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A genome-wide analysis of 'Bounty' descendants implicates several novel variants in migraine susceptibility
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Cox, HC and Lea, RA and Bellis, C and Carless, M and Dyer, TD and Curran, J and Charlesworth, J and Macgregor, S and Nyholt, D and Chasman, D and Ridker, PM and Schurks, M and Blangero, J and Griffiths, LR, A genome-wide analysis of 'Bounty' descendants implicates several novel variants in migraine susceptibility, Neurogenetics, 13, (3) pp. 261-266. ISSN 1364-6753 (2012) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1007/s10048-012-0325-x
Abstract
Migraine is a common neurological disease with a complex genetic aetiology. The disease affects ~12 % of the Caucasian population and females are three times more likely than males to be diagnosed. In an effort to identify loci involved in migraine susceptibility, we performed a pedigree-based genome-wide association study of the isolated population of Norfolk Island, which has a high prevalence of migraine. This unique population originates from a small number of British and Polynesian founders who are descendents of the Bounty mutiny and forms a very large multigenerational pedigree (Bellis et al.; Human Genetics, 124(5):543-5542, 2008). These population genetic features may facilitate disease gene mapping strategies (Peltonen et al.; Nat Rev Genet, 1(3):182-90, 2000. In this study, we identified a high heritability of migraine in the Norfolk Island population (h2 = 0.53, P = 0.016). We performed a pedigree-based GWAS and utilised a statistical and pathological prioritisation approach to implicate a number of variants in migraine. An SNP located in the zinc finger protein 555 (ZNF555) gene (rs4807347) showed evidence of statistical association in our Norfolk Island pedigree (P = 9.6 × 10-6) as well as replication in a large independent and unrelated cohort with >500 migraineurs. In addition, we utilised a biological prioritisation to implicate four SNPs, in within the ADARB2 gene, two SNPs within the GRM7 gene and a single SNP in close proximity to a HTR7 gene. Association of SNPs within these neurotransmitter-related genes suggests a disrupted serotoninergic system that is perhaps specific to the Norfolk Island pedigree, but that might provide clues to understanding migraine more generally.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | migraine, association, gene, Norfolk Island, zinc finger protein |
| Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
| Research Group: | Genetics |
| Research Field: | Neurogenetics |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) |
| Objective Field: | Inherited Diseases (incl. Gene Therapy) |
| UTAS Author: | Charlesworth, J (Dr Jac Charlesworth) |
| ID Code: | 78792 |
| Year Published: | 2012 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 21 |
| Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
| Deposited On: | 2012-07-26 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-11-06 |
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