A Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Variants in ARL15 that Influence Adiponectin Levels

Autor: Gérard Waeber, Robert Sladek, Nicholas J. Timpson, Luigi Ferrucci, James B. Meigs, David M. Evans, Marie-France Hivert, George Davey Smith, John E. Deanfield, J. Brent Richards, Joseph M. Devaney, Beate Glaser, Toshiko Tanaka, Ruth J. F. Loos, Claudia Langenberg, Christina Willenborg, Christian Hengstenberg, Stephen O'Rahilly, Peter Vollenweider, Klaus Stark, John R. B. Perry, Jaquelin C. M. Witteman, Vincent Mooser, Ruth McPherson, Sally L. Ricketts, Nuno Rocha, Naveed Sattar, Muredach P. Reilly, Scott M. Grundy, Elin Grundberg, Alexandre F.R. Stewart, Keith Burling, Janina Winogradow, Robert K. Semple, Nicole Soranzo, Stephen E. Epstein, Martina Grassl, Mary-Susan Burnett, Robert W. Mahley, John R. Thompson, Nicholas J. Wareham, Josée Dupuis, David Melzer, Richa Saxena, Yurii S. Aulchenko, Panos Deloukas, Josephine M. Egan, Jose C. Florez, H-Erich Wichmann, Wibke Reinhard, Tim D. Spector, Dawn M. Waterworth, Daniel J. Rader, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Nilesh J. Samani, Inke R. König, Inga Prokopenko, Aroon D. Hingorani, Tomi Pastinen, Timothy M. Frayling, Heribert Schunkert, Y. Antero Kesäniemi, Phil Barter, Kijoung Song, Jeanette Erdmann, Alistair S. Hall
Přispěvatelé: Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, Song Kijoung)
Rok vydání: 2009
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Polymorphism
Single Nucleotide

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Framingham Heart Study
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Plasma Adiponectin
Metabolic Syndrome
Circulating Adiponectin
Myocardial-Infarction
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APM1 Gene
Colaus Study
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Adiponectin
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Genome-Wide Association Study
Research Article
Zdroj: PLoS Genetics (print), 5(12). Public Library of Science
Scopus-Elsevier
PLoS Genetics, Vol 5, Iss 12, p e1000768 (2009)
PLoS Genetics
PLoS genetics
PLoS Genetics, vol. 5, no. 12, pp. 1000768
e1000768
PLoS Genetics; Vol 5
ISSN: 1553-7390
Popis: The adipocyte-derived protein adiponectin is highly heritable and inversely associated with risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and coronary heart disease (CHD). We meta-analyzed 3 genome-wide association studies for circulating adiponectin levels (n = 8,531) and sought validation of the lead single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 5 additional cohorts (n = 6,202). Five SNPs were genome-wide significant in their relationship with adiponectin (P≤5×10−8). We then tested whether these 5 SNPs were associated with risk of T2D and CHD using a Bonferroni-corrected threshold of P≤0.011 to declare statistical significance for these disease associations. SNPs at the adiponectin-encoding ADIPOQ locus demonstrated the strongest associations with adiponectin levels (P-combined = 9.2×10−19 for lead SNP, rs266717, n = 14,733). A novel variant in the ARL15 (ADP-ribosylation factor-like 15) gene was associated with lower circulating levels of adiponectin (rs4311394-G, P-combined = 2.9×10−8, n = 14,733). This same risk allele at ARL15 was also associated with a higher risk of CHD (odds ratio [OR] = 1.12, P = 8.5×10−6, n = 22,421) more nominally, an increased risk of T2D (OR = 1.11, P = 3.2×10−3, n = 10,128), and several metabolic traits. Expression studies in humans indicated that ARL15 is well-expressed in skeletal muscle. These findings identify a novel protein, ARL15, which influences circulating adiponectin levels and may impact upon CHD risk.
Author Summary Through a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of 14,733 individuals, we identified common base-pair variants in the genome which influence circulating adiponectin levels. Since adiponectin is an adipocyte-derived circulating protein which has been inversely associated with risk of obesity-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes (T2D) and coronary heart disease (CHD), we next sought to understand if the identified variants influencing adiponectin levels also influence risk of T2D, CHD, and several metabolic traits. In addition to confirming that variation at the ADIPOQ locus influences adiponectin levels, our analyses point to a variant in the ARL15 (ADP-ribosylation factor-like 15) locus which decreases adiponectin levels and increases risk of CHD and T2D. Further, this same variant was associated with increased fasting insulin levels and glycated hemoglobin. While the function of ARL15 is not known, we provide insight into the tissue specificity of ARL15 expression. These results thus provide novel insights into the physiology of the adiponectin pathway and obesity-related diseases.
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