In:
Circulation, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 133, No. suppl_1 ( 2016-03)
Abstract:
Central adiposity is a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and genetic factors contribute both to fat distribution, measured as waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI (WHRa), and to differences in central adiposity prevalence. To date, 49 loci have been associated with WHRa, based on studies of common [minor allele frequency (MAF) ≥5%] single nucleotide variants (SNVs), primarily in European descent populations. Our aim was to identify low frequency (LFV: MAF 〈 5%) and rare (RV: MAF 〈 1%) coding variants associated with WHRa using Exome-Chip data from 344,369 individuals of European (84%), South Asian (8%), African (5%), East Asian(2%), and Hispanic/Latino (1%) ancestry. We performed fixed effects meta-analyses of study-specific WHRa associations stratified by sex and ancestry and then combined across strata for both SNV and gene-based results. We used a strict definition of variants annotated as damaging by 5 algorithms to perform gene-based analyses using the sequence kernel association test (SKAT). Analyses included up to 284,499 SNVs (218,195 with MAF 〈 5%), and 15,063 genes with at least one SNV that met our inclusion criteria. Five LFVs reached chip-wide significance (CWS: P 〈 2.5E-7) in our all ancestry sex-combined analyses, including one novel non-synonymous LFV in RAPGEF3 [MAF=0.01, β (SE) = -0.09 (0.012), P=1.28E-13]. In addition, one novel RV reached CWS in men for UGGT2 [MAF 〈 0.01, β (SE) = -0.142 (0.025), P=9.71E-9], and one RV reached CWS in women for ACVR1C [MAF 〈 0.01, β (SE) = -0.09 (0.018), P=1.09E-7]. Gene-based analyses identified RAPGEF3 (P=1.18E-11) as significantly associated with WHRa in the all ancestry sex combined analyses after correction for multiple tests (P 〈 2.5E-6), though conditional analysis revealed that this result is driven by the top SV identified in this region. RAPGEF3 also shows a significant association (p=4.68E-12) in all ancestry, sex combined gene-based analysis of BMI. RAPGEF3 is expressed in subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue, and has been implicated in insulin regulation. RAPGEF3 plays a role in the GLP1 pathway, which controls insulin secretion in response to blood glucose concentration. Our results highlight the importance of large-scale genomic studies for identifying LFV and RV influencing central fat distribution. Understanding these genetic effects may provide insights into the progression of central adiposity and highlight potential population-specific variants that increase susceptibility.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0009-7322
,
1524-4539
DOI:
10.1161/circ.133.suppl_1.mp84
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publication Date:
2016
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1466401-X
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