A genetic association study detects haplotypes associated with obstructive heart defects

TitleA genetic association study detects haplotypes associated with obstructive heart defects
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2014
AuthorsLi M, Cleves MA, Mallick H, Erickson SW, Tang X, Nick TG, Macleod SL, Hobbs CA
Corporate AuthorsNational Birth Defect Prevention Study
JournalHum Genet
Volume133
Issue9
Pagination1127-38
Date Published2014 Sep
ISSN1432-1203
KeywordsAdult, Carbon-Nitrogen Ligases, Case-Control Studies, DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases, DNA Modification Methylases, DNA Repair Enzymes, Female, Fetus, Genetic Association Studies, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genotype, Haplotypes, Heart Defects, Congenital, Humans, Logistic Models, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Pregnancy, Tumor Suppressor Proteins, United States
Abstract

The development of congenital heart defects (CHDs) involves a complex interplay between genetic variants, epigenetic variants, and environmental exposures. Previous studies have suggested that susceptibility to CHDs is associated with maternal genotypes, fetal genotypes, and maternal-fetal genotype (MFG) interactions. We conducted a haplotype-based genetic association study of obstructive heart defects (OHDs), aiming to detect the genetic effects of 877 SNPs involved in the homocysteine, folate, and transsulfuration pathways. Genotypes were available for 285 mother-offspring pairs with OHD-affected pregnancies and 868 mother-offspring pairs with unaffected pregnancies. A penalized logistic regression model was applied with an adaptive least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (lasso), which dissects the maternal effect, fetal effect, and MFG interaction effects associated with OHDs. By examining the association between 140 haplotype blocks, we identified 9 blocks that are potentially associated with OHD occurrence. Four haplotype blocks, located in genes MGMT, MTHFS, CBS, and DNMT3L, were statistically significant using a Bayesian false-discovery probability threshold of 0.8. Two blocks in MGMT and MTHFS appear to have significant fetal effects, while the CBS and DNMT3L genes may have significant MFG interaction effects.

DOI10.1007/s00439-014-1453-1
Alternate JournalHum Genet
PubMed ID24894164
PubMed Central IDPMC4313870
Grant ListR01 HD039054 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States
5U01DD000491-05 / DD / NCBDD CDC HHS / United States
5R01HD039054-12 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States