Trans-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies 12 genetic loci influencing blood pressure and implicates a role for DNA methylation

Norihiro Kato, Marie Loh, Fumihiko Takeuchi, Niek Verweij, Xu Wang, Weihua Zhang, Tanika N Kelly, Danish Saleheen, Benjamin Lehne, Irene Mateo Leach, Alexander W Drong, James Abbott, Simone Wahl, Sian-Tsung Tan, William R Scott, Gianluca Campanella, Marc Chadeau-Hyam, Uzma Afzal, Tarun Veer Singh Ahluwalia, Marc Jan BonderPeng Chen, Abbas Dehghan, Todd L Edwards, Tõnu Esko, Min Jin Go, Sarah E Harris, Jaana Hartiala, Silva Kasela, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Chiea-Chuen Khor, Marcus E Kleber, Huaixing Li, Zuan Yu Mok, Masahiro Nakatochi, Nur Sabrina Sapari, Richa Saxena, Alexandre F R Stewart, Lisette Stolk, Yasuharu Tabara, Ai Ling Teh, Ying Wu, Jer-Yuarn Wu, Niels Grarup, Johanne M Justesen, Thomas Hempel Sparsø, Torben Hansen, Torben Jørgensen, Allan Linneberg, Oluf Pedersen, Thorkild I A Sørensen, BIOS Consortium

176 Citationer (Scopus)

Abstract

We carried out a trans-ancestry genome-wide association and replication study of blood pressure phenotypes among up to 320,251 individuals of East Asian, European and South Asian ancestry. We find genetic variants at 12 new loci to be associated with blood pressure (P = 3.9 × 10(-11) to 5.0 × 10(-21)). The sentinel blood pressure SNPs are enriched for association with DNA methylation at multiple nearby CpG sites, suggesting that, at some of the loci identified, DNA methylation may lie on the regulatory pathway linking sequence variation to blood pressure. The sentinel SNPs at the 12 new loci point to genes involved in vascular smooth muscle (IGFBP3, KCNK3, PDE3A and PRDM6) and renal (ARHGAP24, OSR1, SLC22A7 and TBX2) function. The new and known genetic variants predict increased left ventricular mass, circulating levels of NT-proBNP, and cardiovascular and all-cause mortality (P = 0.04 to 8.6 × 10(-6)). Our results provide new evidence for the role of DNA methylation in blood pressure regulation.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftNature Genetics
Vol/bind47
Udgave nummer11
Sider (fra-til)1282-93
Antal sider12
ISSN1061-4036
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 nov. 2015

Fingeraftryk

Dyk ned i forskningsemnerne om 'Trans-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies 12 genetic loci influencing blood pressure and implicates a role for DNA methylation'. Sammen danner de et unikt fingeraftryk.

Citationsformater