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Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis of Human Metabolome in Multi-Ethnic Populations.

TitleWhole-Genome Sequencing Analysis of Human Metabolome in Multi-Ethnic Populations.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2023
AuthorsFeofanova, EV, Brown, MR, Alkis, T, Manuel, AM, Li, X, Tahir, UA, Li, Z, Mendez, KM, Kelly, RS, Qi, Q, Chen, H, Larson, MG, Lemaitre, RN, Morrison, AC, Grieser, C, Wong, KE, Gersztern, RE, Zhao, Z, Lasky-Su, J, Yu, B
Corporate/Institutional AuthorsNHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed)
JournalNat Commun
Volume14
Issue1
Pagination3111
Date Published2023 May 30
ISSN2041-1723
KeywordsEthnicity, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Metabolome, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Quantitative Trait Loci
Abstract<p>Circulating metabolite levels may reflect the state of the human organism in health and disease, however, the genetic architecture of metabolites is not fully understood. We have performed a whole-genome sequencing association analysis of both common and rare variants in up to 11,840 multi-ethnic participants from five studies with up to 1666 circulating metabolites. We have discovered 1985 novel variant-metabolite associations, and validated 761 locus-metabolite associations reported previously. Seventy-nine novel variant-metabolite associations have been replicated, including three genetic loci located on the X chromosome that have demonstrated its involvement in metabolic regulation. Gene-based analysis have provided further support for seven metabolite-replicated loci pairs and their biologically plausible genes. Among those novel replicated variant-metabolite pairs, follow-up analyses have revealed that 26 metabolites have colocalized with 21 tissues, seven metabolite-disease outcome associations have been putatively causal, and 7 metabolites might be regulated by plasma protein levels. Our results have depicted the genetic contribution to circulating metabolite levels, providing additional insights into understanding human disease.</p>
DOI10.1038/s41467-023-38800-2
Alternate JournalNat Commun
PubMed ID37253714
PubMed Central IDPMC10229598
Grant ListR01 HL168683 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01 HL120393 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
K08 HL161445 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201500014C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01 HL136574 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
U54 HG003067 / HG / NHGRI NIH HHS / United States
U54 HG003273 / HG / NHGRI NIH HHS / United States
R01 HL092577 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01 HL131136 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201100037C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201500015C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01 HL117626 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01 HL141824 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201600031C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201000001I / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01 HL142003 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01 LM012806 / LM / NLM NIH HHS / United States
T15 LM007093 / LM / NLM NIH HHS / United States
ePub date: 
23/05