Title | A genetic association study detects haplotypes associated with obstructive heart defects |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2014 |
Authors | Li M, Cleves MA, Mallick H, Erickson SW, Tang X, Nick TG, Macleod SL, Hobbs CA |
Corporate Authors | National Birth Defect Prevention Study |
Journal | Hum Genet |
Volume | 133 |
Issue | 9 |
Pagination | 1127-38 |
Date Published | 2014 Sep |
ISSN | 1432-1203 |
Keywords | Adult, 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. |
DOI | 10.1007/s00439-014-1453-1 |
Alternate Journal | Hum Genet |
PubMed ID | 24894164 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC4313870 |
Grant List | R01 HD039054 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States 5U01DD000491-05 / DD / NCBDD CDC HHS / United States 5R01HD039054-12 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States |