Heritability estimates for 361 blood metabolites across 40 genome-wide association studies

Fiona A. Hagenbeek; Rene Pool; Jenny van Dongen; Harmen H. M. Draisma; Jouke Jan Hottenga; Gonneke Willemsen; Abdel Abdellaoui; Iryna O. Fedko; Anouk den Braber; Pieter Jelle Visser; Eco J. C. N. de Geus; Ko Willems van Dijk; Aswin Verhoeven; H. Eka Suchiman; Marian Beekman; P. Eline Slagboom; Cornelia M. van Duijn; Amy C. Harms; Thomas Hankemeier; Meike Bartels; Michel G. Nivard; Dorret I. Boomsma; J. J. H. Barkey Wolf; D. Cats; N. Amin; J. W. Beulens; J. A. van der Bom; N. Bomer; A. Demirkan; J. A. van Hilten; J. M. T. A. Meessen; M. H. Moed; J. Fu; G. L. J. Onderwater; F. Rutters; C. So-Osman; W. M. van der Flier; A. A. W. A. van der Heijden; A. van der Spek; F. W. Asselbergs; E. Boersma; P. M. Elders; J. M. Geleijnse; R. G. H. H. Nelissen; C. D. A. Stehouwer; C. E. Teunissen; I. C. C. van der Horst; C. J. H. van der Kallen; M. M. J. van Greevenbroek; M. J. T. Reinders; BBMRI Metabolomics Consortium

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Heritability estimates for 361 blood metabolites across 40 genome-wide association studies

Fiona A. Hagenbeek^*, Rene Pool, Jenny van Dongen, Harmen H. M. Draisma, Jouke Jan Hottenga, Gonneke Willemsen, Abdel Abdellaoui, Iryna O. Fedko, Anouk den Braber, Pieter Jelle Visser, Eco J. C. N. de Geus, Ko Willems van Dijk, Aswin Verhoeven, H. Eka Suchiman, Marian Beekman, P. Eline Slagboom, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Amy C. Harms, Thomas Hankemeier, Meike BartelsMichel G. Nivard^*, Dorret I. Boomsma^*, J. J. H. Barkey Wolf, D. Cats, N. Amin, J. W. Beulens, J. A. van der Bom, N. Bomer, A. Demirkan, J. A. van Hilten, J. M. T. A. Meessen, M. H. Moed, J. Fu, G. L. J. Onderwater, F. Rutters, C. So-Osman, W. M. van der Flier, A. A. W. A. van der Heijden, A. van der Spek, F. W. Asselbergs, E. Boersma, P. M. Elders, J. M. Geleijnse, R. G. H. H. Nelissen, C. D. A. Stehouwer, C. E. Teunissen, I. C. C. van der Horst, C. J. H. van der Kallen, M. M. J. van Greevenbroek, M. J. T. Reinders, BBMRI Metabolomics Consortium

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Metabolomics examines the small molecules involved in cellular metabolism. Approximately 50% of total phenotypic differences in metabolite levels is due to genetic variance, but heritability estimates differ across metabolite classes. We perform a review of all genome-wide association and (exome-) sequencing studies published between November 2008 and October 2018, and identify > 800 class-specific metabolite loci associated with metabolite levels. In a twin-family cohort (N = 5117), these metabolite loci are leveraged to simultaneously estimate total heritability (h(total)(2)), and the proportion of heritability captured by known metabolite loci (h(Metabolite-hits)(2)) for 309 lipids and 52 organic acids. Our study reveals significant differences in h(Metabolite-hits)(2) among different classes of lipids and organic acids. Furthermore, phosphatidylcholines with a high degree of unsaturation have higher h(Metabolite-hits)(2) estimates than phosphatidylcholines with low degrees of unsaturation. This study highlights the importance of common genetic variants for metabolite levels, and elucidates the genetic architecture of metabolite classes.

Original language	English
Article number	39
Number of pages	11
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13770-6
Publication status	Published - 7 Jan 2020

Keywords

NETHERLANDS TWIN REGISTER
MISSING HERITABILITY
GENOTYPE IMPUTATION
VARIANCE-ESTIMATION
METABOLOMICS
SELECTION
DATABASE
BIOBANK

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Hagenbeek, F. A., Pool, R., van Dongen, J., Draisma, H. H. M., Jan Hottenga, J., Willemsen, G., Abdellaoui, A., Fedko, I. O., den Braber, A., Visser, P. J., de Geus, E. J. C. N., Willems van Dijk, K., Verhoeven, A., Suchiman, H. E., Beekman, M., Slagboom, P. E., van Duijn, C. M., Harms, A. C., Hankemeier, T., ... BBMRI Metabolomics Consortium (2020). Heritability estimates for 361 blood metabolites across 40 genome-wide association studies. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 39. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13770-6

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AU - Visser, Pieter Jelle

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Heritability estimates for 361 blood metabolites across 40 genome-wide association studies

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