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Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height

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Marouli, Eirini, Graff, Mariaelisa, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Lo, Ken Sin, Wood, Andrew R., Kjaer, Troels R., Fine, Rebecca S., Lu, Yingchang, Schurmann, Claudia, Highland, Heather M., Rüeger, Sina, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Justice, Anne E., Lamparter, David, Stirrups, Kathleen E., Turcot, Valérie, Young, Kristin L., Winkler, Thomas W., Esko, Tõnu, Karaderi, Tugce, Locke, Adam E., Masca, Nicholas G. D., Ng, Maggie C. 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F., Frayling, Timothy M., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Deloukas, Panos, Lettre, Guillaume·2017·Nature
DOI 10.1038/nature21039PMC PMC5302847
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Abstract

Height is a highly heritable, classic polygenic trait with approximately 700 common associated variants identified through genome-wide association studies so far. Here, we report 83 height-associated coding variants with lower minor-allele frequencies (in the range of 0.1-4.8%) and effects of up to 2 centimetres per allele (such as those in IHH, STC2, AR and CRISPLD2), greater than ten times the average effect of common variants. In functional follow-up studies, rare height-increasing alleles of STC2 (giving an increase of 1-2 centimetres per allele) compromised proteolytic inhibition of PAPP-A and increased cleavage of IGFBP-4 in vitro, resulting in higher bioavailability of insulin-like growth factors. These 83 height-associated variants overlap genes that are mutated in monogenic growth disorders and highlight new biological candidates (such as ADAMTS3, IL11RA and NOX4) and pathways (such as proteoglycan and glycosaminoglycan synthesis) involved in growth. Our results demonstrate that sufficiently large sample sizes can uncover rare and low-frequency variants of moderate-to-large effect associated with polygenic human phenotypes, and that these variants implicate relevant genes and pathways.

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Marouli, E., Graff, M., Medina-Gomez, C., Lo, K. S., Wood, A. R., Kjaer, T. R., Fine, R. S., Lu, Y., Schurmann, C., Highland, H. M., Rüeger, S., Thorleifsson, G., Justice, A. E., Lamparter, D., Stirrups, K. E., Turcot, V., Young, K. L., Winkler, T. W., Esko, T., Karaderi, T., Locke, A. E., Masca, N. G. D., Ng, M. C. Y., Mudgal, P., Rivas, M. A., Vedantam, S., Mahajan, A., Guo, X., Abecasis, G., Aben, K. K., Adair, L. S., Alam, D. S., Albrecht, E., Allin, K. H., Allison, M., Amouyel, P., Appel, E. V., Arveiler, D., Asselbergs, F. W., Auer, P. L., Balkau, B., Banas, B., Bang, L. E., Benn, M., Bergmann, S., Bielak, L. F., Blüher, M., Boeing, H., Boerwinkle, E., Böger, C. A., Bonnycastle, L. L., Bork-Jensen, J., Bots, M. L., Bottinger, E. P., Bowden, D. W., Brandslund, I., Breen, G., Brilliant, M. H., Broer, L., Burt, A. A., Butterworth, A. S., Carey, D. J., Caulfield, M. J., Chambers, J. C., Chasman, D. I., Chen, Y.-D. I., Chowdhury, R., Christensen, C., Chu, A. 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10.1038/nature21039
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  • Queen Mary Research Online (Queen Mary University of London) (submittedVersion)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
  • Explore Bristol Research (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion)
  • VU Research Portal (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Spiral (Imperial College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Brunel University Research Archive (BURA) (Brunel University London) (submittedVersion)
  • Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity)
Funders
  • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (2014105)
  • University of Southern California
  • Harvard University
  • Helsingin Yliopisto
  • University of Washington
  • European Hematology Association (TRTH136)
  • Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet
  • Wellcome Trust (068545/Z/02), 202802/Z/16/Z, 098395/Z/12/Z)
  • United Kingdom Clinical Research Collaboration
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen (SDCC 3.A Complications)
  • Sidra Medicine
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (NF-SI-0512-10165, ACF-2016-19-005, NF-SI-0611-10136, NF-SI-0512-10113, NF-SI-0611-10099, NF-SI-0611-10219, NF-SI-0616-10080)
  • British Heart Foundation (SP/13/2/30111, RG/08/014/24067, RG/14/5/30893)
  • University of Exeter
  • Imperial College London
  • University College London
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Glasgow
  • University of Aberdeen
  • Menzies Research Institute Tasmania
  • University of Tasmania
  • Universiteit Leiden
  • Aalborg Universitet
  • Gentofte Hospital
  • Erasmus Medisch Centrum
  • Lunds Universitet
  • Lundbeckfonden (R190 2014-3904, R16-2007-1691)
  • Tampereen Yliopisto
  • Université de Toulouse
  • Umeå Universitet (901 87)
  • Universitetet i Bergen
  • Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
  • Rigshospitalet
  • Region Hovedstaden
  • Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
  • Háskóli Íslands
  • Syddansk Universitet
  • Uppsala Universitet
  • Università di Pisa
  • Science for Life Laboratory
  • Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF14OC0010497, NNF16OC0021496)
  • Haukeland Universitetssjukehus
  • Tays
  • Hjartavernd
  • Menzies Institute for Medical Research
  • Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos
  • National Institutes of Health (1s10od018522-01, UL1TR000124, KL2TR001109, n01hc95159-40-0-1, UL1TR001881)
  • School of Medicine, Stanford University
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Social Science Research Institute, Duke University
  • Medical Research Council (MR/K006584/1, MR/M501633/2, MR/L01341X/1, MR/L003120/1, MR/K002414/1, MR/L01632X/1, MR/K026992/1, MC_PC_13040, MC_UU_12015/2, MR/M501633/1, MC_PC_15018, MC_UU_12015/1, MR/K007017/1)
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/F019394/1)
  • Helse Sør-Øst RHF
  • Helmholtz Zentrum München
  • NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
  • Netherlands Heart Institute
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL127564, HHSN268201300046C, N01-HC-095159, R01HL119443, R35HL135824, HHSN268201100046C, K99HL130580, K23HL114724, R01HL117078, T32HL007055)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH090553)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (U01HG008657, U01HG007417)
  • National Eye Institute (R01EY022310)
  • National Cancer Institute (UM1CA182913, P30CA008748)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM096911)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK072193, R01DK089256, U01DK062370, DP3DK108220, R01DK107904, R01DK106621, R01DK075787, P30DK020572, R01DK093757, P30DK063491)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD057194, P2CHD050924)
  • Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Institute of Genetics
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Physical Performance
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
Keywords
adult height, rare coding variants, low-frequency variants, polygenic traits, STC2, PAPP-A, IGFBP-4, insulin-like growth factor, Ihh, AR, CRISPLD2, ADAMTS3, NOX4, proteoglycan synthesis, glycosaminoglycan synthesis
MeSH terms
ADAMTS Proteins, NADPH Oxidase 4, Adult, Alleles, Body Height, Female, Gene Frequency, Glycoproteins, Glycosaminoglycans, Humans, Male, Phenotype, Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A, Procollagen N-Endopeptidase, Proteoglycans, Receptors, Androgen, Somatomedins, Genetic Variation, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Genome, Human, NADPH Oxidases, Multifactorial Inheritance, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Interferon Regulatory Factors, Interleukin-11 Receptor alpha Subunit, Hedgehog Proteins, Proteolysis

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