Abstract
Genome-wide association studies have identified 32 loci influencing body mass index, but this measure does not distinguish lean from fat mass. To identify adiposity loci, we meta-analyzed associations between ∼2.5 million SNPs and body fat percentage from 36,626 individuals and followed up the 14 most significant (P < 10-6) independent loci in 39,576 individuals. We confirmed a previously established adiposity locus in FTO (P = 3 × 10-26) and identified two new loci associated with body fat percentage, one near IRS1 (P = 4 × 10-11) and one near SPRY2 (P = 3 × 10-8). Both loci contain genes with potential links to adipocyte physiology. Notably, the body-fat-decreasing allele near IRS1 is associated with decreased IRS1 expression and with an impaired metabolic profile, including an increased visceral to subcutaneous fat ratio, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, risk of diabetes and coronary artery disease and decreased adiponectin levels. Our findings provide new insights into adiposity and insulin resistance.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 753-760 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Nature Genetics |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 26 Jun 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:of Governors’ Chair in Medical Genetics; Centre for Medical Systems Biology (The Netherlands); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (Lausanne); Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sport (19619627662747, 21610803150302 and 30900611942023); Department of Health (UK); Department of Veterans Affairs (USA); Emil and Vera Cornell Foundation; Erasmus Medical Center (Rotterdam); Erasmus University (Rotterdam); European Commission (DG XII, FP7/20072013, FP7KBBE20104266408, HEALTHF22007201681, HEALTHF22008201865GEFOS, HEALTHF42007201413, HEALTHF42007201550, LSHGCT2006018947, LSHGCT200601947, LSHMCT2003503041, LSHMCT2004512013, QLG1CT200101252 and QLG2CT200201254); Finnish Diabetes Foundation; Finnish Diabetes Research Foundation; Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research; Finnish Heart Foundation; Finnish Medical Society; Folkhälsan Research Foundation; Food Standards Agency (UK); Foundation for Life and Health in Finland; German Bündesministerium für Forschung und Technology (01AK803AH and 01IG07015G); German Federal Ministry of Education and Research; German National Genome Research Network (NGFN2 and NGFNPlus: 01GS0823); GiorgiCavaglieri Foundation; GlaxoSmithKline; Göteborg Medical Society; Gyllenberg Foundation; Health and Safety Executive (UK); Health Care Centers in Vasa, Närpes and Korsholm; Hjartavernd (the Icelandic Heart Association); John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation; Leenaards Foundation; LudwigMaximilians Universität München; Lundberg Foundation; Medical Research Council (UK); Men’s Associates of Hebrew SeniorLife; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain) (SAF2009 and SAF200802073); Ministry for Health, Welfare and Sports (The Netherlands); Ministry of Education (Finland); Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (The Netherlands); Municipal Health Care Center and Hospital in Jakobstad; Municipality of Rotterdam; Närpes Health Care Foundation; National Institute for Health Research (UK); US National Institutes of Health (USA) (AG13196, DK063491, K23DK080145, M01RR00425, N01AG12100, N01AG62101, N01AG62103, N01AG62106, N01HC15103, N01HC25195, N01HC35129, N01HC45133, N01HC55222, N01HC75150, N01HC85079 through N01HC85086, P30DK072488, R01AG03189001, R01AG18728, R01AG03209801A1, R01AR/AG41398, R01AR046838, R01DK06833603, R01DK075787, R01DK07568102, R01HL03631020A2, R01HL087652, R01HL08770003, R01HL088119, U01HL080295, U01HL72515 and U01HL84756); Netherlands Genomics Initiative/Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (050060810); Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (175.010.2005.011 and 91103012); Netherlands Organization for the Health Research and Development; Nordic Center of Excellence in Disease Genetics; Novo Nordisk Foundation; Ollqvist Foundation; Paavo Nurmi Foundation; Perklén Foundation; Petrus and Augusta Hedlunds Foundation; Research Institute for Diseases in the Elderly (01493015; RIDE2); Robert Dawson Evans Endowment; Royal Society (UK); Sahlgrenska Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research (A305:188); Sahlgrenska University Hospital Foundation (ALF/LUA); Science Funding programme (UK); Scottish Executive Health Department; Sigrid Juselius Foundation; State of Bavaria; Stroke Association (UK); Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland; Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research; Swedish Research Council (K201054X09894193, K201052X20229053 and 2006-3832); Swedish Strategic Foundation; Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics; Swiss National Science Foundation (3100AO116323/1, 310000112552 and 33CSCO-122661); TEKES (1510/31/06); Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg’s Foundation; United Kingdom NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre; University of Lausanne; University of Maryland General Clinical Research Center (M01 RR 16500); Uppsala University; Västra Götaland Foundation; and Wellcome Trust (077016/Z/05/Z, 084723/Z/08/Z and 091746/Z/10/Z).
