Genome-wide association study of sporadic brain arteriovenous malformations
Year: 2016
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The pathogenesis of sporadic brain arteriovenous malformations (BAVMs) remains unknown, but studies suggest a genetic component. We estimated the heritability of sporadic BAVM and performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to investigate association of common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with risk of sporadic BAVM in the international, multicentre Genetics of Arteriovenous Malformation (GEN-AVM) consortium. METHODS: The Caucasian discovery cohort included 515 BAVM cases and 1191 controls genotyped using Affymetrix genome-wide SNP arrays. Genotype data were imputed to 1000 Genomes Project data, and well-imputed SNPs (>0.01 minor allele frequency) were analysed for association with BAVM. 57 top BAVM-associated SNPs (51 SNPs with p<10(-05) or p<10(-04) in candidate pathway genes, and 6 candidate BAVM SNPs) were tested in a replication cohort including 608 BAVM cases and 744 controls. RESULTS: The estimated heritability of BAVM was 17.6% (SE 8.9%, age and sex-adjusted p=0.015). None of the SNPs were significantly associated with BAVM in the replication cohort after correction for multiple testing. 6 SNPs had a nominal p<0.1 in the replication cohort and map to introns in EGFEM1P, SP4 and CDKAL1 or near JAG1 and BNC2. Of the 6 candidate SNPs, 2 in ACVRL1 and MMP3 had a nominal p<0.05 in the replication cohort. CONCLUSIONS: We performed the first GWAS of sporadic BAVM in the largest BAVM cohort assembled to date. No GWAS SNPs were replicated, suggesting that common SNPs do not contribute strongly to BAVM susceptibility. However, heritability estimates suggest a modest but significant genetic contribution.
Authors: Shantel Weinsheimer, Nasrine Bendjilali, Jeffrey Nelson, Diana E Guo, Jonathan G Zaroff, Stephen Sidney, Charles E McCulloch, Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, Jonathan N Berg, Bobby P C Koeleman, Matthias Simon, Azize Bostroem, Marco Fontanella, Carmelo L Sturiale, Roberto Pola, Alfredo Puca, Michael T Lawton, William L Young, Ludmila Pawlikowska, Catharina J M Klijn, Helen Kim
Institutions: Sankt Hans Hospital, Capital Region of Denmark, Rowan University, University of California, San Francisco, University of California System, Kaiser Permanente, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, University of Edinburgh, University of Dundee, University Medical Center Utrecht, University of Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, University of Turin, University of Brescia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Radboud University Medical Center
Language: English
Subfield: Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: Integrative Study of Brain Vascular Malformations, WTCCC2 core activities, G3445821079, Genetic influences on clinical outcome in brain arteriovenous malformations, G4156226487, Genomics for Transplantation: Discovery and Biomarkers, Predictors of spontaneous cerebral AVM hemorrhage, The genetics of weight, BMI, adiposity and obesity
OpenAlex ID: W2306783063