04860nas a2201081 4500008004100000022001400041245007600055210006900131260001600200300001200216490000800228520186200236653000902098653001902107653001602126653002802142653002002170653002402190653002202214653003402236653001102270653003702281653001602318653002602334653002802360653001702388100002402405700001902429700002002448700002002468700001702488700002302505700002502528700002202553700001902575700002002594700002202614700001702636700001902653700002202672700002102694700001702715700002202732700001802754700002402772700001602796700002602812700002802838700002402866700002102890700002002911700001202931700002202943700001902965700002002984700002203004700002403026700001403050700002303064700001803087700002303105700001903128700002003147700001603167700001903183700002203202700002303224700002003247700002003267700002003287700002303307700002203330700001903352700001703371700001803388700001903406700002603425700001703451700002003468700002903488700002203517700002303539700002103562700001803583700002603601700002103627700001803648700001903666700001703685700002003702710002003722856003603742 2017 eng d a1537-660500aDNA Methylation Analysis Identifies Loci for Blood Pressure Regulation.0 aDNA Methylation Analysis Identifies Loci for Blood Pressure Regu c2017 Dec 07 a888-9020 v1013 a
Genome-wide association studies have identified hundreds of genetic variants associated with blood pressure (BP), but sequence variation accounts for a small fraction of the phenotypic variance. Epigenetic changes may alter the expression of genes involved in BP regulation and explain part of the missing heritability. We therefore conducted a two-stage meta-analysis of the cross-sectional associations of systolic and diastolic BP with blood-derived genome-wide DNA methylation measured on the Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip in 17,010 individuals of European, African American, and Hispanic ancestry. Of 31 discovery-stage cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG) dinucleotides, 13 replicated after Bonferroni correction (discovery: N = 9,828, p < 1.0 × 10-7; replication: N = 7,182, p < 1.6 × 10-3). The replicated methylation sites are heritable (h2 > 30%) and independent of known BP genetic variants, explaining an additional 1.4% and 2.0% of the interindividual variation in systolic and diastolic BP, respectively. Bidirectional Mendelian randomization among up to 4,513 individuals of European ancestry from 4 cohorts suggested that methylation at cg08035323 (TAF1B-YWHAQ) influences BP, while BP influences methylation at cg00533891 (ZMIZ1), cg00574958 (CPT1A), and cg02711608 (SLC1A5). Gene expression analyses further identified six genes (TSPAN2, SLC7A11, UNC93B1, CPT1A, PTMS, and LPCAT3) with evidence of triangular associations between methylation, gene expression, and BP. Additional integrative Mendelian randomization analyses of gene expression and DNA methylation suggested that the expression of TSPAN2 is a putative mediator of association between DNA methylation at cg23999170 and BP. These findings suggest that heritable DNA methylation plays a role in regulating BP independently of previously known genetic variants.
10aAged10aBlood Pressure10aCpG Islands10aCross-Sectional Studies10aDNA Methylation10aEpigenesis, Genetic10aGenetic Variation10aGenome-Wide Association Study10aHumans10aMendelian Randomization Analysis10aMiddle Aged10aNerve Tissue Proteins10aQuantitative Trait Loci10aTetraspanins1 aRichard, Melissa, A1 aHuan, Tianxiao1 aLigthart, Symen1 aGondalia, Rahul1 aJhun, Min, A1 aBrody, Jennifer, A1 aIrvin, Marguerite, R1 aMarioni, Riccardo1 aShen, Jincheng1 aTsai, Pei-Chien1 aMontasser, May, E1 aJia, Yucheng1 aSyme, Catriona1 aSalfati, Elias, L1 aBoerwinkle, Eric1 aGuan, Weihua1 aMosley, Thomas, H1 aBressler, Jan1 aMorrison, Alanna, C1 aLiu, Chunyu1 aMendelson, Michael, M1 aUitterlinden, André, G1 avan Meurs, Joyce, B1 aFranco, Oscar, H1 aZhang, Guosheng1 aLi, Yun1 aStewart, James, D1 aBis, Joshua, C1 aPsaty, Bruce, M1 aChen, Yii-Der Ida1 aKardia, Sharon, L R1 aZhao, Wei1 aTurner, Stephen, T1 aAbsher, Devin1 aAslibekyan, Stella1 aStarr, John, M1 aMcRae, Allan, F1 aHou, Lifang1 aJust, Allan, C1 aSchwartz, Joel, D1 aVokonas, Pantel, S1 aMenni, Cristina1 aSpector, Tim, D1 aShuldiner, Alan1 aDamcott, Coleen, M1 aRotter, Jerome, I1 aPalmas, Walter1 aLiu, Yongmei1 aPaus, Tomáš1 aHorvath, Steve1 aO'Connell, Jeffrey, R1 aGuo, Xiuqing1 aPausova, Zdenka1 aAssimes, Themistocles, L1 aSotoodehnia, Nona1 aSmith, Jennifer, A1 aArnett, Donna, K1 aDeary, Ian, J1 aBaccarelli, Andrea, A1 aBell, Jordana, T1 aWhitsel, Eric1 aDehghan, Abbas1 aLevy, Daniel1 aFornage, Myriam1 aBIOS Consortium uhttps://chs-nhlbi.org/node/758303442nas a2200469 4500008004100000022001400041245018400055210006900239260001300308300001200321490000700333520199400340100002202334700002502356700002402381700002502405700002002430700001702450700002402467700002002491700002602511700001302537700002302550700002002573700002702593700001902620700002202639700001902661700002102680700002302701700002002724700002102744700002202765700001702787700002102804700001902825700002702844700002202871700002402893700001902917856003602936 2017 eng d a1556-387100aFine mapping of QT interval regions in global populations refines previously identified QT interval loci and identifies signals unique to African and Hispanic descent populations.0 aFine mapping of QT interval regions in global populations refine c2017 Apr a572-5800 v143 aBACKGROUND: The electrocardiographically measured QT interval (QT) is heritable and its prolongation is an established risk factor for several cardiovascular diseases. Yet, most QT genetic studies have been performed in European ancestral populations, possibly reducing their global relevance.
