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Nature ; 583(7814): 83-89, 2020 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32460305

RESUMEN

A key goal of whole-genome sequencing for studies of human genetics is to interrogate all forms of variation, including single-nucleotide variants, small insertion or deletion (indel) variants and structural variants. However, tools and resources for the study of structural variants have lagged behind those for smaller variants. Here we used a scalable pipeline1 to map and characterize structural variants in 17,795 deeply sequenced human genomes. We publicly release site-frequency data to create the largest, to our knowledge, whole-genome-sequencing-based structural variant resource so far. On average, individuals carry 2.9 rare structural variants that alter coding regions; these variants affect the dosage or structure of 4.2 genes and account for 4.0-11.2% of rare high-impact coding alleles. Using a computational model, we estimate that structural variants account for 17.2% of rare alleles genome-wide, with predicted deleterious effects that are equivalent to loss-of-function coding alleles; approximately 90% of such structural variants are noncoding deletions (mean 19.1 per genome). We report 158,991 ultra-rare structural variants and show that 2% of individuals carry ultra-rare megabase-scale structural variants, nearly half of which are balanced or complex rearrangements. Finally, we infer the dosage sensitivity of genes and noncoding elements, and reveal trends that relate to element class and conservation. This work will help to guide the analysis and interpretation of structural variants in the era of whole-genome sequencing.


Asunto(s)
Variación Genética , Genoma Humano/genética , Secuenciación Completa del Genoma , Alelos , Estudios de Casos y Controles , Epigénesis Genética , Femenino , Dosificación de Gen/genética , Genética de Población , Secuenciación de Nucleótidos de Alto Rendimiento , Humanos , Masculino , Anotación de Secuencia Molecular , Sitios de Carácter Cuantitativo , Grupos Raciales/genética , Programas Informáticos
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Am J Hum Genet ; 108(4): 583-596, 2021 04 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33798444

RESUMEN

The contribution of genome structural variation (SV) to quantitative traits associated with cardiometabolic diseases remains largely unknown. Here, we present the results of a study examining genetic association between SVs and cardiometabolic traits in the Finnish population. We used sensitive methods to identify and genotype 129,166 high-confidence SVs from deep whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data of 4,848 individuals. We tested the 64,572 common and low-frequency SVs for association with 116 quantitative traits and tested candidate associations using exome sequencing and array genotype data from an additional 15,205 individuals. We discovered 31 genome-wide significant associations at 15 loci, including 2 loci at which SVs have strong phenotypic effects: (1) a deletion of the ALB promoter that is greatly enriched in the Finnish population and causes decreased serum albumin level in carriers (p = 1.47 × 10-54) and is also associated with increased levels of total cholesterol (p = 1.22 × 10-28) and 14 additional cholesterol-related traits, and (2) a multi-allelic copy number variant (CNV) at PDPR that is strongly associated with pyruvate (p = 4.81 × 10-21) and alanine (p = 6.14 × 10-12) levels and resides within a structurally complex genomic region that has accumulated many rearrangements over evolutionary time. We also confirmed six previously reported associations, including five led by stronger signals in single nucleotide variants (SNVs) and one linking recurrent HP gene deletion and cholesterol levels (p = 6.24 × 10-10), which was also found to be strongly associated with increased glycoprotein level (p = 3.53 × 10-35). Our study confirms that integrating SVs in trait-mapping studies will expand our knowledge of genetic factors underlying disease risk.


Asunto(s)
Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/genética , Variación Estructural del Genoma/genética , Alelos , Colesterol/sangre , Variaciones en el Número de Copia de ADN/genética , Femenino , Finlandia , Genoma Humano/genética , Genotipo , Secuenciación de Nucleótidos de Alto Rendimiento , Humanos , Masculino , Proteínas Mitocondriales/genética , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas/genética , Piruvato Deshidrogenasa (Lipoamida)-Fosfatasa/genética , Ácido Pirúvico/metabolismo , Albúmina Sérica Humana/genética
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Hum Genomics ; 15(1): 34, 2021 06 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34099068

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND: Mitochondrial genome copy number (MT-CN) varies among humans and across tissues and is highly heritable, but its causes and consequences are not well understood. When measured by bulk DNA sequencing in blood, MT-CN may reflect a combination of the number of mitochondria per cell and cell-type composition. Here, we studied MT-CN variation in blood-derived DNA from 19184 Finnish individuals using a combination of genome (N = 4163) and exome sequencing (N = 19034) data as well as imputed genotypes (N = 17718). RESULTS: We identified two loci significantly associated with MT-CN variation: a common variant at the MYB-HBS1L locus (P = 1.6 × 10-8), which has previously been associated with numerous hematological parameters; and a burden of rare variants in the TMBIM1 gene (P = 3.0 × 10-8), which has been reported to protect against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. We also found that MT-CN is strongly associated with insulin levels (P = 2.0 × 10-21) and other metabolic syndrome (metS)-related traits. Using a Mendelian randomization framework, we show evidence that MT-CN measured in blood is causally related to insulin levels. We then applied an MT-CN polygenic risk score (PRS) derived from Finnish data to the UK Biobank, where the association between the PRS and metS traits was replicated. Adjusting for cell counts largely eliminated these signals, suggesting that MT-CN affects metS via cell-type composition. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that measurements of MT-CN in blood-derived DNA partially reflect differences in cell-type composition and that these differences are causally linked to insulin and related traits.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas Reguladoras de la Apoptosis/genética , Variaciones en el Número de Copia de ADN/genética , ADN Mitocondrial/sangre , Proteínas de Unión al GTP/genética , Proteínas de la Membrana/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-myb/genética , Adulto , Anciano , Linaje de la Célula/genética , ADN Mitocondrial/genética , Femenino , Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad , Genoma Mitocondrial/genética , Estudio de Asociación del Genoma Completo , Humanos , Masculino , Análisis de la Aleatorización Mendeliana , Persona de Mediana Edad , Fenotipo , Polimorfismo de Nucleótido Simple/genética , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN , Secuenciación del Exoma
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Am J Hum Genet ; 102(6): 1204-1211, 2018 06 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29861106

