Human Molecular Genetics Advance Access published online on July 1, 2008
Human Molecular Genetics, doi:10.1093/hmg/ddn188
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Polygenic determinants of severe hypertriglyceridemia
1 Vascular Biology Research Group and Robarts Research Institute and Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5K8 2 Clinical Trials Group, Robarts Research Institute and Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5K8 3 Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 2X2
* Correspondence: Robert A. Hegele, MD FRCPC FACP, Blackburn Cardiovascular Genetics Laboratory, Robarts Research Institute, #406-100 Perth Drive, Box 5015, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5K8, tel: 519-663-3461; fax: 519-663-3037; email: hegele{at}robarts.ca
Received May 15, 2008; Revised June 18, 2008; Accepted June 30, 2008
Recent genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified new genetic determinants of complex quantitative traits, including plasma triglyceride (TG). We hypothesized that common variants associated with mild TG variation identified in GWA studies would also be associated with severe hypertriglyceridemia (HTG). We studied 132 patients of European ancestry with severe HTG (fasting plasma TG>10 mmol/L), who had no mutations found by re-sequencing of candidate genes, and 351 matched normolipidemic controls. We determined genotypes for: GALNT2 rs4846914, TBL2/MLXIPL rs17145738, TRIB1 rs17321515, ANGPTL3 rs12130333, GCKR rs780094, APOA5 rs3135506 (S19W), APOA5 dbSNP rs662799 (-1131T>C), APOE (isoforms) and LPL rs328 (S447X). We found that: 1) genotypes, including those of APOA5 S19W, APOA5 -1131C>T, APOE, GCKR, TRIB1and TBL2/MLXIPL, were significantly associated with severe HTG; 2) odds ratios for these genetic variables were significant in both univariate and multivariate regression analyses, irrespective of the presence or absence of diabetes or obesity; and 3) a significant fraction - about one-quarter - of the explained variation in disease status was associated with these genotypes.
Therefore, common SNPs that are associated with mild TG variation in GWA studies of normolipidemic subjects are also associated with severe HTG. Our findings are consistent with the emerging model of a complex genetic trait. At the extremes of a quantitative trait, such as severe HTG, are found the cumulative contributions of both multiple rare alleles with large genetic effects and common alleles with small effects.
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