OBJECTIVE: To leverage diversity and improve biological insight, we fine mapped 16 of the 35 previously identified QT loci (46%) in populations of African American (n = 12,410) and Hispanic/Latino (n = 14,837) ancestry.
METHODS: Racial/ethnic-specific multiple linear regression analyses adjusted for heart rate and clinical covariates were examined separately and in combination after inverse-variance weighted trans-ethnic meta-analysis.
RESULTS: The 16 fine-mapped QT loci included on the Illumina Metabochip represented 21 independent signals, of which 16 (76%) were significantly (P-value≤9.1×10(-5)) associated with QT. Through sequential conditional analysis we also identified three trans-ethnic novel SNPs at ATP1B1, SCN5A-SCN10A, and KCNQ1 and three Hispanic/Latino-specific novel SNPs at NOS1AP and SCN5A-SCN10A (two novel SNPs) with evidence of associations with QT independent of previous identified GWAS lead SNPs. Linkage disequilibrium patterns helped to narrow the region likely to contain the functional variants at several loci, including NOS1AP, USP50-TRPM7, and PRKCA, although intervals surrounding SLC35F1-PLN and CNOT1 remained broad in size (>100 kb). Finally, bioinformatics-based functional characterization suggested a regulatory function in cardiac tissues for the majority of independent signals that generalized and the novel SNPs.
CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that a majority of identified SNPs implicate gene regulatory dysfunction in QT prolongation, that the same loci influence variation in QT across global populations, and that additional, novel, population-specific QT signals exist.
1 aAvery, Christy, L1 aWassel, Christina, L1 aRichard, Melissa, A1 aHighland, Heather, M1 aBien, Stephanie1 aZubair, Niha1 aSoliman, Elsayed, Z1 aFornage, Myriam1 aBielinski, Suzette, J1 aTao, Ran1 aSeyerle, Amanda, A1 aShah, Sanjiv, J1 aLloyd-Jones, Donald, M1 aBuyske, Steven1 aRotter, Jerome, I1 aPost, Wendy, S1 aRich, Stephen, S1 aHindorff, Lucia, A1 aJeff, Janina, M1 aShohet, Ralph, V1 aSotoodehnia, Nona1 aLin, Dan, Yu1 aWhitsel, Eric, A1 aPeters, Ulrike1 aHaiman, Christopher, A1 aCrawford, Dana, C1 aKooperberg, Charles1 aNorth, Kari, E uhttps://chs-nhlbi.org/node/746307019nas a2201849 4500008004100000022001400041245009300055210006900148260001300217490000700230520169900237100001901936700001901955700002101974700002301995700001602018700002502034700002202059700001802081700001902099700001702118700002602135700001602161700003002177700002302207700002102230700002502251700002002276700002102296700002302317700001602340700002302356700002002379700001702399700002102416700002302437700002202460700001402482700002502496700002902521700002402550700002102574700001802595700001702613700002502630700001802655700001802673700002002691700002202711700002502733700001302758700002002771700002402791700002502815700001902840700001902859700002102878700002702899700001902926700001402945700002402959700002302983700002203006700002503028700002603053700002303079700002203102700002103124700002003145700001803165700002603183700001703209700001803226700002303244700002403267700001203291700002103303700002103324700002203345700002103367700002703388700002303415700001803438700002203456700002003478700002403498700001803522700001903540700002103559700001603580700002003596700002303616700002003639700002203659700001603681700002103697700001903718700002203737700001703759700002003776700002303796700002703819700002403846700001903870700002203889700001903911700002403930700001503954700002003969700001903989700002204008700001904030700002104049700002204070700002304092700001904115700001904134700002104153700002504174700002004199700002004219700002204239700001604261700002004277700002204297700002004319700001604339700002604355700001904381700001504400700002404415700002304439700002604462700002404488700002504512700002104537700002304558700002104581700002404602700002104626700002504647700001704672700002704689700002004716700002004736700002304756700002304779700001804802700002504820700001704845700002904862700002404891700002404915710004304939710015104982856003605133 2017 eng d a1942-326800aNew Blood Pressure-Associated Loci Identified in Meta-Analyses of 475 000 Individuals.0 aNew Blood PressureAssociated Loci Identified in MetaAnalyses of c2017 Oct0 v103 aBACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies have recently identified >400 loci that harbor DNA sequence variants that influence blood pressure (BP). Our earlier studies identified and validated 56 single nucleotide variants (SNVs) associated with BP from meta-analyses of exome chip genotype data. An additional 100 variants yielded suggestive evidence of association.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Here, we augment the sample with 140 886 European individuals from the UK Biobank, in whom 77 of the 100 suggestive SNVs were available for association analysis with systolic BP or diastolic BP or pulse pressure. We performed 2 meta-analyses, one in individuals of European, South Asian, African, and Hispanic descent (pan-ancestry, ≈475 000), and the other in the subset of individuals of European descent (≈423 000). Twenty-one SNVs were genome-wide significant (P<5×10-8) for BP, of which 4 are new BP loci: rs9678851 (missense, SLC4A1AP), rs7437940 (AFAP1), rs13303 (missense, STAB1), and rs1055144 (7p15.2). In addition, we identified a potentially independent novel BP-associated SNV, rs3416322 (missense, SYNPO2L) at a known locus, uncorrelated with the previously reported SNVs. Two SNVs are associated with expression levels of nearby genes, and SNVs at 3 loci are associated with other traits. One SNV with a minor allele frequency <0.01, (rs3025380 at DBH) was genome-wide significant.
