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Motor pool selectivity of neuromuscular degeneration in type I spinal muscular atrophy is conserved between human and mouse. I型脊髓性肌萎缩症神经肌肉退行性变的运动池选择性在人和小鼠之间是保守的。
IF 3.1 2区 生物学
Human molecular genetics Pub Date : 2025-02-08 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddae190
Justin C Lee, Wendy K Chung, David J Pisapia, Christopher E Henderson
{"title":"Motor pool selectivity of neuromuscular degeneration in type I spinal muscular atrophy is conserved between human and mouse.","authors":"Justin C Lee, Wendy K Chung, David J Pisapia, Christopher E Henderson","doi":"10.1093/hmg/ddae190","DOIUrl":"10.1093/hmg/ddae190","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by low levels of the survival motor neuron (SMN) protein. Even though SMN is ubiquitously expressed, the disease selectively affects motor neurons, leading to progressive muscle weakness. Even among motor neurons, certain motor units appear more clinically resistant to SMA. To quantitatively survey selective resistance, we studied extensive neuromuscular autopsies of Type I SMA patients and age-matched controls. We found highly divergent degrees of degeneration of neighboring motor units, even within individual cranial nerves or a single anatomical area such as the neck. Examination of a Type I SMA patient maintained on life support for 17 years found that most muscles were atrophied, but the diaphragm was strikingly preserved. Nevertheless, some resistant human muscles with preserved morphology displayed nearly complete conversion to slow Type I myofibers. Remarkably, a similar pattern of selective resistance was observed in the SMNΔ7 mouse model. Overall, differential motor unit vulnerability in human Type I SMA suggests the existence of potent, motor unit-specific disease modifiers. Mechanisms that confer selective resistance to SMA may represent therapeutic targets independent of the SMN protein, particularly in patients with neuromuscular weakness refractory to current treatments.</p>","PeriodicalId":13070,"journal":{"name":"Human molecular genetics","volume":" ","pages":"347-367"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11811418/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142846572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Dissecting the shared genetic architecture between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes. 剖析非酒精性脂肪肝和2型糖尿病之间的共同遗传结构。
IF 3.1 2区 生物学
Human molecular genetics Pub Date : 2025-02-08 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddae184
Zhenqiu Liu, Xiaochen Chen, Huangbo Yuan, Li Jin, Tiejun Zhang, Xingdong Chen
{"title":"Dissecting the shared genetic architecture between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes.","authors":"Zhenqiu Liu, Xiaochen Chen, Huangbo Yuan, Li Jin, Tiejun Zhang, Xingdong Chen","doi":"10.1093/hmg/ddae184","DOIUrl":"10.1093/hmg/ddae184","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Observational studies have reported a bidirectional correlation between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D), but the shared genetic basis between the two conditions remains unclear. Using genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary data from European-ancestry populations, we examined the cross-trait genetic correlation and identified genomic overlaps and shared risk loci. We employed a latent causal variable model and Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to infer causal relationships. Colocalization analysis and conditional/conjunctional false discovery rate (condFDR/conjFDR) were used to identify genomic overlaps and shared risk loci. Two-step MR analysis was utilized to identify potential mediators. We observed a strong positive genomic correlation between NAFLD and T2D (rg = 0.652, P = 5.67 × 10-6) and identified tissue-specific transcriptomic correlations in the pancreas, liver, skeletal muscle, subcutaneous adipose, and blood. Genetic enrichment was observed in NAFLD conditional on associations with T2D and vice versa, indicating significant polygenic overlaps. We found robust evidence for the causal effect of NAFLD on T2D, particularly insulin-related T2D, rather than vice versa. Colocalization analysis identified shared genomic regions between NAFLD and T2D, including GCKR, FTO, MAU2-TM6SF2, and PNPLA3-SAMM50. High-density lipoprotein cholesterol and insulin were partly mediated the association between NAFLD and T2D. These findings unveil a close genetic link between NAFLD and T2D, shedding light on the biological mechanisms connecting NAFLD progression to T2D.</p>","PeriodicalId":13070,"journal":{"name":"Human molecular genetics","volume":" ","pages":"338-346"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142846505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Identification of hub genes and biological pathways related to central post-stroke pain in ischemic stroke. 缺血性卒中中枢性卒中后疼痛相关中枢基因和生物学途径的鉴定。
IF 3.1 2区 生物学
