The Open University, United Kingdom
| | - Jun Weng
- Center for Biometrics and Security Research & National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
| | - Sijie Wu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Human Phenome Institute, Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, Fudan University, China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, China
| | - Siyuan Du
- CAS Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
| | - Rolando Gonzalez-Jose
- Instituto Patagonico de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas, Centro Nacional Patagonico, CONICET, Argentina
| | | | | | - Victor Acuna-Alonzo
- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National School of Anthropology and History, Mexico
| | - Samuel Canizales-Quinteros
- Unidad de Genomica de Poblaciones Aplicada a la Salud, Facultad de Quimica, UNAM-Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genomica, Mexico
| | - Carla Gallo
- Laboratorios de Investigacion y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru
| | - Giovanni Poletti
- Laboratorios de Investigacion y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru
| | - Gabriel Bedoya
- GENMOL (Genetica Molecular), Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
| | | | - Jiucun Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Human Phenome Institute, Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, Fudan University, China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, China
| | - Jingze Tan
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, China
| | - Ziyu Yuan
- Fudan-Taizhou Institute of Health Sciences, China
| | - Li Jin
- CAS Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Human Phenome Institute, Zhangjiang Fudan International Innovation Center, Fudan University, China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, China
- Fudan-Taizhou Institute of Health Sciences, China
| | - André G. Uitterlinden
- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, the Netherlands
- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, the Netherlands
| | - Mohsen Ghanbari
- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, the Netherlands
| | - M. Arfan Ikram
- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, the Netherlands
| | - Tamar Nijsten
- Department of Dermatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, the Netherlands
| | - Xiangyu Zhu
- Center for Biometrics and Security Research & National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
| | - Zhen Lei
- Center for Biometrics and Security Research & National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
| | - Peilin Jia
- CAS Key Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
| | - Andres Ruiz-Linares
- Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, and UCL Genetics Institute, University College London, United Kingdom
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, China
- Aix-Marseille Universite, CNRS, EFS, ADES, France
| | - Timothy D. Spector
- Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King’s College London, United Kingdom
| | - Sijia Wang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
| | - Manfred Kayser
- Department of Genetic Identification, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, the Netherlands
| | - Fan Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Department of Genetic Identification, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, the Netherlands
| |
Collapse
|
43
|
Suliman S, Nieto-Caballero VE, Asgari S, Lopez K, Iwany SK, Luo Y, Nathan A, Fernandez-Salinas D, Chiñas M, Huang CC, Zhang Z, León SR, Calderon RI, Lecca L, Murray M, Van Rhijn I, Raychaudhuri S, Moody DB, Gutierrez-Arcelus M. History of tuberculosis disease is associated with genetic regulatory variation in Peruvians. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2023:2023.06.20.23291558. [PMID: 37425785 PMCID: PMC10327177 DOI: 10.1101/2023.06.20.23291558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
Abstract
A quarter of humanity is estimated to be latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) with a 5-10% risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) disease. Variability in responses to Mtb infection could be due to host or pathogen heterogeneity. Here, we focused on host genetic variation in a Peruvian population and its associations with gene regulation in monocyte-derived macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs). We recruited former household contacts of TB patients who previously progressed to TB (cases, n=63) or did not progress to TB (controls, n=63). Transcriptomic profiling of monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages measured the impact of genetic variants on gene expression by identifying expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL). We identified 330 and 257 eQTL genes in DCs and macrophages (False Discovery Rate (FDR) < 