CONCLUSIONS: We report 4 novel loci associated with BP regulation, and 1 independent variant at an established BP locus. This analysis highlights several candidate genes with variation that alter protein function or gene expression for potential follow-up.
1 aKraja, Aldi, T1 aCook, James, P1 aWarren, Helen, R1 aSurendran, Praveen1 aLiu, Chunyu1 aEvangelou, Evangelos1 aManning, Alisa, K1 aGrarup, Niels1 aDrenos, Fotios1 aSim, Xueling1 aSmith, Albert, Vernon1 aAmin, Najaf1 aBlakemore, Alexandra, I F1 aBork-Jensen, Jette1 aBrandslund, Ivan1 aFarmaki, Aliki-Eleni1 aFava, Cristiano1 aFerreira, Teresa1 aHerzig, Karl-Heinz1 aGiri, Ayush1 aGiulianini, Franco1 aGrove, Megan, L1 aGuo, Xiuqing1 aHarris, Sarah, E1 aHave, Christian, T1 aHavulinna, Aki, S1 aZhang, He1 aJørgensen, Marit, E1 aKäräjämäki, AnneMari1 aKooperberg, Charles1 aLinneberg, Allan1 aLittle, Louis1 aLiu, Yongmei1 aBonnycastle, Lori, L1 aLu, Yingchang1 aMägi, Reedik1 aMahajan, Anubha1 aMalerba, Giovanni1 aMarioni, Riccardo, E1 aMei, Hao1 aMenni, Cristina1 aMorrison, Alanna, C1 aPadmanabhan, Sandosh1 aPalmas, Walter1 aPoveda, Alaitz1 aRauramaa, Rainer1 aRayner, Nigel, William1 aRiaz, Muhammad1 aRice, Ken1 aRichard, Melissa, A1 aSmith, Jennifer, A1 aSoutham, Lorraine1 aStančáková, Alena1 aStirrups, Kathleen, E1 aTragante, Vinicius1 aTuomi, Tiinamaija1 aTzoulaki, Ioanna1 aVarga, Tibor, V1 aWeiss, Stefan1 aYiorkas, Andrianos, M1 aYoung, Robin1 aZhang, Weihua1 aBarnes, Michael, R1 aCabrera, Claudia, P1 aGao, He1 aBoehnke, Michael1 aBoerwinkle, Eric1 aChambers, John, C1 aConnell, John, M1 aChristensen, Cramer, K1 ade Boer, Rudolf, A1 aDeary, Ian, J1 aDedoussis, George1 aDeloukas, Panos1 aDominiczak, Anna, F1 aDörr, Marcus1 aJoehanes, Roby1 aEdwards, Todd, L1 aEsko, Tõnu1 aFornage, Myriam1 aFranceschini, Nora1 aFranks, Paul, W1 aGambaro, Giovanni1 aGroop, Leif1 aHallmans, Göran1 aHansen, Torben1 aHayward, Caroline1 aHeikki, Oksa1 aIngelsson, Erik1 aTuomilehto, Jaakko1 aJarvelin, Marjo-Riitta1 aKardia, Sharon, L R1 aKarpe, Fredrik1 aKooner, Jaspal, S1 aLakka, Timo, A1 aLangenberg, Claudia1 aLind, Lars1 aLoos, Ruth, J F1 aLaakso, Markku1 aMcCarthy, Mark, I1 aMelander, Olle1 aMohlke, Karen, L1 aMorris, Andrew, P1 aPalmer, Colin, N A1 aPedersen, Oluf1 aPolasek, Ozren1 aPoulter, Neil, R1 aProvince, Michael, A1 aPsaty, Bruce, M1 aRidker, Paul, M1 aRotter, Jerome, I1 aRudan, Igor1 aSalomaa, Veikko1 aSamani, Nilesh, J1 aSever, Peter, J1 aSkaaby, Tea1 aStafford, Jeanette, M1 aStarr, John, M1 aHarst, Pim1 avan der Meer, Peter1 aDuijn, Cornelia, M1 aVergnaud, Anne-Claire1 aGudnason, Vilmundur1 aWareham, Nicholas, J1 aWilson, James, G1 aWiller, Cristen, J1 aWitte, Daniel, R1 aZeggini, Eleftheria1 aSaleheen, Danish1 aButterworth, Adam, S1 aDanesh, John1 aAsselbergs, Folkert, W1 aWain, Louise, V1 aEhret, Georg, B1 aChasman, Daniel, I1 aCaulfield, Mark, J1 aElliott, Paul1 aLindgren, Cecilia, M1 aLevy, Daniel1 aNewton-Cheh, Christopher1 aMunroe, Patricia, B1 aHowson, Joanna, M M1 aUnderstanding Society Scientific Group1 aCHARGE EXOME BP, CHD Exome+, Exome BP, GoT2D:T2DGenes Consortia, The UK Biobank Cardio-Metabolic Traits Consortium Blood Pressure Working Group† uhttps://chs-nhlbi.org/node/756912060nas a2203745 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2018 eng d a1537-660500aA Large-Scale Multi-ancestry Genome-wide Study Accounting for Smoking Behavior Identifies Multiple Significant Loci for Blood Pressure.0 aLargeScale Multiancestry Genomewide Study Accounting for Smoking c2018 Mar 01 a375-4000 v1023 aGenome-wide association analysis advanced understanding of blood pressure (BP), a major risk factor for vascular conditions such as coronary heart disease and stroke. Accounting for smoking behavior may help identify BP loci and extend our knowledge of its genetic architecture. We performed genome-wide association meta-analyses of systolic and diastolic BP incorporating gene-smoking interactions in 610,091 individuals. Stage 1 analysis examined ∼18.8 million SNPs and small insertion/deletion variants in 129,913 individuals from four ancestries (European, African, Asian, and Hispanic) with follow-up analysis of promising variants in 480,178 additional individuals from five ancestries. We identified 15 loci that were genome-wide significant (p < 5 × 10) in stage 1 and formally replicated in stage 2. A combined stage 1 and 2 meta-analysis identified 66 additional genome-wide significant loci (13, 35, and 18 loci in European, African, and trans-ancestry, respectively). A total of 56 known BP loci were also identified by our results (p < 5 × 10). Of the newly identified loci, ten showed significant interaction with smoking status, but none of them were replicated in stage 2. Several loci were identified in African ancestry, highlighting the importance of genetic studies in diverse populations. The identified loci show strong evidence for regulatory features and support shared pathophysiology with cardiometabolic and addiction traits. They also highlight a role in BP regulation for biological candidates such as modulators of vascular structure and function (CDKN1B, BCAR1-CFDP1, PXDN, EEA1), ciliopathies (SDCCAG8, RPGRIP1L), telomere maintenance (TNKS, PINX1, AKTIP), and central dopaminergic signaling (MSRA, EBF2).
