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Title: | Genetic analysis in a familial case with high bone mineral density suggests additive effects at two loci |
Author: | Martínez-Gil, Núria Ovejero, Diana Garcia Giralt, Natàlia Bruque, Carlos David Mellibovsky, Leonardo Nogués, Xavier Rabionet Janssen, Raquel Grinberg Vaisman, Daniel Raúl Balcells Comas, Susana |
Keywords: | Malalties de les articulacions Osteoporosi Malalties dels ossos Joints diseases Osteoporosis Bone diseases |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons |
Abstract: | Osteoporosis is the most common bone disease, characterized by a low bone mineral density (BMD) and increased risk of fracture. At the other end of the BMD spectrum, some individuals present strong, fracture-resistant, bones. Both osteoporosis and high BMD are heritable and their genetic architecture encompasses polygenic inheritance of common variants and some cases of monogenic highly penetrant variants in causal genes. We have investigated the genetics of high BMD in a family segregating this trait in an apparently Mendelian dominant pattern. We searched for rare causal variants by whole-exome sequencing in three affected and three nonaffected family members. Using this approach, we have identified 38 rare coding variants present in the proband and absent in the three individuals with normal BMD. Although we have found four variants shared by the three affected members of the family, we have not been able to relate any of these to the high-BMD phenotype. In contrast, we have identified missense variants in two genes, VAV3 and ADGRE5, each shared by two of out of three affected members, whose loss of function fits with the phenotype of the family. In particular, the proband, a woman displaying the highest BMD (sum Z-score = 7), carries both variants, whereas the other two affected members carry one each. VAV3 encodes a guanine-nucleotide-exchange factor with an important role in osteoclast activation and function. Although no previous cases of VAV3 mutations have been reported in humans, Vav3 knockout (KO) mice display dense bones, similarly to the high-BMD phenotype present in our family. The ADGRE5 gene encodes an adhesion G protein-coupled receptor expressed in osteoclasts whose KO mouse displays increased trabecular bone volume. Combined, these mouse and human data highlight VAV3 and ADGRE5 as novel putative high-BMD genes with additive effects, and potential therapeutic targets for osteoporosis. © 2022 The Authors. JBMR Plus published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm4.10602 |
It is part of: | JBMR plus, 2022, vol. 6, num. 4, p. e10602-1-e10602-10 |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/193495 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm4.10602 |
ISSN: | 2473-4039 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística) |
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