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Genetic variants in LPL, OASL and TOMM40/APOE-C1-C2-C4 genes are associated with multiple cardiovascular-related traits.

ABSTRACT: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have become a major strategy for genetic dissection of human complex diseases. Analysing multiple phenotypes jointly may improve both our ability to detect genetic variants with multiple effects and our understanding of their common features. Allelic associations for multiple biochemical traits (serum alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, butrylycholinesterase (BCHE), C-reactive protein (CRP), ferritin, gamma glutamyltransferase (GGT), glucose, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), insulin, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), triglycerides and uric acid), and body-mass index, were examined.We aimed to identify common genetic variants affecting more than one of these traits using genome-wide association analysis in 2548 adolescents and 9145 adults from 4986 Australian twin families. Multivariate and univariate associations were performed.Multivariate analyses identified eight loci, and univariate association analyses confirmed two loci influencing more than one trait at p < 5 × 10-8. These are located on chromosome 8 (LPL gene affecting HDL and triglycerides) and chromosome 19 (TOMM40/APOE-C1-C2-C4 gene cluster affecting LDL and CRP). A locus on chromosome 12 (OASL gene) showed effects on GGT, LDL and CRP. The loci on chromosomes 12 and 19 unexpectedly affected LDL cholesterol and CRP in opposite directions.We identified three possible loci that may affect multiple traits and validated 17 previously-reported loci. Our study demonstrated the usefulness of examining multiple phenotypes jointly and highlights an anomalous effect on CRP, which is increasingly recognised as a marker of cardiovascular risk as well as of inflammation.

SUBMITTER: Middelberg RP

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3189113 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genetic variants in LPL, OASL and TOMM40/APOE-C1-C2-C4 genes are associated with multiple cardiovascular-related traits.

Middelberg Rita P S RP Ferreira Manuel A R MA Henders Anjali K AK Heath Andrew C AC Madden Pamela A F PA Montgomery Grant W GW Martin Nicholas G NG Whitfield John B JB

BMC medical genetics 20110924

<h4>Background</h4>Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have become a major strategy for genetic dissection of human complex diseases. Analysing multiple phenotypes jointly may improve both our ability to detect genetic variants with multiple effects and our understanding of their common features. Allelic associations for multiple biochemical traits (serum alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, butrylycholinesterase (BCHE), C-reactive protein (CRP), ferritin, gamma glutamyltrans ...[more]

PMID: 21943158

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Project description:The TOMM40-APOE variants are known for their strong, antagonistic associations with Alzheimer's disease and body weight. While a stronger role of the APOE than TOMM40 variants in Alzheimer's disease was suggested, comparative contribution of the TOMM40-APOE variants in the regulation of body weight remains elusive. We examined additive effects of rs2075650 and rs157580 TOMM40 variants and rs429358 and rs7412 APOE variants coding the ?2/?3/?4 polymorphism on body mass index (BMI) in age-aggregated and age-stratified cohort-specific and cohort-pooled analysis of 27,863 Caucasians aged 20-100 years from seven longitudinal studies. Minor alleles of rs2075650, rs429358, and rs7412 were individually associated with BMI (? = -1.29, p = 3.97 × 10-9 ; ? = -1.38, p = 2.78 × 10-10 ; and ? = 0.58, p = 3.04 × 10-2 , respectively). Conditional analysis with rs2075650 and rs429358 identified independent BMI-lowering associations for minor alleles (? = -0.63, p = 3.99 × 10-2 and ? = -0.94, p = 2.17 × 10-3 , respectively). Polygenic mega-analysis identified additive effects of the rs2075650 and rs429358 heterozygotes (? = -1.68, p = 3.00 × 10-9 ), and the strongest BMI-lowering association for the rs2075650 heterozygous and rs429358 minor allele homozygous carriers (? = -4.11, p = 2.78 × 10-3 ). Conditional analysis with four polymorphisms identified independent BMI-lowering (rs2075650, rs157580, and rs429358) and BMI-increasing (rs7412) associations of heterozygous genotypes with BMI. Age-stratified conditional analysis revealed well-powered support for a differential and independent association of the rs429358 heterozygote with BMI in younger and older individuals, ? = 0.58, 95% confidence interval (CI) = -1.18, 2.35, p = 5.18 × 10-1 for 3,068 individuals aged ?30 years and ? = -4.28, CI = -5.65, -2.92, p = 7.71 × 10-10 for 6,052 individuals aged >80 years. TOMM40 and APOE variants are independently and additively associated with BMI. The APOE ?4-coding rs429358 polymorphism is associated with BMI in older individuals but not in younger individuals.

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Genetic variants in LPL, OASL and TOMM40/APOE-C1-C2-C4 genes are associated with multiple cardiovascular-related traits.

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Genetic variants in LPL, OASL and TOMM40/APOE-C1-C2-C4 genes are associated with multiple cardiovascular-related traits.

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