ExomeChip-Wide Analysis of 95 626 Individuals Identifies 10 Novel Loci Associated With QT and JT Intervals

Nathan A. Bihlmeyer; Jennifer A. Brody; Albert Vernon Smith; Helen R. Warren; Honghuang Lin; Aaron Isaacs; Ching-Ti Liu; Jonathan Marten; Farid Radmanesh; Leanne M. Hall; Niels Grarup; Hao Mei; Martina Muller-Nurasyid; Jennifer E. Huffman; Niek Verweij; Xiuqing Guo; Jie Yao; Ruifang Li-Gao; Marten van den Berg; Stefan Weiss; Bram P. Prins; Jessica van Setten; Jeffrey Haessler; Leo-Pekka Lyytikainen; Man Li; Alvaro Alonso; Elsayed Z. Soliman; Joshua C. Bis; Tom Austin; Yii-Der Ida Chen; Bruce M. Psaty; Tamara B. Harrris; Lenore J. Launer; Sandosh Padmanabhan; Anna Dominiczak; Paul L. Huang; Zhijun Xie; Patrick T. Ellinor; Jan A. Kors; Archie Campbell; Alison D. Murray; Christopher P. Nelson; Martin D. Tobin; Jette Bork-Jensen; Torben Hansen; Oluf Pedersen; Allan Linneberg; Moritz F. Sinner; Annette Peters; Melanie Waldenberger; Thomas Meitinger; Siegfried Perz; Ivana Kolcic; Igor Rudan; Rudolf A. de Boer; Peter van der Meer; Henry J. Lin; Kent D. Taylor; Renee de Mutsert; Stella Trompet; J. Wouter Jukema; Arie C. Maan; Bruno H. C. Stricker; Fernando Rivadeneira; Andre Uitterlinden; Uwe Volker; Georg Homuth; Henry Volzke; Stephan B. Felix; Massimo Mangino; Timothy D. Spector; Michiel L. Bots; Marco Perez; Olli T. Raitakari; Mika Kahonen; Nina Mononen; Vilmundur Gudnason; Patricia B. Munroe; Steven A. Lubitz; Cornelia M. van Duijn; Christopher H. Newton-Cheh; Caroline Hayward; Jonathan Rosand; Nilesh J. Samani; Jorgen K. Kanters; James G. Wilson; Stefan Kaab; Ozren Polasek; Pim van der Harst; Susan R. Heckbert; Jerome I. Rotter; Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori; Mark Eij-Gelsheim; Marcus Dorr; Yalda Jamshidi; Folkert W. Asselbergs; Charles Kooperberg; Terho Lehtimaki; Dan E. Arking; Nona Sotoodehnia

doi:10.1161/CIRCGEN.117.001758

ExomeChip-Wide Analysis of 95 626 Individuals Identifies 10 Novel Loci Associated With QT and JT Intervals

Nathan A. Bihlmeyer, Jennifer A. Brody, Albert Vernon Smith, Helen R. Warren, Honghuang Lin, Aaron Isaacs, Ching-Ti Liu, Jonathan Marten, Farid Radmanesh, Leanne M. Hall, Niels Grarup, Hao Mei, Martina Muller-Nurasyid, Jennifer E. Huffman, Niek Verweij, Xiuqing Guo, Jie Yao, Ruifang Li-Gao, Marten van den Berg, Stefan WeissBram P. Prins, Jessica van Setten, Jeffrey Haessler, Leo-Pekka Lyytikainen, Man Li, Alvaro Alonso, Elsayed Z. Soliman, Joshua C. Bis, Tom Austin, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Bruce M. Psaty, Tamara B. Harrris, Lenore J. Launer, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Anna Dominiczak, Paul L. Huang, Zhijun Xie, Patrick T. Ellinor, Jan A. Kors, Archie Campbell, Alison D. Murray, Christopher P. Nelson, Martin D. Tobin, Jette Bork-Jensen, Torben Hansen, Oluf Pedersen, Allan Linneberg, Moritz F. Sinner, Annette Peters, Melanie Waldenberger, Thomas Meitinger, Siegfried Perz, Ivana Kolcic, Igor Rudan, Rudolf A. de Boer, Peter van der Meer, Henry J. Lin, Kent D. Taylor, Renee de Mutsert, Stella Trompet, J. Wouter Jukema, Arie C. Maan, Bruno H. C. Stricker, Fernando Rivadeneira, Andre Uitterlinden, Uwe Volker, Georg Homuth, Henry Volzke, Stephan B. Felix, Massimo Mangino, Timothy D. Spector, Michiel L. Bots, Marco Perez, Olli T. Raitakari, Mika Kahonen, Nina Mononen, Vilmundur Gudnason, Patricia B. Munroe, Steven A. Lubitz, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Christopher H. Newton-Cheh, Caroline Hayward, Jonathan Rosand, Nilesh J. Samani, Jorgen K. Kanters, James G. Wilson, Stefan Kaab, Ozren Polasek, Pim van der Harst, Susan R. Heckbert, Jerome I. Rotter, Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori, Mark Eij-Gelsheim, Marcus Dorr, Yalda Jamshidi, Folkert W. Asselbergs, Charles Kooperberg, Terho Lehtimaki, Dan E. Arking^*, Nona Sotoodehnia

