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  • Genetics
  • Bioinformatics
  • Systems Biology

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  • Understanding gene-environment interactions (GxE) is crucial for interpreting Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) results and developing targeted treatments.
  • High-resolution measurement of numerous environmental factors is often impractical for large-scale studies.
  • Gene expression data offers a potential proxy for cellular environmental contexts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a method for inferring environmental proxies from gene expression data using latent variable (LV) analysis.
  • To identify gene-by-environment (GxE) interaction effects on gene expression, termed GxE expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs), using these LVs.
  • To assess the replicability and utility of the identified GxE eQTLs in large brain eQTL datasets.

Main Methods:

  • Latent variable (LV) analysis was employed to extract cellular environmental embeddings from gene expression data.
  • These LVs served as environmental proxies to detect GxE interaction effects on gene expression (GxE eQTLs).
  • The approach was applied to two large brain eQTL datasets (n=1,100), followed by a meta-analysis of combined samples.

Main Results:

  • LVs and GxE eQTLs demonstrated good replication between the two independent brain eQTL datasets.
  • A meta-analysis identified 895 significant GxE eQTLs, with GxE effects explaining an average of 4% additional gene expression variation.
  • Among the identified genes, 10 were linked to cell-type-specific eQTLs, while others were multi-functional; 91 transcription factor (TF)-specific eQTLs were also found.

Conclusions:

  • Latent variable analysis provides a feasible approach to infer environmental proxies from gene expression for GxE interaction studies.
  • The identified GxE eQTLs offer valuable insights into the interplay between genetic factors and cellular environments in the brain.
  • This method facilitates the discovery of novel GxE eQTLs and highlights the role of transcription factors in mediating these interactions.