Loci influencing blood pressure identified using a cardiovascular gene-centric array

Santhi K. Ganesh; Vinicius Tragante; Wei Guo; Yiran Guo; Matthew B. Lanktree; Erin N. Smith; Toby Johnson; Berta Almoguera Castillo; John Barnard; Jens Baumert; Yen-Pei Christy Chang; Clara C. Elbers; Martin Farrall; Mary E. Fischer; Nora Franceschini; Tom R. Gaunt; Johannes M. I. H. Gho; Christian Gieger; Yan Gong; Aaron Isaacs; Marcus E. Kleber; Irene Mateo Leach; Caitrin W. McDonough; Matthijs F. L. Meijs; Olle Melander; Cliona M. Molony; Ilja M. Nolte; Sandosh Padmanabhan; Tom S. Price; Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan; Jonathan Shaffer; Sonia Shah; Haiqing Shen; Nicole Soranzo; Peter J. van der Most; Erik P. A. Van Iperen; Jessic A. Van Setten; Judith M. Vonk; Li Zhang; Amber L. Beitelshees; Gerald S. Berenson; Deepak L. Bhatt; Jolanda M. A. Boer; Eric Boerwinkle; Ben Burkley; Amber Burt; Aravinda Chakravarti; Wei Chen; Rhonda M. Cooper-DeHoff; Sean P. Curtis; Albert Dreisbach; David Duggan; Georg B. Ehret; Richard R. Fabsitz; Myriam Fornage; Ervin Fox; Clement E. Furlong; Ron T. Gansevoort; Marten H. Hofker; G. Kees Hovingh; Susan A. Kirkland; Kandice Kottke-Marchant; Abdullah Kutlar; Andrea Z. LaCroix; Taimour Y. Langaee; Yun R. Li; Honghuang Lin; Kiang Liu; Steffi Maiwald; Rainer Malik; Gurunathan Murugesan; Christopher Newton-Cheh; Jeffery R. OConnell; N. Charlotte Onland-Moret; Willem H. Ouwehand; Walter Palmas; Brenda W. Penninx; Carl J. Pepine; Mary Pettinger; Joseph F. Polak; Vasan S. Ramachandran; Jane Ranchalis; Susan Redline; Paul M. Ridker; Lynda M. Rose; Hubert Scharnag; Nicholas J. Schork; Daichi Shimbo; Alan R. Shuldiner; Sathanur R. Srinivasan; Ronald P. Stolk; Herman A. Taylor; Barbara Thorand; Mieke D. Trip; Cornelia M. van Duijn; W. Monique Verschuren; Cisca Wijmenga; Bernhard R. Winkelmann; Sharon Wyatt; J. Hunter Young; Bernhard O. Boehm; Mark J. Caulfield; Daniel I. Chasman; Karina W. Davidson; Pieter A. Doevendans; Garret A. FitzGerald; John G. Gums; Hakon Hakonarson; Hans L. Hillege; Thomas Illig; Gail P. Jarvik; Julie A. Johnson; John J. P. Kastelein; Wolfgang Koenig; Winfried Maerz; Braxton D. Mitchell; Sarah S. Murray; Albertine J. Oldehinkel; Daniel J. Rader; Muredach P. Reilly; Alex P. Reiner; Eric E. Schadt; Roy L. Silverstein; Harold Snieder; Alice V. Stanton; Andre G. Uitterlinden; Pim van der Harst; Yvonne T. van der Schouw; Nilesh J. Samani; Andrew D. Johnson; Patricia B. Munroe; Paul I. W. de Bakker; Xiaofeng Zhu; Daniel Levy; Brendan J. Keating; Folkert W. Asselbergs

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Loci influencing blood pressure identified using a cardiovascular gene-centric array

