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Title | Male-specific epistasis between WWC1 and TLN2 genes is associated with Alzheimer's disease. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2018 |
Authors | Gusareva ES, Twizere J-C, Sleegers K, Dourlen P, Abisambra JF, Meier S, Cloyd R, Weiss B, Dermaut B, Bessonov K, van der Lee SJ, Carrasquillo MM, Katsumata Y, Cherkaoui M, Asselbergh B, M Ikram A, Mayeux R, Farrer LA, Haines JL, Pericak-Vance MA, Schellenberg GD, Sims R, Williams J, Amouyel P, van Duijn CM, Ertekin-Taner N, Van Broeckhoven C, Dequiedt F, Fardo DW, Lambert J-C, Van Steen K |
Corporate Authors | Genetic and Environmental Risk in Alzheimer's Disease 1 consortium(GERAD1), Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium(ADGC), European Alzheimer Disease Initiative Investigators(EADI1 Consortium) |
Journal | Neurobiol Aging |
Volume | 72 |
Pagination | 188.e3-188.e12 |
Date Published | 2018 Dec |
ISSN | 1558-1497 |
Abstract | Systematic epistasis analyses in multifactorial disorders are an important step to better characterize complex genetic risk structures. We conducted a hypothesis-free sex-stratified genome-wide screening for epistasis contributing to Alzheimer's disease (AD) susceptibility. We identified a statistical epistasis signal between the single nucleotide polymorphisms rs3733980 and rs7175766 that was associated with AD in males (genome-wide significant p=0.0165). This signal pointed toward the genes WW and C2 domain containing 1, aka KIBRA; 5q34 and TLN2 (talin 2; 15q22.2). Gene-based meta-analysis in 3 independent consortium data sets confirmed the identified interaction: the most significant (p=9.02*10) was for the single nucleotide polymorphism pair rs1477307 and rs4077746. In functional studies, WW and C2 domain containing 1, aka KIBRA and TLN2 coexpressed in the temporal cortex brain tissue of AD subjects (β=0.17, 95% CI 0.04 to 0.30, p=0.01); modulated Tau toxicity in Drosophila eye experiments; colocalized in brain tissue cells, N2a neuroblastoma, and HeLa cell lines; and coimmunoprecipitated both in brain tissue and HEK293 cells. Our finding points toward new AD-related pathways and provides clues toward novel medical targets for the cure of AD. |
DOI | 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2018.08.001 |
Alternate Journal | Neurobiol. Aging |
PubMed ID | 30201328 |
Grant List | MR/K013041/1 / / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom U01 AG032984 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States G0300429 / / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom G0902227 / / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom MR/L501517/1 / / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom U01 AG046139 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States G0600237 / / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom |