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Published on: April 4, 2018
Novel regulatory variant detected on the VKORC1 haplotype that is associated with warfarin dose
Marco Cavalli1, Gang Pan1, Helena Nord1
1Department of Immunology, Genetics & Pathology, & Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Aim:
Warfarin dose requirement is associated with VKORC1 rs9923231, and we studied whether it is a functional variant.
Materials & Methods:
We selected variants in linkage disequilibrium with rs9923231 that bind transcription factors in an allele-specific way. Representative haplotypes were cloned or constructed, nuclear protein binding and transcriptional activity were evaluated.
Results:
rs56314408C>T and rs2032915C>T were detected in a liver enhancer in linkage disequilibrium with rs9923231. The rs56314408-rs2032915 C-C haplotype preferentially bound nuclear proteins and had higher transcriptional activity than T-T and the African-specific T-C. A motif for TFAP2A/C was disrupted by rs56314408T. No difference in transcriptional activity was detected for rs9923231G>A.
Conclusion:
Our results supported an activating role for rs56314408C, while rs9923231G>A had no evidence of being functional.
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