Santhi K. Ganesh, Vinicius Tragante, Wei Guo, Yiran Guo, Matthew B. Lanktree, Erin N. Smith, Toby Johnson, Berta Almoguera Castillo, John Barnard, Jens Baumert, Yen-Pei Christy Chang, Clara C. Elbers, Martin Farrall, Mary E. Fischer, Nora Franceschini, Tom R. Gaunt, Johannes M. I. H. Gho, Christian Gieger, Yan Gong, Aaron IsaacsMarcus E. Kleber, Irene Mateo Leach, Caitrin W. McDonough, Matthijs F. L. Meijs, Olle Melander, Cliona M. Molony, Ilja M. Nolte, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Tom S. Price, Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Jonathan Shaffer, Sonia Shah, Haiqing Shen, Nicole Soranzo, Peter J. van der Most, Erik P. A. Van Iperen, Jessic A. Van Setten, Judith M. Vonk, Li Zhang, Amber L. Beitelshees, Gerald S. Berenson, Deepak L. Bhatt, Jolanda M. A. Boer, Eric Boerwinkle, Ben Burkley, Amber Burt, Aravinda Chakravarti, Wei Chen, Rhonda M. Cooper-DeHoff, Sean P. Curtis, Albert Dreisbach, David Duggan, Georg B. Ehret, Richard R. Fabsitz, Myriam Fornage, Ervin Fox, Clement E. Furlong, Ron T. Gansevoort, Marten H. Hofker, G. Kees Hovingh, Susan A. Kirkland, Kandice Kottke-Marchant, Abdullah Kutlar, Andrea Z. LaCroix, Taimour Y. Langaee, Yun R. Li, Honghuang Lin, Kiang Liu, Steffi Maiwald, Rainer Malik, Gurunathan Murugesan, Christopher Newton-Cheh, Jeffery R. OConnell, N. Charlotte Onland-Moret, Willem H. Ouwehand, Walter Palmas, Brenda W. Penninx, Carl J. Pepine, Mary Pettinger, Joseph F. Polak, Vasan S. Ramachandran, Jane Ranchalis, Susan Redline, Paul M. Ridker, Lynda M. Rose, Hubert Scharnag, Nicholas J. Schork, Daichi Shimbo, Alan R. Shuldiner, Sathanur R. Srinivasan, Ronald P. Stolk, Herman A. Taylor, Barbara Thorand, Mieke D. Trip, Cornelia M. van Duijn, W. Monique Verschuren, Cisca Wijmenga, Bernhard R. Winkelmann, Sharon Wyatt, J. Hunter Young, Bernhard O. Boehm, Mark J. Caulfield, Daniel I. Chasman, Karina W. Davidson, Pieter A. Doevendans, Garret A. FitzGerald, John G. Gums, Hakon Hakonarson, Hans L. Hillege, Thomas Illig, Gail P. Jarvik, Julie A. Johnson, John J. P. Kastelein, Wolfgang Koenig, Winfried Maerz, Braxton D. Mitchell, Sarah S. Murray, Albertine J. Oldehinkel, Daniel J. Rader, Muredach P. Reilly, Alex P. Reiner, Eric E. Schadt, Roy L. Silverstein, Harold Snieder, Alice V. Stanton, Andre G. Uitterlinden, Pim van der Harst, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, Nilesh J. Samani, Andrew D. Johnson, Patricia B. Munroe, Paul I. W. de Bakker, Xiaofeng Zhu, Daniel Levy, Brendan J. Keating, Folkert W. Asselbergs

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Blood pressure (BP) is a heritable determinant of risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). To investigate genetic associations with systolic BP (SBP), diastolic BP (DBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP) and pulse pressure (PP), we genotyped 50 000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that capture variation in 2100 candidate genes for cardiovascular phenotypes in 61 619 individuals of European ancestry from cohort studies in the USA and Europe. We identified novel associations between rs347591 and SBP (chromosome 3p25.3, in an intron of HRH1) and between rs2169137 and DBP (chromosome1q32.1 in an intron of MDM4) and between rs2014408 and SBP (chromosome 11p15 in an intron of SOX6), previously reported to be associated with MAP. We also confirmed 10 previously known loci associated with SBP, DBP, MAP or PP (ADRB1, ATP2B1, SH2B3/ATXN2, CSK, CYP17A1, FURIN, HFE, LSP1, MTHFR, SOX6) at array-wide significance (P 2.4 10(6)). We then replicated these associations in an independent set of 65 886 individuals of European ancestry. The findings from expression QTL (eQTL) analysis showed associations of SNPs in the MDM4 region with MDM4 expression. We did not find any evidence of association of the two novel SNPs in MDM4 and HRH1 with sequelae of high BP including coronary artery disease (CAD), left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) or stroke. In summary, we identified two novel loci associated with BP and confirmed multiple previously reported associations. Our findings extend our understanding of genes involved in BP regulation, some of which may eventually provide new targets for therapeutic intervention.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1663-1678
Journal	Human Molecular Genetics
Volume	22
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/dds555
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Ganesh, S. K., Tragante, V., Guo, W., Guo, Y., Lanktree, M. B., Smith, E. N., Johnson, T., Castillo, B. A., Barnard, J., Baumert, J., Chang, Y.-P. C., Elbers, C. C., Farrall, M., Fischer, M. E., Franceschini, N., Gaunt, T. R., Gho, J. M. I. H., Gieger, C., Gong, Y., ... Asselbergs, F. W. (2013). Loci influencing blood pressure identified using a cardiovascular gene-centric array. Human Molecular Genetics, 22(8), 1663-1678. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/dds555

