Biology Faculty Articles
Title
Genetic Association and Gene-Gene Interaction Analyses in African American Dialysis Patients With Nondiabetic Nephropathy
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2012
Publication Title
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Keywords
African American, APOL1, CFH, End-stage renal disease, Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes (FIND), Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), Hypertension
ISSN
0272-6386
Volume
59
Issue/No.
2
First Page
210
Last Page
221
Abstract
Background
African Americans have increased susceptibility to nondiabetic nephropathy relative to European Americans.
Study Design
Follow-up of a pooled genome-wide association study (GWAS) in African American dialysis patients with nondiabetic nephropathy; novel gene-gene interaction analyses.
Setting & Participants
Wake Forest sample: 962 African American nondiabetic nephropathy cases, 931 non-nephropathy controls. Replication sample: 668 Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes (FIND) African American nondiabetic nephropathy cases, 804 non-nephropathy controls.
Predictors
Individual genotyping of top 1,420 pooled GWAS-associated single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and 54 SNPs in 6 nephropathy susceptibility genes.
Outcomes
APOL1 genetic association and additional candidate susceptibility loci interacting with or independently from APOL1 .
Results
The strongest GWAS associations included 2 noncoding APOL1 SNPs, rs2239785 (OR, 0.33; dominant; P = 5.9 × 10 −24 ) and rs136148 (OR, 0.54; additive; P = 1.1 × 10 −7 ) with replication in FIND ( P = 5.0 × 10 −21 and 1.9 × 10 −05 , respectively). rs2239785 remained associated significantly after controlling for the APOL1 G1 and G2 coding variants. Additional top hits included a CFH SNP (OR from meta-analysis in the 3,367 African American cases and controls, 0.81; additive; P = 6.8 × 10 −4 ). The 1,420 SNPs were tested for interaction with APOL1 G1 and G2 variants. Several interactive SNPs were detected; the most significant was rs16854341 in the podocin gene ( NPHS2 ; P = 0.0001).
Limitations
Nonpooled GWASs have not been performed in African American patients with nondiabetic nephropathy.
Conclusions
This follow-up of a pooled GWAS provides additional and independent evidence that APOL1 variants contribute to nondiabetic nephropathy in African Americans and identified additional associated and interactive nondiabetic nephropathy susceptibility genes.
Additional Comments
National Institutes of Health grant #s: R01 DK 070941, R01 DK 084149, R01 DK53591, N01-HG-65403; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases grant #: F32 DK080617; FIND grant #s: U01DK57292, U01DK57329, U01DK057300, U01DK057298, U01DK057249, U01DK57295, U01DK070657, U01DK057303, U01DK070657, U01DK57304; CHOICE study #: DK07024; National Cancer Institute contract #: N01-CO-12400; National Center for Research Resources for the General Clinical Research Center grant #s: M01-RR-000080, M01-RR-07122, M01-RR-00425, M01-RR-00827-29, HSC M01-RR-00997, M01-RR-01346; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grant#: HS08365; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant #: HL62985
NSUWorks Citation
Bostrom, Meredith A.; W. H. Linda Kao; Man Li; Hanna E. Abboud; Sharon G. Adler; Sudha K. Iyengar; Paul L. Kimmel; Robert L. Hanson; Susanne B. Nicholas; Rebekah S. Rasooly; John R. Sedor; Josef Coresh; Orly F. Kohn; David J. Leehey; Denyse Thornley-Brown; Erwin P. Bottinger; Michael S. Lipkowitz; Lucy A. Meoni; Michael J. Klag; Lingyi Lu; Pamela J. Hicks; Carl D. Langefeld; Rulan S. Parekh; Donald W. Bowden; Barry I. Freedman; Stephen J. O'Brien; and Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes (FIND) Research Group. 2012. "Genetic Association and Gene-Gene Interaction Analyses in African American Dialysis Patients With Nondiabetic Nephropathy." American Journal of Kidney Diseases 59, (2): 210-221. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_bio_facarticles/429
ORCID ID
0000-0001-7353-8301
ResearcherID
N-1726-2015
Comments
© 2012 by the National Kidney Foundation, Inc.