TY - JOUR
T1 - Toll-Like Receptor 1 Locus Re-examined in a Genome-Wide Association Study Update on Anti–Helicobacter pylori IgG Titers
AU - Lam, Suk Yee
AU - Mommersteeg, Michiel C.
AU - Yu, Bingting
AU - Broer, Linda
AU - Spaander, Manon C.W.
AU - Frost, Fabian
AU - Weiss, Stefan
AU - Völzke, Henry
AU - Lerch, Markus M.
AU - Schöttker, Ben
AU - Zhang, Yan
AU - Stocker, Hannah
AU - Brenner, Hermann
AU - Levy, Daniel
AU - Hwang, Shih Jen
AU - Wood, Alexis C.
AU - Rich, Stephen S.
AU - Rotter, Jerome I.
AU - Taylor, Kent D.
AU - Tracy, Russell P.
AU - Kabagambe, Edmond K.
AU - Leja, Marcis
AU - Klovins, Janis
AU - Peculis, Raitis
AU - Rudzite, Dace
AU - Nikitina-Zake, Liene
AU - Skenders, Girts
AU - Rovite, Vita
AU - Uitterlinden, André
AU - Kuipers, Ernst J.
AU - Fuhler, Gwenny M.
AU - Homuth, Georg
AU - Peppelenbosch, Maikel P.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding The Rotterdam Study I-II was supported by the Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research (NWO; 175.010.2005.011, 911-03-012), Research Institute for Diseases in the Elderly (RIDE; 014-93-015), Genomics Initiative/NWO (project no. 050-060-810), Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands Organization for the Health Research and Development (ZonMw), Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science and Ministry for Health, Welfare, and Sports, European Commission, and the Municipality of Rotterdam. GenerationR was supported by Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Erasmus University Rotterdam, ZonMw (907.00303, 916.10159), NWO, and the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Sports. The Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP) and SHIP-TREND were supported by Deutsche Krebshilfe/Dr Mildred-Scheel-Stiftung (109102), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG GRK840-D2/E3/E4, MA 4115/1-2/3), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF GANI-MED 03IS2061A and BMBF 0314107, 01ZZ9603, 01ZZ0103, 01ZZ0403, 03ZIK012), the European Union (EU-FP-7-EPCTM and EU-FP7-REGPOT-2010-1), AstraZeneca (unrestricted grant), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Siemens Healthcare, the Federal State of Mecklenburg–West Pomerania, and the University of Greifswald. The Framingham Heart Study was supported by National Institutes of Health grants N01-HC-25195, HHSN268201500001I, and 75N92019D00031 (to Boston University) and the Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and the MESA SHARe projects were supported by the NHLBI (75N92020D00001, HHSN268201500003I, N01-HC-95159, 75N92020D00005, N01-HC-95160, 75N92020D00002, N01-HC-95161, 75N92020D00003, N01-HC-95162, 75N92020D00006, N01-HC-95163, 75N92020D00004, N01-HC-95164, 75N92020D00007, N01-HC-95165, N01-HC-95166, N01-HC-95167, N01-HC-95168, N01-HC-95169, UL1-TR-000040, UL1-TR-001079, and UL1-TR-001420. Funding for SHARe genotyping was provided by NHLBI grant N02-HL-64278. Genotyping was performed at Affymetrix (Santa Clara, CA) and the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT (Boston, MA) using the Affymetrix Genome-Wide Human SNP Array 6.0. The provision of genotyping data was supported in part by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences grant UL1TR001881, and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease Diabetes Research Center grant DK063491 to the Southern California Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center. The Epidemiological Investigations on Chances of Preventing Recognizing Early and Optimally Treating Chronic Diseases in an Elderly Population were supported by the State Ministry of Science, Research and Arts, Baden-Württemberg, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. LATVIA was supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF; 009/0220/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/09/APIA/VIAA/016), National Program for Research in Latvia, Ministry of Health (6-1396-2016), and Fundamental and Applied Research Projects Program in Latvia (project no. lzp-2018/1-0135).
Funding Information:
Conceptualization: Linda Broer, Manon C.W. Spaander, Fabian Frost, Stefan Weiss, Georg Homuth, Henry Völzke, Markus M. Lerch, Ben Schöttker, Hermann Brenner, Daniel Levy, Shih-Jen Hwang, Alexis C. Wood, Stephen S. Rich, Jerome I. Rotter, Kent D. Taylor, Russell P. Tracy, Edmond K. Kabagambe, Marcis Leja, Janis Klovins, Raitis Peculis, Dace Rudzite, Liene Nikitina-Zake, Girts Skenders, Vita Rovite, André Uitterlinden, Ernst J. Kuipers, Maikel P. Peppelenbosch, and additional members of Rotterdam Study I-II, GenerationR, Study of Health in Pomerania, Framingham Heart Study, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, Epidemiological Investigations on Chances of Preventing Recognizing Early and Optimally Treating Chronic Diseases in an Elderly Population, and LATVIA cohorts not directly involved in this manuscript. Methodology: all authors. Investigation: all authors. Formal analysis of discovery: Linda Broer, Fabian Frost, Stefan Weiss, Georg Homuth, Henry Völzke, Markus M. Lerch, Daniel Levy, Shih-Jen Hwang, Alexis C. Wood, Stephen S. Rich, Jerome I. Rotter, Kent D. Taylor, Russell P. Tracy, and Edmond K. Kabagambe. Formal analysis of replication: Yan Zhang, Hannah Stocker, Hermann Brenner, Marcis Leja, Janis Klovins, and Raitis Peculis. Formal analysis of meta-analysis: Linda Broer. Project administration: Suk Yee Lam and Gwenny M. Fuhler. Resources: Fabian Frost, Stefan Weiss, Georg Homuth, Henry Völzke, Markus M. Lerch, Hermann Brenner, Daniel Levy, Shih-Jen Hwang, Alexis C. Wood, Stephen S. Rich, Jerome I. Rotter, Kent D. Taylor, Russell P. Tracy, Edmond K. Kabagambe, Marcis Leja, Janis Klovins, Dace Rudzite, Liene Nikitina-Zake, Girts Skenders, Vita Rovite, Ernst J. Kuipers, and Maikel P. Peppelenbosch. Supervision: Manon C.W. Spaander, Fabian Frost, Stefan Weiss, Georg Homuth, Henry Völzke, Markus M. Lerch, Hermann Brenner, Daniel Levy, Shih-Jen Hwang, Alexis C. Wood, Stephen S. Rich, Jerome I. Rotter, Kent D. Taylor, Russell P. Tracy, Edmond K. Kabagambe, Marcis Leja, Janis Klovins, Gwenny M. Fuhler, Maikel P. Peppelenbosch, and André Uitterlinden. Visualization: Suk Yee Lam, Michiel C. Mommersteeg, Bingting Yu, Linda Broer, and Gwenny M. Fuhler. Writing—original draft: Suk Yee Lam, Michiel C. Mommersteeg, and Gwenny M. Fuhler. Writing—reviewing and editing: all authors.
