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- Title
Rare SLC13A1 variants associate with intervertebral disc disorder highlighting role of sulfate in disc pathology.
- Authors
Bjornsdottir, Gyda; Stefansdottir, Lilja; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Sulem, Patrick; Norland, Kristjan; Ferkingstad, Egil; Oddsson, Asmundur; Zink, Florian; Lund, Sigrun H.; Nawaz, Muhammad S.; Bragi Walters, G.; Skuladottir, Astros Th.; Gudjonsson, Sigurjon A.; Einarsson, Gudmundur; Halldorsson, Gisli H.; Bjarnadottir, Valgerdur; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Helgadottir, Anna; Styrkarsdottir, Unnur; Gudmundsson, Larus J.
- Abstract
Back pain is a common and debilitating disorder with largely unknown underlying biology. Here we report a genome-wide association study of back pain using diagnoses assigned in clinical practice; dorsalgia (119,100 cases, 909,847 controls) and intervertebral disc disorder (IDD) (58,854 cases, 922,958 controls). We identify 41 variants at 33 loci. The most significant association (ORIDD = 0.92, P = 1.6 × 10−39; ORdorsalgia = 0.92, P = 7.2 × 10−15) is with a 3'UTR variant (rs1871452-T) in CHST3, encoding a sulfotransferase enzyme expressed in intervertebral discs. The largest effects on IDD are conferred by rare (MAF = 0.07 − 0.32%) loss-of-function (LoF) variants in SLC13A1, encoding a sodium-sulfate co-transporter (LoF burden OR = 1.44, P = 3.1 × 10−11); variants that also associate with reduced serum sulfate. Genes implicated by this study are involved in cartilage and bone biology, as well as neurological and inflammatory processes. Little is known about the biology of back pain, a leading cause of disability. Here the authors report 30 new back pain loci, implicating genes involved in cartilage/bone biology, as well as neurological and inflammatory processes.
- Subjects
GENOME-wide association studies; BACKACHE; PATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; SULFOTRANSFERASES
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2022, Vol 13, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-022-28167-1