A population-specific low-frequency variant of SLC22A12 (p.W258*) explains nearby genome-wide association signals for serum uric acid concentrations among Koreans.
Prolonged hyperuricemia is a cause of gout and an independent risk factor for chronic health conditions including diabetes and chronic kidney diseases. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) for serum uric acid (SUA) concentrations have repeatedly confirmed genetic loci including those encoding uri...
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| author | Sun-Wha Im Jeesoo Chae Ho-Young Son Belong Cho Jong-Il Kim Jin-Ho Park |
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| description | Prolonged hyperuricemia is a cause of gout and an independent risk factor for chronic health conditions including diabetes and chronic kidney diseases. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) for serum uric acid (SUA) concentrations have repeatedly confirmed genetic loci including those encoding uric acid transporters such as ABCG2 and SLC9A2. However, many single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) found in GWASs have been common variants with small effects and unknown functions. In addition, there is still much heritability to be explained. To identify the causative genetic variants for SUA concentrations in Korean subjects, we conducted a GWAS (1902 males) and validation study (2912 males and females) and found four genetic loci reaching genome-wide significance on chromosomes 4 (ABCG2) and 11 (FRMD8, EIF1AD and SLC22A12-NRXN2). Three loci on chromosome 11 were distributed within a distance of 1.3 megabases and they were in weak or moderate linkage disequilibrium (LD) states (r2 = 0.02-0.68). In a subsequent association analysis on the GWAS loci of chromosome 11 using closely positioned markers derived from whole genome sequencing data, the most significant variant to be linked with the nearby GWAS signal was rs121907892 (c.774G>A, p.W258*) of the SLC22A12 gene. This variant, and each of the three GWAS SNPs, were in LD (r2 = 0.06-0.32). The strength of association of SNPs with SUA concentration (negative logarithm of P-values) and the genetic distance (r2 of LD) between rs121907892 and the surrounding SNPs showed a quantitative correlation. This variant has been found only in Korean and Japanese subjects and is known to lower the SUA concentration in the general population. Thus, this low-frequency variant, rs121907892, known to regulate SUA concentrations in previous studies, is responsible for the nearby GWAS signals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-36d14456c4904c7a8206c6d8c83626292022-12-21T19:22:13ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032020-01-01154e023133610.1371/journal.pone.0231336A population-specific low-frequency variant of SLC22A12 (p.W258*) explains nearby genome-wide association signals for serum uric acid concentrations among Koreans.Sun-Wha ImJeesoo ChaeHo-Young SonBelong ChoJong-Il KimJin-Ho ParkProlonged hyperuricemia is a cause of gout and an independent risk factor for chronic health conditions including diabetes and chronic kidney diseases. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) for serum uric acid (SUA) concentrations have repeatedly confirmed genetic loci including those encoding uric acid transporters such as ABCG2 and SLC9A2. However, many single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) found in GWASs have been common variants with small effects and unknown functions. In addition, there is still much heritability to be explained. To identify the causative genetic variants for SUA concentrations in Korean subjects, we conducted a GWAS (1902 males) and validation study (2912 males and females) and found four genetic loci reaching genome-wide significance on chromosomes 4 (ABCG2) and 11 (FRMD8, EIF1AD and SLC22A12-NRXN2). Three loci on chromosome 11 were distributed within a distance of 1.3 megabases and they were in weak or moderate linkage disequilibrium (LD) states (r2 = 0.02-0.68). In a subsequent association analysis on the GWAS loci of chromosome 11 using closely positioned markers derived from whole genome sequencing data, the most significant variant to be linked with the nearby GWAS signal was rs121907892 (c.774G>A, p.W258*) of the SLC22A12 gene. This variant, and each of the three GWAS SNPs, were in LD (r2 = 0.06-0.32). The strength of association of SNPs with SUA concentration (negative logarithm of P-values) and the genetic distance (r2 of LD) between rs121907892 and the surrounding SNPs showed a quantitative correlation. This variant has been found only in Korean and Japanese subjects and is known to lower the SUA concentration in the general population. Thus, this low-frequency variant, rs121907892, known to regulate SUA concentrations in previous studies, is responsible for the nearby GWAS signals.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231336 |
| spellingShingle | Sun-Wha Im Jeesoo Chae Ho-Young Son Belong Cho Jong-Il Kim Jin-Ho Park A population-specific low-frequency variant of SLC22A12 (p.W258*) explains nearby genome-wide association signals for serum uric acid concentrations among Koreans. PLoS ONE |
| title | A population-specific low-frequency variant of SLC22A12 (p.W258*) explains nearby genome-wide association signals for serum uric acid concentrations among Koreans. |
| title_full | A population-specific low-frequency variant of SLC22A12 (p.W258*) explains nearby genome-wide association signals for serum uric acid concentrations among Koreans. |
| title_fullStr | A population-specific low-frequency variant of SLC22A12 (p.W258*) explains nearby genome-wide association signals for serum uric acid concentrations among Koreans. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A population-specific low-frequency variant of SLC22A12 (p.W258*) explains nearby genome-wide association signals for serum uric acid concentrations among Koreans. |
| title_short | A population-specific low-frequency variant of SLC22A12 (p.W258*) explains nearby genome-wide association signals for serum uric acid concentrations among Koreans. |
| title_sort | population specific low frequency variant of slc22a12 p w258 explains nearby genome wide association signals for serum uric acid concentrations among koreans |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231336 |
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