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- Title
Lowering of Circulating Sclerostin May Increase Risk of Atherosclerosis and Its Risk Factors: Evidence From a Genome‐Wide Association Meta‐Analysis Followed by Mendelian Randomization.
- Authors
Zheng, Jie; Wheeler, Eleanor; Pietzner, Maik; Andlauer, Till F. M.; Yau, Michelle S.; Hartley, April E.; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Rasheed, Humaira; Kemp, John P.; Frysz, Monika; Robinson, Jamie; Reppe, Sjur; Prijatelj, Vid; Gautvik, Kaare M.; Falk, Louise; Maerz, Winfried; Gergei, Ingrid; Peyser, Patricia A.; Kavousi, Maryam; de Vries, Paul S.
- Abstract
Objective: In this study, we aimed to establish the causal effects of lowering sclerostin, target of the antiosteoporosis drug romosozumab, on atherosclerosis and its risk factors. Methods: A genome‐wide association study meta‐analysis was performed of circulating sclerostin levels in 33,961 European individuals. Mendelian randomization (MR) was used to predict the causal effects of sclerostin lowering on 15 atherosclerosis‐related diseases and risk factors. Results: We found that 18 conditionally independent variants were associated with circulating sclerostin. Of these, 1 cis signal in SOST and 3 trans signals in B4GALNT3, RIN3, and SERPINA1 regions showed directionally opposite signals for sclerostin levels and estimated bone mineral density. Variants with these 4 regions were selected as genetic instruments. MR using 5 correlated cis‐SNPs suggested that lower sclerostin increased the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) (odds ratio [OR] 1.32 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.03–1.69]) and myocardial infarction (MI) (OR 1.35 [95% CI 1.01–1.79]); sclerostin lowering was also suggested to increase the extent of coronary artery calcification (CAC) (β = 0.24 [95% CI 0.02–0.45]). MR using both cis and trans instruments suggested that lower sclerostin increased hypertension risk (OR 1.09 [95% CI 1.04–1.15]), but otherwise had attenuated effects. Conclusion: This study provides genetic evidence to suggest that lower levels of sclerostin may increase the risk of hypertension, type 2 DM, MI, and the extent of CAC. Taken together, these findings underscore the requirement for strategies to mitigate potential adverse effects of romosozumab treatment on atherosclerosis and its related risk factors.
- Subjects
ATHEROSCLEROSIS risk factors; MYOCARDIAL infarction risk factors; HYPERTENSION risk factors; THERAPEUTIC use of monoclonal antibodies; META-analysis; MONOCLONAL antibodies; BONE morphogenetic proteins; GENETIC variation; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK assessment; GENOME-wide association studies; TYPE 2 diabetes; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Arthritis & Rheumatology, 2023, Vol 75, Issue 10, p1781
- ISSN
2326-5191
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/art.42538