Human molecular genetics Pub Date : 2025-02-08 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddae178
Fude Liu, Yawen Cheng, Xiangning Han, Ning Zhu, Shiliang Jiang, Jiahao Li, Wenlong Ma, Jia Yu
{"title":"Identification of hub genes and biological pathways related to central post-stroke pain in ischemic stroke.","authors":"Fude Liu, Yawen Cheng, Xiangning Han, Ning Zhu, Shiliang Jiang, Jiahao Li, Wenlong Ma, Jia Yu","doi":"10.1093/hmg/ddae178","DOIUrl":"10.1093/hmg/ddae178","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This investigation aims to screen ischemic stroke (IS)-related hub genes of central post-stroke pain (CPSP) from public databases and predict their potential roles through bioinformatics analysis to better interpret CPSP in IS. First, based on differential analysis, Venn analysis, and enrichment analyses, we identified 13 differently expressed genes in CPSP (CPSP-DEGs) related to the TNF signaling pathway, Vascular smooth muscle contraction, and IL-17 signaling pathway. Subsequently, through screening and analysis of the PPI network constructed by the Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes (STRING) database, we obtained 3 CPSP-related hub genes (CD163, MMP9, and ARG1). They were all highly expressed in the IS group, exhibiting good diagnostic performance, with area under curve (AUC) value > 0.85. The immune-related analysis demonstrated that the infiltration levels of various immune cells in the IS group and the normal group were substantially different. In addition, by utilizing some online websites, we not only predicted some microRNAs (miRNAs) and transcription factors (TFs) that may target hub genes but also mined small molecular drugs that may target differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in IS. In conclusion, this project first investigated the role of CPSP-related genes in IS and identified 3 hub genes. At the same time, we predicted some miRNAs, TFs, and candidate drugs that may target hub genes. Our research uncovered the potential mechanism of CPSP-related genes in IS from multiple perspectives. Furthermore, it also laid a research foundation for the future study of the mechanisms of IS disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":13070,"journal":{"name":"Human molecular genetics","volume":" ","pages":"304-312"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142806867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The role of miR-129-5p in regulating γ-globin expression and erythropoiesis in β-thalassemia. miR-129-5p在β-地中海贫血中调节γ-珠蛋白表达和红细胞生成的作用。
IF 3.1 2区 生物学
Human molecular genetics Pub Date : 2025-02-08 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddae180
Jingmin Li, Meihuan Chen, Wantong Zhao, Aixiang Lv, Siyang Lin, Yanping Zheng, Meiying Cai, Na Lin, Liangpu Xu, Hailong Huang
{"title":"The role of miR-129-5p in regulating γ-globin expression and erythropoiesis in β-thalassemia.","authors":"Jingmin Li, Meihuan Chen, Wantong Zhao, Aixiang Lv, Siyang Lin, Yanping Zheng, Meiying Cai, Na Lin, Liangpu Xu, Hailong Huang","doi":"10.1093/hmg/ddae180","DOIUrl":"10.1093/hmg/ddae180","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The regulation of γ-globin expression is crucial due to its beneficial effects on diseases like β-thalassemia and sickle cell disease. B-cell lymphoma/leukemia 11A (BCL11A) is a significant suppressor of γ-globin, and microRNAs (miRNAs) targeting BCL11A have been shown to alleviate this suppression. In our previous high-throughput sequencing, we identified an 11.32-fold increase in miR-129-5p expression in β-thalassemia patients. However, the regulatory mechanisms of miR-129-5p in the context of erythroid differentiation remain to be elucidated. Our study aimed to elucidate the role of miR-129-5p in γ-globin regulation and erythropoiesis. We measured miR-129-5p levels in peripheral blood from β-thalassemia major and intermedia patients. Fluorescence in situ hybridization, dual-luciferase reporter assays, miRNA pull down assays and western blot analyses were conducted to examine the effects of miR-129-5p on γ-globin expression and BCL11A repression. Cell proliferation, apoptosis, and erythroid differentiation were assessed using cell counting kit-8, Wright-Giemsa, and benzidine staining, and flow cytometry assays. The expression levels of miR-129-5p were significantly elevated in β-thalassemia patients and positively correlated with γ-globin synthesis while negatively correlating with liver damage. miR-129- 5p enhanced γ-globin gene expression in K562 and HUDEP-2 cells by effectively repressing BCL11A. Overexpression of miR-129-5p inhibited cell proliferation, induced cell cycle arrest at the G1/G0 phase, promoted apoptosis and stimulated erythroid differentiation and maturation. Conversely, inhibition of miR-129-5p produced opposite cellular effects. miR-129-5p acts as a positive regulator of erythroid differentiation and γ-globin synthesis. It offers a promising miRNA target for activating the γ-globin gene and reducing ineffective erythropoiesis in β-thalassemia patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":13070,"journal":{"name":"Human molecular genetics","volume":" ","pages":"291-303"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142806899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Identification of ZNF850 as a novel CTG repeat expansion-related gene in myotonic dystrophy type 1 patient-derived iPSCs. 在肌营养不良症 1 型患者衍生的 iPSCs 中发现 ZNF850 是一种新型 CTG 重复扩增相关基因。
