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Knoll, N.* ; Jarick, I.* ; Volckmar, A.-L.* ; Klingenspor, M.* ; Illig, T. ; Grallert, H. ; Gieger, C. ; Wichmann, H.-E. ; Peters, A. ; Hebebrand, J.* ; Scherag, A.* ; Hinney, A.*

Gene set of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial regulators is enriched for common inherited variation in obesity.

PLoS ONE 8:e55884 (2013)

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There are hints of an altered mitochondrial function in obesity. Nuclear-encoded genes are relevant for mitochondrial function (3 gene sets of known relevant pathways: (1) 16 nuclear regulators of mitochondrial genes, (2) 91 genes for oxidative phosphorylation and (3) 966 nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes). Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) showed no association with type 2 diabetes mellitus in these gene sets. Here we performed a GSEA for the same gene sets for obesity. Genome wide association study (GWAS) data from a case-control approach on 453 extremely obese children and adolescents and 435 lean adult controls were used for GSEA. For independent confirmation, we analyzed 705 obesity GWAS trios (extremely obese child and both biological parents) and a population-based GWAS sample (KORA F4, n = 1,743). A meta-analysis was performed on all three samples. In each sample, the distribution of significance levels between the respective gene set and those of all genes was compared using the leading-edge-fraction-comparison test (cut-offs between the 50(th) and 95(th) percentile of the set of all gene-wise corrected p-values) as implemented in the MAGENTA software. In the case-control sample, significant enrichment of associations with obesity was observed above the 50(th) percentile for the set of the 16 nuclear regulators of mitochondrial genes (p(GSEA,50) = 0.0103). This finding was not confirmed in the trios (p(GSEA,50) = 0.5991), but in KORA (p(GSEA,50) = 0.0398). The meta-analysis again indicated a trend for enrichment (p(MAGENTA,50) = 0.1052, p(MAGENTA,75) = 0.0251). The GSEA revealed that weak association signals for obesity might be enriched in the gene set of 16 nuclear regulators of mitochondrial genes.

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Publication type Article: Journal article

Document type Scientific Article

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Keywords Genome-wide Association ; Missing Heritability ; Receptor-alpha ; Fat Mass ; Homeostasis ; Biogenesis ; Expression ; Disease

ISSN (print) / ISBN 1932-6203

Journal PLoS ONE

Quellenangaben Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Article Number: e55884

Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Publishing Place Lawrence, Kan.

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Reviewing status Peer reviewed

Institute(s) Research Unit Molecular Epidemiology (AME)
Institute of Genetic Epidemiology (IGE)
Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)
Institute of Epidemiology II (EPI2)