scholarly journals Identification of Genetic Susceptibility Factors Associated with Canine Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus

Genes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1313
Author(s):  
Ignazio S. Piras ◽  
Nieves Perdigones ◽  
Victoria Zismann ◽  
Natalia Briones ◽  
Salvatore Facista ◽  
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Canine gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV) is a common life-threatening condition occurring primarily in large and giant breeds with a 3.9% to 36.7% lifetime risk. The genetic correlates of GDV have not previously been systematically explored. We undertook an inter-breed genome-wide association analysis (GWAS) of 253 dogs from ten breeds including 106 healthy dogs and 147 dogs with at least one GDV episode. SNP array genotyping followed by imputation was conducted on 241 samples to identify GDV-associated single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and copy number variations (CNVs). A subset of 33 dogs (15 healthy dogs and 18 GDV patients from the three most represented breeds) was characterized by whole genome sequencing (WGS). After genome-wide Bonferroni correction, we identified a significant putatively protective intergenic SNP (rs851737064) across all breeds. The signal was most significant in Collies, German Shorthaired Pointers, and Great Danes. Subsequent focused analysis across these three breeds identified 12 significant additional putatively protective or deleterious SNPs. Notable significant SNPs included those occurring in genes involved in gastric tone and motility including VHL, NALCN, and PRKCZ. These data provide important new clues to canine GDV risk factors and facilitate generation of hypotheses regarding the genetic and molecular underpinnings this syndrome.

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Myoungsook Lee ◽  
Yunkyoung Lee ◽  
Inhae Kang ◽  
Jieun Shin ◽  
Sungbin R. Sorn

From a pilot GWAS, seven MAP2K6 (MEK6) SNPs were significantly associated with resting metabolic rate (RMR) in obese children aged 8–9 years. The aim of this study was to investigate how RMR-linked MEK6 variation affected obesity in Korean children. With the follow-up students (77.9%) in the 3-year panel study, the changes of the variables associated with obesity (such as anthropometrics, blood biochemistry, and dietary intake) were collected. After the MEK6 SNPs were screened by Affymetrix Genome-Wide Human SNP array 6.0, the genotyping of the seven MEK6 SNPs was performed via SNaPshot assay. As the prevalence of obesity (≥85th percentile) increased from 19.4% to 25.5%, the rates of change of the variables RMR, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), systolic blood pressure (SBP), and dietary intake (energy and carbohydrate intakes) increased. The rate of overweight/obesity was higher in all mutant alleles of the seven MEK6 SNPs than it was in the matched children without mutant alleles. However, over the 3-year study period, RMRs were only significantly increased by the mutants of two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs996229 and rs756942, mainly related to male overweight/obesity as both WC and SBP levels increased. In the mutants of two of the SNPs, the odds ratio of overweight/obesity risk was six times higher in the highest tercile of fat intake and SBP than those of the lowest tercile. For personalized medicine to prevent pediatric obesity, SBP, WC, and dietary fat intake should be observed, particularly if boys have mutants of MEK6 SNPs, rs9916229, or rs756942.


Author(s):  
Mohamed Elrayess ◽  
Fatima Al-Khelaifi ◽  
Noha Yousri ◽  
Omar Al-Bagha

Research into the genetic predisposition to superior athletic performance has been a hindered by the underpowered studies and the small effect size of identified genetic variants. The aims of this study were to investigate the association of common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with endurance athlete status in a large cohort of elite European athletes using GWAS approach, followed by replication studies in Russian and Japanese elite athletes and functional validation using metabolomics analysis. Results: The association of 476,728 SNPs of Illumina DrugCore Gene chip and endurance athlete status was investigated in 796 European international-level athletes (645 males, 151 females) by comparing allelic frequencies between athletes specialized in sports with high (n=662) and low/moderate (n=134) aerobic component. Validation of results was performed by comparing the frequencies of the most significant SNPs between 242 and 168 elite Russian high and low/moderate aerobic athletes, respectively, and between 60 elite Japanese endurance athletes and 406 controls. A meta-analysis has identified rs1052373 (GG homozygotes) in Myosin Binding Protein (MYBPC3; implicated in cardiac hypertrophic myopathy) gene to be associated with endurance athlete status (P=1.43E-08, odd ratio 2.2). Homozygotes carriers of rs1052373 G allele in Russian athletes had significantly greater VO2max than carriers of the AA+AG (P = 0.005). Subsequent metabolomics analysis revealed several amino acids and lipids associated with rs1052373 G allele (1.82x10-05) including the testosterone precursor androstenediol (3beta, 17beta) disulfate. Conclusion: This is the first report of genome-wide significant SNP and related metabolites associated with elite athlete status. Further investigations of the functional relevance of the identified SNPs and metabolites in relation to enhanced athletic performance are warranted.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Shan Hsieh ◽  
Pang-Shuo Huang ◽  
Sheng-Nan Chang ◽  
Cho-Kai Wu ◽  
Juey-Jen Hwang ◽  
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia and is one of the major causes of ischemic stroke. In addition to the clinical factors such as CHADS2 or CHADS2-VASC score, the impact of genetic factors on the risk of thromboembolic stroke in patients with AF has been largely unknown. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in several genomic regions have been found to be associated with AF. However, these loci do not contribute to all the genetic risks of AF or AF related thromboembolic risks, suggesting that there are other genetic factors or variants not yet discovered. In the human genome, copy number variations (CNVs) could also contribute to disease susceptibility. In the present study, we sought to identify CNVs determining the AF-related thromboembolic risk. Using a genome-wide approach in 109 patients with AF and thromboembolic stroke and 14,666 controls from the Taiwanese general population (Taiwan Biobank), we first identified deletions in chromosomal regions 1p36.32-1p36.33, 5p15.33, 8q24.3 and 19p13.3 and amplifications in 14q11.2 that were significantly associated with AF-related stroke in the Taiwanese population. In these regions, 148 genes were involved, including several microRNAs and long non-recoding RNAs. Using a pathway analysis, we found deletions in GNB1, PRKCZ, and GNG7 genes related to the alpha-adrenergic receptor signaling pathway that play a major role in determining the risk of an AF-related stroke. In conclusion, CNVs may be genetic predictors of a risk of a thromboembolic stroke for patients with AF, possibly pointing to an impaired alpha-adrenergic signaling pathway in the mechanism of AF-related thromboembolism.


Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2211
Author(s):  
Shan Lin ◽  
Zihui Wan ◽  
Junnan Zhang ◽  
Lingna Xu ◽  
Bo Han ◽  
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Albumin can be of particular benefit in fighting infections for newborn calves due to its anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative stress properties. To identify the candidate genes related to the concentration of albumin in colostrum and serum, we collected the colostrum and blood samples from 572 Chinese Holstein cows within 24 h after calving and measured the concentration of albumin in the colostrum and serum using the ELISA methods. The cows were genotyped with GeneSeek 150 K chips (containing 140,668 single nucleotide polymorphisms; SNPs). After quality control, we performed GWASs via GCTA software with 91,620 SNPs and 563 cows. Consequently, 9 and 7 genome-wide significant SNPs (false discovery rate (FDR) at 1%) were identified. Correspondingly, 42 and 206 functional genes that contained or were approximate to (±1 Mbp) the significant SNPs were acquired. Integrating the biological process of these genes and the reported QTLs for immune and inflammation traits in cattle, 3 and 12 genes were identified as candidates for the concentration of colostrum and serum albumin, respectively; these are RUNX1, CBR1, OTULIN,CDK6, SHARPIN, CYC1, EXOSC4, PARP10, NRBP2, GFUS, PYCR3, EEF1D, GSDMD, PYCR2 and CXCL12. Our findings provide important information for revealing the genetic mechanism behind albumin concentration and for molecular breeding of disease-resistance traits in dairy cattle.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingyu Zhang ◽  
Bo Wang ◽  
Guoling You ◽  
Ying Xiang ◽  
Qihua Fu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the most common birth defects. Copy number variations (CNVs) have been proved to be important genetic factors that contribute to CHD. Here we screened genome-wide CNVs in Chinese children with complete atrioventricular canal (CAVC) and single ventricle (SV), since there were scarce researches dedicated to these two types of CHD. Methods We screened CNVs in 262 sporadic CAVC cases and 259 sporadic SV cases respectively, using a customized SNP array. The detected CNVs were annotated and filtered using available databases. Results Among 262 CAVC patients, we identified 6 potentially-causative CNVs in 43 individuals (16.41%, 43/262), including 2 syndrome-related CNVs (7q11.23 and 8q24.3 deletion). Surprisingly, 90.70% CAVC patients with detected CNVs (39/43) were found to carry duplications of 21q11.2–21q22.3, which were recognized as trisomy 21 (Down syndrome, DS). In CAVC with DS patients, the female to male ratio was 1.6:1.0 (24:15), and the rate of pulmonary hypertension (PH) was 41.03% (16/39). Additionally, 6 potentially-causative CNVs were identified in the SV patients (2.32%, 6/259), and none of them was trisomy 21. Most CNVs identified in our cohort were classified as rare (< 1%), occurring just once among CAVC or SV individuals except the 21q11.2–21q22.3 duplication (14.89%) in CAVC cohort. Conclusions Our study identified 12 potentially-causative CNVs in 262 CAVC and 259 SV patients, representing the largest cohort of these two CHD types in Chinese population. The results provided strong correlation between CAVC and DS, which also showed sex difference and high incidence of PH. The presence of potentially-causative CNVs suggests the etiology of complex CHD is incredibly diverse, and CHD candidate genes remain to be discovered.


