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Coding Variation in ANGPTL4, LPL, and SVEP1 and the Risk of Coronary Disease

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Myocardial Infarction Genetics and CARDIoGRAM Exome Consortia Investigators·2016·New England Journal of Medicine

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BACKGROUND: The discovery of low-frequency coding variants affecting the risk of coronary artery disease has facilitated the identification of therapeutic targets. METHODS: Through DNA genotyping, we tested 54,003 coding-sequence variants covering 13,715 human genes in up to 72,868 patients with coronary artery disease and 120,770 controls who did not have coronary artery disease. Through DNA sequencing, we studied the effects of loss-of-function mutations in selected genes. RESULTS: We confirmed previously observed significant associations between coronary artery disease and low-frequency missense variants in the genes LPA and PCSK9. We also found significant associations between coronary artery disease and low-frequency missense variants in the genes SVEP1 (p.D2702G; minor-allele frequency, 3.60%; odds ratio for disease, 1.14; P=4.2×10(-10)) and ANGPTL4 (p.E40K; minor-allele frequency, 2.01%; odds ratio, 0.86; P=4.0×10(-8)), which encodes angiopoietin-like 4. Through sequencing of ANGPTL4, we identified 9 carriers of loss-of-function mutations among 6924 patients with myocardial infarction, as compared with 19 carriers among 6834 controls (odds ratio, 0.47; P=0.04); carriers of ANGPTL4 loss-of-function alleles had triglyceride levels that were 35% lower than the levels among persons who did not carry a loss-of-function allele (P=0.003). ANGPTL4 inhibits lipoprotein lipase; we therefore searched for mutations in LPL and identified a loss-of-function variant that was associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease (p.D36N; minor-allele frequency, 1.9%; odds ratio, 1.13; P=2.0×10(-4)) and a gain-of-function variant that was associated with protection from coronary artery disease (p.S447*; minor-allele frequency, 9.9%; odds ratio, 0.94; P=2.5×10(-7)). CONCLUSIONS: We found that carriers of loss-of-function mutations in ANGPTL4 had triglyceride levels that were lower than those among noncarriers; these mutations were also associated with protection from coronary artery disease. (Funded by the National Institutes of Health and others.).

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  • Rare loss-of-function mutations in the LPL gene are associated with higher plasma triglyceride levels and a higher risk of cardiovascular disease.

    “rare loss-of-function mutations in the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene are associated with higher plasma triglyceride levels and a higher risk of cardiovascular disease”

    From Association of Triglyceride-Lowering <i>LPL</i> Variants and LDL-C–Lowering <i>LDLR</i> Variants With Risk of Coronary Heart Disease (2019) · cites this paper as [13]

    The ‘Coding Variation in LPL and the Risk of Coronary Artery Disease’ section reports that one low-frequency, partial loss-of-function LPL variant (p.D36N) was associated with higher coronary artery disease risk. Figure 2 in the Discussion depicts higher triglycerides as an expected effect of LPL loss of function, but the paper does not report a measured triglyceride association for that variant. The claim presents that expected effect as an observed association and generalizes from one variant to mutations. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Rare loss-of-function mutations in APOC3, ANGPTL3, and ANGPTL4 are associated with lower triglyceride levels and a corresponding lower risk of cardiovascular disease.

    “while rare, loss-of-function mutations in the APOC3, ANGPTL3, and ANGPTL4 genes, which encode for natural inhibitors of LPL, are associated with lower triglyceride levels and a corresponding lower risk of cardiovascular disease.[9][10][11][12][13]”

    From Association of Triglyceride-Lowering <i>LPL</i> Variants and LDL-C–Lowering <i>LDLR</i> Variants With Risk of Coronary Heart Disease (2019) · cites this paper as [13]

    The ANGPTL4 Loss-of-Function Mutations section (page unavailable) reports lower triglyceride levels and lower coronary artery disease risk in ANGPTL4 mutation carriers. The Discussion and Figure 2 caption also describe APOC3 as an LPL inhibitor and discuss its loss-of-function variants, but identify ANGPTL3 only as an LPL regulator; they do not report the claimed triglyceride and disease-risk associations for ANGPTL3. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • Individuals carrying loss-of-function mutations in ANGPTL4 exhibit a lower risk of coronary artery disease compared to noncarriers.

    “large-scale genetic studies have shown that individuals carrying loss-of-function mutations in ANGPTL4 exhibit a lower risk of coronary artery disease compared to noncarriers [34,35].”
  • Mendelian randomization studies focused on variants in the genes encoding apoAV, apoCIII, lipoprotein lipase, and angiopoietin-like proteins 3, 4, and 8 have been highly informative.

    “Mendelian randomization studies focused on variants in the genes encoding apoAV, apoCIII, lipoprotein lipase (LpL) and the angiopoietin-like proteins 3, 4, and 8 (ANGPTL3, ANGPTL4, and ANGPTL8) have been highly informative.29–35”
  • Heterozygous loss-of-function variants in ANGPTL3 and ANGPTL4 are associated with reductions in both plasma TG and ASCVD risk.

    “Similarly, heterozygous LOF variants in ANGPTL311 and ANGPTL412 genes are associated with reductions both in plasma TG and ASCVD risk.”

    From Clinical review on triglycerides (2020) · cites this paper as [12]

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Myocardial Infarction Genetics and CARDIoGRAM Exome Consortia Investigators
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Myocardial Infarction Genetics and CARDIoGRAM Exome Consortia Investigators
Venue
New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2016-03-24
Volume
374
Issue
12
Pages
1134-1144
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
OpenAlex
W2294822677
Cited by
493
References
25
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60.83
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Language
en
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Funders
  • American Heart Association
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (R01HL107816)
  • Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  • Donovan Family Foundation
  • University of Dundee
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • Wellcome Trust (098381, 090532, 090532/Z/09/Z, 090532/Z/09/)
  • Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislaufforschung
  • Massachusetts Medical Society
  • NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust/Institute of Cancer Research
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (NF-SI-0512-10165, NF-SI-0611-10170, NF-SI-0611-10099)
  • British Heart Foundation (090532/Z/09/Z, RG/13/13/30194, RG/08/014/24067, RG/14/5/30893)
  • University of Leicester
  • University College London
  • University of Oxford
  • European Commission (EU-FP7, 261123, 098381)
  • University of Glasgow
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB1123)
  • Fondation Leducq (12CVD02)
  • Universiteit van Amsterdam
  • Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
  • Ministero della Salute
  • Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF16OC0021370, NNF14OC0011049, NNF15OC0016320)
  • Exzellenzclusters Entzündungsforschung
  • National Institutes of Health (UL1TR001070)
  • Medical Research Council (MC_UU_12015/1, MR/N005813/1, MC_PC_13048, EU FP7, MR/L003120/1)
  • Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL127564, K08HL114642, K01HL125751, R01HL107816)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (U01HG008672)
  • National Cancer Institute (R25CA094880)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Lipid metabolism and disorders
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
Keywords
coronary artery disease, ANGPTL4, lipoprotein lipase, SVEP1, missense mutations, loss-of-function mutations, gain-of-function mutations, myocardial infarction, triglyceride levels, PCSK9, LPA, genetic risk factors, triglyceride lowering
MeSH terms
Angiopoietin-Like Protein 4, Aged, Coronary Artery Disease, Female, Humans, Lipoprotein Lipase, Male, Middle Aged, Mutation, Risk Factors, Triglycerides, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Mutation, Missense, Angiopoietins, Genotyping Techniques

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