IF 3.1 2区 生物学
Human molecular genetics Pub Date : 2025-02-08 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddae186
Masayoshi Kamon, Shuji Wakatsuki, Masayuki Nakamori, Masanori P Takahashi, Madoka Mori-Yoshimura, Hirofumi Komaki, Toshiyuki Araki
{"title":"Identification of ZNF850 as a novel CTG repeat expansion-related gene in myotonic dystrophy type 1 patient-derived iPSCs.","authors":"Masayoshi Kamon, Shuji Wakatsuki, Masayuki Nakamori, Masanori P Takahashi, Madoka Mori-Yoshimura, Hirofumi Komaki, Toshiyuki Araki","doi":"10.1093/hmg/ddae186","DOIUrl":"10.1093/hmg/ddae186","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a dominantly inherited multi-system disease caused by expanded CTG repeats in the 3' untranslated region of the dystrophia myotonica protein kinase (DMPK) gene. Similar to other repeat disorders, the expanded trinucleotide repeat is unstable and demonstrates a tendency to increase repeat size with age in affected tissues. DNA mismatch repair system is implicated in somatic instability. It has been demonstrated that DM1 patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells (DM1-iPSCs) show repeat instability, in which involvement of mismatch repair proteins has been suggested. Here we identified ZNF850 as a novel CTG repeat expansion-related molecule in DM1-iPSCs. ZNF850 was downregulated in a DM1-iPSC clone whose CTG repeat is exceptionally stable. We found that RNAi-mediated ZNF850 downregulation in DM1-iPSCs significantly reduced the repeat expansion and resulting instability. In adult skeletal muscle tissue of DM1 patients, ZNF850 expression levels were positively correlated with the repeat size. Furthermore, we found that ZNF850 protein can bind to the expanded CTG repeat sequence, and is located in proximity to MutSβ components. These results suggest that ZNF850 might play a role in repeat instability in DM1 by recruiting MutSβ to the repeat sequence.</p>","PeriodicalId":13070,"journal":{"name":"Human molecular genetics","volume":" ","pages":"327-337"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142828382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Decomposing the genetic background of chronic back pain.
IF 3.1 2区 生物学
Human molecular genetics Pub Date : 2025-02-03 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddae195
Elizaveta E Elgaeva, Irina V Zorkoltseva, Arina V Nostaeva, Dmitrii A Verzun, Evgeny S Tiys, Anna N Timoshchuk, Anatoliy V Kirichenko, Gulnara R Svishcheva, Maxim B Freidin, Frances M K Williams, Pradeep Suri, Yurii S Aulchenko, Tatiana I Axenovich, Yakov A Tsepilov
{"title":"Decomposing the genetic background of chronic back pain.","authors":"Elizaveta E Elgaeva, Irina V Zorkoltseva, Arina V Nostaeva, Dmitrii A Verzun, Evgeny S Tiys, Anna N Timoshchuk, Anatoliy V Kirichenko, Gulnara R Svishcheva, Maxim B Freidin, Frances M K Williams, Pradeep Suri, Yurii S Aulchenko, Tatiana I Axenovich, Yakov A Tsepilov","doi":"10.1093/hmg/ddae195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddae195","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chronic back pain (CBP) is a disabling condition with a lifetime prevalence of 40% and a substantial socioeconomic burden. Because of the high heterogeneity of CBP, subphenotyping may help to improve prediction and support personalized treatment of CBP. To investigate CBP subphenotypes, we decomposed its genetic background into a shared one common to other chronic pain conditions (back, neck, hip, knee, stomach, and head pain) and unshared genetic background specific to CBP. We identified and replicated 18 genes with shared impact across different chronic pain conditions and two genes that were specific for CBP. Among people with CBP, we demonstrated that polygenic risk scores accounting for the shared and unshared genetic backgrounds of CBP may underpin different CBP subphenotypes. These subphenotypes are characterized by varying genetic predisposition to diverse medical conditions and interventions such as diabetes mellitus, myocardial infarction, diagnostic endoscopic procedures, and surgery involving muscles, bones, and joints.</p>","PeriodicalId":13070,"journal":{"name":"Human molecular genetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143079689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Sudden cardiac death, arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy and intercalated disc pathology due to reduced filamin C protein levels: a matter of life and death.