0.05), respectively. Five genes in DCs showed interaction between eQTL variants and TB progression status. The top eQTL interaction for a protein-coding gene was with FAH, the gene encoding fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase, which mediates the last step in mammalian tyrosine catabolism. FAH expression was associated with genetic regulatory variation in cases but not controls. Using public transcriptomic and epigenomic data of Mtb-infected monocyte-derived dendritic cells, we found that Mtb infection results in FAH downregulation and DNA methylation changes in the locus. Overall, this study demonstrates effects of genetic variation on gene expression levels that are dependent on history of infectious disease and highlights a candidate pathogenic mechanism through pathogen-response genes. Furthermore, our results point to tyrosine metabolism and related candidate TB progression pathways for further investigation.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Sara Suliman
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Division of Experimental Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA
| | - Victor E. Nieto-Caballero
- Division of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Undergraduate Program in Genomic Sciences, Center for Genomic Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Morelos 62210, Mexico
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
| | - Samira Asgari
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Institute for Genomic Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
| | - Kattya Lopez
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Socios En Salud Sucursal Peru, Lima, Peru
| | - Sarah K. Iwany
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Yang Luo
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Aparna Nathan
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Daniela Fernandez-Salinas
- Division of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Marcos Chiñas
- Division of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
| | - Chuan-Chin Huang
- Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, and Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Zibiao Zhang
- Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, and Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Segundo R León
- Socios En Salud Sucursal Peru, Lima, Peru
- Medical Technology School and Global Health Research Institute, San Juan Bautista Private University, Lima, Perú
| | | | | | - Megan Murray
- Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, and Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Ildiko Van Rhijn
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
| | - Soumya Raychaudhuri
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - D. Branch Moody
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Maria Gutierrez-Arcelus
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Data Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| |
Collapse
|
44
|
Sahana G, Cai Z, Sanchez MP, Bouwman AC, Boichard D. Invited review: Good practices in genome-wide association studies to identify candidate sequence variants in dairy cattle. J Dairy Sci 2023:S0022-0302(23)00357-0. [PMID: 37349208 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2022-22694] [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: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
Abstract
Genotype data from dairy cattle selection programs have greatly facilitated GWAS to identify variants related to economic traits. Results can enhance the accuracy of genomic prediction, analyze more complex models that go beyond additive effects, elucidate the genetic architecture of a trait, and finally, decipher the underlying biology of traits. The entire process, comprising data generation, quality control, statistical analyses, interpretation of association results, and linking results to biology should be designed and executed to minimize the generation of false-positive and false-negative associations and misleading links to biological processes. This review aims to provide general guidelines for data analysis that address data quality control, association tests, adjustment for population stratification, and significance evaluation to improve the reliability of conclusions. We also provide guidance on post-GWAS strategy and the interpretation of results. These guidelines are tailored to dairy cattle, which are characterized by long-range linkage disequilibrium, large half-sib families, and routinely collected phenotypes, requiring different approaches than those applied in human GWAS. We discuss common limitations and challenges that have been overlooked in the analysis and interpretation of GWAS to identify candidate sequence variants in dairy cattle.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- G Sahana
- Aarhus University, Center for Quantitative Genetic and Genomics, 8830 Tjele, Denmark.
