Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies Identifies Three Loci Associated With Stiffness Index of the Calcaneusopen access
- Authors
- Lu, Hsing-Fang; Hung, Kuo-Sheng; Chu, Hou-Wei; Wong, Henry Sung-Ching; Kim, Jihye; Kim, Mi Kyung; Choi, Bo Youl; Tai, Yu-Ting; Ikegawa, Shiro; Cho, Er-Chieh; Chang, Wei-Chiao
- Issue Date
- Jul-2019
- Publisher
- WILEY
- Keywords
- STIFFNESS INDEX; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; TAIWAN BIOBANK; OSTEOPOROSIS; HEEL BONE MINERAL DENSITY
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH, v.34, no.7, pp.1275 - 1283
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH
- Volume
- 34
- Number
- 7
- Start Page
- 1275
- End Page
- 1283
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/147479
- DOI
- 10.1002/jbmr.3703
- ISSN
- 0884-0431
- Abstract
- The stiffness index (SI) from quantitative ultrasound measurements is a good indicator of BMD and may be used to predict the risk of osteoporotic fracture. We conducted a genomewide association study (GWAS) for SI using 7742 individuals from the Taiwan Biobank, followed by a replication study in a Korean population (n = 2955). Approximately 6.1 million SNPs were subjected to association analysis, and SI-associated variants were identified. We further conducted a meta-analysis of Taiwan Biobank significant SNPs with a Korean population-based cohort. Candidate genes were prioritized according to epigenetic annotations, gene ontology, protein-protein interaction, GWAS catalog, and expression quantitative trait loci analyses. Our results revealed seven significant single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within three loci: 7q31.31, 17p13.3, and 11q14.2. Conditional analysis showed that three SNPs, rs2536195 (CPED1/WNT16), rs1231207 (SMG6), and rs4944661 (LOC10050636/TMEM135), were the most important signals within these regions. The associations for the three SNPs were confirmed in a UK Biobank estimated BMD GWAS; these three cytobands were replicated successfully after a meta-analysis with a Korean population cohort as well. However, two SNPs were not replicated. After prioritization, we identified two novel genes, RAB15 and FNTB, as strong candidates for association with SI. Our study identified three SI-associated SNPs and two novel SI-related genes. Overall, these results provide further insight into the genetic architecture of osteoporosis. Further studies in larger East Asian populations are needed. (c) 2019 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
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