Journal
RHEUMATOLOGY
Volume 61, Issue 8, Pages 3461-3470Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab912
Keywords
ANCA-associated vasculitis; PR3-ANCA; MPO-ANCA; genetic analysis; BACH2; regulatory variant
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- Swedish Society for Medical Research
- Swedish Research Council
- Swedish Society of Medicine
- Swedish Rheumatism Association
- Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
- AstraZeneca-Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) Research Collaboration Grant
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Genetic association analyses identified multiple loci associated with PR3-ANCA(+) AAV and MPO-ANCA(+) AAV, including a novel susceptibility locus that may have mechanistic importance.
Objective To identify and characterize genetic loci associated with the risk of developing ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAV). Methods Genetic association analyses were performed after Illumina sequencing of 1853 genes and subsequent replication with genotyping of selected single nucleotide polymorphisms in a total cohort of 1110 Scandinavian cases with granulomatosis with polyangiitis or microscopic polyangiitis, and 1589 controls. A novel AAV-associated single nucleotide polymorphism was analysed for allele-specific effects on gene expression using luciferase reporter assay. Results PR3-ANCA(+) AAV was significantly associated with two independent loci in the HLA-DPB1/HLA-DPA1 region [rs1042335, P = 6.3 x 10(-61), odds ratio (OR) 0.10; rs9277341, P = 1.5 x 10(-44), OR 0.22] and with rs28929474 in the SERPINA1 gene (P = 2.7 x 10(-10), OR 2.9). MPO-ANCA(+) AAV was significantly associated with the HLA-DQB1/HLA-DQA2 locus (rs9274619, P = 5.4 x 10(-25), OR 3.7) and with a rare variant in the BACH2 gene (rs78275221, P = 7.9 x 10(-7), OR 3.0), the latter a novel susceptibility locus for MPO-ANCA(+) granulomatosis with polyangiitis/microscopic polyangiitis. The rs78275221-A risk allele reduced luciferase gene expression in endothelial cells, specifically, as compared with the non-risk allele. Conclusion We identified a novel susceptibility locus for MPO-ANCA(+) AAV and propose that the associated variant is of mechanistic importance, exerting a regulatory function on gene expression in specific cell types.
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