Genotype × age interaction in human transcriptional ageing

Individual differences in biological ageing (i.e., the rate of physiological response to the passage of time) may be due in part to genotype-specific variation in gene action. However, the sources of heritable variation in human age-related gene expression profiles are largely unknown. We have profi...

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Main Authors: Kent, J., Göring, H., Charlesworth, J., Drigalenko, E., Diego, V., Curran, J., Johnson, M., Dyer, T., Cole, S., Jowett, J., Mahaney, M., Comuzzie, A., Almasy, L., Moses, Eric, Blangero, J., Williams-Blangero, S.
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Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2992
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author Kent, J.
Göring, H.
Charlesworth, J.
Drigalenko, E.
Diego, V.
Curran, J.
Johnson, M.
Dyer, T.
Cole, S.
Jowett, J.
Mahaney, M.
Comuzzie, A.
Almasy, L.
Moses, Eric
Blangero, J.
Williams-Blangero, S.
author_facet Kent, J.
Göring, H.
Charlesworth, J.
Drigalenko, E.
Diego, V.
Curran, J.
Johnson, M.
Dyer, T.
Cole, S.
Jowett, J.
Mahaney, M.
Comuzzie, A.
Almasy, L.
Moses, Eric
Blangero, J.
Williams-Blangero, S.
author_sort Kent, J.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Individual differences in biological ageing (i.e., the rate of physiological response to the passage of time) may be due in part to genotype-specific variation in gene action. However, the sources of heritable variation in human age-related gene expression profiles are largely unknown. We have profiled genome-wide expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 1240 individuals in large families and found 4472 human autosomal transcripts, representing ~4349 genes, significantly correlated with age. We identified 623 transcripts that show genotype by age interaction in addition to a main effect of age, defining a large set of novel candidates for characterization of the mechanisms of differential biological ageing. We applied a novel SNP genotype × age interaction test to one of these candidates, the ubiquilin-like gene UBQLNL, and found evidence of joint cis-association and genotype by age interaction as well as trans-genotype by age interaction for UBQLNL expression. Both UBQLNL expression levels at recruitment and cis genotype are associated with longitudinal cancer risk in our study cohort.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-29922018-03-29T09:05:21Z Genotype × age interaction in human transcriptional ageing Kent, J. Göring, H. Charlesworth, J. Drigalenko, E. Diego, V. Curran, J. Johnson, M. Dyer, T. Cole, S. Jowett, J. Mahaney, M. Comuzzie, A. Almasy, L. Moses, Eric Blangero, J. Williams-Blangero, S. Individual differences in biological ageing (i.e., the rate of physiological response to the passage of time) may be due in part to genotype-specific variation in gene action. However, the sources of heritable variation in human age-related gene expression profiles are largely unknown. We have profiled genome-wide expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 1240 individuals in large families and found 4472 human autosomal transcripts, representing ~4349 genes, significantly correlated with age. We identified 623 transcripts that show genotype by age interaction in addition to a main effect of age, defining a large set of novel candidates for characterization of the mechanisms of differential biological ageing. We applied a novel SNP genotype × age interaction test to one of these candidates, the ubiquilin-like gene UBQLNL, and found evidence of joint cis-association and genotype by age interaction as well as trans-genotype by age interaction for UBQLNL expression. Both UBQLNL expression levels at recruitment and cis genotype are associated with longitudinal cancer risk in our study cohort. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2992 10.1016/j.mad.2012.07.005 restricted
spellingShingle Kent, J.
Göring, H.
Charlesworth, J.
Drigalenko, E.
Diego, V.
Curran, J.
Johnson, M.
Dyer, T.
Cole, S.
Jowett, J.
Mahaney, M.
Comuzzie, A.
Almasy, L.
Moses, Eric
Blangero, J.
Williams-Blangero, S.
Genotype × age interaction in human transcriptional ageing
title Genotype × age interaction in human transcriptional ageing
title_full Genotype × age interaction in human transcriptional ageing
title_fullStr Genotype × age interaction in human transcriptional ageing
title_full_unstemmed Genotype × age interaction in human transcriptional ageing
title_short Genotype × age interaction in human transcriptional ageing
title_sort genotype × age interaction in human transcriptional ageing
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2992