RESUMEN

There is a limited understanding about the impact of rare protein-truncating variants across multiple phenotypes. We explore the impact of this class of variants on 13 quantitative traits and 10 diseases using whole-exome sequencing data from 100,296 individuals. Protein-truncating variants in genes intolerant to this class of mutations increased risk of autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, intellectual disability, and ADHD. In individuals without these disorders, there was an association with shorter height, lower education, increased hospitalization, and reduced age at enrollment. Gene sets implicated from GWASs did not show a significant protein-truncating variants burden beyond what was captured by established Mendelian genes. In conclusion, we provide a thorough investigation of the impact of rare deleterious coding variants on complex traits, suggesting widespread pleiotropic risk.


Asunto(s)
Mutación/genética , Sistemas de Lectura Abierta/genética , Bases de Datos Genéticas , Etnicidad/genética , Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad , Estudio de Asociación del Genoma Completo , Humanos , Fenotipo , Proteínas/genética
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Bioinformatics ; 35(22): 4782-4787, 2019 11 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31218349

RESUMEN

SUMMARY: Large-scale human genetics studies are now employing whole genome sequencing with the goal of conducting comprehensive trait mapping analyses of all forms of genome variation. However, methods for structural variation (SV) analysis have lagged far behind those for smaller scale variants, and there is an urgent need to develop more efficient tools that scale to the size of human populations. Here, we present a fast and highly scalable software toolkit (svtools) and cloud-based pipeline for assembling high quality SV maps-including deletions, duplications, mobile element insertions, inversions and other rearrangements-in many thousands of human genomes. We show that this pipeline achieves similar variant detection performance to established per-sample methods (e.g. LUMPY), while providing fast and affordable joint analysis at the scale of ≥100 000 genomes. These tools will help enable the next generation of human genetics studies. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: svtools is implemented in Python and freely available (MIT) from https://github.com/hall-lab/svtools. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.


Asunto(s)
Genoma Humano , Programas Informáticos , Humanos , Eliminación de Secuencia , Secuenciación Completa del Genoma
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PLoS Comput Biol ; 11(7): e1004274, 2015 Jul.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26158448

RESUMEN

In this work, we present the Genome Modeling System (GMS), an analysis information management system capable of executing automated genome analysis pipelines at a massive scale. The GMS framework provides detailed tracking of samples and data coupled with reliable and repeatable analysis pipelines. The GMS also serves as a platform for bioinformatics development, allowing a large team to collaborate on data analysis, or an individual researcher to leverage the work of others effectively within its data management system. Rather than separating ad-hoc analysis from rigorous, reproducible pipelines, the GMS promotes systematic integration between the two. As a demonstration of the GMS, we performed an integrated analysis of whole genome, exome and transcriptome sequencing data from a breast cancer cell line (HCC1395) and matched lymphoblastoid line (HCC1395BL). These data are available for users to test the software, complete tutorials and develop novel GMS pipeline configurations. The GMS is available at https://github.com/genome/gms.


Asunto(s)
Mapeo Cromosómico/métodos , Genoma Humano/genética , Bases del Conocimiento , Modelos Genéticos , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN/métodos , Interfaz Usuario-Computador , Algoritmos , Simulación por Computador , Sistemas de Administración de Bases de Datos , Bases de Datos Genéticas , Humanos , Alineación de Secuencia/métodos
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Nat Commun ; 13(1): 1644, 2022 03 28.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35347128

RESUMEN

Few studies have explored the impact of rare variants (minor allele frequency < 1%) on highly heritable plasma metabolites identified in metabolomic screens. The Finnish population provides an ideal opportunity for such explorations, given the multiple bottlenecks and expansions that have shaped its history, and the enrichment for many otherwise rare alleles that has resulted. Here, we report genetic associations for 1391 plasma metabolites in 6136 men from the late-settlement region of Finland. We identify 303 novel association signals, more than one third at variants rare or enriched in Finns. Many of these signals identify genes not previously implicated in metabolite genome-wide association studies and suggest mechanisms for diseases and disease-related traits.


Asunto(s)
Estudio de Asociación del Genoma Completo , Polimorfismo de Nucleótido Simple , Alelos , Finlandia , Frecuencia de los Genes , Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad , Estudio de Asociación del Genoma Completo/métodos , Humanos , Masculino , Fenotipo
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