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Meta-analysis of genome-wide studies identifies WNT16 and ESR1 SNPs associated with bone mineral density in premenopausal women

Koller, Daniel L. ; Zheng, Hou-Feng ; Karasik, David ; Yerges-Armstrong, Laura ; Liu, Ching-Ti ; McGuigan, Fiona LU orcid ; Kemp, John P. ; Giroux, Sylvie ; Lai, Dongbing and Edenberg, Howard J. , et al. (2013) In Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 28(3). p.547-558
Abstract
Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified common variants in genes associated with variation in bone mineral density (BMD), although most have been carried out in combined samples of older women and men. Meta-analyses of these results have identified numerous single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of modest effect at genome-wide significance levels in genes involved in both bone formation and resorption, as well as other pathways. We performed a meta-analysis restricted to premenopausal white women from four cohorts (n=4061 women, aged 20 to 45 years) to identify genes influencing peak bone mass at the lumbar spine and femoral neck. After imputation, age- and weight-adjusted bone-mineral density (BMD) values were... (More)
Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified common variants in genes associated with variation in bone mineral density (BMD), although most have been carried out in combined samples of older women and men. Meta-analyses of these results have identified numerous single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of modest effect at genome-wide significance levels in genes involved in both bone formation and resorption, as well as other pathways. We performed a meta-analysis restricted to premenopausal white women from four cohorts (n=4061 women, aged 20 to 45 years) to identify genes influencing peak bone mass at the lumbar spine and femoral neck. After imputation, age- and weight-adjusted bone-mineral density (BMD) values were tested for association with each SNP. Association of an SNP in the WNT16 gene (rs3801387; p=1.7x109) and multiple SNPs in the ESR1/C6orf97 region (rs4870044; p=1.3x108) achieved genome-wide significance levels for lumbar spine BMD. These SNPs, along with others demonstrating suggestive evidence of association, were then tested for association in seven replication cohorts that included premenopausal women of European, Hispanic-American, and African-American descent (combined n=5597 for femoral neck; n=4744 for lumbar spine). When the data from the discovery and replication cohorts were analyzed jointly, the evidence was more significant (WNT16 joint p=1.3x1011; ESR1/C6orf97 joint p=1.4x1010). Multiple independent association signals were observed with spine BMD at the ESR1 region after conditioning on the primary signal. Analyses of femoral neck BMD also supported association with SNPs in WNT16 and ESR1/C6orf97 (p<1x105). Our results confirm that several of the genes contributing to BMD variation across a broad age range in both sexes have effects of similar magnitude on BMD of the spine in premenopausal women. These data support the hypothesis that variants in these genes of known skeletal function also affect BMD during the premenopausal period. (c) 2013 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. (Less)
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BONE MINERAL DENSITY, GWAS, PREMENOPAUSAL, META-ANALYSIS, GENETICS
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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
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28
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3
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547 - 558
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Wiley-Blackwell
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1523-4681
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10.1002/jbmr.1796
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English
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  abstract     = {{Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified common variants in genes associated with variation in bone mineral density (BMD), although most have been carried out in combined samples of older women and men. Meta-analyses of these results have identified numerous single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of modest effect at genome-wide significance levels in genes involved in both bone formation and resorption, as well as other pathways. We performed a meta-analysis restricted to premenopausal white women from four cohorts (n=4061 women, aged 20 to 45 years) to identify genes influencing peak bone mass at the lumbar spine and femoral neck. After imputation, age- and weight-adjusted bone-mineral density (BMD) values were tested for association with each SNP. Association of an SNP in the WNT16 gene (rs3801387; p=1.7x109) and multiple SNPs in the ESR1/C6orf97 region (rs4870044; p=1.3x108) achieved genome-wide significance levels for lumbar spine BMD. These SNPs, along with others demonstrating suggestive evidence of association, were then tested for association in seven replication cohorts that included premenopausal women of European, Hispanic-American, and African-American descent (combined n=5597 for femoral neck; n=4744 for lumbar spine). When the data from the discovery and replication cohorts were analyzed jointly, the evidence was more significant (WNT16 joint p=1.3x1011; ESR1/C6orf97 joint p=1.4x1010). Multiple independent association signals were observed with spine BMD at the ESR1 region after conditioning on the primary signal. Analyses of femoral neck BMD also supported association with SNPs in WNT16 and ESR1/C6orf97 (p&lt;1x105). Our results confirm that several of the genes contributing to BMD variation across a broad age range in both sexes have effects of similar magnitude on BMD of the spine in premenopausal women. These data support the hypothesis that variants in these genes of known skeletal function also affect BMD during the premenopausal period. (c) 2013 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.}},
  author       = {{Koller, Daniel L. and Zheng, Hou-Feng and Karasik, David and Yerges-Armstrong, Laura and Liu, Ching-Ti and McGuigan, Fiona and Kemp, John P. and Giroux, Sylvie and Lai, Dongbing and Edenberg, Howard J. and Peacock, Munro and Czerwinski, Stefan A. and Choh, Audrey C. and McMahon, George and St Pourcain, Beate and Timpson, Nicholas J. and Lawlor, Debbie A. and Evans, David M. and Towne, Bradford and Blangero, John and Carless, Melanie A. and Kammerer, Candace and Goltzman, David and Kovacs, Christopher S. and Prior, Jerilynn C. and Spector, Tim D. and Rousseau, Francois and Tobias, Jon H. and Åkesson, Kristina and Econs, Michael J. and Mitchell, Braxton D. and Richards, J. Brent and Kiel, Douglas P. and Foroud, Tatiana}},
  issn         = {{1523-4681}},
  keywords     = {{BONE MINERAL DENSITY; GWAS; PREMENOPAUSAL; META-ANALYSIS; GENETICS}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{547--558}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Journal of Bone and Mineral Research}},
  title        = {{Meta-analysis of genome-wide studies identifies WNT16 and ESR1 SNPs associated with bone mineral density in premenopausal women}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.1796}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/jbmr.1796}},
  volume       = {{28}},
  year         = {{2013}},
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