Author(s):  
Jody Ye ◽  
Kathleen Gillespie ◽  
Santiago Rodriguez

Although genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified several hundred loci associated with autoimmune diseases, their mechanistic insights are still poorly understood. The human genome is more complex than common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are interrogated by GWAS arrays. Some structural variants such as insertions-deletions, copy number variations, and minisatellites that are not very well tagged by SNPs cannot be fully explored by GWAS. Therefore, it is possible that some of these loci may have large effects on autoimmune disease risk. In addition, other layers of regulations such as gene-gene interactions, epigenetic-determinants, gene and environmental interactions also contribute to the heritability of autoimmune diseases. This review focuses on discussing why studying these elements may allow us to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the aetiology of complex autoimmune traits.


Genes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Ali Azmal ◽  
Ali Akbar Bhuiyan ◽  
Abdullah Ibne Omar ◽  
Shuai Ma ◽  
Chenghao Sun ◽  
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The improvement of egg production is of vital importance in the chicken industry to maintain optimum output throughout the laying period. Because of the elongation of the egg-laying cycle, a drop in egg-laying rates in the late laying period has provoked great concern in the poultry industry. In this study, we calculated the egg-laying rate at weeks 61–69 (60 days) of Jing Hong chickens parent generation as the phenotype, and the genotype were detected by the chicken 600K Affymetrix Axiom High Density (HD) Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNP)-array. The Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) result showed that the egg production trait is significantly associated with five SNPs (AX-75745366, AX-75745380, AX-75745340, AX-75745388, and AX-75745341), which are in the rap guanine nucleotide exchange factor 6 (RAPGEF6) gene on chicken chromosome 13. A total of 1676 Chinese commercial Jing Hong laying hens—including two populations, P1 population (858 hens) and P2 population (818 hens)—were genotyped using the Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragments Length Polymorphisms (PCR-RFLP) method for the association analysis of egg-laying rates for the verification of the GWAS results. Genotypic and allelic frequencies of five SNPs were inconsistent with Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, and the average population genetics parameters considering all the SNP values; i.e., gene homozygosity (Ho), gene heterozygosity (He), the effective number of alleles (Ne), and the polymorphism information content (PIC) were 0.75, 0.25, 1.40, and 0.20 in P1; 0.71, 0.29, 1.46, and 0.24 in P2; and 0.73, 0.27, 1.43, and 0.22 in P1 + P2 populations, respectively. The association analysis results revealed that out of the five polymorphisms, three of them (AX-75745366, AX-75745340, and AX-75745341; Patent applying No: 201810428916.5) had highly significant effects on egg-laying rates according to the GWAS results. Population-specific association analyses also showed similar significant association effects with this trait. Four haplotypes (AAGG, AAAG, AGGG, and AGAG) were inferred based on significant loci (AX-75745340 and AX-75745341) and also showed significant associations with the egg-laying rate, where haplotype AAGG had the highest egg-laying rate, with the exception of the egg-laying rate in P1 population, followed by other haplotypes. Furthermore, genotypes TT, AA, and GG showed the highest egg-laying rate compared to the corresponding genotypes at AX-75745366, AX-75745340, and AX-75745341 SNP loci in P1+P2, respectively. A similar result was found in the population-specific analysis except for the P1 population, in which TC genotype showed the highest egg-laying rate. No significant association was found in the egg-laying rate during the 60 days laying period for the SNPs (AX-75745380 and AX-75745388) in any group of population (p ≥ 0.05). Collectively, we report for the first time that 3 SNPs in the RAPGEF6 gene were significantly associated with the egg-laying rate during the later stage of egg production, which could be used as the potential candidate molecular genetic markers that would be able to facilitate in the selection and improvement of egg production traits through chicken breeding.


2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. 13035-13035
Author(s):  
T. Jones ◽  
W. Yang ◽  
W. Evans ◽  
M. Relling

