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Genome-wide association identifies nine common variants associated with fasting proinsulin levels and provides new insights into the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

  • Rona J. Strawbridge
  • , Josée Dupuis
  • , Inga Prokopenko
  • , Adam Barker
  • , Emma Ahlqvist
  • , Denis Rybin
  • , John R. Petrie
  • , Mary E. Travers
  • , Nabila Bouatia-Naji
  • , Antigone S. Dimas
  • , Alexandra C. Nica
  • , Eleanor Wheeler
  • , Han Chen
  • , Benjamin F. Voight
  • , Jalal Taneera
  • , Stavroula Kanoni
  • , John F. Peden
  • , Fabiola Turrini
  • , Stefan Gustafsson
  • , Carina Zabena
  • Peter Almgren, David J.P. Barker, Daniel Barnes, Elaine M. Dennison, Johan G. Eriksson, Per Eriksson, Elodie Eury, Lasse Folkersen, Caroline S. Fox, Timothy M. Frayling, Anuj Goel, Harvest F. Gu, Momoko Horikoshi, Bo Isomaa, Anne U. Jackson, Karen A. Jameson, Eero Kajantie, Julie Kerr-Conte, Teemu Kuulasmaa, Johanna Kuusisto, Ruth J.F. Loos, Jian'an Luan, Konstantinos Makrilakis, Alisa K. Manning, María Teresa Martínez-Larrad, Narisu Narisu, Maria Nastase Mannila, John Öhrvik, Clive Osmond, Laura Pascoe, Felicity Payne, Avan A. Sayer, Bengt Sennblad, Angela Silveira, Alena Stančcáková, Kathy Stirrups, Amy J. Swift, Ann Christine Syvänen, Tiinamaija Tuomi, Ferdinand M. Van't Hooft, Mark Walker, Michael N. Weedon, Weijia Xie, Björn Zethelius, Laura J. Scott, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Andrew P. Morris, Christian Dina, Ryan P. Welch, Eleftheria Zeggini, Cornelia Huth, Yurii S. Aulchenko, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Laura J. 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  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Department of Pediatrics
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • Emory University
  • Cardiff University
  • Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties
  • Second Department of Cardiology
  • Department of Clinical Epidemiology
  • Department of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine
  • Medizinische Klinik I
  • University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein
  • Genetic Epidemiology Group
  • Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition
  • Max Rubner Institut
  • Clinical Research Center Kiel
  • Cardiology Division
  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  • University of Missouri at Kansas City
  • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
  • SYNLAB International GmbH
  • Medical University of Graz
  • Institute of Public Health
  • Heidelberg University 
  • Atherogenomics Laboratory
  • Department of Cardiology
  • London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
  • Cardiology Unit
  • Department of Medicine
  • Cardiovascular Drug Research
  • Cardiovascular and Gastrointestinal Innovative Medicines
  • AstraZeneca
  • Department of Cardiovascular Research
  • IRCCS Istituto di ricerche farmacologiche Mario Negri - Milano, Bergamo, Ranica
  • Center for Non-Communicable Diseases
  • Department of Cardiology
  • University of Health Sciences Lahore
  • Department of Cardiology
  • National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Pakistan
  • Department of Cardiology
  • Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases
  • Department of Cardiology
  • Ch. Pervaiz Elahi Institute of Cardiology
  • Department of Cardiology
  • Red Crescent Institute of Cardiology
  • Department of Internal Medicine
  • National Research Council
  • Vaasa Health Care Center
  • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Institute of Human Genetics
  • Department of Neurology
  • University of Tartu
  • Department of Psychiatry
  • Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion regulation (ICPE)

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE - Proinsulin is a precursor of mature insulin and C-peptide. Higher circulating proinsulin levels are associated with impaired b-cell function, raised glucose levels, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Studies of the insulin processing pathway could provide new insights about T2D pathophysiology. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS - We have conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association tests of ;2.5 million genotyped or imputed single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and fasting proinsulin levels in 10,701 nondiabetic adults of European ancestry, with follow-up of 23 loci in up to 16,378 individuals, using additive genetic models adjusted for age, sex, fasting insulin, and study-specific covariates. RESULTS - Nine SNPs at eight loci were associated with proinsulin levels (P < 5 × 10-8). Two loci (LARP6 and SGSM2) have not been previously related to metabolic traits, one (MADD) has been associated with fasting glucose, one (PCSK1) has been implicated in obesity, and four (TCF7L2, SLC30A8, VPS13C/ C2CD4A/B, and ARAP1, formerly CENTD2) increase T2D risk. The proinsulin-raising allele of ARAP1 was associated with a lower fasting glucose (P = 1.7 3 10-4), improved b-cell function (P = 1.1 × 10-5), and lower risk of T2D (odds ratio 0.88; P = 7.8 × 10-6). Notably, PCSK1 encodes the protein prohormone convertase 1/3, the first enzyme in the insulin processing pathway. A genotype score composed of the nine proinsulin-raising alleles was not associated with coronary disease in two large case-control datasets. CONCLUSIONS - We have identified nine genetic variants associated with fasting proinsulin. Our findings illuminate the biology underlying glucose homeostasis and T2D development in humans and argue against a direct role of proinsulin in coronary artery disease pathogenesis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2624-2634
Number of pages11
JournalDiabetes
Volume60
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Sept 2011
Externally publishedYes

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