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17q12-21 variants are associated with asthma and interact with active smoking in an adult population from the United Kingdom.
Marinho, Susana; Custovic, Adnan; Marsden, Paul; Smith, Jacky A; Simpson, Angela
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology. 2012;108(6):402-411.e9.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Although an association between 17q12-21 and asthma has been replicated across different populations, some inconsistencies have been found between different studies. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the association between genetic variation in this region with asthma, lung function, airway inflammation, hyperresponsiveness (AHR), and atopy in a case-control study of United Kingdom adults. The interaction between genotype and smoking was also evaluated. METHODS: Study subjects (n = 983) were carefully phenotyped using questionnaires, measurement of lung function, AHR (methacholine challenge), exhaled nitric oxide (eNO), and assessment of atopic status. Blood/saliva/buccal swabs were collected, and 47 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 17q12-21 were genotyped using MALDI-TOF (Matrix-assisted LASER desorption/ionisation-time of flight) mass spectrometry. We conducted a comprehensive investigation of 28 common SNPs within 6 genes of interest (IKZF3, ZPBP2, ORMDL3, GSDMA, GSDMB, TOP2A). RESULTS: Sixteen SNPs were significantly associated with asthma after multiple testing correction (P ≤ .01), of which 5 (rs2290400, rs8079416, rs3894194, rs7212938, and rs3859192) were strongly associated (FDR P ≤ .0002), and one was novel (IKZF3-rs1453559). For 3 of these SNPs, we found significant interaction with smoking and asthma (rs12936231, rs2290400, and rs8079416). Smoking modified the associations between 8 SNPs and lung function (rs9911688, rs9900538, rs1054609, rs8076131, rs3902025, rs3859192, rs11540720, and rs11650680). We observed significant interaction between 5 SNPs and smoking on AHR, and 3 interacted with smoking in relation to asthma with AHR (rs4795404, rs4795408, rs3859192). CONCLUSION: We found 1 novel association and replicated several previously reported associations between 17q12-21 polymorphisms and asthma. We demonstrated significant interactions between active smoking and polymorphisms in 17q12-21 with asthma, lung function, and AHR in adults. Our data confirm that 17q12-21 is an important asthma susceptibility locus.