| | - Z Cai
- Aarhus University, Center for Quantitative Genetic and Genomics, 8830 Tjele, Denmark
| | - M P Sanchez
- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, GABI, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
| | - A C Bouwman
- Wageningen University & Research, Animal Breeding and Genomics, 6700 AH Wageningen, the Netherlands
| | - D Boichard
- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, GABI, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
| |
Collapse
|
45
|
Sherwood K, Ward JC, Soriano I, Martin L, Campbell A, Rahbari R, Kafetzopoulos I, Sproul D, Green A, Sampson JR, Donaldson A, Ong KR, Heinimann K, Nielsen M, Thomas H, Latchford A, Palles C, Tomlinson I. Germline de novo mutations in families with Mendelian cancer syndromes caused by defects in DNA repair. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3636. [PMID: 37336879 PMCID: PMC10279637 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39248-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023] Open
Abstract
DNA repair defects underlie many cancer syndromes. We tested whether de novo germline mutations (DNMs) are increased in families with germline defects in polymerase proofreading or base excision repair. A parent with a single germline POLE or POLD1 mutation, or biallelic MUTYH mutations, had 3-4 fold increased DNMs over sex-matched controls. POLE had the largest effect. The DNMs carried mutational signatures of the appropriate DNA repair deficiency. No DNM increase occurred in offspring of MUTYH heterozygous parents. Parental DNA repair defects caused about 20-150 DNMs per child, additional to the ~60 found in controls, but almost all extra DNMs occurred in non-coding regions. No increase in post-zygotic mutations was detected, excepting a child with bi-allelic MUTYH mutations who was excluded from the main analysis; she had received chemotherapy and may have undergone oligoclonal haematopoiesis. Inherited DNA repair defects associated with base pair-level mutations increase DNMs, but phenotypic consequences appear unlikely.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Kitty Sherwood
- Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre and MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genomics and Cancer, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
| | - Joseph C Ward
- Dept of Oncology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
| | - Ignacio Soriano
- Dept of Oncology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
| | - Lynn Martin
- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham Medical School, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2JJ, UK
| | - Archie Campbell
- Centre for Genetics and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
| | - Raheleh Rahbari
- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK
| | - Ioannis Kafetzopoulos
- Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre and MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genomics and Cancer, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
| | - Duncan Sproul
- Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre and MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genomics and Cancer, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
| | - Andrew Green
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Children's Health Ireland and School of Medicine University College, Dublin, Ireland
| | - Julian R Sampson
- Institute of Medical Genetics, Division of Cancer and Genetics, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
| | - Alan Donaldson
- Bristol Regional Clinical Genetics Service, St Michael's Hospital, Southwell Street, Bristol, BS2 8EG, UK
| | - Kai-Ren Ong
- West Midlands Regional Genetics Service, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
| | - Karl Heinimann
- Institute for Medical Genetics and Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, BS, Switzerland
| | - Maartje Nielsen
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Centre, 2333 ZA, Leiden, the Netherlands
| | - Huw Thomas
- St Mark's Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, HA1 3UJ, UK
| | | | - Claire Palles
- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham Medical School, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2JJ, UK.
| | - Ian Tomlinson
- Dept of Oncology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK.
| |
Collapse
|
46
|
Chattopadhyay A, Lee CY, Shen YC, Lu KC, Hsiao TH, Lin CH, La LC, Tsai MH, Lu TP, Chuang EY. Multi-ethnic imputation system (MI-System): a genotype imputation server for high-dimensional data. J Biomed Inform 2023:104423. [PMID: 37308034 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2023.104423] [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: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Genotype imputation is a commonly used technique that infers un-typed variants into a study's genotype data, allowing better identification of causal variants in disease studies. However, due to overrepresentation of Caucasian studies, there's a lack of understanding of genetic basis of health-outcomes in other ethnic populations. Therefore, facilitating imputation of missing key-predictor-variants that can potentially improve a risk health-outcome prediction model, specifically for Asian ancestry, is of utmost relevance. METHODS We aimed to construct an imputation and analysis web-platform, that primarily facilitates, but is not limited to, genotype imputation on East-Asians. The goal is to provide a collaborative imputation platform for researchers in the public domain, towards rapidly and efficiently conducting accurate genotype imputation. RESULTS We present an online genotype imputation platform, Multi-ethnic Imputation System (MI-System) (https://misystem.cgm.ntu.edu.tw/), that offers users 3 established pipelines, SHAPEIT2-IMPUTE2, SHAPEIT4-IMPUTE5, and Beagle5.1 for conducting imputation analyses. In addition to 1000 Genomes and Hapmap3, a new customized Taiwan Biobank (TWB) reference panel, specifically created for Taiwanese-Chinese ancestry is provided. MI-System further offers functions to create customized reference panels to be used for imputation, conduct quality control, split whole genome data into chromosomes, and convert genome builds. CONCLUSION Users can upload their genotype data and perform imputation with minimum effort and resources. The utility functions further can be utilized to preprocess user uploaded data with easy clicks. MI-System potentially contributes to Asian-population genetics research, while eliminating the requirement for high performing computational resources and bioinformatics expertise. It will enable an increased pace of research and provide a knowledge-base for genetic carriers of complex diseases, therefore greatly enhancing patient-driven research. