TY - JOUR
T1 - A novel common variant in DCST2 is associated with length in early life and height in adulthood
AU - van der Valk, Ralf J P
AU - Kreiner-Møller, Eskil
AU - Kooijman, Marjolein N
AU - Guxens, Mònica
AU - Stergiakouli, Evangelia
AU - Sääf, Annika
AU - Bradfield, Jonathan P
AU - Geller, Frank
AU - Hayes, M Geoffrey
AU - Cousminer, Diana L
AU - Körner, Antje
AU - Thiering, Elisabeth
AU - Curtin, John A
AU - Myhre, Ronny
AU - Huikari, Ville
AU - Joro, Raimo
AU - Kerkhof, Marjan
AU - Warrington, Nicole M
AU - Pitkänen, Niina
AU - Ntalla, Ioanna
AU - Horikoshi, Momoko
AU - Veijola, Riitta
AU - Freathy, Rachel M
AU - Teo, Yik-Ying
AU - Barton, Sheila J
AU - Evans, David M
AU - Kemp, John P
AU - St Pourcain, Beate
AU - Ring, Susan M
AU - Davey Smith, George
AU - Bergström, Anna
AU - Kull, Inger
AU - Hakonarson, Hakon
AU - Mentch, Frank D
AU - Bisgaard, Hans
AU - Chawes, Bo
AU - Stokholm, Jakob
AU - Waage, Johannes
AU - Eriksen, Patrick
AU - Sevelsted, Astrid
AU - Melbye, Mads
AU - van Duijn, Cornelia M
AU - Medina-Gomez, Carolina
AU - Hofman, Albert
AU - de Jongste, Johan C
AU - Taal, H Rob
AU - Uitterlinden, André G
AU - Armstrong, Loren L
AU - Pers, Tune H
AU - Bønnelykke, Klaus
AU - Early Genetics and Lifecourse Epidemiology (EAGLE) Consortium
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PY - 2015/2/15
Y1 - 2015/2/15
N2 - Common genetic variants have been identified for adult height, but not much is known about the genetics of skeletal growth in early life. To identify common genetic variants that influence fetal skeletal growth, we meta-analyzed 22 genome-wide association studies (Stage 1; N = 28 459). We identified seven independent top single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (P < 1 × 10-6) for birth length, of which three were novel and four were in or near loci known to be associated with adult height (LCORL, PTCH1, GPR126 and HMGA2). The three novel SNPs were followed-up in nine replication studies (Stage 2; N = 11 995), with rs905938 in DC-STAMP domain containing 2 (DCST2) genome-wide significantly associated with birth length in a joint analysis (Stages 1 + 2; β = 0.046, SE = 0.008, P = 2.46 × 10-8, explained variance = 0.05%). Rs905938 was also associated with infant length (N = 28 228; P = 5.54 × 10-4) and adult height (N = 127 513; P = 1.45 × 10-5). DCST2 is a DC-STAMP-like protein family member and DC-STAMP is an osteoclast cell-fusion regulator. Polygenic scores based on 180 SNPs previously associated with human adult stature explained 0.13% of variance in birth length. The same SNPs explained 2.95% of the variance of infant length. Of the 180 known adult height loci, 11 were genome-wide significantly associated with infant length (SF3B4, LCORL, SPAG17, C6orf173, PTCH1, GDF5, ZNFX1, HHIP, ACAN, HLA locus and HMGA2). This study highlights that common variation in DCST2 influences variation in early growth and adult height.
AB - Common genetic variants have been identified for adult height, but not much is known about the genetics of skeletal growth in early life. To identify common genetic variants that influence fetal skeletal growth, we meta-analyzed 22 genome-wide association studies (Stage 1; N = 28 459). We identified seven independent top single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (P < 1 × 10-6) for birth length, of which three were novel and four were in or near loci known to be associated with adult height (LCORL, PTCH1, GPR126 and HMGA2). The three novel SNPs were followed-up in nine replication studies (Stage 2; N = 11 995), with rs905938 in DC-STAMP domain containing 2 (DCST2) genome-wide significantly associated with birth length in a joint analysis (Stages 1 + 2; β = 0.046, SE = 0.008, P = 2.46 × 10-8, explained variance = 0.05%). Rs905938 was also associated with infant length (N = 28 228; P = 5.54 × 10-4) and adult height (N = 127 513; P = 1.45 × 10-5). DCST2 is a DC-STAMP-like protein family member and DC-STAMP is an osteoclast cell-fusion regulator. Polygenic scores based on 180 SNPs previously associated with human adult stature explained 0.13% of variance in birth length. The same SNPs explained 2.95% of the variance of infant length. Of the 180 known adult height loci, 11 were genome-wide significantly associated with infant length (SF3B4, LCORL, SPAG17, C6orf173, PTCH1, GDF5, ZNFX1, HHIP, ACAN, HLA locus and HMGA2). This study highlights that common variation in DCST2 influences variation in early growth and adult height.
KW - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
KW - Adult
KW - Age Factors
KW - Alleles
KW - Body Height
KW - Computational Biology
KW - Databases, Genetic
KW - Genetic Association Studies
KW - Genetic Variation
KW - Genotype
KW - Humans
KW - Infant, Newborn
KW - Membrane Proteins
KW - Phenotype
KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
KW - Quantitative Trait Loci
KW - Quantitative Trait, Heritable
KW - Reproducibility of Results
U2 - 10.1093/hmg/ddu510
DO - 10.1093/hmg/ddu510
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 25281659
SN - 0964-6906
VL - 24
SP - 1155
EP - 1168
JO - Human Molecular Genetics
JF - Human Molecular Genetics
IS - 4
ER -