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Genetic Mapping of Multiple Traits Identifies Novel Genes for Adiposity, Lipids, and Insulin Secretory Capacity in Outbred Rats

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DIABETES
卷 72, 期 1, 页码 135-148

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AMER DIABETES ASSOC
DOI: 10.2337/db22-0252

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Using outbred HS rats, expression data, and mediation analysis, we identified QTLs and candidate gene mediators for various metabolic traits. Through physiological and expression QTL mapping, we identified 14 SNP-based pQTLs and 19 haplotype-based pQTLs, with 10 in common. Mediation analysis revealed Grk5, Krtcap3, Ilrun, and Rfx6 as candidate mediators for specific pQTLs. Further verification using gene knockdown/out models confirmed the role of Grk5 and Krtcap3 as regulators of obesity.
Despite the successes of human genome-wide association studies, the causal genes underlying mostmetabolic traits remain unclear. We used outbred heterogeneous stock (HS) rats, coupled with expression data and mediation analysis, to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and candidate gene mediators for adiposity, glucose tolerance, serumlipids, and othermetabolic traits. Physiological traits were measured in 1,519 male HS rats, with liver and adipose transcriptomes measured in >410 rats. Genotypes were imputed from low-coverage whole-genome sequencing. Linear mixed models were used to detect physiological and expression QTLs (pQTLs and eQTLs, respectively), using both single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)- and haplotype-based models for pQTL mapping. Genes with cis-eQTLs that overlapped pQTLs were assessed as causal candidates through mediation analysis. We identified 14 SNP-based pQTLs and 19 haplotypebased pQTLs, of which 10 were in common. Using mediation, we identified the following genes as candidate mediators of pQTLs: Grk5 for fat pad weight and serum triglyceride pQTLs on Chr1, Krtcap3 for fat pad weight and serum triglyceride pQTLs on Chr6, Ilrun for a fat pad weight pQTL on Chr20, and Rfx6 for awhole pancreatic insulin content pQTL on Chr20. Furthermore, we verified Grk5 and Ktrcap3 using gene knockdown/out models, thereby shedding light on novel regulators of obesity.

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