1 aSung, Yun, J1 aWinkler, Thomas, W1 aFuentes, Lisa, de Las1 aBentley, Amy, R1 aBrown, Michael, R1 aKraja, Aldi, T1 aSchwander, Karen1 aNtalla, Ioanna1 aGuo, Xiuqing1 aFranceschini, Nora1 aLu, Yingchang1 aCheng, Ching-Yu1 aSim, Xueling1 aVojinovic, Dina1 aMarten, Jonathan1 aMusani, Solomon, K1 aLi, Changwei1 aFeitosa, Mary, F1 aKilpeläinen, Tuomas, O1 aRichard, Melissa, A1 aNoordam, Raymond1 aAslibekyan, Stella1 aAschard, Hugues1 aBartz, Traci, M1 aDorajoo, Rajkumar1 aLiu, Yongmei1 aManning, Alisa, K1 aRankinen, Tuomo1 aSmith, Albert, Vernon1 aTajuddin, Salman, M1 aTayo, Bamidele, O1 aWarren, Helen, R1 aZhao, Wei1 aZhou, Yanhua1 aMatoba, Nana1 aSofer, Tamar1 aAlver, Maris1 aAmini, Marzyeh1 aBoissel, Mathilde1 aChai, Jin, Fang1 aChen, Xu1 aDivers, Jasmin1 aGandin, Ilaria1 aGao, Chuan1 aGiulianini, Franco1 aGoel, Anuj1 aHarris, Sarah, E1 aHartwig, Fernando, Pires1 aHorimoto, Andrea, R V R1 aHsu, Fang-Chi1 aJackson, Anne, U1 aKähönen, Mika1 aKasturiratne, Anuradhani1 aKuhnel, Brigitte1 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2018 eng d a1932-620300aNovel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries.0 aNovel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gen c2018 ae01981660 v133 aHeavy alcohol consumption is an established risk factor for hypertension; the mechanism by which alcohol consumption impact blood pressure (BP) regulation remains unknown. We hypothesized that a genome-wide association study accounting for gene-alcohol consumption interaction for BP might identify additional BP loci and contribute to the understanding of alcohol-related BP regulation. We conducted a large two-stage investigation incorporating joint testing of main genetic effects and single nucleotide variant (SNV)-alcohol consumption interactions. In Stage 1, genome-wide discovery meta-analyses in ≈131K individuals across several ancestry groups yielded 3,514 SNVs (245 loci) with suggestive evidence of association (P < 1.0 x 10-5). In Stage 2, these SNVs were tested for independent external replication in ≈440K individuals across multiple ancestries. We identified and replicated (at Bonferroni correction threshold) five novel BP loci (380 SNVs in 21 genes) and 49 previously reported BP loci (2,159 SNVs in 109 genes) in European ancestry, and in multi-ancestry meta-analyses (P < 5.0 x 10-8). For African ancestry samples, we detected 18 potentially novel BP loci (P < 5.0 x 10-8) in Stage 1 that warrant further replication. Additionally, correlated meta-analysis identified eight novel BP loci (11 genes). Several genes in these loci (e.g., PINX1, GATA4, BLK, FTO and GABBR2) have been previously reported to be associated with alcohol consumption. These findings provide insights into the role of alcohol consumption in the genetic architecture of hypertension.