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: QT interval, measured through a standard ECG, captures the time it takes for the cardiac ventricles to depolarize and repolarize. JT interval is the component of the QT interval that reflects ventricular repolarization alone. Prolonged QT interval has been linked to higher risk of sudden cardiac arrest. METHODS AND RESULTS: We performed an ExomeChip-wide analysis for both QT and JT intervals, including 209 449 variants, both common and rare, in 17 341 genes from the Illumina Infinium HumanExome BeadChip. We identified 10 loci that modulate QT and JT interval duration that have not been previously reported in the literature using single-variant statistical models in a meta-analysis of 95 626 individuals from 23 cohorts (comprised 83 884 European ancestry individuals, 9610 blacks, 1382 Hispanics, and 750 Asians). This brings the total number of ventricular repolarization associated loci to 45. In addition, our approach of using coding variants has highlighted the role of 17 specific genes for involvement in ventricular repolarization, 7 of which are in novel loci. CONCLUSIONS: Our analyses show a role for myocyte internal structure and interconnections in modulating QT interval duration, adding to previous known roles of potassium, sodium, and calcium ion regulation, as well as autonomic control. We anticipate that these discoveries will open new paths to the goal of making novel remedies for the prevention of lethal ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac arrest.

Original language	English
Article number	e001758
Number of pages	63
Journal	Circulation : Cardiovascular Genetics
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCGEN.117.001758
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

Keywords

arrhythmias, cardiac
death, sudden, cardiac
genetics
genome
humans
SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
GENERAL-POPULATION
COMMON VARIANTS
COHORT PROFILE
N-RAP
DESIGN
HEALTH
EPIDEMIOLOGY
GENETICS
HYPERTENSION

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Bihlmeyer, N. A., Brody, J. A., Smith, A. V., Warren, H. R., Lin, H., Isaacs, A., Liu, C.-T., Marten, J., Radmanesh, F., Hall, L. M., Grarup, N., Mei, H., Muller-Nurasyid, M., Huffman, J. E., Verweij, N., Guo, X., Yao, J., Li-Gao, R., van den Berg, M., ... Sotoodehnia, N. (2018). ExomeChip-Wide Analysis of 95 626 Individuals Identifies 10 Novel Loci Associated With QT and JT Intervals. Circulation : Cardiovascular Genetics, 11(1), Article e001758. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCGEN.117.001758

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AU - Brody, Jennifer A.

AU - Smith, Albert Vernon

AU - Warren, Helen R.

AU - Lin, Honghuang

AU - Isaacs, Aaron

AU - Liu, Ching-Ti

AU - Marten, Jonathan

AU - Radmanesh, Farid

AU - Hall, Leanne M.

AU - Grarup, Niels

AU - Mei, Hao

AU - Muller-Nurasyid, Martina

AU - Huffman, Jennifer E.

AU - Verweij, Niek

AU - Guo, Xiuqing

AU - Yao, Jie

AU - Li-Gao, Ruifang

AU - van den Berg, Marten

AU - Weiss, Stefan

AU - Prins, Bram P.

AU - van Setten, Jessica

AU - Haessler, Jeffrey

AU - Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka

AU - Li, Man

AU - Alonso, Alvaro

AU - Soliman, Elsayed Z.

