Journal
GASTROENTEROLOGY
Volume 139, Issue 6, Pages 1942-U211Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.09.003
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Pigment Gallstones; Cholelithiasis; Complex Disease
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [Ha 3091/4-1, GrK 1041]
- German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) through the POPGEN Biobank [01GR0468]
- BMBF
- Ministry for Education, Research, and Cultural Affairs
- Ministry for Social Affairs of the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Centre of Excellence Metabolic Disorders Baden-Wuerttemberg
- Fondo Nacional Cientifico y Tecnologico [1080325]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Genome-wide association studies have mapped loci that are associated with serum levels of bilirubin. Bilirubin is a major component of gallstones so we investigated whether these variants predict gallstone bilirubin content and overall risk for gallstones. METHODS: Loci that were identified in a meta-analysis to attain a genome-wide significance level of a P value less than 1.0 x 10(-7) (UGT1A1, SLCO1B1, LST-3TM12, SLCO1A2) were analyzed in 1018 individuals with known gallstone composition. Gallstone risk was analyzed in 2606 German choleystecomized individuals and 1121 controls and was replicated in 210 cases and 496 controls from South America. RESULTS: By using the presence of bilirubin as a phenotype, variants rs6742078 (UGT1A1; P = .003), rs4149056 (SLCO1B1; P = .003), and rs4149000 (SLCO1A2; P = .015) were associated with gallstone composition. In regression analyses, only UGT1A1 and SLCO1B1 were independently retained in the model. UGT1A1 (rs6742078; P = .018) was associated with overall gallstone risk. In a sex-stratified analysis, only male carriers of rs6742078 had an increased risk for gallstone disease (P = 2.1 x 10(-7); odds ratio(recessive), 2.34; P-women = .47). The sex-specific association of rs6742078 was confirmed in samples from South America (P-men = .046; odds ratio(recessive), 2.19; P-women = .96). CONCLUSIONS: The UGT1A1 Gilbert syndrome variant rs6742078 is associated with gallstone disease in men; further studies are required regarding the sex-specific physiology of bilirubin and bile acid metabolism. Variants of ABCG8 and UGT1A1 are the 2 major risk factors for overall gallstone disease, they contribute a population attributable risk of 21.2% among men.
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