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

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TitleGenome-wide association study identifies NRG1 as a susceptibility locus for Hirschsprung's disease
AuthorsGarciaBarcelo, MM6
Tang, CSM
Ngan, ESW6
Lui, VCH6
Chen, Y6
So, MT
Leon, TYY
Miao, XP2
Shum, CKY
Liu, FQ
Yeung, MY
Yuan, ZW3
Guo, WH7
Liu, L
Sun, XB9
Huang, LM8
Tou, JF5
Song, YQ
Chan, D
Cheung, KMC1
Wong, KKY
Cherny, SS4
Sham, PC6
Tam, PKH6
KeywordsGWA
RET
Issue Date2009
PublisherNational Academy of Sciences. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.pnas.org
CitationProceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, 2009, v. 106 n. 8, p. 2694-2699 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0809630105
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.
ISSN0027-8424
2011 Impact Factor: 9.681
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.754
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0809630105
PubMed Central IDPMC2650328
ReferencesReferences in Scopus
GrantsGenetic dissection of Hirschsprung's disease
Developmental genomics and skeletal research
Functional evaluation of RET coding and non-coding sequence mutations in Hirschsprung's disease
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dc.contributor.authorGarciaBarcelo, MM
dc.contributor.authorTang, CSM
dc.contributor.authorNgan, ESW
dc.contributor.authorLui, VCH
dc.contributor.authorChen, Y
dc.contributor.authorSo, MT
dc.contributor.authorLeon, TYY
dc.contributor.authorMiao, XP
dc.contributor.authorShum, CKY
dc.contributor.authorLiu, FQ
dc.contributor.authorYeung, MY
dc.contributor.authorYuan, ZW
dc.contributor.authorGuo, WH
dc.contributor.authorLiu, L
dc.contributor.authorSun, XB
dc.contributor.authorHuang, LM
dc.contributor.authorTou, JF
dc.contributor.authorSong, YQ
dc.contributor.authorChan, D
dc.contributor.authorCheung, KMC
dc.contributor.authorWong, KKY
dc.contributor.authorCherny, SS
dc.contributor.authorSham, PC
dc.contributor.authorTam, PKH
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-17T10:36:42Z
dc.date.available2010-09-17T10:36:42Z
dc.date.issued2009
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.
dc.description.grantGenetic dissection of Hirschsprung's disease
dc.description.grantDevelopmental genomics and skeletal research
dc.description.grantFunctional evaluation of RET coding and non-coding sequence mutations in Hirschsprung's disease
dc.description.grantcode96945
dc.description.grantcode44444
dc.description.grantcode96818
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dc.identifier.citationProceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, 2009, v. 106 n. 8, p. 2694-2699 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0809630105
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0809630105
dc.identifier.eissn1091-6490
dc.identifier.epage2699
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000263652900042
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
Funding Information:

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.).

dc.identifier.issn0027-8424
2011 Impact Factor: 9.681
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.754
dc.identifier.issue8
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC2650328
dc.identifier.pmid19196962
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-62449175742
dc.identifier.spage2694
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/92121
dc.identifier.volume106
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherNational Academy of Sciences. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.pnas.org
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.subjectGWA
dc.subjectRET
dc.titleGenome-wide association study identifies NRG1 as a susceptibility locus for Hirschsprung's disease
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
  2. Shenzhen Children's Hospital
  3. China Medical University Shenyang
  4. Genome Research Centre
  5. Zhejiang Children's Hospital
  6. Centre for Reproduction, Development, and Growth
  7. Beijing Children's Hospital
  8. Peking University
  9. Shandong University School of Medicine