Funding Information:
A full list of Acknowledgments appears in the Supplementary Note. Funding was provided by Academy of Finland (10404, 124243, 129680, 129494, 141005 and 213506); Agency for Health Care Policy Research (HS06516); Althingi (the Icelandic Parliament); American Heart Association (10SDG269004); AstraZeneca; Baltimore Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Centers; Biocentrum Helsinki Foundation; Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (G20234); British Heart Foundation (PG/07/133/24260, RG/08/008, SP/04/002, SP/07/007/23671); CamStrad; Cancer Research UK; CedarsSinai Board
Funding
of Governors’ Chair in Medical Genetics; Centre for Medical Systems Biology (The Netherlands); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (Lausanne); Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sport (19619627662747, 21610803150302 and 30900611942023); Department of Health (UK); Department of Veterans Affairs (USA); Emil and Vera Cornell Foundation; Erasmus Medical Center (Rotterdam); Erasmus University (Rotterdam); European Commission (DG XII, FP7/20072013, FP7KBBE20104266408, HEALTHF22007201681, HEALTHF22008201865GEFOS, HEALTHF42007201413, HEALTHF42007201550, LSHGCT2006018947, LSHGCT200601947, LSHMCT2003503041, LSHMCT2004512013, QLG1CT200101252 and QLG2CT200201254); Finnish Diabetes Foundation; Finnish Diabetes Research Foundation; Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research; Finnish Heart Foundation; Finnish Medical Society; Folkhälsan Research Foundation; Food Standards Agency (UK); Foundation for Life and Health in Finland; German Bündesministerium für Forschung und Technology (01AK803AH and 01IG07015G); German Federal Ministry of Education and Research; German National Genome Research Network (NGFN2 and NGFNPlus: 01GS0823); GiorgiCavaglieri Foundation; GlaxoSmithKline; Göteborg Medical Society; Gyllenberg Foundation; Health and Safety Executive (UK); Health Care Centers in Vasa, Närpes and Korsholm; Hjartavernd (the Icelandic Heart Association); John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation; Leenaards Foundation; LudwigMaximilians Universität München; Lundberg Foundation; Medical Research Council (UK); Men’s Associates of Hebrew SeniorLife; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain) (SAF2009 and SAF200802073); Ministry for Health, Welfare and Sports (The Netherlands); Ministry of Education (Finland); Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (The Netherlands); Municipal Health Care Center and Hospital in Jakobstad; Municipality of Rotterdam; Närpes Health Care Foundation; National Institute for Health Research (UK); US National Institutes of Health (USA) (AG13196, DK063491, K23DK080145, M01RR00425, N01AG12100, N01AG62101, N01AG62103, N01AG62106, N01HC15103, N01HC25195, N01HC35129, N01HC45133, N01HC55222, N01HC75150, N01HC85079 through N01HC85086, P30DK072488, R01AG03189001, R01AG18728, R01AG03209801A1, R01AR/AG41398, R01AR046838, R01DK06833603, R01DK075787, R01DK07568102, R01HL03631020A2, R01HL087652, R01HL08770003, R01HL088119, U01HL080295, U01HL72515 and U01HL84756); Netherlands Genomics Initiative/Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (050060810); Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (175.010.2005.011 and 91103012); Netherlands Organization for the Health Research and Development; Nordic Center of Excellence in Disease Genetics; Novo Nordisk Foundation; Ollqvist Foundation; Paavo Nurmi Foundation; Perklén Foundation; Petrus and Augusta Hedlunds Foundation; Research Institute for Diseases in the Elderly (01493015; RIDE2); Robert Dawson Evans Endowment; Royal Society (UK); Sahlgrenska Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research (A305:188); Sahlgrenska University Hospital Foundation (ALF/LUA); Science Funding programme (UK); Scottish Executive Health Department; Sigrid Juselius Foundation; State of Bavaria; Stroke Association (UK); Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland; Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research; Swedish Research Council (K201054X09894193, K201052X20229053 and 2006-3832); Swedish Strategic Foundation; Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics; Swiss National Science Foundation (3100AO116323/1, 310000112552 and 33CSCO-122661); TEKES (1510/31/06); Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg’s Foundation; United Kingdom NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre; University of Lausanne; University of Maryland General Clinical Research Center (M01 RR 16500); Uppsala University; Västra Götaland Foundation; and Wellcome Trust (077016/Z/05/Z, 084723/Z/08/Z and 091746/Z/10/Z). A full list of Acknowledgments appears in the Supplementary Note. Funding was provided by Academy of Finland (10404, 124243, 129680, 129494, 141005 and 213506); Agency for Health Care Policy Research (HS06516); Althingi (the Icelandic Parliament); American Heart Association (10SDG269004); AstraZeneca; Baltimore Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Centers; Biocentrum Helsinki Foundation; Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (G20234); British Heart Foundation (PG/07/133/24260, RG/08/008, SP/04/002, SP/07/007/23671); CamStrad; Cancer Research UK; CedarsSinai Board