1 aFeitosa, Mary, F1 aKraja, Aldi, T1 aChasman, Daniel, I1 aSung, Yun, J1 aWinkler, Thomas, W1 aNtalla, Ioanna1 aGuo, Xiuqing1 aFranceschini, Nora1 aCheng, Ching-Yu1 aSim, Xueling1 aVojinovic, Dina1 aMarten, Jonathan1 aMusani, Solomon, K1 aLi, Changwei1 aBentley, Amy, R1 aBrown, Michael, R1 aSchwander, Karen1 aRichard, Melissa, A1 aNoordam, Raymond1 aAschard, Hugues1 aBartz, Traci, M1 aBielak, Lawrence, F1 aDorajoo, Rajkumar1 aFisher, Virginia1 aHartwig, Fernando, P1 aHorimoto, Andrea, R V R1 aLohman, Kurt, K1 aManning, Alisa, K1 aRankinen, Tuomo1 aSmith, Albert, V1 aTajuddin, Salman, M1 aWojczynski, Mary, K1 aAlver, Maris1 aBoissel, Mathilde1 aCai, Qiuyin1 aCampbell, Archie1 aChai, Jin, Fang1 aChen, Xu1 aDivers, Jasmin1 aGao, Chuan1 aGoel, Anuj1 aHagemeijer, Yanick1 aHarris, Sarah, E1 aHe, Meian1 aHsu, Fang-Chi1 aJackson, Anne, U1 aKähönen, Mika1 aKasturiratne, Anuradhani1 aKomulainen, Pirjo1 aKuhnel, Brigitte1 aLaguzzi, Federica1 aLuan, Jian'an1 aMatoba, Nana1 aNolte, Ilja, M1 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aGandin, Ilaria1 aGao, He1 aGhanbari, Mohsen1 aGigante, Bruna1 aGu, Charles1 aGu, Dongfeng1 aHagenaars, Saskia, P1 aHallmans, Göran1 aHarris, Tamara, B1 aHe, Jiang1 aHeikkinen, Sami1 aHeng, Chew-Kiat1 aHirata, Makoto1 aHoward, Barbara, V1 aIkram, Arfan, M1 aJohn, Ulrich1 aKatsuya, Tomohiro1 aKhor, Chiea, Chuen1 aKilpeläinen, Tuomas, O1 aKoh, Woon-Puay1 aKrieger, Jose, E1 aKritchevsky, Stephen, B1 aKubo, Michiaki1 aKuusisto, Johanna1 aLakka, Timo, A1 aLangefeld, Carl, D1 aLangenberg, Claudia1 aLauner, Lenore, J1 aLehne, Benjamin1 aLewis, Cora, E1 aLi, Yize1 aLin, Shiow1 aLiu, Jianjun1 aLiu, Jingmin1 aLoh, Marie1 aLouie, Tin1 aMägi, Reedik1 aMcKenzie, Colin, A1 aMeitinger, Thomas1 aMetspalu, Andres1 aMilaneschi, Yuri1 aMilani, Lili1 aMohlke, Karen, L1 aMomozawa, Yukihide1 aNalls, Mike, A1 aNelson, Christopher, P1 aSotoodehnia, Nona1 aNorris, Jill, M1 aO'Connell, Jeff, R1 aPalmer, Nicholette, D1 aPerls, Thomas1 aPedersen, Nancy, L1 aPeters, Annette1 aPeyser, Patricia, A1 aPoulter, Neil1 aRaffel, Leslie, J1 aRaitakari, Olli, T1 aRoll, Kathryn1 aRose, Lynda, M1 aRosendaal, Frits, R1 aRotter, Jerome, I1 aSchmidt, Carsten, O1 aSchreiner, Pamela, J1 aSchupf, Nicole1 aScott, William, R1 aSever, Peter, S1 aShi, Yuan1 aSidney, Stephen1 aSims, Mario1 aSitlani, Colleen, M1 aSmith, Jennifer, A1 aSnieder, Harold1 aStarr, John, M1 aStrauch, Konstantin1 aStringham, Heather, M1 aTan, Nicholas, Y Q1 aTang, Hua1 aTaylor, Kent, D1 aTeo, Yik, Ying1 aTham, Yih, Chung1 aTurner, Stephen, T1 aUitterlinden, André, G1 aVollenweider, Peter1 aWaldenberger, Melanie1 aWang, Lihua1 aWang, Ya, Xing1 aBin Wei, Wen1 aWilliams, Christine1 aYao, Jie1 aYu, Caizheng1 aYuan, Jian-Min1 aZhao, Wei1 aZonderman, Alan, B1 aBecker, Diane, M1 aBoehnke, Michael1 aBowden, Donald, W1 aChambers, John, C1 aDeary, Ian, J1 aEsko, Tõnu1 aFarrall, Martin1 aFranks, Paul, W1 aFreedman, Barry, I1 aFroguel, Philippe1 aGasparini, Paolo1 aGieger, Christian1 aJonas, Jost, Bruno1 aKamatani, Yoichiro1 aKato, Norihiro1 aKooner, Jaspal, S1 aKutalik, Zoltán1 aLaakso, Markku1 aLaurie, Cathy, C1 aLeander, Karin1 aLehtimäki, Terho1 aStudy, Lifelines, Cohort1 aMagnusson, Patrik, K E1 aOldehinkel, Albertine, J1 aPenninx, Brenda, W J H1 aPolasek, Ozren1 aPorteous, David, J1 aRauramaa, Rainer1 aSamani, Nilesh, J1 aScott, James1 aShu, Xiao-Ou1 aHarst, Pim1 aWagenknecht, Lynne, E1 aWareham, Nicholas, J1 aWatkins, Hugh1 aWeir, David, R1 aWickremasinghe, Ananda, R1 aWu, Tangchun1 aZheng, Wei1 aBouchard, Claude1 aChristensen, Kaare1 aEvans, Michele, K1 aGudnason, Vilmundur1 aHorta, Bernardo, L1 aKardia, Sharon, L R1 aLiu, Yongmei1 aPereira, Alexandre, C1 aPsaty, Bruce, M1 aRidker, Paul, M1 avan Dam, Rob, M1 aGauderman, James1 aZhu, Xiaofeng1 aMook-Kanamori, Dennis, O1 aFornage, Myriam1 aRotimi, Charles, N1 aCupples, Adrienne, L1 aKelly, Tanika, N1 aFox, Ervin, R1 aHayward, Caroline1 aDuijn, Cornelia, M1 aTai, Shyong, E1 aWong, Tien, Yin1 aKooperberg, Charles1 aPalmas, Walter1 aRice, Kenneth1 aMorrison, Alanna, C1 aElliott, Paul1 aCaulfield, Mark, J1 aMunroe, Patricia, B1 aRao, Dabeeru, C1 aProvince, Michael, A1 aLevy, Daniel1 aInterAct Consortium uhttps://chs-nhlbi.org/node/779210550nas a2203325 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2019 eng d a1476-625600aMulti-Ancestry Genome-Wide Association Study of Lipid Levels Incorporating Gene-Alcohol Interactions.0 aMultiAncestry GenomeWide Association Study of Lipid Levels Incor c2019 Jan 293 aAn individual's lipid profile is influenced by genetic variants and alcohol consumption, but the contribution of interactions between these exposures has not been studied. We therefore incorporated gene-alcohol interactions into a multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides. We included 45 studies in Stage 1 (genome-wide discovery) and 66 studies in Stage 2 (focused follow-up), for a total of 394,584 individuals from five ancestry groups. Genetic main and interaction effects were jointly assessed by a 2 degrees of freedom (DF) test, and a 1 DF test was used to assess the interaction effects alone. Variants at 495 loci were at least suggestively associated (P < 1 × 10-6) with lipid levels in Stage 1 and were evaluated in Stage 2, followed by combined analyses of Stage 1 and Stage 2. In the combined analysis of Stage 1 and Stage 2, 147 independent loci were associated with lipid levels at P < 5 × 10-8 using 2 DF tests, of which 18 were novel. No genome-wide significant associations were found testing the interaction effect alone. The novel loci included several genes (PCSK5, VEGFB, and A1CF) with a putative role in lipid metabolism based on existing evidence from cellular and experimental models.