IF 3.1 2区 生物学
Human molecular genetics Pub Date : 2025-02-03 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddaf014
Christian Holtzhausen, Lorena Heil, Karin Klingel, Henrik Fox, Jan Gummert, Anna Gärtner, Andreas Schmidt, Marcus Krüger, Gregor Kirfel, Peter F M van der Ven, Hendrik Milting, Christoph S Clemen, Rolf Schröder, Dieter O Fürst, Jens Tiesmeier
{"title":"Sudden cardiac death, arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy and intercalated disc pathology due to reduced filamin C protein levels: a matter of life and death.","authors":"Christian Holtzhausen, Lorena Heil, Karin Klingel, Henrik Fox, Jan Gummert, Anna Gärtner, Andreas Schmidt, Marcus Krüger, Gregor Kirfel, Peter F M van der Ven, Hendrik Milting, Christoph S Clemen, Rolf Schröder, Dieter O Fürst, Jens Tiesmeier","doi":"10.1093/hmg/ddaf014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddaf014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mutations in the human FLNC gene encoding filamin C (FLNc) cause a broad spectrum of sporadic and familial cardiomyopathies and myopathies. We report on the genetic, clinical, morphological and biochemical findings in a German family harboring an FLNC variant that leads to severe cardiac disease comprising sudden cardiac death and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. Genetic analysis identified a novel heterozygous FLNC variant in exon 16 (NM_001458.4:c.2495_2498delAGTA, het; p.K832TfsX45) in i) the index patient suffering from dilated cardiomyopathy necessitating heart transplantation, ii) a son, who died from sudden cardiac death, iii) a second son, who survived an episode of sudden cardiac arrest and iv) a third son affected by isolated skeletal muscle myopathy. FLNc protein levels were markedly reduced in cardiac tissue obtained from the index patient, implying that the p.K832TfsX45 FLNc variant most probably caused nonsense-mediated decay of the corresponding mRNA. Morphological analysis of the diseased cardiac tissue revealed extensive fibrotic remodeling, and marked degenerative changes of the contractile apparatus of cardiomyocytes and severe structural alterations of intercalated discs. Connexin-43 signal intensity at intercalated discs was diminished and FLNc labelling of myofibrils was attenuated or even absent. Proteome analyses demonstrated complex alterations of extracellular matrix and intercalated disc proteins. Our findings demonstrate that this novel, truncating FLNC mutation likely leads to haploinsufficiency, thereby causing a deleterious sequence of degenerative changes of cardiac tissue with extensive fibrotic remodeling and intercalated disc pathology as the structural basis for FLNC-related cardiomyopathy with life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias.</p>","PeriodicalId":13070,"journal":{"name":"Human molecular genetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143079691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Recruitment of chromatin remodelers by XIST B-repeat region is variably dependent on HNRNPK. XIST B-repeat 区域对染色质重塑因子的招募不同程度地依赖于 HNRNPK。
IF 3.1 2区 生物学
Human molecular genetics Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddae173
Maria Jose Navarro-Cobos, Carolyn J Brown
{"title":"Recruitment of chromatin remodelers by XIST B-repeat region is variably dependent on HNRNPK.","authors":"Maria Jose Navarro-Cobos, Carolyn J Brown","doi":"10.1093/hmg/ddae173","DOIUrl":"10.1093/hmg/ddae173","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>X-chromosome inactivation is triggered by the long non-coding RNA XIST, whose structure is characterized by tandem repeats that modularly recruit different proteins and chromatin remodelers. Previously, we reported that the addition of the mouse PID region to a transgene with human repeat regions A, F and E (miniXIST; 5.1 kb) enabled binding of HNRNPK and also enabled the induction of silencing and recruitment of H3K27me3, UbH2A and H4K20me1, but only partially. As the 680 bp PID region enabled so many features of inactivation, we hypothesized that augmenting the PID with more mouse or human sequences rich in CCC motifs would allow us to design a short transgene which was as effective as