Journal
BMC MEDICAL GENOMICS
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12920-020-00855-1
Keywords
CDKN2B; CDKN2B-AS1; Primary glaucoma; North Indian population; Genetic association study; INK4 locus; SNPs
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- Department of Science and Technology (DST), Science& Engineering Research Board (SERB) [SB/YS/LS-140/2014]
- University Grants Commission Special Assistance Program (UGC-SAP)
- DST-PURSE Program
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Variants in CDKN2B/CDKN2B-AS1 have been reported to modulate glaucoma risk, with two SNPs (rs3217992, rs2157719) significantly associated with the disease in a North Indian cohort. The study suggests deep-sequencing of the INK4 locus to identify novel variants and functional studies to further understand the role of CDKN2B and CDKN2B-AS1 in primary glaucoma for therapeutic intervention.
Background Variants in CDKN2B/CDKN2B-AS1 have been reported to modulate glaucoma risk in several GWAS across different populations. CDKN2B/CDKN2A encodes tumor suppressor proteins p16(INK4A)/p15(INK4B) which influences cell proliferation/senescence in RGCs, the degeneration of which is a risk factor for glaucoma. CDKN2B-AS1 codes a long non-coding RNA in antisense direction and is involved in influencing nearby CDKN2A/CDKN2B via regulatory mechanisms. Methods Current study investigated four SNPs (rs2157719, rs3217992, rs4977756, rs1063192) of aforementioned genes in a case-control study in a North Indian cohort. Genotyping was done with Taqman chemistry. In addition, an updated meta-analysis was performed. Results Two SNPs, rs3217992 and rs2157719 were found to be significantly associated with the disease. The frequency of 'T' allele of rs3217992 was significantly lower in cases (POAG/PACG) [p = 0.045; OR = 0.80(CI = 0.65-0.99) and p = 0.024; OR = 0.73(CI = 0.55-0.96)], respectively than in controls. Genetic model analysis revealed that TT + CT genotype confers 0.73-fold protection against POAG [p = 0.047; OR = 0.73(CI = 0.54-0.99)] and trend assumed additive model gives 0.53 times higher protection against PACG progression. However the association of rs3217992 with POAG and PACG did not remain significant after Bonferroni correction. For rs2157719, the 'C' allele was found to be less prevalent among cases (POAG/PACG) with respect to controls. Cochran Armitage trend test assuming additive model revealed 0.77 and 0.64-fold protection against POAG and PACG respectively. Bonferroni correction (p(corr )= 0.003) was applied and the association of rs2157719 remained significant in PACG cases but not among POAG cases (p = 0.024). The 'CC' genotype also confers protection against primary glaucoma (POAG/PACG) among males and female subjects. The frequency rs1063192 and rs4977756 did not vary significantly among subjects, however the haplotype 'CATA' was found to be associated with increased glaucoma risk. An updated meta-analysis conducted on pooled studies on POAG cases and controls revealed significant association between rs1063192, rs2157719, rs4977756 and POAG except rs3217992. Conclusion The study concludes significant association between INK4 variants and primary glaucoma in the targeted North Indian Punjabi cohort. We believe that deep-sequencing of INK4 locus may help in identifying novel variants modifying susceptibility to glaucoma. Functional studies can further delineate the role of CDKN2B and CDKN2B-AS1 in primary glaucoma for therapeutic intervention.
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