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AU - Tragante, Vinicius

AU - Guo, Wei

AU - Guo, Yiran

AU - Lanktree, Matthew B.

AU - Smith, Erin N.

AU - Johnson, Toby

AU - Castillo, Berta Almoguera

AU - Barnard, John

AU - Baumert, Jens

AU - Chang, Yen-Pei Christy

AU - Elbers, Clara C.

AU - Farrall, Martin

AU - Fischer, Mary E.

AU - Franceschini, Nora

AU - Gaunt, Tom R.

AU - Gho, Johannes M. I. H.

AU - Gieger, Christian

AU - Gong, Yan

AU - Isaacs, Aaron

AU - Kleber, Marcus E.

AU - Leach, Irene Mateo

AU - McDonough, Caitrin W.

AU - Meijs, Matthijs F. L.

AU - Melander, Olle

AU - Molony, Cliona M.

AU - Nolte, Ilja M.

AU - Padmanabhan, Sandosh

AU - Price, Tom S.

AU - Rajagopalan, Ramakrishnan

AU - Shaffer, Jonathan

AU - Shah, Sonia

AU - Shen, Haiqing

AU - Soranzo, Nicole

AU - van der Most, Peter J.

AU - Van Iperen, Erik P. A.

AU - Van Setten, Jessic A.

AU - Vonk, Judith M.

AU - Zhang, Li

AU - Beitelshees, Amber L.

AU - Berenson, Gerald S.

AU - Bhatt, Deepak L.

AU - Boer, Jolanda M. A.

AU - Boerwinkle, Eric

AU - Burkley, Ben

AU - Burt, Amber

AU - Chakravarti, Aravinda

AU - Chen, Wei

AU - Cooper-DeHoff, Rhonda M.

AU - Curtis, Sean P.

AU - Dreisbach, Albert

AU - Duggan, David

AU - Ehret, Georg B.

AU - Fabsitz, Richard R.

AU - Fornage, Myriam

AU - Fox, Ervin

AU - Furlong, Clement E.

AU - Gansevoort, Ron T.

AU - Hofker, Marten H.

AU - Hovingh, G. Kees

AU - Kirkland, Susan A.

AU - Kottke-Marchant, Kandice

AU - Kutlar, Abdullah

AU - LaCroix, Andrea Z.

AU - Langaee, Taimour Y.

AU - Li, Yun R.

AU - Lin, Honghuang

AU - Liu, Kiang

AU - Maiwald, Steffi

AU - Malik, Rainer

AU - Murugesan, Gurunathan

AU - Newton-Cheh, Christopher

AU - OConnell, Jeffery R.

AU - Onland-Moret, N. Charlotte

AU - Ouwehand, Willem H.

AU - Palmas, Walter

AU - Penninx, Brenda W.

AU - Pepine, Carl J.

AU - Pettinger, Mary

AU - Polak, Joseph F.

AU - Ramachandran, Vasan S.

AU - Ranchalis, Jane

AU - Redline, Susan

AU - Ridker, Paul M.

AU - Rose, Lynda M.

AU - Scharnag, Hubert

AU - Schork, Nicholas J.

AU - Shimbo, Daichi

AU - Shuldiner, Alan R.

AU - Srinivasan, Sathanur R.

AU - Stolk, Ronald P.

AU - Taylor, Herman A.

