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Genome-wide association study of cardiac structure and systolic function in African Americans: the Candidate Gene Association Resource (CARe) study.

TitleGenome-wide association study of cardiac structure and systolic function in African Americans: the Candidate Gene Association Resource (CARe) study.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2013
AuthorsFox, ER, Musani, SK, Barbalic, M, Lin, H, Yu, B, Ogunyankin, KO, Smith, NL, Kutlar, A, Glazer, NL, Post, WS, Paltoo, DN, Dries, DL, Farlow, DN, Duarte, CW, Kardia, SL, Meyers, KJ, Sun, YV, Arnett, DK, Patki, AA, Sha, J, Cui, X, Samdarshi, TE, Penman, AD, Bibbins-Domingo, K, Bůzková, P, Benjamin, EJ, Bluemke, DA, Morrison, AC, Heiss, G, J Carr, J, Tracy, RP, Mosley, TH, Taylor, HA, Psaty, BM, Heckbert, SR, Cappola, TP, Vasan, RS
JournalCirc Cardiovasc Genet
Volume6
Issue1
Pagination37-46
Date Published2013 Feb
ISSN1942-3268
KeywordsAfrican Americans, Aged, Cohort Studies, Diastole, Echocardiography, European Continental Ancestry Group, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotype, Heart, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Systole
Abstract<p><b>BACKGROUND: </b>Using data from 4 community-based cohorts of African Americans, we tested the association between genome-wide markers (single-nucleotide polymorphisms) and cardiac phenotypes in the Candidate-gene Association Resource study.</p><p><b>METHODS AND RESULTS: </b>Among 6765 African Americans, we related age, sex, height, and weight-adjusted residuals for 9 cardiac phenotypes (assessed by echocardiogram or magnetic resonance imaging) to 2.5 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms genotyped using Genome-wide Affymetrix Human SNP Array 6.0 (Affy6.0) and the remainder imputed. Within the cohort, genome-wide association analysis was conducted, followed by meta-analysis across cohorts using inverse variance weights (genome-wide significance threshold=4.0 ×10(-7)). Supplementary pathway analysis was performed. We attempted replication in 3 smaller cohorts of African ancestry and tested lookups in 1 consortium of European ancestry (EchoGEN). Across the 9 phenotypes, variants in 4 genetic loci reached genome-wide significance: rs4552931 in UBE2V2 (P=1.43×10(-7)) for left ventricular mass, rs7213314 in WIPI1 (P=1.68×10(-7)) for left ventricular internal diastolic diameter, rs1571099 in PPAPDC1A (P=2.57×10(-8)) for interventricular septal wall thickness, and rs9530176 in KLF5 (P=4.02×10(-7)) for ejection fraction. Associated variants were enriched in 3 signaling pathways involved in cardiac remodeling. None of the 4 loci replicated in cohorts of African ancestry was confirmed in lookups in EchoGEN.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>In the largest genome-wide association study of cardiac structure and function to date in African Americans, we identified 4 genetic loci related to left ventricular mass, interventricular septal wall thickness, left ventricular internal diastolic diameter, and ejection fraction, which reached genome-wide significance. Replication results suggest that these loci may be unique to individuals of African ancestry. Additional large-scale studies are warranted for these complex phenotypes.</p>
DOI10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.111.962365
Alternate JournalCirc Cardiovasc Genet
PubMed ID23275298
PubMed Central IDPMC3591479
Grant ListHL 087652 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HL 100245 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01 HC025195 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01 HC065226 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01 HC095170 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01 HC095171 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01 HC095172 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
P60 MD002249 / MD / NIMHD NIH HHS / United States
P60 MD002249 / MD / NIMHD NIH HHS / United States
R01 AG028321 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
R01 DK077950-03 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
R01 HD067264 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States
R01 HL088577 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01 HL09257 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01 HL101161 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01 HL102214 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01HL101161-01-A1 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
RC1 HD101056 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States
RC1 HL100185 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
RC4 AG039029 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States