Title | Identification of Functional Genetic Determinants of Cardiac Troponin T and I in a Multiethnic Population and Causal Associations With Atrial Fibrillation. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2021 |
Authors | Yang, Y, Bartz, TM, Brown, MR, Guo, X, Zilhão, NR, Trompet, S, Weiss, S, Yao, J, Brody, JA, deFilippi, CR, Hoogeveen, RC, Lin, HJ, Gudnason, V, Ballantyne, CM, Dörr, M, J Jukema, W, Petersmann, A, Psaty, BM, Rotter, JI, Boerwinkle, E, Fornage, M, Jun, G, Yu, B |
Journal | Circ Genom Precis Med |
Volume | 14 |
Issue | 6 |
Pagination | e003460 |
Date Published | 2021 12 |
ISSN | 2574-8300 |
Abstract | <p><b>BACKGROUND: </b>Elevated cardiac troponin levels in blood are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular diseases and mortality. Cardiac troponin levels are heritable, but their genetic architecture remains elusive.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>We conducted a transethnic genome-wide association analysis on high-sensitivity cTnT (cardiac troponin T; hs-cTnT) and high-sensitivity cTnI (cardiac troponin I; hs-cTnI) levels in 24 617 and 14 336 participants free of coronary heart disease and heart failure from 6 population-based cohorts, followed by a series of bioinformatic analyses to decipher the genetic architecture of hs-cTnT and hs-cTnI.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>We identified 4 genome-wide significant loci for hs-cTnT including a novel locus rs3737882 in and 3 previously reported loci at , , and . One known locus at was replicated for hs-cTnI. One copy of C allele for rs3737882 was associated with a 6% increase in hs-cTnT levels (minor allele frequency, 0.18; =2.80×10). We observed pleiotropic loci located at and . The proportions of variances explained by single-nucleotide polymorphisms were 10.15% and 7.74% for hs-cTnT and hs-cTnI, respectively. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms were colocalized with expression in heart tissues and hs-cTnT and with expression in artery, heart tissues, and whole blood and both troponins. Mendelian randomization analyses showed that genetically increased hs-cTnT and hs-cTnI levels were associated with higher odds of atrial fibrillation (odds ratio, 1.38 [95% CI, 1.25-1.54] for hs-cTnT and 1.21 [95% CI, 1.06-1.37] for hs-cTnI).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>We identified a novel genetic locus associated with hs-cTnT in a multiethnic population and found that genetically regulated troponin levels were associated with atrial fibrillation.</p> |
DOI | 10.1161/CIRCGEN.121.003460 |
Alternate Journal | Circ Genom Precis Med |
PubMed ID | 34732054 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC8692416 |
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