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Article: Genome-wide association study identifies NRG1 as a susceptibility locus for Hirschsprung's disease

TitleGenome-wide association study identifies NRG1 as a susceptibility locus for Hirschsprung's disease
Authors
KeywordsGWA
RET
Issue Date2009
PublisherNational Academy of Sciences. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.pnas.org
Citation
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, 2009, v. 106 n. 8, p. 2694-2699 How to Cite?
AbstractHirschsprung's disease (HSCR), or aganglionic megacolon, is a congenital disorder characterized by the absence of enteric ganglia in variable portions of the distal intestine. RET is a well-established susceptibility locus, although existing evidence strongly suggests additional loci contributing to sporadic HSCR. To identify these additional genetic loci, we carried out a genome-wide association study using the Affymetrix 500K marker set. We successfully genotyped 293,836 SNPs in 181 Chinese subjects with sporadic HSCR and 346 ethnically matched control subjects. The SNPs most associated with HSCR were genotyped in an independent set of 190 HSCR and 510 control subjects. Aside from SNPs in RET, the strongest overall associations in plausible candidate genes were found for 2 SNPs located in intron 1 of the neuregulin 1 gene (NRG1) on 8p12, with rs16879552 and rs7835688 yielding odds ratios of 1.68 [Cl 95%:(1.40, 2.00), P= 1.80 × 10-8] and 1.98 [Cl 95%:(1.59, 2.47), P = 1.12 × 10-9], respectively, for the heterozygous risk genotypes under an additive model. There was also a significant interaction between RET and NRG1 (P = 0.0095), increasing the odds ratio 2.3-fold to 19.53 for the RET rs2435357 risk genotype (TT) in the presence of the NRG1 rs7835688 heterozygote, indicating that NRG1 is a modifier of HSRC penetrance. Our highly significant association findings are backed-up by the important role of NRG1 as regulator of the development of the enteric ganglia precursors. The identification of NRG1 as an additional HSCR susceptibility locus not only opens unique fields of investigation into the mechanisms underlying the HSCR pathology, but also the mechanisms by which a discrete number of loci interact with each other to cause disease. © 2009 by The National Academy of Sciences of the USA.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/92121
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Funding AgencyGrant Number
Hong Kong Research Grants CouncilHKU 765407M
HKU 775907M
University Grants Committee of Hong KongAoE/M-04/04
National Institutes of HealthEY-12562
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We thank all subjects who participated in the study. We also thank the Genome Research Centre of the University of Hong Kong, and in particular to Dr. Agnes Chan and Prof. Kathryn S. E. Cheah for their assistance. This work was supported by research Grants HKU 765407M (to M.-M. G.-B.) and HKU 775907M (to P. K. T.) from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong Grant AoE/M-04/04 and National Institutes of Health Grant EY-12562 (to S. S. C. and P. C. S.).

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dc.contributor.authorGarcia-Barcelo, MMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTang, CSMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorNgan, ESWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLui, VCHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChen, Yen_HK
dc.contributor.authorSo, MTen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLeon, TYYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorMiao, XPen_HK
dc.contributor.authorShum, CKYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLiu, FQen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYeung, MYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYuan, ZWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorGuo, WHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Len_HK
dc.contributor.authorSun, XBen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHuang, LMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTou, JFen_HK
dc.contributor.authorSong, YQen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, Den_HK
dc.contributor.authorCheung, KMCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, KKYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCherny, SSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorSham, PCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTam, PKHen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-17T10:36:42Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-17T10:36:42Z-
dc.date.issued2009en_HK
dc.identifier.citationProceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, 2009, v. 106 n. 8, p. 2694-2699en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0027-8424en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/92121-
dc.description.abstractHirschsprung's disease (HSCR), or aganglionic megacolon, is a congenital disorder characterized by the absence of enteric ganglia in variable portions of the distal intestine. RET is a well-established susceptibility locus, although existing evidence strongly suggests additional loci contributing to sporadic HSCR. To identify these additional genetic loci, we carried out a genome-wide association study using the Affymetrix 500K marker set. We successfully genotyped 293,836 SNPs in 181 Chinese subjects with sporadic HSCR and 346 ethnically matched control subjects. The SNPs most associated with HSCR were genotyped in an independent set of 190 HSCR and 510 control subjects. Aside from SNPs in RET, the strongest overall associations in plausible candidate genes were found for 2 SNPs located in intron 1 of the neuregulin 1 gene (NRG1) on 8p12, with rs16879552 and rs7835688 yielding odds ratios of 1.68 [Cl 95%:(1.40, 2.00), P= 1.80 × 10-8] and 1.98 [Cl 95%:(1.59, 2.47), P = 1.12 × 10-9], respectively, for the heterozygous risk genotypes under an additive model. There was also a significant interaction between RET and NRG1 (P = 0.0095), increasing the odds ratio 2.3-fold to 19.53 for the RET rs2435357 risk genotype (TT) in the presence of the NRG1 rs7835688 heterozygote, indicating that NRG1 is a modifier of HSRC penetrance. Our highly significant association findings are backed-up by the important role of NRG1 as regulator of the development of the enteric ganglia precursors. The identification of NRG1 as an additional HSCR susceptibility locus not only opens unique fields of investigation into the mechanisms underlying the HSCR pathology, but also the mechanisms by which a discrete number of loci interact with each other to cause disease. © 2009 by The National Academy of Sciences of the USA.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherNational Academy of Sciences. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.pnas.orgen_HK
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dc.subjectGWAen_HK
dc.subjectRETen_HK
dc.titleGenome-wide association study identifies NRG1 as a susceptibility locus for Hirschsprung's diseaseen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailGarciaBarcelo, MM: mmgarcia@hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.volume106en_HK
dc.identifier.issue8en_HK
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dc.relation.projectGenetic dissection of Hirschsprung's disease-
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