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Protein quantitative trait locus study in obesity during weight-loss identifies a leptin regulator

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  • Jérôme Carayol

    (EPFL Innovation Park)

  • Christian Chabert

    (EPFL Innovation Park)

  • Alessandro Di Cara

    (Quartz Bio)

  • Claudia Armenise

    (Quartz Bio)

  • Gregory Lefebvre

    (EPFL Innovation Park)

  • Dominique Langin

    (University of Toulouse)

  • Nathalie Viguerie

    (University of Toulouse)

  • Sylviane Metairon

    (EPFL Innovation Park)

  • Wim H. M. Saris

    (Maastricht University Medical Centre)

  • Arne Astrup

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Patrick Descombes

    (EPFL Innovation Park)

  • Armand Valsesia

    (EPFL Innovation Park)

  • Jörg Hager

    (EPFL Innovation Park)

Abstract

Thousands of genetic variants have been associated with complex traits through genome-wide association studies. However, the functional variants or mechanistic consequences remain elusive. Intermediate traits such as gene expression or protein levels are good proxies of the metabolic state of an organism. Proteome analysis especially can provide new insights into the molecular mechanisms of complex traits like obesity. The role of genetic variation in determining protein level variation has not been assessed in obesity. To address this, we design a large-scale protein quantitative trait locus (pQTL) analysis based on a set of 1129 proteins from 494 obese subjects before and after a weight loss intervention. This reveals 55 BMI-associated cis-pQTLs and trans-pQTLs at baseline and 3 trans-pQTLs after the intervention. We provide evidence for distinct genetic mechanisms regulating BMI-associated proteins before and after weight loss. Finally, by functional analysis, we identify and validate FAM46A as a trans regulator for leptin.

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  • Jérôme Carayol & Christian Chabert & Alessandro Di Cara & Claudia Armenise & Gregory Lefebvre & Dominique Langin & Nathalie Viguerie & Sylviane Metairon & Wim H. M. Saris & Arne Astrup & Patrick Desco, 2017. "Protein quantitative trait locus study in obesity during weight-loss identifies a leptin regulator," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-14, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-017-02182-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02182-z
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