1. Rare SLC13A1 variants associate with intervertebral disc disorder highlighting role of sulfate in disc pathology
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Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Stefánsdóttir, Lilja, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Sulem, Patrick, Norland, Kristjan, Ferkingstad, Egil, Oddsson, Asmundur, Zink, Florian, Lund, Sigrun H., Nawaz, Muhammad S., Bragi Walters, G., Skuladottir, Astros Th., Gudjonsson, Sigurjon A., Einarsson, Gudmundur, Halldorsson, Gisli H., Bjarnadottir, Valgerdur, Sveinbjornsson, Gardar, Helgadottir, Anna, Styrkársdóttir, Unnur, Gudmundsson, Larus J., Pedersen, Ole B., Hansen, Thomas Folkmann, Werge, Thomas, Banasik, Karina, Troelsen, Anders, Skou, Soren T., Thørner, Lise Wegner, Erikstrup, Christian, Nielsen, Kaspar Rene, Mikkelsen, Susan, Andersen, Steffen, Brunak, Søren, Burgdorf, Kristoffer, Hjalgrim, Henrik, Jemec, Gregor, Jennum, Poul, Johansson, Per Ingemar, Nielsen, Kasper Rene, Nyegaard, Mette, Bruun, Mie Topholm, Pedersen, Ole Birger, Dinh, Khoa Manh, Sørensen, Erik, Ostrowski, Sisse R., Johansson, Pär Ingemar, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Stefansson, Hreinn, Þorsteinsdóttir, Unnur, Larsen, Margit Anita Hørup, Didriksen, Maria, Sækmose, Susanne, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Hatzikotoulas, Konstantinos, Southam, Lorraine, Gilly, Arthur, Barysenka, Andrei, van Meurs, Joyce B. J., Boer, Cindy G., Uitterlinden, André G., Jonsson, Helgi, Ingvarsson, Thorvaldur, Esko, Tõnu, Mägi, Reedik, Teder-Laving, Maris, Ikegawa, Shiro, Terao, Chikashi, Takuwa, Hiroshi, Meulenbelt, Ingrid, Coutinho de Almeida, Rodrigo, Kloppenburg, Margreet, Tuerlings, Margo, Slagboom, P. Eline, Nelissen, Rob R. G. H. H., Valdes, Ana M., Mangino, Massimo, Tsezou, Aspasia, Zengini, Eleni, Alexiadis, George, Babis, George C., Cheah, Kathryn S. E., Wu, Tian T., Samartzis, Dino, Cheung, Jason Pui Yin, Sham, Pak Chung, Kraft, Peter, Kang, Jae Hee, Hveem, Kristian, Zwart, John-Anker, Luetge, Almut, Skogholt, Anne Heidi, Johnsen, Marianne B., Thomas, Laurent F., Winsvold, Bendik, Gabrielsen, Maiken E., Lee, Ming Ta Michael, Zhang, Yanfei, Lietman, Steven A., Shivakumar, Manu, Smith, George Davey, Tobias, Jonathan H., Hartley, April, Gaunt, Tom R., Zheng, Jie, Wilkinson, J. Mark, Steinberg, Julia, Morris, Andrew P., Jonsdottir, Ingileif, Bjornsson, Aron, Olafsson, Ingvar H., Ulfarsson, Elfar, Blondal, Josep, Vikingsson, Arnor, Brunak, Soren, Ullum, Henrik, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir E., Stefansson, Kari, Consortium, DBDS Genetic, Consortium, GO, and Internal Medicine
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Science ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Intervertebral Disc Degeneration ,Intervertebral Disc/metabolism ,Bone and Bones/metabolism ,Bone and Bones ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,health services administration ,Humans ,Sodium Sulfate Cotransporter/genetics ,Intervertebral Disc ,3' Untranslated Regions ,health care economics and organizations ,Sodium Sulfate Cotransporter ,Symporters/genetics ,Multidisciplinary ,Symporters ,Sulfates ,General Chemistry ,equipment and supplies ,Intervertebral Disc Degeneration/genetics ,Intervertebral Disc Displacement/genetics ,Sulfates/metabolism ,population characteristics ,human activities ,Intervertebral Disc Displacement ,Genome-Wide Association Study - Abstract
Back pain is a common and debilitating disorder with largely unknown underlying biology. Here we report a genome-wide association study of back pain using diagnoses assigned in clinical practice; dorsalgia (119,100 cases, 909,847 controls) and intervertebral disc disorder (IDD) (58,854 cases, 922,958 controls). We identify 41 variants at 33 loci. The most significant association (ORIDD = 0.92, P = 1.6 × 10−39; ORdorsalgia = 0.92, P = 7.2 × 10−15) is with a 3’UTR variant (rs1871452-T) in CHST3, encoding a sulfotransferase enzyme expressed in intervertebral discs. The largest effects on IDD are conferred by rare (MAF = 0.07 − 0.32%) loss-of-function (LoF) variants in SLC13A1, encoding a sodium-sulfate co-transporter (LoF burden OR = 1.44, P = 3.1 × 10−11); variants that also associate with reduced serum sulfate. Genes implicated by this study are involved in cartilage and bone biology, as well as neurological and inflammatory processes.
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- 2022
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