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Multi-ethnic Imputation System (MI-System), primarily facilitates, but is not limited to, imputation on East-Asians, through 3 established prephasing-imputation pipelines, SHAPEIT2-IMPUTE2, SHAPEIT4-IMPUTE5, and Beagle5.1, where users can upload their genotype data and perform imputation and other utility functions with minimum effort and resources. A new customized Taiwan Biobank (TWB) reference panel, specifically created for Taiwanese-Chinese ancestry is provided. Utility functions include (a) create customized reference panels, (b) conduct quality control, (c) split whole genome data into chromosomes, and (d) convert genome builds. Users can also combine 2 reference panels using the system and use combined panels as reference to conduct imputation using MI-System.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Amrita Chattopadhyay
- Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Centre of Genomic and Precision Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10055, Taiwan
| | - Chien-Yueh Lee
- Master Program for Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan
| | - Ying-Cheng Shen
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Kuan-Chen Lu
- Department of Public Health, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10055, Taiwan
| | - Tzu-Hung Hsiao
- Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
| | - Ching-Heng Lin
- Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
| | - Liang-Chuan La
- Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Centre of Genomic and Precision Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10055, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10051, Taiwan
| | - Mong-Hsun Tsai
- Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Centre of Genomic and Precision Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10055, Taiwan; Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10672, Taiwan; Center of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10672, Taiwan
| | - Tzu-Pin Lu
- Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Centre of Genomic and Precision Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10055, Taiwan; Department of Public Health, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10055, Taiwan
| | - Eric Y Chuang
- Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Centre of Genomic and Precision Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10055, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Biomedical Technology and Device Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
| |
Collapse
|
47
|
Iakovliev A, McGurnaghan SJ, Hayward C, Colombo M, Lipschutz D, Spiliopoulou A, Colhoun HM, McKeigue PM. Genome-wide aggregated trans-effects on risk of type 1 diabetes: A test of the "omnigenic" sparse effector hypothesis of complex trait genetics. Am J Hum Genet 2023; 110:913-926. [PMID: 37164005 PMCID: PMC10257008 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2023.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023] Open
Abstract
The "omnigenic" hypothesis postulates that the polygenic effects of common SNPs on a typical complex trait are mediated through trans-effects on expression of a relatively sparse set of effector ("core") genes. We tested this hypothesis in a study of 4,964 cases of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and 7,497 controls by using summary statistics to calculate aggregated (excluding the HLA region) trans-scores for gene expression in blood. From associations of T1D with aggregated trans-scores, nine putative core genes were identified, of which three-STAT1, CTLA4 and FOXP3-are genes in which variants cause monogenic forms of autoimmune diabetes. Seven of these genes affect the activity of regulatory T cells, and two are involved in immune responses to microbial lipids. Four T1D-associated genomic regions could be identified as master regulators via trans-effects on gene expression. These results support the sparse effector hypothesis and reshape our understanding of the genetic architecture of T1D.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Andrii Iakovliev
- Usher Institute, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, Scotland
| | - Stuart J McGurnaghan
- Institute of Genetics and Cancer, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital Campus, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XUC, Scotland
| | - Caroline Hayward
- Institute of Genetics and Cancer, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital Campus, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XUC, Scotland
| | - Marco Colombo
- University of Leipzig, Medical Faculty, University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Center for Pediatric Research, Leipzig, Germany
| | - Debby Lipschutz
- Institute of Genetics and Cancer, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital Campus, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XUC, Scotland
| | - Athina Spiliopoulou
- Usher Institute, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, Scotland
| | - Helen M Colhoun
- Institute of Genetics and Cancer, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital Campus, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XUC, Scotland
| | - Paul M McKeigue
- Usher Institute, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, Scotland.
