A Splice Region Variant in LDLR Lowers Non-high Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Protects against Coronary Artery Disease

Solveig Gretarsdottir; Hannes Helgason; Anna Helgadottir; Asgeir Sigurdsson; Gudmar Thorleifsson; Audur Magnusdottir; Asmundur Oddsson; Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir; Thorunn Rafnar; Jacqueline de Graaf; Maryam S Daneshpour; Mehdi Hedayati; Fereidoun Azizi; Niels Grarup; Torben Jørgensen; Henrik Vestergaard; Torben Hansen; Gudmundur Eyjolfsson; Olof Sigurdardottir; Isleifur Olafsson; Lambertus A Kiemeney; Oluf Pedersen; Patrick Sulem; Gudmundur Thorgeirsson; Daniel F Gudbjartsson; Hilma Holm; Unnur Thorsteinsdottir; Kari Stefansson

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005379

A Splice Region Variant in LDLR Lowers Non-high Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Protects against Coronary Artery Disease

Solveig Gretarsdottir, Hannes Helgason, Anna Helgadottir, Asgeir Sigurdsson, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Audur Magnusdottir, Asmundur Oddsson, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Thorunn Rafnar, Jacqueline de Graaf, Maryam S Daneshpour, Mehdi Hedayati, Fereidoun Azizi, Niels Grarup, Torben Jørgensen, Henrik Vestergaard, Torben Hansen, Gudmundur Eyjolfsson, Olof Sigurdardottir, Isleifur OlafssonLambertus A Kiemeney, Oluf Pedersen, Patrick Sulem, Gudmundur Thorgeirsson, Daniel F Gudbjartsson, Hilma Holm, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Kari Stefansson

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Through high coverage whole-genome sequencing and imputation of the identified variants into a large fraction of the Icelandic population, we found four independent signals in the low density lipoprotein receptor gene (LDLR) that associate with levels of non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) and coronary artery disease (CAD). Two signals are novel with respect to association with non-HDL-C and are represented by non-coding low frequency variants (between 2–4% frequency), the splice region variant rs72658867-A in intron 14 and rs17248748-T in intron one. These two novel associations were replicated in three additional populations. Both variants lower non-HDL-C levels (rs72658867-A, non-HDL-C effect = -0.44 mmol/l, P_adj = 1.1 × 10⁻⁸⁰ and rs17248748-T, non-HDL-C effect = -0.13 mmol/l, P_adj = 1.3 × 10⁻¹²) and confer protection against CAD (rs72658867-A, OR = 0.76 and P_adj = 2.7 × 10⁻⁸ and rs17248748-T, OR = 0.92 and P_adj = 0.022). The LDLR splice region variant, rs72658867-A, located at position +5 in intron 14 (NM_000527:c.2140+5G>A), causes retention of intron 14 during transcription and is expected to produce a truncated LDL receptor lacking domains essential for function of the receptor. About half of the transcripts generated from chromosomes carrying rs72658867-A are characterized by this retention of the intron. The same variant also increases LDLR mRNA expression, however, the wild type transcripts do not exceed levels in non-carriers. This demonstrates that sequence variants that disrupt the LDL receptor can lower non-HDL-C and protect against CAD.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Artikelnummer	e1005379
Tidsskrift	P L o S Genetics
Vol/bind	11
Udgave nummer	9
Antal sider	20
ISSN	1553-7390
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005379
Status	Udgivet - sep. 2015

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Gretarsdottir, S., Helgason, H., Helgadottir, A., Sigurdsson, A., Thorleifsson, G., Magnusdottir, A., Oddsson, A., Steinthorsdottir, V., Rafnar, T., de Graaf, J., Daneshpour, M. S., Hedayati, M., Azizi, F., Grarup, N., Jørgensen, T., Vestergaard, H., Hansen, T., Eyjolfsson, G., Sigurdardottir, O., ... Stefansson, K. (2015). A Splice Region Variant in LDLR Lowers Non-high Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Protects against Coronary Artery Disease. P L o S Genetics, 11(9), [e1005379]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005379

Gretarsdottir, S, Helgason, H, Helgadottir, A, Sigurdsson, A, Thorleifsson, G, Magnusdottir, A, Oddsson, A, Steinthorsdottir, V, Rafnar, T, de Graaf, J, Daneshpour, MS, Hedayati, M, Azizi, F, Grarup, N, Jørgensen, T, Vestergaard, H , Hansen, T, Eyjolfsson, G, Sigurdardottir, O, Olafsson, I, Kiemeney, LA, Pedersen, O, Sulem, P, Thorgeirsson, G, Gudbjartsson, DF, Holm, H, Thorsteinsdottir, U & Stefansson, K 2015, 'A Splice Region Variant in LDLR Lowers Non-high Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Protects against Coronary Artery Disease', P L o S Genetics, bind 11, nr. 9, e1005379. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005379

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A Splice Region Variant in LDLR Lowers Non-high Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Protects against Coronary Artery Disease

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