全基因组关联研究发现心脏基因模式和心脏衰竭的新生物标志物
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Benjamin Meder1, Jan Haas1, Farbod Sedaghat-Hamedani1
1From Department of Internal Medicine III, Institute for Cardiomyopathies, University of Heidelberg, Germany (B.M., J.H., F.S.-H., E.K., K.F., A.L., R.N., C.S., S.M., D.M.-B., A.A., H.H., D.B.H., M.M.-H., T.W., H.A.K.); Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Strategy and Innovation, Erlangen, Germany (C.D., M.W., A.E.P.); Department of Bioinformatics, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany (A.K.); German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Berlin, Germany (B.M., J.H., F.S.-H., E.K., K.F., A.L., D.S., M.M.-H., T.W., J.B., H.A.K.); Institute for Molecular Cardiology and Epigenetics, University of Heidelberg, Germany (D.S., J.B.); Funktionelle Genomanalyse, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany (A.B.); Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany (A.R.); Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Vienna, Austria (D.P.); Section for Clinical Biometrics, Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (D.P.); and Division of Epigenomics and Cancer Risk Factors, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany (D.W., C.P.).
这项研究通过分析扩张性心肌病患者的DNA甲基化和基因表达来确定心力衰竭的新型表观遗传生物标志物. 这些发现突显了表观遗传调节
科学领域:
- 基因组学和表观遗传学
- 心血管研究
- 分子生物学
背景情况:
- 基因甲基化是将基因,环境和基因表达联系起来的关键调节剂.
- 扩张性心肌病和心力衰竭涉及复杂的生物学途径.
- 了解表观遗传因素对于识别疾病机制和生物标志物至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定肌肉功能障碍和心力衰竭的表观遗传敏感区域和新生物标志物.
- 在扩大心肌病患者中进行第一个心肌组织和血液多组学研究.
- 探索DNA甲基化对心力衰竭的产生作用.
主要方法:
- 使用Infinium人类甲基化450阵列进行全基因组DNA甲基化映射.
- 用于并行基因表达分析的RNA深度测序.
- 全基因组测序以排除基因型驱动的甲基化调用.
主要成果:
- 确定了59个显著相关的表观遗传位点与扩张性心肌病,其中3个达到全表观基因组显著性.
- 在独立的队列中复制了27个位点, 证实了表观遗传调节的作用.
- 将517个表观遗传位点与扩张性心肌病和心脏基因表达联系起来,确定保存的甲基化模式作为潜在的心力衰竭生物标志物.
结论:
- 这是第一个使用多组学方法对活着的心力衰竭患者进行的全表观基因组关联研究.
- 在各个组织中保存的明显的表观基因甲基化模式作为心力衰竭的新生物标志物.
- 表观遗传修饰在心力衰竭的发展和进展中起着重要作用.
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