AU - Bis, Joshua C.

AU - Austin, Tom

AU - Chen, Yii-Der Ida

AU - Psaty, Bruce M.

AU - Harrris, Tamara B.

AU - Launer, Lenore J.

AU - Padmanabhan, Sandosh

AU - Dominiczak, Anna

AU - Huang, Paul L.

AU - Xie, Zhijun

AU - Ellinor, Patrick T.

AU - Kors, Jan A.

AU - Campbell, Archie

AU - Murray, Alison D.

AU - Nelson, Christopher P.

AU - Tobin, Martin D.

AU - Bork-Jensen, Jette

AU - Hansen, Torben

AU - Pedersen, Oluf

AU - Linneberg, Allan

AU - Sinner, Moritz F.

AU - Peters, Annette

AU - Waldenberger, Melanie

AU - Meitinger, Thomas

AU - Perz, Siegfried

AU - Kolcic, Ivana

AU - Rudan, Igor

AU - de Boer, Rudolf A.

AU - van der Meer, Peter

AU - Lin, Henry J.

AU - Taylor, Kent D.

AU - de Mutsert, Renee

AU - Trompet, Stella

AU - Jukema, J. Wouter

AU - Maan, Arie C.

AU - Stricker, Bruno H. C.

AU - Rivadeneira, Fernando

AU - Uitterlinden, Andre

AU - Volker, Uwe

AU - Homuth, Georg

AU - Volzke, Henry

AU - Felix, Stephan B.

AU - Mangino, Massimo

AU - Spector, Timothy D.

AU - Bots, Michiel L.

AU - Perez, Marco

AU - Raitakari, Olli T.

AU - Kahonen, Mika

AU - Mononen, Nina

AU - Gudnason, Vilmundur

AU - Munroe, Patricia B.

AU - Lubitz, Steven A.

AU - van Duijn, Cornelia M.

AU - Newton-Cheh, Christopher H.

AU - Hayward, Caroline

AU - Rosand, Jonathan

AU - Samani, Nilesh J.

AU - Kanters, Jorgen K.

AU - Wilson, James G.

AU - Kaab, Stefan

AU - Polasek, Ozren

AU - van der Harst, Pim

AU - Heckbert, Susan R.

AU - Rotter, Jerome I.

AU - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O.

AU - Eij-Gelsheim, Mark

AU - Dorr, Marcus

AU - Jamshidi, Yalda

AU - Asselbergs, Folkert W.

AU - Kooperberg, Charles

AU - Lehtimaki, Terho

AU - Arking, Dan E.

AU - Sotoodehnia, Nona

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AB - BACKGROUND: QT interval, measured through a standard ECG, captures the time it takes for the cardiac ventricles to depolarize and repolarize. JT interval is the component of the QT interval that reflects ventricular repolarization alone. Prolonged QT interval has been linked to higher risk of sudden cardiac arrest. METHODS AND RESULTS: We performed an ExomeChip-wide analysis for both QT and JT intervals, including 209 449 variants, both common and rare, in 17 341 genes from the Illumina Infinium HumanExome BeadChip. We identified 10 loci that modulate QT and JT interval duration that have not been previously reported in the literature using single-variant statistical models in a meta-analysis of 95 626 individuals from 23 cohorts (comprised 83 884 European ancestry individuals, 9610 blacks, 1382 Hispanics, and 750 Asians). This brings the total number of ventricular repolarization associated loci to 45. In addition, our approach of using coding variants has highlighted the role of 17 specific genes for involvement in ventricular repolarization, 7 of which are in novel loci. CONCLUSIONS: Our analyses show a role for myocyte internal structure and interconnections in modulating QT interval duration, adding to previous known roles of potassium, sodium, and calcium ion regulation, as well as autonomic control. We anticipate that these discoveries will open new paths to the goal of making novel remedies for the prevention of lethal ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac arrest.

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KW - death, sudden, cardiac

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KW - genome

KW - humans

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KW - GENERAL-POPULATION

KW - COMMON VARIANTS

KW - COHORT PROFILE

KW - N-RAP

KW - DESIGN

KW - HEALTH

KW - EPIDEMIOLOGY

KW - GENETICS

KW - HYPERTENSION

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