Publication Date:
2010-08-06
Description:
Recent genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified a locus on chromosome 1p13 strongly associated with both plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and myocardial infarction (MI) in humans. Here we show through a series of studies in human cohorts and human-derived hepatocytes that a common noncoding polymorphism at the 1p13 locus, rs12740374, creates a C/EBP (CCAAT/enhancer binding protein) transcription factor binding site and alters the hepatic expression of the SORT1 gene. With small interfering RNA (siRNA) knockdown and viral overexpression in mouse liver, we demonstrate that Sort1 alters plasma LDL-C and very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) particle levels by modulating hepatic VLDL secretion. Thus, we provide functional evidence for a novel regulatory pathway for lipoprotein metabolism and suggest that modulation of this pathway may alter risk for MI in humans. We also demonstrate that common noncoding DNA variants identified by GWASs can directly contribute to clinical phenotypes.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3062476/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3062476/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Musunuru, Kiran -- Strong, Alanna -- Frank-Kamenetsky, Maria -- Lee, Noemi E -- Ahfeldt, Tim -- Sachs, Katherine V -- Li, Xiaoyu -- Li, Hui -- Kuperwasser, Nicolas -- Ruda, Vera M -- Pirruccello, James P -- Muchmore, Brian -- Prokunina-Olsson, Ludmila -- Hall, Jennifer L -- Schadt, Eric E -- Morales, Carlos R -- Lund-Katz, Sissel -- Phillips, Michael C -- Wong, Jamie -- Cantley, William -- Racie, Timothy -- Ejebe, Kenechi G -- Orho-Melander, Marju -- Melander, Olle -- Koteliansky, Victor -- Fitzgerald, Kevin -- Krauss, Ronald M -- Cowan, Chad A -- Kathiresan, Sekar -- Rader, Daniel J -- K99 HL098364/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- K99 HL098364-01/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- K99 HL098364-02/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- K99-HL098364/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- P01 HL059407/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- P01 HL059407-13/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- P01-HL059407/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- RC2 HL101864/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- RC2 HL101864-02/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- RC2-HL101864/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- T32 HL007954/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- T32 HL007954-10/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- U01 HL069757/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- U01 HL069757-09/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- U01-HL069757/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- Intramural NIH HHS/ -- England -- Nature. 2010 Aug 5;466(7307):714-9. doi: 10.1038/nature09266.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Cardiovascular Research Center and Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20686566" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular
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Transport/biosynthesis/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism
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Animals
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Base Sequence
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Binding Sites
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CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins/metabolism
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Cells, Cultured
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Cholesterol, LDL/blood/*metabolism
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Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1/*genetics
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Cohort Studies
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Coronary Artery Disease/blood/genetics
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Europe/ethnology
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Gene Expression Regulation
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Gene Knockdown Techniques
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Genetic Predisposition to Disease/*genetics
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Genome-Wide Association Study
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Haplotypes/genetics
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Hepatocytes/metabolism/secretion
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Humans
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Lipids/blood
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Lipoproteins, VLDL/blood/secretion
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Liver/cytology/metabolism/secretion
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Mice
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Myocardial Infarction/blood/genetics
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Phenotype
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Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/*genetics
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Transcription, Genetic
Print ISSN:
0028-0836
Electronic ISSN:
1476-4687
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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