Methylation profiling

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Multi-omics in nasal epithelium reveals three axes of dysregulation for asthma risk in the African Diaspora populations [DNA methylation]


ABSTRACT: Background: Asthma, a complex chronic lung disease affecting the airways, has striking disparities across ancestral groups, but the molecular underpinning of these differences is poorly understood and minimally studied. A major goal of the Consortium on Asthma among African-ancestry Populations in the Americas (CAAPA) is to understand multi-omics signatures of asthma risk in the nasal epithelium focusing on populations of African ancestry. Methods: DNA methylation (DNAm) quantification was performed using Illumina’s Infinium MethylationEPIC array® using genomic DNA from nasal airway epithelial cells collected across the 4 US recruitment sites (Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, and Washington DC) for 331 subjects (N=149 asthma cases, N= 182 never asthmatic controls). We performed association analysis to identify eQTMs (CpG-gene associations) for DEGs limiting to CpGs ≤5kb from the transcription start site or within enhancer regions identified through promoter-capture HiC in bronchial epithelial cells. CpGs from significant eQTMs (p<0.05) were tested for differential methylation by asthma (DMCs) to assess the relative contribution of expression and methylation in asthma risk. All models were fully adjusted for ancestry, sampling site, and appropriate latent factors. Findings: Multi-omic analysis identified FKBP5 as a key contributor to asthma risk, where the association between nasal epithelium gene expression is likely regulated by methylation and is associated with increased use of inhaled corticosteroids. FKBP5 is a co-chaperone of glucocorticoid receptor signaling and known to be involved in drug response in asthma. Interpretation: Our analyses reveal genes and networks in asthma that are differentially expressed in nasal epithelium of current asthma cases of African ancestry in CAAPA. Importantly, this work reveals molecular dysregulation on three axes – increased Th2 inflammation, decreased capacity for wound healing, and impaired drug response – that may play a critical role in asthma within the African Diaspora.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE250513 | GEO | 2023/12/23

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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