A regulatory variant at 3q21.1 confers an increased pleiotropic risk for hyperglycemia and altered bone mineral density

Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong, Isabel S. Sousa, Samantha Laber, Elizabeth Rendina-Ruedy, Simon E. Nitter Dankel, Teresa Ferreira, Gunnar Mellgren, David Karasik, Manuel Rivas, Jonathan Pritchard, Anyonya R. Guntur, Roger D. Cox, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Hans Hauner, Richard Sallari, Clifford J. Rosen, Yi Hsiang Hsu, Eric S. Lander, Douglas P. Kiel, Melina Claussnitzer

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Abstract

Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong and colleagues identify a pleiotropic risk locus at 3q21 that is associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and greater bone mineral density (BMD) and its associated cell-autonomous mechanisms in adipocytes and osteoblasts. Together, these findings provide a possible explanation for the perplexing finding that individuals with T2D have higher BMD but greater susceptibility to bone fracture.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)615-628.e13
JournalCell Metabolism
Volume33
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Mar 2021

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Funding

We thank the Oxford Genomics Centre at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics (funded by Wellcome Trust grant reference 203141/Z/16/Z ) for the generation and initial processing of the sequencing data. N.S.-A. was funded by the Department of Defense through a National Defense Science and Engineering Grant and by a Stanford Graduate Fellowship . S.L. was funded by a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship funded by Novo Nordisk . The work was supported by M.C.’s Next Generation award of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard . The work was supported by the Else Kröner-Fresenius-Foundation and Clinical Cooperation Group “ Nutrigenomics and Type 2 Diabetes ,” German Center of Diabetes Research , Helmholtz Center Munich . D.P.K. was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases ( R01 AR041398 ). We thank H. Ollila for helpful comments. We thank the Oxford Genomics Centre at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics (funded by Wellcome Trust grant reference 203141/Z/16/Z) for the generation and initial processing of the sequencing data. N.S.-A. was funded by the Department of Defense through a National Defense Science and Engineering Grant and by a Stanford Graduate Fellowship. S.L. was funded by a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship funded by Novo Nordisk. The work was supported by M.C.’s Next Generation award of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. The work was supported by the Else Kröner-Fresenius-Foundation and Clinical Cooperation Group “Nutrigenomics and Type 2 Diabetes,” German Center of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Center Munich. D.P.K. was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R01 AR041398). We thank H. Ollila for helpful comments. Conceptualization, M.C. D.P.K. C.R. and E.S.L.; methodology, N.S.-A. S.L. and M.C.; investigation, N.S.-A. I.S. S.L. E.R.-R. S.E.N.D. and A.R.G.; analysis, N.S.-A. X.C. Y.-H.H. M.C. R.S. and D.K.; resources, M.R. G.M. H.H. M.C. and D.P.K.; writing – original draft, M.C. N.S.-A. R.S. I.S. S.L. E.-S.L. D.P.K. C.R.; writing – review & editing, all co-authors; supervision, M.C. D.P.K. C.R. H.H. and J.K.P. E.S.L. serves on the Board of Directors for Codiak BioSciences and serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of F-Prime Capital Partners and Third Rock Ventures; he is also affiliated with several non-profit organizations including serving on the Board of Directors of the Innocence Project, Count Me In, and Biden Cancer Initiative and the Board of Trustees for the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. He has served and continues to serve on various federal advisory committees. C.M.L. received research support from Bayer Ag and Novo Nordisk and received honoraria or consultancy fees from Pfizer. D.P.K. serves as a member of a scientific advisory committee for Solarea Bio, has received grants to his institution from Radius Health and Amgen, and receives royalties for publication in UpToDate.

FundersFunder number
Biden Cancer Initiative
Board of Trustees
F-Prime Capital Partners and Third Rock Ventures
Helmholtz Center Munich
Radius Health and Amgen
U.S. Department of Defense
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin DiseasesR01AR041398
Stanford University
Harvard University
Wellcome Trust203141/Z/16/Z
Broad Institute
Novo Nordisk

    Keywords

    • CRISPR-Cas9 variant editing
    • osteoblast and adipocyte metabolism
    • pleiotropy of type 2 diabetes and bone mineral density
    • regulatory genomics
    • variant-to-function study

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