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Common Genetic Variants Contribute to Risk of Transposition of the Great Arteries

Authors
Skoric-Milosavljevic, D., Tadros, R., Bosada, F.M., Tessadori, F., van Weerd, J.H., Woudstra, O.I., Tjong, F.V.Y., Lahrouchi, N., Bajolle, F., Cordell, H.J., Agopian, A.J., Blue, G.M., Barge-Schaapveld, D.Q., Gewillig, M.H., Preuss, C., Lodder, E.M., Barnett, P., Ilgun, A., Beekman, L., van Duijvenboden, K., Bokenkamp, R., Müller-Nurasyid, M., Vliegen, H.W., Konings, T.C., van Melle, J.P., van Dijk, A., van Kimmenade, R.R., Roos-Hesselink, J.W., Sieswerda, G., Meijboom, F., Abdul-Khaliq, H., Berger, F., Dittrich, S., Hitz, M.P., Moosmann, J., Riede, F.T., Schubert, S., Galan, P., Lathrop, G.M., Munter, H.M., Al-Chalabi, A., Shaw, C.E., Shaw, P.J., Morrison, K.E., Veldink, J.H., van den Berg, L.H., Evans, S.M., Nobrega, M.A., Aneas, I., Radivojkov-Blagojevic, M., Meitinger, T., Oechslin, E., Mondal, T., Bergin, M.L., Smythe, J.F., Altamirano-Diaz, L., Lougheed, J., Bouma, B.J., Chaix, M.A., Kline, J., Bassett, A.S., Andelfinger, G., van der Palen, R.L., Bouvagnet, P., Clur, S.B., Breckpot, J., Kerstjens-Frederikse, W.S., Winlaw, D.S., Bauer, U., Mital, S., Goldmuntz, E., Keavney, B.D., Bonnet, D., Mulder, B.J., Tanck, M., Bakkers, J., Christoffels, V.M., Boogerd, C.J., Postma, A.V., Bezzina, C.R.
ID
ZDB-PUB-211214-27
Date
2021
Source
Circulation research   130(2): 166-180 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Multifactorial Inheritance
  • Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide*
  • T-Box Domain Proteins/genetics
  • T-Box Domain Proteins/metabolism
  • Transposition of Great Vessels/genetics*
  • Transposition of Great Vessels/metabolism
  • Wnt-5a Protein/genetics
  • Wnt-5a Protein/metabolism
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
34886679 Full text @ Circ. Res.
Citation
Skoric-Milosavljevic, D., Tadros, R., Bosada, F.M., Tessadori, F., van Weerd, J.H., Woudstra, O.I., Tjong, F.V.Y., Lahrouchi, N., Bajolle, F., Cordell, H.J., Agopian, A.J., Blue, G.M., Barge-Schaapveld, D.Q., Gewillig, M.H., Preuss, C., Lodder, E.M., Barnett, P., Ilgun, A., Beekman, L., van Duijvenboden, K., Bokenkamp, R., Müller-Nurasyid, M., Vliegen, H.W., Konings, T.C., van Melle, J.P., van Dijk, A., van Kimmenade, R.R., Roos-Hesselink, J.W., Sieswerda, G., Meijboom, F., Abdul-Khaliq, H., Berger, F., Dittrich, S., Hitz, M.P., Moosmann, J., Riede, F.T., Schubert, S., Galan, P., Lathrop, G.M., Munter, H.M., Al-Chalabi, A., Shaw, C.E., Shaw, P.J., Morrison, K.E., Veldink, J.H., van den Berg, L.H., Evans, S.M., Nobrega, M.A., Aneas, I., Radivojkov-Blagojevic, M., Meitinger, T., Oechslin, E., Mondal, T., Bergin, M.L., Smythe, J.F., Altamirano-Diaz, L., Lougheed, J., Bouma, B.J., Chaix, M.A., Kline, J., Bassett, A.S., Andelfinger, G., van der Palen, R.L., Bouvagnet, P., Clur, S.B., Breckpot, J., Kerstjens-Frederikse, W.S., Winlaw, D.S., Bauer, U., Mital, S., Goldmuntz, E., Keavney, B.D., Bonnet, D., Mulder, B.J., Tanck, M., Bakkers, J., Christoffels, V.M., Boogerd, C.J., Postma, A.V., Bezzina, C.R. (2021) Common Genetic Variants Contribute to Risk of Transposition of the Great Arteries. Circulation research. 130(2):166-180.
Abstract
Background: Dextro-transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA) is a severe congenital heart defect which affects approximately 1 in 4,000 live births. While there are several reports of D-TGA patients with rare variants in individual genes, the majority of D-TGA cases remain genetically elusive. Familial recurrence patterns and the observation that most cases with D-TGA are sporadic suggest a polygenic inheritance for the disorder, yet this remains unexplored. Methods: We sought to study the role of common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in risk for D-TGA. We conducted a genome-wide association study in an international set of 1,237 patients with D-TGA and identified a genome-wide significant susceptibility locus on chromosome 3p14.3, which was subsequently replicated in an independent case-control set (rs56219800, meta-analysis P=8.6x10-10, OR=0.69 per C allele). Results: SNP-based heritability analysis showed that 25% of variance in susceptibility to D-TGA may be explained by common variants. A genome-wide polygenic risk score derived from the discovery set was significantly associated to D-TGA in the replication set (P=4x10-5). The genome-wide significant locus (3p14.3) co-localizes with a putative regulatory element that interacts with the promoter of WNT5A, which encodes the Wnt Family Member 5A protein known for its role in cardiac development in mice. We show that this element drives reporter gene activity in the developing heart of mice and zebrafish and is bound by the developmental transcription factor TBX20. We further demonstrate that TBX20 attenuates Wnt5a expression levels in the developing mouse heart. Conclusions: This work provides support for a polygenic architecture in D-TGA and identifies a susceptibility locus on chromosome 3p14.3 near WNT5A. Genomic and functional data support a causal role of WNT5A at the locus.
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