A genome-wide association study reveals variants in ARL15 that influence adiponectin levels

J. Brent Richards; Dawn Waterworth; Stephen O'Rahilly; Marie France Hivert; Ruth J.F. Loos; John R.B. Perry; Toshiko Tanaka; Nicholas John Timpson; Robert K. Semple; Nicole Soranzo; Kijoung Song; Nuno Rocha; Elin Grundberg; Josée Dupuis; Jose C. Florez; Claudia Langenberg; Inga Prokopenko; Richa Saxena; Robert Sladek; Yurii Aulchenko; David Evans; Gerard Waeber; Jeanette Erdmann; Mary Susan Burnett; Naveed Sattar; Joseph Devaney; Christina Willenborg; Aroon Hingorani; Jaquelin C.M. Witteman; Peter Vollenweider; Beate Glaser; Christian Hengstenberg; Luigi Ferrucci; David Melzer; Klaus Stark; John Deanfield; Janina Winogradow; Martina Grassl; Alistair S. Hall; Josephine M. Egan; John R. Thompson; Sally L. Ricketts; Inke R. König; Wibke Reinhard; Scott Grundy; H. Erich Wichmann; Phil Barter; Robert Mahley; Y. Antero Kesaniemi; Daniel J. Rader; Muredach P. Reilly; Stephen E. Epstein; Alexandre F.R. Stewart; Cornelia M. Van Duijn; Heribert Schunkert; Keith Burling; Panos Deloukas; Tomi Pastinen; Nilesh J. Samani; Ruth McPherson; George Davey Smith; Timothy M. Frayling; Nicholas J. Wareham; James B. Meigs; Vincent Mooser; Tim D. Spector

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A genome-wide association study reveals variants in ARL15 that influence adiponectin levels

J. Brent Richards^*, Dawn Waterworth, Stephen O'Rahilly, Marie France Hivert, Ruth J.F. Loos, John R.B. Perry, Toshiko Tanaka, Nicholas John Timpson, Robert K. Semple, Nicole Soranzo, Kijoung Song, Nuno Rocha, Elin Grundberg, Josée Dupuis, Jose C. Florez, Claudia Langenberg, Inga Prokopenko, Richa Saxena, Robert Sladek, Yurii AulchenkoDavid Evans, Gerard Waeber, Jeanette Erdmann, Mary Susan Burnett, Naveed Sattar, Joseph Devaney, Christina Willenborg, Aroon Hingorani, Jaquelin C.M. Witteman, Peter Vollenweider, Beate Glaser, Christian Hengstenberg, Luigi Ferrucci, David Melzer, Klaus Stark, John Deanfield, Janina Winogradow, Martina Grassl, Alistair S. Hall, Josephine M. Egan, John R. Thompson, Sally L. Ricketts, Inke R. König, Wibke Reinhard, Scott Grundy, H. Erich Wichmann, Phil Barter, Robert Mahley, Y. Antero Kesaniemi, Daniel J. Rader, Muredach P. Reilly, Stephen E. Epstein, Alexandre F.R. Stewart, Cornelia M. Van Duijn, Heribert Schunkert, Keith Burling, Panos Deloukas, Tomi Pastinen, Nilesh J. Samani, Ruth McPherson, George Davey Smith, Timothy M. Frayling, Nicholas J. Wareham, James B. Meigs, Vincent Mooser, Tim D. Spector

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The adipocyte-derived protein adiponectin is highly heritable and inversely associated with risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and coronary heart disease (CHD). We meta-analyzed 3 genome-wide association studies for circulating adiponectin levels (n = 8,531) and sought validation of the lead single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 5 additional cohorts (n = 6,202). Five SNPs were genome-wide significant in their relationship with adiponectin (P≤5×10^-8). We then tested whether these 5 SNPs were associated with risk of T2D and CHD using a Bonferroni-corrected threshold of P≤0.011 to declare statistical significance for these disease associations. SNPs at the adiponectin-encoding ADIPOQ locus demonstrated the strongest associations with adiponectin levels (P-combined = 9.2×10^-19 for lead SNP, rs266717, n = 14,733). A novel variant in the ARL15 (ADP-ribosylation factor-like 15) gene was associated with lower circulating levels of adiponectin (rs4311394-G, P-combined = 2.9×10^-8, n = 14,733). This same risk allele at ARL15 was also associated with a higher risk of CHD (odds ratio [OR] = 1.12, P = 8.5×10^-6, n = 22,421) more nominally, an increased risk of T2D (OR = 1.11, P = 3.2×10^-3, n = 10,128), and several metabolic traits. Expression studies in humans indicated that ARL15 is well-expressed in skeletal muscle. These findings identify a novel protein, ARL15, which influences circulating adiponectin levels and may impact upon CHD risk.

Original language	English
Article number	e1000768
Journal	PLOS Genetics
Volume	5
Issue number	12
ISSN	1553-7390
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000768
Publication status	Published - 01.12.2009

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Brent Richards, J., Waterworth, D., O'Rahilly, S., Hivert, M. F., Loos, R. J. F., Perry, J. R. B., Tanaka, T., Timpson, N. J., Semple, R. K., Soranzo, N., Song, K., Rocha, N., Grundberg, E., Dupuis, J., Florez, J. C., Langenberg, C., Prokopenko, I., Saxena, R., Sladek, R., ... Spector, T. D. (2009). A genome-wide association study reveals variants in ARL15 that influence adiponectin levels. PLOS Genetics, 5(12), Article e1000768. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000768

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