Citation

Kato, Norihiro; Loh, Marie; Takeuchi, Fumihiko; Verweij, Niek; Wang, Xu; Zhang, Weihua; Kelly, Tanika N.; Saleheen, Danish; Lehne, Benjamin; & Mateo Leach, Irene, et al. (2015). Trans-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies 12 genetic loci influencing blood pressure and implicates a role for DNA methylation. Nature Genetics, 47(11), 1282-1293. PMCID: PMC4719169

Abstract

We carried out a trans-ancestry genome-wide association and replication study of blood pressure phenotypes among up to 320,251 individuals of East Asian, European and South Asian ancestry. We find genetic variants at 12 new loci to be associated with blood pressure (P = 3.9 x 10(-11) to 5.0 x 10(-21)). The sentinel blood pressure SNPs are enriched for association with DNA methylation at multiple nearby CpG sites, suggesting that, at some of the loci identified, DNA methylation may lie on the regulatory pathway linking sequence variation to blood pressure. The sentinel SNPs at the 12 new loci point to genes involved in vascular smooth muscle (IGFBP3, KCNK3, PDE3A and PRDM6) and renal (ARHGAP24, OSR1, SLC22A7 and TBX2) function. The new and known genetic variants predict increased left ventricular mass, circulating levels of NT-proBNP, and cardiovascular and all-cause mortality (P = 0.04 to 8.6 x 10(-6)). Our results provide new evidence for the role of DNA methylation in blood pressure regulation.

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2015

Journal Title

Nature Genetics

Author(s)

Kato, Norihiro
Loh, Marie
Takeuchi, Fumihiko
Verweij, Niek
Wang, Xu
Zhang, Weihua
Kelly, Tanika N.
Saleheen, Danish
Lehne, Benjamin
Mateo Leach, Irene
Drong, Alexander W.
Abbott, James
Wahl, Simone
Tan, Sian-Tsung
Scott, William R.
Campanella, Gianluca
Chadeau-Hyam, Marc
Afzal, Uzma
Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S.
Bonder, Marc Jan
Chen, Peng
Dehghan, Abbas
Edwards, Todd L.
Esko, Tonu
Go, Min Jin
Harris, Sarah E.
Hartiala, Jaana
Kasela, Silva
Kasturiratne, Anuradhani
Khor, Chiea-Chuen
Kleber, Marcus E.
Li, Huaixing
Mok, Zuan Yu
Nakatochi, Masahiro
Sapari, Nur Sabrina
Saxena, Richa
Stewart, Alexandre F. R.
Stolk, Lisette
Tabara, Yasuharu
Teh, Ai Ling
Wu, Ying
Wu, Jer-Yuarn
Zhang, Yi
Aits, Imke
Da Silva Couto Alves, Alexessander
Das, Shikta
Dorajoo, Rajkumar
Hopewell, Jemma C.
Kim, Yun Kyoung
Koivula, Robert W.
Luan, Jian'an
Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka
Nguyen, Quang N.
Pereira, Mark A.
Postmus, Iris
Raitakari, Olli T.
Scannell Bryan, Molly
Scott, Robert A.
Sorice, Rossella
Tragante, Vinicius
Traglia, Michela
White, Jon
Yamamoto, Ken
Zhang, Yonghong
Adair, Linda S.
Ahmed, Alauddin
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Heng, Chew-Kiat
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Hofman, Albert
Hsu, Chris
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Hwang, Joo-Yeon
Ichihara, Sahoko
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Isono, Masato
Justesen, Johanne M.
Katsuya, Tomohiro
Kibriya, Muhammad G.
Kim, Young Jin
Kishimoto, Miyako
Koh, Woon-Puay
Kohara, Katsuhiko
Kumari, Meena
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Friedlander, Yechiel
Gross, Myron D.
Guo, Zhirong
Hansen, Torben
Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta
Jorgensen, Torben
Jukema, J. Wouter
Kahonen, Mika
Kajio, Hiroshi
Kivimaki, Mika
Lee, Jong-Young
Lehtimaki, Terho
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Miki, Tetsuro
Pedersen, Oluf
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Sorensen, Thorkild I. A.
Takayanagi, Ryoichi
Toniolo, Daniela
BIOS-consortium
CARDIo GRAMplusCD
LifeLines Cohort Study
InterAct Consortium
Ahsan, Habibul
Allayee, Hooman
Chen, Yuan-Tsong
Danesh, John
Deary, Ian J.
Franco, Oscar H.
Franke, Lude
Heijman, Bastiaan T.
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PMCID

PMC4719169