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Genome-wide association study identifies multiple loci influencing human serum metabolite levels

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Kettunen, Johannes, Tukiainen, Taru, Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Ortega-Alonso, Alfredo, Tikkanen, Emmi, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Kangas, Antti J, Soininen, Pasi +23 more·2012·Nature Genetics

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Nuclear magnetic resonance assays allow for measurement of a wide range of metabolic phenotypes. We report here the results of a GWAS on 8,330 Finnish individuals genotyped and imputed at 7.7 million SNPs for a range of 216 serum metabolic phenotypes assessed by NMR of serum samples. We identified significant associations (P < 2.31 × 10(-10)) at 31 loci, including 11 for which there have not been previous reports of associations to a metabolic trait or disorder. Analyses of Finnish twin pairs suggested that the metabolic measures reported here show higher heritability than comparable conventional metabolic phenotypes. In accordance with our expectations, SNPs at the 31 loci associated with individual metabolites account for a greater proportion of the genetic component of trait variance (up to 40%) than is typically observed for conventional serum metabolic phenotypes. The identification of such associations may provide substantial insight into cardiometabolic disorders.

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  • A population study of 8,330 European individuals analyzed 216 serum metabolites using NMR and identified 31 mQTLs, including 11 novel loci without known association with any traits or diseases.

    “Another population study of 8,330 European individuals analyzed 216 serum metabolites using NMR (Kettunen et al., 2012). The GWAS of these metabolites identified 31 mQTLs including 11 novel loci without known association with any traits or diseases.”
  • Several systems genetics studies of metabolites in human plasma or serum have been reported.

    “Several systems genetics studies of metabolites in human plasma or serum have been reported (Gieger et al., 2008; Kettunen et al., 2012; Shin et al., 2014; Suhre et al., 2011; Yu et al., 2013).”
  • Genome-wide analysis studies have identified loci associated with variations in endogenous metabolite concentrations, and many of these genes coded for metabolic enzymes.

    “A number of loci associated with variations in the concentration of endogenous metabolites could be identified in genome-wide analysis studies, and many of these genes were coding for metabolic enzymes (180-182).”

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Kettunen, J., Tukiainen, T., Sarin, A.-P., Ortega-Alonso, A., Tikkanen, E., Lyytikäinen, L.-P., Kangas, A. J., Soininen, P., Würtz, P., Silander, K., Dick, D. M., Rose, R. J., Savolainen, M. J., Viikari, J., Kähönen, M., Lehtimäki, T., Pietiläinen, K. H., Inouye, M., McCarthy, M. I., Jula, A., Eriksson, J., Raitakari, O. T., Salomaa, V., Kaprio, J., Järvelin, M.-R., Peltonen, L., Perola, M., Freimer, N. B., Ala-Korpela, M., Palotie, A., & Ripatti, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Helsinki (FI)
  • Tampere University Hospital (FI)
  • University of Oulu (FI)
  • University of Eastern Finland (FI)
  • Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
  • University of Turku (FI)
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • Centre for Human Genetics (GB)
  • Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI)
  • Imperial College London (GB)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • Broad Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Ripatti, Samuli
Venue
Nature Genetics
Published
2012-01-29
Volume
44
Issue
3
Pages
269-276
ISSN
  • 1061-4036 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1718
OpenAlex
W2169718193
Cited by
553
References
44
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FWCI
35.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Nature Genetics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion)
  • STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari) (submittedVersion)
  • WOS
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (089062/Z/09/Z, GR069224, 89061/Z/09/Z, 090532, 098051)
  • Novo Nordisk Fonden (#NNF10OC1013354)
  • National Institutes of Health (6r01hl087679-03, 5rl1mh083268-05)
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (K02AA018755, AA12502, AA 15416, R01AA008315, R01AA012502, R01AA009203, R37AA012502, AA08315, R01AA015416)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (5R01HL087679, R01 HL087679)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (RL1-MH083268, 1RL1MH083268)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
Keywords
serum metabolites, genetic loci, NMR metabolomics, heritability, twin pairs, cardiometabolic disease, genetic variants, Finnish population, metabolic phenotypes
MeSH terms
Amino Acids, Analysis of Variance, Finland, Genotype, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Inheritance Patterns, Quantitative Trait Loci, Serum, Lipid Metabolism, Genome-Wide Association Study, Metabolome

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