Identification of a common variant in the TFR2 gene implicated in the physiological regulation of serum iron levels.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_2EF268CFEB5E
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Identification of a common variant in the TFR2 gene implicated in the physiological regulation of serum iron levels.
Journal
Human molecular genetics
Author(s)
Pichler I., Minelli C., Sanna S., Tanaka T., Schwienbacher C., Naitza S., Porcu E., Pattaro C., Busonero F., Zanon A., Maschio A., Melville S.A., Grazia Piras M., Longo D.L., Guralnik J., Hernandez D., Bandinelli S., Aigner E., Murphy A.T., Wroblewski V., Marroni F., Theurl I., Gnewuch C., Schadt E., Mitterer M., Schlessinger D., Ferrucci L., Witcher D.R., Hicks A.A., Weiss G., Uda M., Pramstaller P.P.
ISSN
1460-2083 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0964-6906
Publication state
Published
Issued date
15/03/2011
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
20
Number
6
Pages
1232-1240
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Meta-Analysis ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
The genetic determinants of variation in iron status are actively sought, but remain incompletely understood. Meta-analysis of two genome-wide association (GWA) studies and replication in three independent cohorts was performed to identify genetic loci associated in the general population with serum levels of iron and markers of iron status, including transferrin, ferritin, soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) and sTfR-ferritin index. We identified and replicated a novel association of a common variant in the type-2 transferrin receptor (TFR2) gene with iron levels, with effect sizes highly consistent across samples. In addition, we identified and replicated an association between the HFE locus and ferritin and confirmed previously reported associations with the TF, TMPRSS6 and HFE genes. The five replicated variants were tested for association with expression levels of the corresponding genes in a publicly available data set of human liver samples, and nominally statistically significant expression differences by genotype were observed for all genes, although only rs3811647 in the TF gene survived the Bonferroni correction for multiple testing. In addition, we measured for the first time the effects of the common variant in TMPRSS6, rs4820268, on hepcidin mRNA in peripheral blood (n = 83 individuals) and on hepcidin levels in urine (n = 529) and observed an association in the same direction, though only borderline significant. These functional findings require confirmation in further studies with larger sample sizes, but they suggest that common variants in TMPRSS6 could modify the hepcidin-iron feedback loop in clinically unaffected individuals, thus making them more susceptible to imbalances of iron homeostasis.
Keywords
Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Genetic Variation, Humans, Iron/blood, Male, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Receptors, Transferrin/genetics, Receptors, Transferrin/metabolism, Young Adult
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Web of science
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