Genetic loci associated with heart rate variability and their effects on cardiac disease risk

Ilja M. Nolte, M. Loretto Munoz, Vinicius Tragante, Azmeraw T. Amare, Rick Jansen, Ahmad Vaez, Benedikt von der Heyde, Christy L. Avery, Joshua C. Bis, Bram Dierckx, Jenny van Dongen, Stephanie M. Gogarten, Philippe Goyette, Jussi Hernesniemi, Ville Huikari, Shih-Jen Hwang, Deepali Jaju, Kathleen F. Kerr, Alexander Kluttig, Bouwe P. KrijtheJitender Kumar, Sander W. van der Laan, Leo-Pekka Lyytikainen, Adam X. Maihofer, Arpi Minassian, Peter J. van der Most, Martina Mueller-Nurasyid, Michel Nivard, Erika Salvi, James D. Stewart, Julian F. Thayer, Niek Verweij, Andrew Wong, Delilah Zabaneh, Mohammad H. Zafarmand, Abdel Abdellaoui, Sulayma Albarwani, Christine Albert, Alvaro Alonso, Foram Ashar, Juha Auvinen, Tomas Axelsson, Dewleen G. Baker, Paul I. W. de Bakker, Matteo Barcella, Riad Bayoumi, Rob J. Bieringa, Dorret Boomsma, Gabrielle Boucher, Annie R. Britton, Ingrid E. Christophersen, Andrea Dietrich, George B. Ehret, Patrick T. Ellinor, Markku Eskola, Janine F. Felix, John S. Floras, Oscar H. Franco, Peter Friberg, Maaike G. J. Gademan, Mark A. Geyer, Vilmantas Giedraitis, Catharina A. Hartman, Daiane Hemerich, Albert Hofman, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Heikki Huikuri, Nina Hutri-Kahonen, Xavier Jouven, Juhani Junttila, Markus Juonala, Antti M. Kiviniemi, Jan A. Kors, Meena Kumari, Tatiana Kuznetsova, Cathy C. Laurie, Joop D. Lefrandt, Yong Li, Yun Li, Duanping Liao, Marian C. Limacher, Henry J. Lin, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Steven A. Lubitz, Anubha Mahajan, Barbara McKnight, Henriette Meyer zu Schwabedissen, Yuri Milaneschi, Nina Mononen, Andrew P. Morris, Mike A. Nalls, Gerjan Navis, Melanie Neijts, Kjell Nikus, Kari E. North, Daniel T. O'Connor, Johan Ormel, Siegfried Perz, Annette Peters, Bruce M. Psaty, Olli T. Raitakari, Victoria B. Risbrough, Moritz F. Sinner, David Siscovick, Johannes H. Smit, Nicholas L. Smith, Elsayed Z. Soliman, Nona Sotoodehnia, Jan A. Staessen, Phyllis K. Stein, Adrienne M. Stilp, Katarzyna Stolarz-Skrzypek, Konstantin Strauch, Johan Sundstrom, Cees A. Swenne, Ann-Christine Syvanen, Jean-Claude Tardif, Kent D. Taylor, Alexander Teumer, Timothy A. Thornton, Lesley E. Tinker, Andre G. Uitterlinden, Jessica van Setten, Andreas Voss, Melanie Waldenberger, Kirk C. Wilhelmsen, Gonneke Willemsen, Quenna Wong, Zhu-Ming Zhang, Alan B. Zonderman, Daniele Cusi, Michele K. Evans, Halina K. Greiser, Pim van der Harst, Mohammad Hassan, Erik Ingelsson, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Stefan Kaab, Mika Kahonen, Mika Kivimaki, Charles Kooperberg, Diana Kuh, Terho Lehtimaki, Lars Lind, Caroline M. Nievergelt, Chris J. O'Donnell, Albertine J. Oldehinkel, Brenda Penninx, Alexander P. Reiner, Harriette Riese, Arie M. van Roon, John D. Rioux, Jerome I. Rotter, Tamar Sofer, Bruno H. Stricker, Henning Tiemeier, Tanja G. M. Vrijkotte, Folkert W. Asselbergs, Bianca J. J. M. Brundel, Susan R. Heckbert, Eric A. Whitsel, Marcel den Hoed, Harold Snieder, Eco J. C. de Geus

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Abstract

Reduced cardiac vagal control reflected in low heart rate variability (HRV) is associated with greater risks for cardiac morbidity and mortality. In two-stage meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies for three HRV traits in up to 53,174 individuals of European ancestry, we detect 17 genome-wide significant SNPs in eight loci. HRV SNPs tag non-synonymous SNPs (in NDUFA11 and KIAA1755), expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) (influencing GNG11, RGS6 and NEO1), or are located in genes preferentially expressed in the sinoatrial node (GNG11, RGS6 and HCN4). Genetic risk scores account for 0.9 to 2.6% of the HRV variance. Significant genetic correlation is found for HRV with heart rate (-0.74 <r(g) <-0.55) and blood pressure (-0.35 <r(g) <-0.20). These findings provide clinically relevant biological insight into heritable variation in vagal heart rhythm regulation, with a key role for genetic variants (GNG11, RGS6) that influence G-protein heterotrimer action in GIRK-channel induced pacemaker membrane hyperpolarization.