13035 Background: Thiopurine S-methyltransferase (TPMT) is a cytosolic enzyme responsible for the S-methylation of thiopurines. There are several functional genetic polymorphisms in TPMT activity, which can lead to drug toxicities; however, among individuals with high TPMT activity, a substantial portion of enzymatic variability remains unexplained. B-lymphoblastoid CEPH cell lines have been genotyped at over 2 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) as part of the International HapMap project. Therefore, extensive phenotype-genotype association studies can be conducted in these cell lines by systematic determination of cancer-related phenotypes. Methods: We measured the phenotype of TPMT activity in 82 CEPH cell lines. Of these, 53 had expression data available on over 8000 genes from Affymetrix Focus Array technology. We evaluated whether TPMT activity was associated with HapMap SNPs in TPMT (cis SNPs), genome-wide HapMap SNPs (trans SNPs), and level of gene expression using Kruskal-Wallis test and Spearmans rank correlation. Results: We found associations of TPMT activity with four SNPs (p < 0.05) in TPMT (± 100K bp), one of which (rs1142345, p = 0.009) is a known functional SNP responsible for TPMT deficiency. Two other significant SNPs are in linkage disequilibrium with rs1142345. Associations were also found with 1598 trans SNPs across the genome (p < 0.001). TPMT activity was associated with the expression of eight genes (p < 0.0001, FDR <20%). The only overlapping trans gene is PACSIN2, whose expression most significantly correlated with TPMT activity and also contains two significantly predictive trans SNPs. Conclusions: The CEPH cell lines were useful in that a known functional variant, rs1142345, (serving as a positive control) was associated with TPMT activity, and that additional polymorphisms in TPMT and in potentially important trans-acting factors have been identified as possible additional genomic determinants of TPMT activity. Similar experiments with other phenotypes can likewise capitalize on this publicly available resource. With further validation, these studies may lead to discovery of additional candidate polymorphisms that can lead to further optimization of thiopurine therapy in the clinic. No significant financial relationships to disclose.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiphaine Macé ◽  
Eliel Gonzalez-Garcia ◽  
Didier Foulquié ◽  
Fabien Carrière ◽  
Julien Pradel ◽  
...  

Among the adaptive capacities of animals, the management of energetic body reserves (BR) through the BR mobilization and accretion processes (BR dynamics, BRD) has become an increasingly valuable attribute for livestock sustainability, allowing animals to cope with more variable environments. BRD has previously been reported to be heritable in ruminants. In the present study, we conducted genome-wide studies (GWAS) in sheep to determine genetic variants associated with BRD. BR levels and BR changes over time were obtained through body condition score measurements at eight physiological stages throughout each productive cycle in Romane ewes (n=1034) and were used as phenotypes for GWAS. After quality controls and imputation, 48,513 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) were included in the GWAS. Among the QTLs identified, a major QTL associated with BR levels during pregnancy and lactation was identified on chromosome 1. In this region, several significant SNPs mapped to the leptin receptor gene (LEPR), among which one SNP mapped to the coding sequence. The point mutation induces the p.P1019S substitution in the cytoplasmic domain, close to tyrosine phosphorylation sites. The frequency of the SNP associated with increased BR levels was 32%, and the LEPR genotype explained up to 5% of the variance of the trait. These results provide strong evidence for involvement of LEPR in the regulation of BRD in sheep and highlight it as a major candidate for improving adaptive capacities.


Circulation ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 116 (suppl_16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre F Stewart ◽  
Ruth McPherson ◽  
Kathryn Williams ◽  
Nihan Kavaslar ◽  
Julie Rutberg ◽  
...  

Purpose: To identify genes predisposing to Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). Methods: We selected the unbiased approach of using the genome wide scan association case control method. Using the Affymetrix 500K SNP array that that average a marker every 6,000 base pairs, we estimated that to detect a Minor Allele Frequency (MAF) of ≥ 10%, an odds ratio for risk of > 1.3 with 90% power would require 14,000 subjects (9,000 cases and 5,000 controls). Phase I consists of genotyping of 1,000 cases of early onset CAD and 1,000 asymptomatic older controls. Phase II will determine whether SNPs showing an association in Phase 1 are replicated in 8,000 cases and 4,000 controls. The phenotype is confirmed or excluded by coronary arteriograms obtained by catheterization or multi-slice CT. Cases with diabetes mellitus are excluded. Results: Initiated in 2005, over one billion genotypes have been performed and analyzed for 1,054 controls and 997 cases completing Phase I. Starting with data on 500,668 SNPs, control genotypes that were monoallelelic (21,668 SNPs) or not in Hardy Weinberg equilibrium were excluded using a false discovery rate (FDR) Q value <0.001 (1,473 SNPs). Individual SNPs with call rates <95% (30,826 SNPs) in cases and controls were excluded, leaving 446,701 SNPs. Fisher’s exact test was used to compare genotypes between cases and controls (FDR Q value <0.05), identifying 2,819 significant SNPs. SNPs with a MAF < 0.01 in both cases and controls (598 SNPs) were removed leaving 2,221 significant SNPs. 14 SNPs in exons were non-synonymous, i.e. cause amino acid substitutions. 53 clusters of SNPs (defined as ≥3 SNPs) within genes and 45 between genes were identified, including one at 9p21.3 that was replicated in multiple independent populations (McPherson et al., Science Express 2007 - in press). In addition, 13 SNPs were identified on the X chromosome. There was no evidence of stratification in our population. SNPs showing significant association with CAD are being assessed in an independent population during Phase II. Conclusions: This is the first genome wide scan for CAD genes utilizing 500,668 markers. Phase I has identified many genes not previously known to be associated with CAD.


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