Cross-ethnic meta-analysis identifies association of the GPX3-TNIP1 locus with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Beben Benyamin, Ji He, Qiongyi Zhao, Jacob Gratten, Fleur Garton, Paul J Leo, Zhijun Liu, Marie Mangelsdorf, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Lisa Anderson, Timothy J Butler, Lu Chen, Xiang-Ding Chen, Katie Cremin, Hong-Weng Deng, Matthew Devine, Janette Edson, Jennifer A Fifita, Sarah Furlong, Ying-Ying HanJessica Harris, Anjali K. Henders, Rosalind L Jeffree, Zi-Bing Jin, Zhongshan Li, Ting Li, Mengmeng Li, Yong Lin, Xiaolu Liu, Mhairi Marshall, Emily P McCann, Bryan J Mowry, Shyuan T Ngo, Roger Pamphlett, Shu Ran, David C Reutens, Dominic B Rowe, Perminder S. Sachdev, Sonia Shah, Sharon Song, Li-Jun Tan, Lu Tang, Leonard H van den Berg, Wouter van Rheenen, Jan H Veldink, Robyn H Wallace, Lawrie Wheeler, Kelly L Williams, Jinyu Wu, Xin Wu, Jian Yang, Weihua Yue, Zong-Hong Zhang, Dai Zhang, Peter G Noakes, Ian P Blair, Robert D Henderson, Pamela A McCombe, Peter M. Visscher, Huji Xu, Perry F Bartlett, Matthew A. Brown, Naomi R Wray, Dongsheng Fan

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Abstract

Cross-ethnic genetic studies can leverage power from differences in disease epidemiology and population-specific genetic architecture. In particular, the differences in linkage disequilibrium and allele frequency patterns across ethnic groups may increase gene-mapping resolution. Here we use cross-ethnic genetic data in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an adult-onset, rapidly progressing neurodegenerative disease. We report analyses of novel genome-wide association study data of 1,234 ALS cases and 2,850 controls. We find a significant association of rs10463311 spanning GPX3-TNIP1 with ALS (p = 1.3 × 10 -8), with replication support from two independent Australian samples (combined 576 cases and 683 controls, p = 1.7 × 10 -3). Both GPX3 and TNIP1 interact with other known ALS genes (SOD1 and OPTN, respectively). In addition, GGNBP2 was identified using gene-based analysis and summary statistics-based Mendelian randomization analysis, although further replication is needed to confirm this result. Our results increase our understanding of genetic aetiology of ALS.

Original languageEnglish
Article number611
Pages (from-to)1-7
JournalNature Communications [E]
Volume8
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Sept 2017

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