Full XIST. Three new transgenes using the A, F and E human domains as a backbone were tested for ability to induce silencing and heterochromatic mark recruitment. The all human-derived BhB-BhB transgene (4.9 kb) was as good as our previous miniXIST, suggesting that these domains are the human equivalent of the mouse PID region. A PID-PID transgene (5.8 kb) was not statistically different from Full XIST and could be potentially used for chromosome therapy. Adding BhB to PID (BhB-PID, 5.4 kb) had an intermediate efficacy compared to the other two transgenes, suggesting that the most important component for silencing and heterochromatic mark recruitment is the number of CCC motifs, not the species of origin. Finally, we created a heterozygous HNRNPK deletion and observed a disproportionate impact on HNRNPK and UbH2A recruitment to XIST, reflecting complex roles for the PID and HNRNPK in X-chromosome inactivation.</p>","PeriodicalId":13070,"journal":{"name":"Human molecular genetics","volume":" ","pages":"229-238"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11792242/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142715976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Genetic architecture of RNA editing, splicing and gene expression in schizophrenia. 精神分裂症中 RNA 编辑、剪接和基因表达的遗传结构。
IF 3.1 2区 生物学
Human molecular genetics Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddae172
Mudra Choudhury, Ryo Yamamoto, Xinshu Xiao
{"title":"Genetic architecture of RNA editing, splicing and gene expression in schizophrenia.","authors":"Mudra Choudhury, Ryo Yamamoto, Xinshu Xiao","doi":"10.1093/hmg/ddae172","DOIUrl":"10.1093/hmg/ddae172","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have been conducted over the past decades to investigate the underlying genetic origin of neuropsychiatric diseases, such as schizophrenia (SCZ). While these studies demonstrated the significance of disease-phenotype associations, there is a pressing need to fully characterize the functional relevance of disease-associated genetic variants. Functional genetic loci can affect transcriptional and post-transcriptional phenotypes that may contribute to disease pathology. Here, we investigate the associations between genetic variation and RNA editing, splicing, and overall gene expression through identification of quantitative trait loci (QTL) in the CommonMind Consortium SCZ cohort. We find that editing QTL (edQTL), splicing QTL (sQTL) and expression QTL (eQTL) possess both unique and common gene targets, which are involved in many disease-relevant pathways, including brain function and immune response. We identified two QTL that fall into all three QTL categories (seedQTL), one of which, rs146498205, targets the lincRNA gene, RP11-156P1.3. In addition, we observe that the RNA binding protein AKAP1, with known roles in neuronal regulation and mitochondrial function, had enriched binding sites among edQTL, including the seedQTL, rs146498205. We conduct colocalization with various brain disorders and find that all QTL have top colocalizations with SCZ and related neuropsychiatric diseases. Furthermore, we identify QTL within biologically relevant GWAS loci, such as in ELA2, an important tRNA processing gene associated with SCZ risk. This work presents the investigation of multiple QTL types in parallel and demonstrates how they target both distinct and overlapping SCZ-relevant genes and pathways.</p>","PeriodicalId":13070,"journal":{"name":"Human molecular genetics","volume":" ","pages":"277-290"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11792240/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142828376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The role of complement factor I rare genetic variants in age related macular degeneration in Finland. 补体因子 I 罕见遗传变异在芬兰老年性黄斑变性中的作用。
IF 3.1 2区 生物学
Human molecular genetics Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddae165
Anneliza Andreadi, Thomas M Hallam, Vicky Brocklebank, Scott J Sharp, Patrick R Walsh, Tom Southerington, Marco Hautalahti, David H Steel, Andrew J Lotery, Claire L Harris, Kevin J Marchbank, David Kavanagh, Amy V Jones
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