1 ade Vries, Paul, S1 aBrown, Michael, R1 aBentley, Amy, R1 aSung, Yun, J1 aWinkler, Thomas, W1 aNtalla, Ioanna1 aSchwander, Karen1 aKraja, Aldi, T1 aGuo, Xiuqing1 aFranceschini, Nora1 aCheng, Ching-Yu1 aSim, Xueling1 aVojinovic, Dina1 aHuffman, Jennifer, E1 aMusani, Solomon, K1 aLi, Changwei1 aFeitosa, Mary, F1 aRichard, Melissa, A1 aNoordam, Raymond1 aAschard, Hugues1 aBartz, Traci, M1 aBielak, Lawrence, F1 aDeng, Xuan1 aDorajoo, Rajkumar1 aLohman, Kurt, K1 aManning, Alisa, K1 aRankinen, Tuomo1 aSmith, Albert, V1 aTajuddin, Salman, M1 aEvangelou, Evangelos1 aGraff, Mariaelisa1 aAlver, Maris1 aBoissel, Mathilde1 aChai, Jin, Fang1 aChen, Xu1 aDivers, Jasmin1 aGandin, Ilaria1 aGao, Chuan1 aGoel, Anuj1 aHagemeijer, Yanick1 aHarris, Sarah, E1 aHartwig, Fernando, P1 aHe, Meian1 aHorimoto, Andrea, R V R1 aHsu, Fang-Chi1 aJackson, Anne, U1 aKasturiratne, Anuradhani1 aKomulainen, Pirjo1 aKuhnel, Brigitte1 aLaguzzi, Federica1 aLee, Joseph, H1 aLuan, Jian'an1 aLyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka1 aMatoba, 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2019 eng d a1546-171800aMulti-ancestry genome-wide gene-smoking interaction study of 387,272 individuals identifies new loci associated with serum lipids.0 aMultiancestry genomewide genesmoking interaction study of 387272 c2019 Apr a636-6480 v513 aThe concentrations of high- and low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides are influenced by smoking, but it is unknown whether genetic associations with lipids may be modified by smoking. We conducted a multi-ancestry genome-wide gene-smoking interaction study in 133,805 individuals with follow-up in an additional 253,467 individuals. Combined meta-analyses identified 13 new loci associated with lipids, some of which were detected only because association differed by smoking status. Additionally, we demonstrate the importance of including diverse populations, particularly in studies of interactions with lifestyle factors, where genomic and lifestyle differences by ancestry may contribute to novel findings.