| |
Collapse
|
48
|
Dobon B, Musciotto F, Mira A, Greenacre M, Schlaepfer R, Aguileta G, Astete LH, Ngales M, Latora V, Battiston F, Vinicius L, Migliano AB, Bertranpetit J. The making of the oral microbiome in Agta hunter-gatherers. EVOLUTIONARY HUMAN SCIENCES 2023; 5:e13. [PMID: 37587941 PMCID: PMC10426117 DOI: 10.1017/ehs.2023.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2022] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Ecological and genetic factors have influenced the composition of the human microbiome during our evolutionary history. We analysed the oral microbiota of the Agta, a hunter-gatherer population where some members have adopted an agricultural diet. We show that age is the strongest factor modulating the microbiome, probably through immunosenescence since we identified an increase in the number of species classified as pathogens with age. We also characterised biological and cultural processes generating sexual dimorphism in the oral microbiome. A small subset of oral bacteria is influenced by the host genome, linking host collagen genes to bacterial biofilm formation. Our data also suggest that shifting from a fish/meat diet to a rice-rich diet transforms their microbiome, mirroring the Neolithic transition. All of these factors have implications in the epidemiology of oral diseases. Thus, the human oral microbiome is multifactorial and shaped by various ecological and social factors that modify the oral environment.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Begoña Dobon
- Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Federico Musciotto
- Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Università di Palermo, Italy
| | - Alex Mira
- Department of Health and Genomics, Center for Advanced Research in Public Health, FISABIO Foundation, Valencia, Spain
- CIBER Center for Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Spain
| | - Michael Greenacre
- Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, Barcelona, Spain
- Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, University of Tromsø, Norway
| | | | - Gabriela Aguileta
- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Leonora H. Astete
- Lyceum of the Philippines University, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines
| | - Marilyn Ngales
- Lyceum of the Philippines University, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines
| | - Vito Latora
- School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, UK
- Dipartimento di Fisica ed Astronomia, Università di Catania and INFN, Catania, Italy
- Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Vienna, Austria
| | - Federico Battiston
- Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Network and Data Science, Central European University, Vienna 1100, Austria
| | - Lucio Vinicius
- Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Anthropology, University College London, UK
| | - Andrea B. Migliano
- Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Anthropology, University College London, UK
| | - Jaume Bertranpetit
- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Spain
| |
Collapse
|
49
|
Li Q, Chen J, Faux P, Delgado ME, Bonfante B, Fuentes-Guajardo M, Mendoza-Revilla J, Chacón-Duque JC, Hurtado M, Villegas V, Granja V, Jaramillo C, Arias W, Barquera R, Everardo-Martínez P, Sánchez-Quinto M, Gómez-Valdés J, Villamil-Ramírez H, Silva de Cerqueira CC, Hünemeier T, Ramallo V, Wu S, Du S, Giardina A, Paria SS, Khokan MR, Gonzalez-José R, Schüler-Faccini L, Bortolini MC, Acuña-Alonzo V, Canizales-Quinteros S, Gallo C, Poletti G, Rojas W, Rothhammer F, Navarro N, Wang S, Adhikari K, Ruiz-Linares A. Automatic landmarking identifies new loci associated with face morphology and implicates Neanderthal introgression in human nasal shape. Commun Biol 2023; 6:481. [PMID: 37156940 PMCID: PMC10167347 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04838-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023] Open
Abstract
We report a genome-wide association study of facial features in >6000 Latin Americans based on automatic landmarking of 2D portraits and testing for association with inter-landmark distances. We detected significant associations (P-value <5 × 10-8) at 42 genome regions, nine of which have been previously reported. In follow-up analyses, 26 of the 33 novel regions replicate in East Asians, Europeans, or Africans, and one mouse homologous region influences craniofacial morphology in mice. The novel region in 1q32.3 shows introgression from Neanderthals and we find that the introgressed tract increases nasal height (consistent with the differentiation between Neanderthals and modern humans). Novel regions include candidate genes and genome regulatory elements previously implicated in craniofacial development, and show preferential transcription in cranial neural crest cells. The automated approach used here should simplify the collection of large study samples from across the world, facilitating a cosmopolitan characterization of the genetics of facial features.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Qing Li
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology and Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences and Human Phenome Institute, Fudan University, Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200438, China
| | - Jieyi Chen