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PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - Background & Aims: A genome-wide significant association between anti–Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) IgG titers and Toll-like receptor (TLR1/6/10) locus on 4p14 was demonstrated for individuals of European ancestry, but not uniformly replicated. We re-investigated this association in an updated genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis for populations with low gastric cancer incidence, address potential causes of cohort heterogeneity, and explore functional implications of genetic variation at the TLR1/6/10 locus. Methods: The dichotomous GWAS (25% individuals exhibiting highest anti–H pylori IgG titers vs remaining 75%) included discovery and replication sampls of, respectively, n = 15,685 and n = 9676, all of European ancestry. Longitudinal analysis of serologic data was performed on H pylori–eradicated subjects (n = 132) and patients under surveillance for premalignant gastric lesions (n = 107). TLR1/6/10 surface expression, TLR1 mRNA, and cytokine levels were measured in leukocyte subsets of healthy subjects (n = 26) genotyped for TLR1/6/10 variants. Results: The association of the TLR1/6/10 locus with anti–H pylori IgG titers (rs12233670; β = −0.267 ± SE 0.034; P = 4.42 × 10−15) presented with high heterogeneity and failed replication. Anti–H pylori IgG titers declined within 2–4 years after eradication treatment (P = 0.004), and decreased over time in patients with premalignant gastric lesions (P < 0.001). Variation at the TLR1/6/10 locus affected TLR1-mediated cytokine production and TLR1 surface expression on monocytes (P = 0.016) and neutrophils (P = 0.030), but not mRNA levels. Conclusions: The association between anti–H pylori IgG titers and TLR1/6/10 locus was not replicated across cohorts, possibly owing to dependency of anti–H pylori IgG titers on therapy, clearance, and antibody decay. H pylori–mediated immune cell activation is partly mediated via TLR1 signaling, which in turn is affected by genetic variation.
AB - Background & Aims: A genome-wide significant association between anti–Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) IgG titers and Toll-like receptor (TLR1/6/10) locus on 4p14 was demonstrated for individuals of European ancestry, but not uniformly replicated. We re-investigated this association in an updated genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis for populations with low gastric cancer incidence, address potential causes of cohort heterogeneity, and explore functional implications of genetic variation at the TLR1/6/10 locus. Methods: The dichotomous GWAS (25% individuals exhibiting highest anti–H pylori IgG titers vs remaining 75%) included discovery and replication sampls of, respectively, n = 15,685 and n = 9676, all of European ancestry. Longitudinal analysis of serologic data was performed on H pylori–eradicated subjects (n = 132) and patients under surveillance for premalignant gastric lesions (n = 107). TLR1/6/10 surface expression, TLR1 mRNA, and cytokine levels were measured in leukocyte subsets of healthy subjects (n = 26) genotyped for TLR1/6/10 variants. Results: The association of the TLR1/6/10 locus with anti–H pylori IgG titers (rs12233670; β = −0.267 ± SE 0.034; P = 4.42 × 10−15) presented with high heterogeneity and failed replication. Anti–H pylori IgG titers declined within 2–4 years after eradication treatment (P = 0.004), and decreased over time in patients with premalignant gastric lesions (P < 0.001). Variation at the TLR1/6/10 locus affected TLR1-mediated cytokine production and TLR1 surface expression on monocytes (P = 0.016) and neutrophils (P = 0.030), but not mRNA levels. Conclusions: The association between anti–H pylori IgG titers and TLR1/6/10 locus was not replicated across cohorts, possibly owing to dependency of anti–H pylori IgG titers on therapy, clearance, and antibody decay. H pylori–mediated immune cell activation is partly mediated via TLR1 signaling, which in turn is affected by genetic variation.
KW - Bacteria
KW - Immunity
KW - Serology
KW - Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85128661221
U2 - 10.1053/j.gastro.2022.01.011
DO - 10.1053/j.gastro.2022.01.011
M3 - Article
C2 - 35031300
AN - SCOPUS:85128661221
SN - 0016-5085
VL - 162
SP - 1705
EP - 1715
JO - Gastroenterology
JF - Gastroenterology
IS - 6
ER -
