Whole genome sequencing identifies structural variants contributing to hematologic traits in the NHLBI TOPMed program

Marsha M. Wheeler, Adrienne M. Stilp, Shuquan Rao, Bjarni V. Halldórsson, Doruk Beyter, Jia Wen, Anna V. Mihkaylova, Caitlin P. McHugh, John Lane, Min Zhi Jiang, Laura M. Raffield, Goo Jun, Fritz J. Sedlazeck, Ginger Metcalf, Yao Yao, Joshua B. Bis, Nathalie Chami, Paul S. de Vries, Pinkal Desai, James S. FloydYan Gao, Kai Kammers, Wonji Kim, Jee Young Moon, Aakrosh Ratan, Lisa R. Yanek, Laura Almasy, Lewis C. Becker, John Blangero, Michael H. Cho, Joanne E. Curran, Myriam Fornage, Robert C. Kaplan, Joshua P. Lewis, Ruth J.F. Loos, Braxton D. Mitchell, Alanna C. Morrison, Michael Preuss, Bruce M. Psaty, Stephen S. Rich, Jerome I. Rotter, Hua Tang, Russell P. Tracy, Eric Boerwinkle, Goncalo R. Abecasis, Thomas W. Blackwell, Albert V. Smith, Andrew D. Johnson, Rasika A. Mathias, Deborah A. Nickerson, Matthew P. Conomos, Yun Li, Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir, Magnús K. Magnússon, Kari Stefansson, Nathan D. Pankratz, Daniel E. Bauer, Paul L. Auer, Alex P. Reiner

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Abstract

Genome-wide association studies have identified thousands of single nucleotide variants and small indels that contribute to variation in hematologic traits. While structural variants are known to cause rare blood or hematopoietic disorders, the genome-wide contribution of structural variants to quantitative blood cell trait variation is unknown. Here we utilized whole genome sequencing data in ancestrally diverse participants of the NHLBI Trans Omics for Precision Medicine program (N = 50,675) to detect structural variants associated with hematologic traits. Using single variant tests, we assessed the association of common and rare structural variants with red cell-, white cell-, and platelet-related quantitative traits and observed 21 independent signals (12 common and 9 rare) reaching genome-wide significance. The majority of these associations (N = 18) replicated in independent datasets. In genome-editing experiments, we provide evidence that a deletion associated with lower monocyte counts leads to disruption of an S1PR3 monocyte enhancer and decreased S1PR3 expression.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number7592
JournalNature communications
Volume13
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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