Identification of 2 loci associated with development of myxomatous mitral valve disease in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels

Majbritt Busk Madsen, Lisbeth Høier Olsen, Jens Häggström, Katja Höglund, Ingrid Ljungvall, Bo Torkel Falk, Gerhard Wess, Hannah Stephenson, Joanna Dukes-McEwan, Valérie Chetboul, Vassilki Gouni, Helle Friis Proschowsky, Susanna Cirera Salicio, Peter Karlskov-Mortensen, Merete Fredholm

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    Abstract

    Myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) is the most common heart disease in dogs. It is characterized by chronic progressive degenerative lesions of the mitral valve. The valve leaflets become thickened and prolapse into the left atrium resulting in mitral regurgitation (MR). MMVD is most prevalent in small to medium sized dog breeds, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (CKCS) in particular. The onset of MMVD is highly age dependent, and at the age of 10 years, nearly all CKCS are affected. The incidence of a similar disease in humans-mitral valve prolapse-is 1-5%. By defining CKCSs with an early onset of MMVD as cases and old dogs with no or mild signs of MMVD as controls, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to identify loci associated with development of MMVD. We have identified a 1.58 Mb region on CFA13 (P(genome) = 4.0 × 10(-5)) and a 1.68 Mb region on CFA14 (P(genome) = 7.9 × 10(-4)) associated with development of MMVD. This confirms the power of using the dog as a model to uncover potential candidate regions involved in the molecular mechanisms behind complex traits.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJournal of Heredity
    Volume102
    Issue numberSuppl. 1
    Pages (from-to)S62-S67
    Number of pages6
    ISSN0022-1503
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011

    Keywords

    • Animals
    • Chromosome Mapping
    • Dog Diseases
    • Dogs
    • Europe
    • Genome-Wide Association Study
    • Genotype
    • Mitral Valve Prolapse
    • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
    • Species Specificity

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