Whole-genome sequencing study of serum peptide levels: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.

TitleWhole-genome sequencing study of serum peptide levels: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
Authorsde Vries, PS, Yu, B, Feofanova, EV, Metcalf, GA, Brown, MR, Zeighami, AL, Liu, X, Muzny, DM, Gibbs, RA, Boerwinkle, E, Morrison, AC
JournalHum Mol Genet
Volume26
Issue17
Pagination3442-3450
Date Published2017 Sep 01
ISSN1460-2083
KeywordsAlleles, Atherosclerosis, Black or African American, Exome, Female, Gene Frequency, Genetic Association Studies, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Kallikreins, Male, Middle Aged, Peptides, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Proteins, Risk Factors, White People, Whole Genome Sequencing
Abstract

Oligopeptides are important markers of protein metabolism, as they are cleaved from larger polypeptides and proteins. Genetic association studies may help elucidate their origin and function. In 1,552 European Americans and 1,872 African Americans of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study, we performed whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing and measured serum levels of 25 peptides. Common variants (minor allele frequency > 5%) were analysed individually. We grouped low-frequency variants (minor allele frequency ≤ 5%) by a genome-wide sliding window using region-based aggregate tests. Furthermore, low-frequency regulatory variants were grouped by gene, as were functional coding variants. All analyses were performed separately in each ancestry group and then meta-analysed. We identified 22 common variant associations with peptide levels (P-value < 4.2 × 10-10), including 16 novel gene-peptide pairs. Notably, variants in kinin-kallikrein genes KNG1, F12, KLKB1, and ACE were associated with several different peptides. Variants in KLKB1 and ACE were associated with a fragment of complement component 3f. Both common variants and low-frequency coding variants in CPN1 were associated with a fibrinogen cleavage peptide. Four sliding windows were significantly associated with peptide levels (P-value < 4.2 × 10-10). Our results highlight the importance of the kinin-kallikrein system in the regulation of serum peptide levels, strengthen the evidence for a broad link between the kinin-kallikrein and complement systems, and suggest a role of CPN1 in the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin.

DOI10.1093/hmg/ddx266
Alternate JournalHum Mol Genet
PubMed ID28854705
PubMed Central IDPMC5886054
Grant ListHHSN268201100012C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
RC2 HL102419 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201100009I / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201100010C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201100008C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201100005G / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201100008I / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201100007C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201100011I / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201100011C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01 HL086694 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
U01 HG004402 / HG / NHGRI NIH HHS / United States
U54 HG003273 / HG / NHGRI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201100006C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201100005I / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201100009C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201100005C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201100007I / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States

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