GWAS loci associated with Chagas cardiomyopathy influences DNA methylation levels.

A recent genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified a locus in chromosome 11 associated with the chronic cardiac form of Chagas disease. Here we aimed to elucidate the potential functional mechanism underlying this genetic association by analyzing the correlation among single nucleotide polymor...

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Autores principales: Desiré Casares-Marfil, Martin Kerick, Eduardo Andrés-León, Pau Bosch-Nicolau, Israel Molina, Chagas Genetics CYTED Network, Javier Martin, Marialbert Acosta-Herrera
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:bd5a6ba8264443278c16932d615527a52021-12-02T20:23:32ZGWAS loci associated with Chagas cardiomyopathy influences DNA methylation levels.1935-27271935-273510.1371/journal.pntd.0009874https://doaj.org/article/bd5a6ba8264443278c16932d615527a52021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009874https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735A recent genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified a locus in chromosome 11 associated with the chronic cardiac form of Chagas disease. Here we aimed to elucidate the potential functional mechanism underlying this genetic association by analyzing the correlation among single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and DNA methylation (DNAm) levels as cis methylation quantitative trait loci (cis-mQTL) within this region. A total of 2,611 SNPs were tested against 2,647 DNAm sites, in a subset of 37 chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy patients and 20 asymptomatic individuals from the GWAS. We identified 6,958 significant cis-mQTLs (False Discovery Rate [FDR]<0.05) at 1 Mb each side of the GWAS leading variant, where six of them potentially modulate the expression of the SAC3D1 gene, the reported gene in the previous GWAS. In addition, a total of 268 cis-mQTLs showed differential methylation between chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy patients and asymptomatic individuals. The most significant cis-mQTLs mapped in the gene bodies of POLA2 (FDR = 1.04x10-11), PLAAT3 (FDR = 7.22x10-03), and CCDC88B (FDR = 1.89x10-02) that have been associated with cardiovascular and hematological traits in previous studies. One of the most relevant interactions correlated with hypermethylation of CCDC88B. This gene is involved in the inflammatory response, and its methylation and expression levels have been previously reported in Chagas cardiomyopathy. Our findings support the functional relevance of the previously associated genomic region, highlighting the regulation of novel genes that could play a role in the chronic cardiac form of the disease.Desiré Casares-MarfilMartin KerickEduardo Andrés-LeónPau Bosch-NicolauIsrael MolinaChagas Genetics CYTED NetworkJavier MartinMarialbert Acosta-HerreraPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleArctic medicine. Tropical medicineRC955-962Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 10, p e0009874 (2021)
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topic Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
spellingShingle Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Desiré Casares-Marfil
Martin Kerick
Eduardo Andrés-León
Pau Bosch-Nicolau
Israel Molina
Chagas Genetics CYTED Network
Javier Martin
Marialbert Acosta-Herrera
GWAS loci associated with Chagas cardiomyopathy influences DNA methylation levels.
description A recent genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified a locus in chromosome 11 associated with the chronic cardiac form of Chagas disease. Here we aimed to elucidate the potential functional mechanism underlying this genetic association by analyzing the correlation among single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and DNA methylation (DNAm) levels as cis methylation quantitative trait loci (cis-mQTL) within this region. A total of 2,611 SNPs were tested against 2,647 DNAm sites, in a subset of 37 chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy patients and 20 asymptomatic individuals from the GWAS. We identified 6,958 significant cis-mQTLs (False Discovery Rate [FDR]<0.05) at 1 Mb each side of the GWAS leading variant, where six of them potentially modulate the expression of the SAC3D1 gene, the reported gene in the previous GWAS. In addition, a total of 268 cis-mQTLs showed differential methylation between chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy patients and asymptomatic individuals. The most significant cis-mQTLs mapped in the gene bodies of POLA2 (FDR = 1.04x10-11), PLAAT3 (FDR = 7.22x10-03), and CCDC88B (FDR = 1.89x10-02) that have been associated with cardiovascular and hematological traits in previous studies. One of the most relevant interactions correlated with hypermethylation of CCDC88B. This gene is involved in the inflammatory response, and its methylation and expression levels have been previously reported in Chagas cardiomyopathy. Our findings support the functional relevance of the previously associated genomic region, highlighting the regulation of novel genes that could play a role in the chronic cardiac form of the disease.
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author Desiré Casares-Marfil
Martin Kerick
Eduardo Andrés-León
Pau Bosch-Nicolau
Israel Molina
Chagas Genetics CYTED Network
Javier Martin
Marialbert Acosta-Herrera
author_facet Desiré Casares-Marfil
Martin Kerick
Eduardo Andrés-León
Pau Bosch-Nicolau
Israel Molina
Chagas Genetics CYTED Network
Javier Martin
Marialbert Acosta-Herrera
author_sort Desiré Casares-Marfil
title GWAS loci associated with Chagas cardiomyopathy influences DNA methylation levels.
title_short GWAS loci associated with Chagas cardiomyopathy influences DNA methylation levels.
title_full GWAS loci associated with Chagas cardiomyopathy influences DNA methylation levels.
title_fullStr GWAS loci associated with Chagas cardiomyopathy influences DNA methylation levels.
title_full_unstemmed GWAS loci associated with Chagas cardiomyopathy influences DNA methylation levels.
title_sort gwas loci associated with chagas cardiomyopathy influences dna methylation levels.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate 2021
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