AU - Thorand, Barbara

AU - Trip, Mieke D.

AU - van Duijn, Cornelia M.

AU - Verschuren, W. Monique

AU - Wijmenga, Cisca

AU - Winkelmann, Bernhard R.

AU - Wyatt, Sharon

AU - Young, J. Hunter

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AU - Mitchell, Braxton D.

AU - Murray, Sarah S.

AU - Oldehinkel, Albertine J.

AU - Rader, Daniel J.

AU - Reilly, Muredach P.

AU - Reiner, Alex P.

AU - Schadt, Eric E.

AU - Silverstein, Roy L.

AU - Snieder, Harold

AU - Stanton, Alice V.

AU - Uitterlinden, Andre G.

AU - van der Harst, Pim

AU - van der Schouw, Yvonne T.

AU - Samani, Nilesh J.

AU - Johnson, Andrew D.

AU - Munroe, Patricia B.

AU - de Bakker, Paul I. W.

AU - Zhu, Xiaofeng

AU - Levy, Daniel

AU - Keating, Brendan J.

AU - Asselbergs, Folkert W.

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - Blood pressure (BP) is a heritable determinant of risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). To investigate genetic associations with systolic BP (SBP), diastolic BP (DBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP) and pulse pressure (PP), we genotyped 50 000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that capture variation in 2100 candidate genes for cardiovascular phenotypes in 61 619 individuals of European ancestry from cohort studies in the USA and Europe. We identified novel associations between rs347591 and SBP (chromosome 3p25.3, in an intron of HRH1) and between rs2169137 and DBP (chromosome1q32.1 in an intron of MDM4) and between rs2014408 and SBP (chromosome 11p15 in an intron of SOX6), previously reported to be associated with MAP. We also confirmed 10 previously known loci associated with SBP, DBP, MAP or PP (ADRB1, ATP2B1, SH2B3/ATXN2, CSK, CYP17A1, FURIN, HFE, LSP1, MTHFR, SOX6) at array-wide significance (P 2.4 10(6)). We then replicated these associations in an independent set of 65 886 individuals of European ancestry. The findings from expression QTL (eQTL) analysis showed associations of SNPs in the MDM4 region with MDM4 expression. We did not find any evidence of association of the two novel SNPs in MDM4 and HRH1 with sequelae of high BP including coronary artery disease (CAD), left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) or stroke. In summary, we identified two novel loci associated with BP and confirmed multiple previously reported associations. Our findings extend our understanding of genes involved in BP regulation, some of which may eventually provide new targets for therapeutic intervention.

AB - Blood pressure (BP) is a heritable determinant of risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). To investigate genetic associations with systolic BP (SBP), diastolic BP (DBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP) and pulse pressure (PP), we genotyped 50 000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that capture variation in 2100 candidate genes for cardiovascular phenotypes in 61 619 individuals of European ancestry from cohort studies in the USA and Europe. We identified novel associations between rs347591 and SBP (chromosome 3p25.3, in an intron of HRH1) and between rs2169137 and DBP (chromosome1q32.1 in an intron of MDM4) and between rs2014408 and SBP (chromosome 11p15 in an intron of SOX6), previously reported to be associated with MAP. We also confirmed 10 previously known loci associated with SBP, DBP, MAP or PP (ADRB1, ATP2B1, SH2B3/ATXN2, CSK, CYP17A1, FURIN, HFE, LSP1, MTHFR, SOX6) at array-wide significance (P 2.4 10(6)). We then replicated these associations in an independent set of 65 886 individuals of European ancestry. The findings from expression QTL (eQTL) analysis showed associations of SNPs in the MDM4 region with MDM4 expression. We did not find any evidence of association of the two novel SNPs in MDM4 and HRH1 with sequelae of high BP including coronary artery disease (CAD), left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) or stroke. In summary, we identified two novel loci associated with BP and confirmed multiple previously reported associations. Our findings extend our understanding of genes involved in BP regulation, some of which may eventually provide new targets for therapeutic intervention.

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DO - 10.1093/hmg/dds555

M3 - Article

C2 - 23303523

SN - 0964-6906

VL - 22

SP - 1663

EP - 1678

JO - Human Molecular Genetics

JF - Human Molecular Genetics

IS - 8

ER -

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