TY - JOUR
T1 - A Genomewide Association Study Identifies Two Sex-Specific Loci, at SPTB and IZUMO3, Influencing Pediatric Bone Mineral Density at Multiple Skeletal Sites
AU - Chesi, Alessandra
AU - Mitchell, Jonathan A.
AU - Kalkwarf, Heidi J.
AU - Bradfield, Jonathan P.
AU - Lappe, Joan M.
AU - Cousminer, Diana L.
AU - Roy, Sani M.
AU - McCormack, Shana E.
AU - Gilsanz, Vicente
AU - Oberfield, Sharon E.
AU - Hakonarson, Hakon
AU - Shepherd, John A.
AU - Kelly, Andrea
AU - Zemel, Babette S.
AU - Grant, Struan F.A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
PY - 2017/6
Y1 - 2017/6
N2 - Failure to achieve optimal bone mineral accretion during childhood and adolescence results in subsequent suboptimal peak bone mass, contributing to osteoporosis risk later in life. To identify novel genetic factors that influence pediatric bone mass at discrete skeletal sites, we performed a sex-stratified genomewide association study of areal bone mineral density (BMD) measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry at the 1/3 distal radius, spine, total hip, and femoral neck in a cohort of 933 healthy European American children. We took forward signals with p < 5 × 10−5 and minor allele frequency (MAF) >5% into an independent cohort of 486 European American children in search of replication. In doing so, we identified five loci that achieved genome wide significance in the combined cohorts (nearest genes: CPED1, IZUMO3, RBFOX1, SPBT, and TBPL2), of which the last four were novel and two were sex-specific (SPTB in females and IZUMO3 in males), with all of them yielding associations that were particularly strong at a specific skeletal site. Annotation of potential regulatory function, expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) effects and pathway analyses identified several potential target genes at these associated loci. This study highlights the importance of sex-stratified analyses at discrete skeletal sites during the critical period of bone accrual, and identifies novel loci for further functional follow-up to pinpoint key genes and better understand the regulation of bone development in children.
AB - Failure to achieve optimal bone mineral accretion during childhood and adolescence results in subsequent suboptimal peak bone mass, contributing to osteoporosis risk later in life. To identify novel genetic factors that influence pediatric bone mass at discrete skeletal sites, we performed a sex-stratified genomewide association study of areal bone mineral density (BMD) measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry at the 1/3 distal radius, spine, total hip, and femoral neck in a cohort of 933 healthy European American children. We took forward signals with p < 5 × 10−5 and minor allele frequency (MAF) >5% into an independent cohort of 486 European American children in search of replication. In doing so, we identified five loci that achieved genome wide significance in the combined cohorts (nearest genes: CPED1, IZUMO3, RBFOX1, SPBT, and TBPL2), of which the last four were novel and two were sex-specific (SPTB in females and IZUMO3 in males), with all of them yielding associations that were particularly strong at a specific skeletal site. Annotation of potential regulatory function, expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) effects and pathway analyses identified several potential target genes at these associated loci. This study highlights the importance of sex-stratified analyses at discrete skeletal sites during the critical period of bone accrual, and identifies novel loci for further functional follow-up to pinpoint key genes and better understand the regulation of bone development in children.
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U2 - 10.1002/jbmr.3097
DO - 10.1002/jbmr.3097
M3 - Article
C2 - 28181694
AN - SCOPUS:85019090688
VL - 32
SP - 1274
EP - 1281
JO - Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
JF - Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
SN - 0884-0431
IS - 6
ER -