Trans-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies 12 genetic loci influencing blood pressure and implicates a role for DNA methylation

Norihiro Kato; Marie Loh; Fumihiko Takeuchi; Niek Verweij; Xu Wang; Weihua Zhang; Tanika N. Kelly; Danish Saleheen; Benjamin Lehne; Irene Mateo Leach; Alexander W. Drong; James Abbott; Simone Wahl; Sian-Tsung Tan; William R. Scott; Gianluca Campanella; Marc Chadeau-Hyam; Uzma Afzal; Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia; Marc Jan Bonder; Peng Chen; Abbas Dehghan; Todd L. Edwards; Tonu Esko; Min Jin Go; Sarah E. Harris; Jaana Hartiala; Silva Kasela; Anuradhani Kasturiratne; Chiea-Chuen Khor; Marcus E. Kleber; Huaixing Li; Zuan Yu Mok; Masahiro Nakatochi; Nur Sabrina Sapari; Richa Saxena; Alexandre F. R. Stewart; Lisette Stolk; Yasuharu Tabara; Ying Wu; Ron T. Gansevoort; Meena Kumari; Harold Snieder; Wiek H. van Gilst; Dirk J. van Veldhuisen; Folkert W. Asselbergs; Lude Franke; Cisca Wijmenga; Bruce H. W. Wolffenbuttel; Pim van der Harst; BIOS Consortium; CARDIo GRAMplusCD; Lifelines Cohort Study; InterAct Consortium

doi:10.1038/ng.3405

Trans-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies 12 genetic loci influencing blood pressure and implicates a role for DNA methylation

Norihiro Kato^*, Marie Loh, Fumihiko Takeuchi, Niek Verweij, Xu Wang, Weihua Zhang, Tanika N. Kelly, Danish Saleheen, Benjamin Lehne, Irene Mateo Leach, Alexander W. Drong, James Abbott, Simone Wahl, Sian-Tsung Tan, William R. Scott, Gianluca Campanella, Marc Chadeau-Hyam, Uzma Afzal, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, Marc Jan BonderPeng Chen, Abbas Dehghan, Todd L. Edwards, Tonu Esko, Min Jin Go, Sarah E. Harris, Jaana Hartiala, Silva Kasela, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Chiea-Chuen Khor, Marcus E. Kleber, Huaixing Li, Zuan Yu Mok, Masahiro Nakatochi, Nur Sabrina Sapari, Richa Saxena, Alexandre F. R. Stewart, Lisette Stolk, Yasuharu Tabara, Ying Wu, Ron T. Gansevoort, Meena Kumari, Harold Snieder, Wiek H. van Gilst, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Folkert W. Asselbergs, Lude Franke, Cisca Wijmenga, Bruce H. W. Wolffenbuttel, Pim van der Harst, BIOS Consortium, CARDIo GRAMplusCD, Lifelines Cohort Study, InterAct Consortium

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We carried out a trans-ancestry genome-wide association and replication study of blood pressure phenotypes among up to 320,251 individuals of East Asian, European and South Asian ancestry. We find genetic variants at 12 new loci to be associated with blood pressure (P = 3.9 x 10(-11) to 5.0 x 10(-21)). The sentinel blood pressure SNPs are enriched for association with DNA methylation at multiple nearby CpG sites, suggesting that, at some of the loci identified, DNA methylation may lie on the regulatory pathway linking sequence variation to blood pressure. The sentinel SNPs at the 12 new loci point to genes involved in vascular smooth muscle (IGFBP3, KCNK3, PDE3A and PRDM6) and renal (ARHGAP24, OSR1, SLC22A7 and TBX2) function. The new and known genetic variants predict increased left ventricular mass, circulating levels of NT-proBNP, and cardiovascular and all-cause mortality (P = 0.04 to 8.6 x 10(-6)). Our results provide new evidence for the role of DNA methylation in blood pressure regulation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1282-1293.e2
Number of pages	14
Journal	Nature Genetics
Volume	47
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3405
Publication status	Published - Nov-2015

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PULMONARY ARTERIAL-HYPERTENSION
CENTRIC ARRAY
RISK-FACTORS
CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE
VARIANTS
REGIONS
KIDNEY
TISSUE
METAANALYSIS
INDIVIDUALS

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Kato, N., Loh, M., Takeuchi, F., Verweij, N., Wang, X., Zhang, W., Kelly, T. N., Saleheen, D., Lehne, B., Leach, I. M., Drong, A. W., Abbott, J., Wahl, S., Tan, S-T., Scott, W. R., Campanella, G., Chadeau-Hyam, M., Afzal, U., Ahluwalia, T. S., ... InterAct Consortium (2015). Trans-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies 12 genetic loci influencing blood pressure and implicates a role for DNA methylation. Nature Genetics, 47(11), 1282-1293.e2. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3405

Kato, Norihiro ; Loh, Marie ; Takeuchi, Fumihiko ; Verweij, Niek ; Wang, Xu ; Zhang, Weihua ; Kelly, Tanika N. ; Saleheen, Danish ; Lehne, Benjamin ; Leach, Irene Mateo ; Drong, Alexander W. ; Abbott, James ; Wahl, Simone ; Tan, Sian-Tsung ; Scott, William R. ; Campanella, Gianluca ; Chadeau-Hyam, Marc ; Afzal, Uzma ; Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S. ; Bonder, Marc Jan ; Chen, Peng ; Dehghan, Abbas ; Edwards, Todd L. ; Esko, Tonu ; Go, Min Jin ; Harris, Sarah E. ; Hartiala, Jaana ; Kasela, Silva ; Kasturiratne, Anuradhani ; Khor, Chiea-Chuen ; Kleber, Marcus E. ; Li, Huaixing ; Mok, Zuan Yu ; Nakatochi, Masahiro ; Sapari, Nur Sabrina ; Saxena, Richa ; Stewart, Alexandre F. R. ; Stolk, Lisette ; Tabara, Yasuharu ; Wu, Ying ; Gansevoort, Ron T. ; Kumari, Meena ; Snieder, Harold ; van Gilst, Wiek H. ; van Veldhuisen, Dirk J. ; Asselbergs, Folkert W. ; Franke, Lude ; Wijmenga, Cisca ; Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. W. ; van der Harst, Pim ; BIOS Consortium ; CARDIo GRAMplusCD ; Lifelines Cohort Study ; InterAct Consortium. / Trans-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies 12 genetic loci influencing blood pressure and implicates a role for DNA methylation. In: Nature Genetics. 2015 ; Vol. 47, No. 11. pp. 1282-1293.e2.

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