1 aBentley, Amy, R1 aSung, Yun, J1 aBrown, Michael, R1 aWinkler, Thomas, W1 aKraja, Aldi, T1 aNtalla, Ioanna1 aSchwander, Karen1 aChasman, Daniel, I1 aLim, Elise1 aDeng, Xuan1 aGuo, Xiuqing1 aLiu, Jingmin1 aLu, Yingchang1 aCheng, Ching-Yu1 aSim, Xueling1 aVojinovic, Dina1 aHuffman, Jennifer, E1 aMusani, Solomon, K1 aLi, Changwei1 aFeitosa, Mary, F1 aRichard, Melissa, A1 aNoordam, Raymond1 aBaker, Jenna1 aChen, Guanjie1 aAschard, Hugues1 aBartz, Traci, M1 aDing, Jingzhong1 aDorajoo, Rajkumar1 aManning, Alisa, K1 aRankinen, Tuomo1 aSmith, Albert, V1 aTajuddin, Salman, M1 aZhao, Wei1 aGraff, Mariaelisa1 aAlver, Maris1 aBoissel, Mathilde1 aChai, Jin, Fang1 aChen, Xu1 aDivers, Jasmin1 aEvangelou, Evangelos1 aGao, Chuan1 aGoel, Anuj1 aHagemeijer, Yanick1 aHarris, Sarah, E1 aHartwig, Fernando, P1 aHe, Meian1 aHorimoto, Andrea, R V R1 aHsu, Fang-Chi1 aHung, Yi-Jen1 aJackson, Anne, U1 aKasturiratne, Anuradhani1 aKomulainen, Pirjo1 aKuhnel, Brigitte1 aLeander, Karin1 aLin, Keng-Hung1 aLuan, Jian'an1 aLyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka1 aMatoba, Nana1 aNolte, Ilja, M1 aPietzner, Maik1 aPrins, Bram1 aRiaz, Muhammad1 aRobino, Antonietta1 aSaid, Abdullah1 aSchupf, Nicole1 aScott, Robert, A1 aSofer, Tamar1 aStančáková, Alena1 aTakeuchi, Fumihiko1 aTayo, Bamidele, O1 avan der Most, Peter, J1 aVarga, Tibor, V1 aWang, Tzung-Dau1 aWang, Yajuan1 aWare, Erin, B1 aWen, Wanqing1 aXiang, Yong-Bing1 aYanek, Lisa, R1 aZhang, Weihua1 aZhao, Jing Hua1 aAdeyemo, Adebowale1 aAfaq, Saima1 aAmin, Najaf1 aAmini, Marzyeh1 aArking, Dan, E1 aArzumanyan, Zorayr1 aAung, Tin1 aBallantyne, Christie1 aBarr, Graham1 aBielak, Lawrence, F1 aBoerwinkle, Eric1 aBottinger, Erwin, P1 aBroeckel, Ulrich1 aBrown, Morris1 aCade, Brian, E1 aCampbell, Archie1 aCanouil, Mickaël1 aCharumathi, Sabanayagam1 aChen, Yii-Der Ida1 aChristensen, Kaare1 aConcas, Maria, Pina1 aConnell, John, M1 aFuentes, Lisa, de Las1 ade Silva, Janaka1 ade Vries, Paul, S1 aDoumatey, Ayo1 aDuan, Qing1 aEaton, Charles, B1 aEppinga, Ruben, N1 aFaul, Jessica, D1 aFloyd, James, S1 aForouhi, Nita, G1 aForrester, Terrence1 aFriedlander, Yechiel1 aGandin, Ilaria1 aGao, He1 aGhanbari, Mohsen1 aGharib, Sina, A1 aGigante, Bruna1 aGiulianini, Franco1 aGrabe, Hans, J1 aGu, Charles1 aHarris, Tamara, B1 aHeikkinen, Sami1 aHeng, Chew-Kiat1 aHirata, Makoto1 aHixson, James, E1 aIkram, Arfan, M1 aJia, Yucheng1 aJoehanes, Roby1 aJohnson, Craig1 aJonas, Jost, Bruno1 aJustice, Anne, E1 aKatsuya, Tomohiro1 aKhor, Chiea, Chuen1 aKilpeläinen, Tuomas, O1 aKoh, Woon-Puay1 aKolcic, Ivana1 aKooperberg, Charles1 aKrieger, Jose, E1 aKritchevsky, Stephen, B1 aKubo, Michiaki1 aKuusisto, Johanna1 aLakka, Timo, A1 aLangefeld, Carl, D1 aLangenberg, Claudia1 aLauner, Lenore, J1 aLehne, Benjamin1 aLewis, Cora, E1 aLi, Yize1 aLiang, Jingjing1 aLin, Shiow1 aLiu, Ching-Ti1 aLiu, Jianjun1 aLiu, Kiang1 aLoh, Marie1 aLohman, Kurt, K1 aLouie, Tin1 aLuzzi, Anna1 aMägi, Reedik1 aMahajan, Anubha1 aManichaikul, Ani, W1 aMcKenzie, Colin, A1 aMeitinger, Thomas1 aMetspalu, Andres1 aMilaneschi, Yuri1 aMilani, Lili1 aMohlke, Karen, L1 aMomozawa, Yukihide1 aMorris, Andrew, P1 aMurray, Alison, D1 aNalls, Mike, A1 aNauck, Matthias1 aNelson, Christopher, P1 aNorth, Kari, E1 aO'Connell, Jeffrey, R1 aPalmer, Nicholette, D1 aPapanicolau, George, J1 aPedersen, Nancy, L1 aPeters, Annette1 aPeyser, Patricia, A1 aPolasek, Ozren1 aPoulter, Neil1 aRaitakari, Olli, T1 aReiner, Alex, P1 aRenstrom, Frida1 aRice, Treva, K1 aRich, Stephen, S1 aRobinson, Jennifer, G1 aRose, Lynda, M1 aRosendaal, Frits, R1 aRudan, Igor1 aSchmidt, Carsten, O1 aSchreiner, Pamela, J1 aScott, William, R1 aSever, Peter1 aShi, Yuan1 aSidney, Stephen1 aSims, Mario1 aSmith, Jennifer, A1 aSnieder, Harold1 aStarr, John, M1 aStrauch, Konstantin1 aStringham, Heather, M1 aTan, Nicholas, Y Q1 aTang, Hua1 aTaylor, Kent, D1 aTeo, Yik, Ying1 aTham, Yih, Chung1 aTiemeier, Henning1 aTurner, Stephen, T1 aUitterlinden, André, G1 avan Heemst, Diana1 aWaldenberger, Melanie1 aWang, Heming1 aWang, Lan1 aWang, Lihua1 aBin Wei, Wen1 aWilliams, Christine, A1 aWilson, Gregory1 aWojczynski, Mary, K1 aYao, Jie1 aYoung, Kristin1 aYu, Caizheng1 aYuan, Jian-Min1 aZhou, Jie1 aZonderman, Alan, B1 aBecker, Diane, M1 aBoehnke, Michael1 aBowden, Donald, W1 aChambers, John, C1 aCooper, Richard, S1 ade Faire, Ulf1 aDeary, Ian, J1 aElliott, Paul1 aEsko, Tõnu1 aFarrall, Martin1 aFranks, Paul, W1 aFreedman, Barry, I1 aFroguel, Philippe1 aGasparini, Paolo1 aGieger, Christian1 aHorta, Bernardo, L1 aJuang, Jyh-Ming, Jimmy1 aKamatani, Yoichiro1 aKammerer, Candace, M1 aKato, Norihiro1 aKooner, Jaspal, S1 aLaakso, Markku1 aLaurie, Cathy, C1 aLee, I-Te1 aLehtimäki, Terho1 aMagnusson, Patrik, K E1 aOldehinkel, Albertine, J1 aPenninx, Brenda, W J H1 aPereira, Alexandre, C1 aRauramaa, Rainer1 aRedline, Susan1 aSamani, Nilesh, J1 aScott, James1 aShu, Xiao-Ou1 aHarst, Pim1 aWagenknecht, Lynne, E1 aWang, Jun-Sing1 aWang, Ya, Xing1 aWareham, Nicholas, J1 aWatkins, Hugh1 aWeir, David, R1 aWickremasinghe, Ananda, R1 aWu, Tangchun1 aZeggini, Eleftheria1 aZheng, Wei1 aBouchard, Claude1 aEvans, Michele, K1 aGudnason, Vilmundur1 aKardia, Sharon, L