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology and Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences and Human Phenome Institute, Fudan University, Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200438, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai, 200031, China
| | - Pierre Faux
- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, EFS, ADES, Marseille, 13005, France
| | - Miguel Eduardo Delgado
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology and Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences and Human Phenome Institute, Fudan University, Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200438, China
- División Antropología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, República Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, CONICET, Buenos Aires, República Argentina
| | - Betty Bonfante
- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, EFS, ADES, Marseille, 13005, France
| | - Macarena Fuentes-Guajardo
- Departamento de Tecnología Médica, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, 1000000, Chile
| | - Javier Mendoza-Revilla
- Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, 31, Perú
- Unit of Human Evolutionary Genetics, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 75015, France
| | - J Camilo Chacón-Duque
- Division of Vertebrates and Anthropology, Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, UK
| | - Malena Hurtado
- Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, 31, Perú
| | - Valeria Villegas
- Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, 31, Perú
| | - Vanessa Granja
- Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, 31, Perú
| | - Claudia Jaramillo
- GENMOL (Genética Molecular), Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, 5001000, Colombia
| | - William Arias
- GENMOL (Genética Molecular), Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, 5001000, Colombia
| | - Rodrigo Barquera
- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National School of Anthropology and History, Mexico City, 14050, Mexico, 6600, Mexico
- Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH), Jena, 07745, Germany
| | - Paola Everardo-Martínez
- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National School of Anthropology and History, Mexico City, 14050, Mexico, 6600, Mexico
| | - Mirsha Sánchez-Quinto
- Forensic Science, Faculty of Medicine, UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Mexico City, 06320, Mexico
| | - Jorge Gómez-Valdés
- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National School of Anthropology and History, Mexico City, 14050, Mexico, 6600, Mexico
| | - Hugo Villamil-Ramírez
- Unidad de Genomica de Poblaciones Aplicada a la Salud, Facultad de Química, UNAM-Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Mexico City, 4510, Mexico
| | | | - Tábita Hünemeier
- Departamento de Genética e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil
| | - Virginia Ramallo
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, 90040-060, Brazil
- Instituto Patagónico de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas, Centro Nacional Patagónico, CONICET, Puerto Madryn, U9129ACD, Argentina
| | - Sijie Wu
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology and Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences and Human Phenome Institute, Fudan University, Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200438, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai, 200031, China
| | - Siyuan Du
- CAS Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai, 200031, China
| | - Andrea Giardina
- School of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom
| | - Soumya Subhra Paria
- School of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom
| | - Mahfuzur Rahman Khokan
- School of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom
| | - Rolando Gonzalez-José
- Instituto Patagónico de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas, Centro Nacional Patagónico, CONICET, Puerto Madryn, U9129ACD, Argentina
| | - Lavinia Schüler-Faccini
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, 90040-060, Brazil
| | - Maria-Cátira Bortolini
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, 90040-060, Brazil
| | - Victor Acuña-Alonzo
- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, National School of Anthropology and History, Mexico City, 14050, Mexico, 6600, Mexico
| | - Samuel Canizales-Quinteros
- Unidad de Genomica de Poblaciones Aplicada a la Salud, Facultad de Química, UNAM-Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Mexico City, 4510, Mexico
| | - Carla Gallo
- Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, 31, Perú
| | - Giovanni Poletti
- Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, 31, Perú
| | - Winston Rojas
- GENMOL (Genética Molecular), Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, 5001000, Colombia
| | - Francisco Rothhammer
- Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Arica, 1000000, Chile
| | - Nicolas Navarro
- Biogéosciences, UMR 6282 CNRS, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, 21000, France
- EPHE, PSL University, Paris, 75014, France
| | - Sijia Wang
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology and Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences and Human Phenome Institute, Fudan University, Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200438, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai, 200031, China
| | - Kaustubh Adhikari
- School of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom.
- Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, and UCL Genetics Institute, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
| | - Andrés Ruiz-Linares
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology and Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences and Human Phenome Institute, Fudan University, Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200438, China.
- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, EFS, ADES, Marseille, 13005, France.
- Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, and UCL Genetics Institute, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
| |
Collapse
|
50
|
Kerr SM, Cowan E, Klaric L, Bell C, O'Sullivan D, Buchanan D, Grzymski JJ, van Hout CV, Tzoneva G, Shuldiner AR, Wilson JF, Miedzybrodzka Z. Clinical case study meets population cohort: identification of a BRCA1 pathogenic founder variant in Orcadians. Eur J Hum Genet 2023; 31:588-595. [PMID: 36927983 PMCID: PMC10172333 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-023-01297-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
Abstract
We multiply ascertained the BRCA1 pathogenic missense variant c.5207T > C; p.Val1736Ala (V1736A) in clinical investigation of breast and ovarian cancer families from Orkney in the Northern Isles of Scotland, UK. We sought to investigate the frequency and clinical relevance of this variant in those of Orcadian ancestry as an exemplar of the value of population cohorts in clinical care, especially in isolated populations. Oral history and birth, marriage and death registrations indicated genealogical linkage of the clinical cases to ancestors from the Isle of Westray, Orkney. Further clinical cases were identified through targeted testing for V1736A in women of Orcadian ancestry attending National Health Service (NHS) genetic clinics for breast and ovarian cancer family risk assessments. The variant segregates with female breast and ovarian cancer in clinically ascertained cases. Separately, exome sequence data from 2088 volunteer participants with three or more Orcadian grandparents, in the ORCADES research cohort, was interrogated to estimate the population prevalence of V1736A in Orcadians. The effects of the variant were assessed using Electronic Health Record (EHR) linkage. Twenty out of 2088 ORCADES research volunteers (~1%) carry V1736A, with a common haplotype around the variant. This allele frequency is ~480-fold higher than in UK Biobank participants. Cost-effectiveness of population screening for BRCA1 founder pathogenic variants has been demonstrated at a carrier frequency below the ~1% observed here. Thus we suggest that Orcadian women should be offered testing for the BRCA1 V1736A founder pathogenic variant, starting with those with known Westray ancestry.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Shona M Kerr
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
| | - Emma Cowan
- Department of Medical Genetics, Ashgrove House, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZA, UK
| | - Lucija Klaric
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
| | - Christine Bell
- Department of Medical Genetics, Ashgrove House, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZA, UK
| | - Dawn O'Sullivan
- Department of Medical Genetics, Ashgrove House, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZA, UK
| | - David Buchanan
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
| | - Joseph J Grzymski
- Center for Genomic Medicine, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, USA
- Renown Health, Reno, NV, USA
| | - Cristopher V van Hout
- Regeneron Genetics Center, Tarrytown, NY, USA
- Laboratorio Internacional de Investigatión sobre el Genoma Humano, Campus Juriquilla de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, Querétaro, 76230, México
| | | | | | - James F Wilson
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
- Centre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, UK
| | - Zosia Miedzybrodzka
- Department of Medical Genetics, Ashgrove House, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZA, UK.
- Medical Genetics Group, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences, Nutrition and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK.
| |
Collapse
|