Original languageEnglish
Article number15805
Number of pages15
JournalNature Communications
Volume8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14-Jun-2017

Keywords

  • GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION
  • RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA
  • PARASYMPATHETIC REGULATION
  • ATRIAL-FIBRILLATION
  • METAANALYSIS
  • MORTALITY
  • COHORT
  • RECORDINGS
  • MODULATOR
  • PEDIGREES

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      Nolte, I. M., Munoz, M. L., Tragante, V., Amare, A. T., Jansen, R., Vaez, A., von der Heyde, B., Avery, C. L., Bis, J. C., Dierckx, B., van Dongen, J., Gogarten, S. M., Goyette, P., Hernesniemi, J., Huikari, V., Hwang, S.-J., Jaju, D., Kerr, K. F., Kluttig, A. & Krijthe, B. P. & 144 others, Kumar, J., van der Laan, S. W., Lyytikainen, L.-P., Maihofer, A. X., Minassian, A., van der Most, P. J., Mueller-Nurasyid, M., Nivard, M., Salvi, E., Stewart, J. D., Thayer, J. F., Verweij, N., Wong, A., Zabaneh, D., Zafarmand, M. H., Abdellaoui, A., Albarwani, S., Albert, C., Alonso, A., Ashar, F., Auvinen, J., Axelsson, T., Baker, D. G., de Bakker, P. I. W., Barcella, M., Bayoumi, R., Bieringa, R. J., Boomsma, D., Boucher, G., Britton, A. R., Christophersen, I., Dietrich, A., Ehret, G. B., Ellinor, P. T., Eskola, M., Felix, J. F., Floras, J. S., Franco, O. H., Friberg, P., Gademan, M. G. J., Geyer, M. A., Giedraitis, V., Hartman, C. A., Hemerich, D., Hofman, A., Hottenga, J.-J., Huikuri, H., Hutri-Kahonen, N., Jouven, X., Junttila, J., Juonala, M., Kiviniemi, A. M., Kors, J. A., Kumari, M., Kuznetsova, T., Laurie, C. C., Lefrandt, J. D., Li, Y., Li, Y., Liao, D., Limacher, M. C., Lin, H. J., Lindgren, C. M., Lubitz, S. A., Mahajan, A., McKnight, B., zu Schwabedissen, H. M., Milaneschi, Y., Mononen, N., Morris, A. P., Nalls, M. A., Navis, G., Neijts, M., Nikus, K., North, K. E., O'Connor, D. T., Ormel, J., Perz, S., Peters, A., Psaty, B. M., Raitakari, O. T., Risbrough, V. B., Sinner, M. F., Siscovick, D., Smit, J. H., Smith, N. L., Soliman, E. Z., Sotoodehnia, N., Staessen, J. A., Stein, P. K., Stilp, A. M., Stolarz-Skrzypek, K., Strauch, K., Sundstrom, J., Swenne, C. A., Syvanen, A.-C., Tardif, J.-C., Taylor, K. D., Teumer, A., Thornton, T. A., Tinker, L. E., Uitterlinden, A. G., van Setten, J., Voss, A., Waldenberger, M., Wilhelmsen, K. C., Willemsen, G., Wong, Q., Zhang, Z.-M., Zonderman, A. B., Cusi, D., Evans, M. K., Greiser, H. K., van der Harst, P., Hassan, M., Ingelsson, E., Jarvelin, M.-R., Kaab, S., Kahonen, M., Kivimaki, M., Kooperberg, C., Kuh, D., Lehtimaki, T., Lind, L., Nievergelt, C. M., O'Donnell, C. J., Oldehinkel, A. J., Penninx, B., Reiner, A. P., Riese, H., van Roon, A. M., Rioux, J. D., Rotter, J. I., Sofer, T., Stricker, B. H., Tiemeier, H., Vrijkotte, T. G. M., Asselbergs, F. W., Brundel, B. J. J. M., Heckbert, S. R., Whitsel, E. A., den Hoed, M., Snieder, H. & de Geus, E. J. C., 2-Aug-2017, In: Nature Communications. 8, 16140, p. 16140 2 p., 16140.

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