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Replication of association of the apolipoprotein A1-C3-A4 gene cluster with the risk of gout

Replication of association of the apolipoprotein A1-C3-A4 gene cluster with the risk of gout Replication of association of the apolipoprotein A1-C3-A4 gene cluster with the risk of gout
Replication of association of the apolipoprotein A1-C3-A4 gene cluster with the risk of gout Replication of association of the apolipoprotein A1-C3-A4 gene cluster with the risk of gout

Gout is associated with dyslipidaemia. Association of the apolipoprotein A1-C3-A4 gene cluster with gout has previously been reported in a small study.

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This study explains that the investigation done on the Europeans and Polynesians population has showed that the apolipoprotein A1-C3-A4 gene cluster plays a causal role in gout.

Background

Gout is associated with dyslipidaemia. Association of the apolipoprotein A1-C3-A4 gene cluster with gout has previously been reported in a small study. To investigate a possible causal role for this locus in gout, we tested the association of genetic variants from APOA1 (rs670) and APOC3 (rs5128) with gout.

Method

We studied data for 2452 controls and 2690 clinically ascertained gout cases of European and New Zealand Polynesian (Māori and Pacific) ancestry. Data were also used from the publicly available Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study (n = 5367) and the Framingham Heart Study (n = 2984). Multivariate adjusted logistic and linear regression was used to test the association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms with gout risk, serum urate, triglyceride and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C).

Result

In Polynesians, the T-allele of rs670 (APOA1) increased (odds ratio, OR = 1.53, P = 4.9 × 10−6) and the G-allele of rs5128 (APOC3) decreased the risk of gout (OR = 0.86, P = 0.026). In Europeans, there was a strong trend to a risk effect of the T-allele for rs670 (OR = 1.11, P = 0.055), with a significant protective effect of the G-allele for rs5128 being observed after adjustment for triglycerides and HDL-C (OR = 0.81, P = 0.039). The effect at rs5128 was specific to males in both Europeans and Polynesians. Association in Polynesians was independent of any effect of rs670 and rs5128 on triglyceride and HDL-C levels. There was no evidence for association of either single-nucleotide polymorphism with serum urate levels (P ⩾ 0.10).

Conclusion

Our data, replicating a previous study, supports the hypothesis that the apolipoprotein A1-C3-A4 gene cluster plays a causal role in gout.

Source:

Rheumatology (Oxford) 2016 Apr 18

Article:

Replication of association of the apolipoprotein A1-C3-A4 gene cluster with the risk of gout

Authors:

Humaira Rasheed et al.

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