R1 aLiu, Yongmei1 aPsaty, Bruce, M1 aRidker, Paul, M1 avan Dam, Rob, M1 aMook-Kanamori, Dennis, O1 aFornage, Myriam1 aProvince, Michael, A1 aKelly, Tanika, N1 aFox, Ervin, R1 aHayward, Caroline1 aDuijn, Cornelia, M1 aTai, Shyong, E1 aWong, Tien, Yin1 aLoos, Ruth, J F1 aFranceschini, Nora1 aRotter, Jerome, I1 aZhu, Xiaofeng1 aBierut, Laura, J1 aGauderman, James1 aRice, Kenneth1 aMunroe, Patricia, B1 aMorrison, Alanna, C1 aRao, Dabeeru, C1 aRotimi, Charles, N1 aCupples, Adrienne, L1 aCOGENT-Kidney Consortium1 aEPIC-InterAct Consortium1 aUnderstanding Society Scientific Group1 aLifelines Cohort uhttps://chs-nhlbi.org/node/800503741nas a2200625 4500008004100000022001400041245009700055210006900152260001300221300001200234490000700246520194400253100001402197700001402211700002002225700002402245700002302269700002102292700002302313700001702336700001502353700002102368700002402389700001702413700001602430700002502446700002202471700002202493700001502515700002402530700002002554700002002574700002102594700002502615700002002640700002402660700002302684700002602707700001302733700001402746700002002760700002402780700002402804700001802828700002902846700002502875700002002900700001902920700002002939700002202959700002102981700002403002710005303026856003603079 2020 eng d a2574-830000aRole of Rare and Low-Frequency Variants in Gene-Alcohol Interactions on Plasma Lipid Levels.0 aRole of Rare and LowFrequency Variants in GeneAlcohol Interactio c2020 Aug ae0027720 v133 aBACKGROUND: Alcohol intake influences plasma lipid levels, and such effects may be moderated by genetic variants. We aimed to characterize the role of aggregated rare and low-frequency protein-coding variants in gene by alcohol consumption interactions associated with fasting plasma lipid levels.
METHODS: In the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology consortium, fasting plasma triglycerides and high- and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol were measured in 34 153 individuals with European ancestry from 5 discovery studies and 32 277 individuals from 6 replication studies. Rare and low-frequency functional protein-coding variants (minor allele frequency, ≤5%) measured by an exome array were aggregated by genes and evaluated by a gene-environment interaction test and a joint test of genetic main and gene-environment interaction effects. Two dichotomous self-reported alcohol consumption variables, current drinker, defined as any recurrent drinking behavior, and regular drinker, defined as the subset of current drinkers who consume at least 2 drinks per week, were considered.
RESULTS: We discovered and replicated 21 gene-lipid associations at 13 known lipid loci through the joint test. Eight loci (, , , , , , , and ) remained significant after conditioning on the common index single-nucleotide polymorphism identified by previous genome-wide association studies, suggesting an independent role for rare and low-frequency variants at these loci. One significant gene-alcohol interaction on triglycerides in a novel locus was significantly discovered (=6.65×10 for the interaction test) and replicated at nominal significance level (=0.013) in .
CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, this study applied new gene-based statistical approaches and suggested that rare and low-frequency genetic variants interacted with alcohol consumption on lipid levels.
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A two-stage genome-wide meta-analysis of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), and triglyceride (TG) levels was performed while accounting for gene-educational attainment interactions in up to 226,315 individuals from five population groups. We considered two educational attainment variables: "Some College" (yes/no, for any education beyond high school) and "Graduated College" (yes/no, for completing a 4-year college degree). Genome-wide significant ( < 5 × 10) and suggestive ( < 1 × 10) variants were identified in Stage 1 (in up to 108,784 individuals) through genome-wide analysis, and those variants were followed up in Stage 2 studies (in up to 117,531 individuals). In combined analysis of Stages 1 and 2, we identified 18 novel lipid loci (nine for LDL, seven for HDL, and two for TG) by two degree-of-freedom (2 DF) joint tests of main and interaction effects. Four loci showed significant interaction with educational attainment. Two loci were significant only in cross-population analyses. Several loci include genes with known or suggested roles in adipose (), brain (), and liver () biology, highlighting the potential importance of brain-adipose-liver communication in the regulation of lipid metabolism. An investigation of the potential druggability of genes in identified loci resulted in five gene targets shown to interact with drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration, including genes with roles in adipose and brain tissue. Genome-wide interaction analysis of educational attainment identified novel lipid loci not previously detected by analyses limited to main genetic effects.
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