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Biocentrum Helsinki Foundation | |
| CedarsSinai Board | |
| Erasmus University | |
| Finnish Diabetes Foundation | |
| Finnish Heart Foundation | |
| Foundation for Life and Health in Finland | |
| German National Genome Research Network | 01GS0823 |
| GiorgiCavaglieri Foundation | |
| Municipal Health Care Center and Hospital in Jakobstad | |
| Municipality of Rotterdam | |
| Ollqvist Foundation | |
| Perklén Foundation | |
| RIDE2 | |
| Research Institute for Diseases in the Elderly | 01493015 |
| Robert Dawson Evans Endowment | |
| Sahlgrenska Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research | A305:188 |
| Sahlgrenska University Hospital Foundation | |
| Scottish Executive Health Department | |
| State of Bavaria | |
| Swedish Strategic Foundation | |
| University of Maryland General Clinical Research Center | M01 RR 16500 |
| National Institutes of Health | R01AR/AG41398, R01AG18728, M01RR00425, P30DK072488, R01AR046838, N01HC35129, K23DK080145, U01HL080295, R01HL08770003, N01HC85086, N01AG62106, R01DK06833603, N01AG62101, N01HC25195, R01AG03209801A1, N01AG62103, N01HC75150, AG13196, U01HL72515, R01HL088119, N01HC15103, R01DK075787, R01AG03189001, U01HL84756, 050060810, R01HL03631020A2, N01HC55222, R01DK07568102, N01HC85079, DK063491, R01HL087652, N01HC45133 |
| National Institute on Aging | N01AG012100 |
| U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | |
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | |
| American Heart Association | 10SDG269004 |
| AstraZeneca | |
| GlaxoSmithKline | |
| Västra Götalandsregionen | |
| Torsten Söderbergs Stiftelse | |
| Agency for Health Care Policy and Research | HS06516 |
| Finska Läkaresällskapet | |
| Wellcome Trust | 084723/Z/08/Z, 091746/Z/10/Z, 077016/Z/05/Z |
| Petrus och Augusta Hedlunds Stiftelse | |
| Nash Health Care Foundation | |
| Folkhälsanin Tutkimussäätiö | |
| Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center | |
| Medical Research Council | |
| Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council | G20234 |
| National Institute for Health and Care Research | |
| British Heart Foundation | PG/07/133/24260, SP/04/002, RG/08/008, SP/07/007/23671 |
| Department of Health and Social Care | |
| Royal Society | |
| Cancer Research UK | |
| Food Standards Agency | |
| Stroke Association | |
| European Commission | QLG1CT200101252, FP7KBBE20104266408, LSHMCT2004512013, LSHMCT2003503041, FP7/20072013, QLG2CT200201254, HEALTHF22007201681, HEALTHF42007201413, LSHGCT2006018947 |
| Health and Safety Executive | |
| Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung | 310000112552, 3100AO116323/1, 33CSCO-122661 |
| Stiftelsen för Strategisk Forskning | |
| ZonMw | |
| Academy of Finland | 10404, 141005, 124243, 213506, 129680, 129494 |
| Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung | |
| Ministry of Education | |
| Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport | |
| Erasmus Medisch Centrum | |
| Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap | |
| Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | 175.010.2005.011, 91103012 |
| Tekes | 1510/31/06 |
| Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse | |
| Lars Erik Lundbergs Stiftelse för Forskning och Utbildning | |
| Signe ja Ane Gyllenbergin Säätiö | |
| Vetenskapsrådet | K201054X09894193, 2006-3832, K201052X20229053 |
| Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación | SAF200802073, SAF2009 |
| Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie | 01AK803AH, 01IG07015G |
| Sydäntutkimussäätiö | |
| Göteborgs Läkaresällskap | |
| Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | |
| Sigrid Juséliuksen Säätiö | |
| Fondation Leenaards | |
| Université de Lausanne | |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois | |
| Ministarstvo Znanosti, Obrazovanja i Sporta | 30900611942023, 21610803150302, 19619627662747 |
| Uppsala Universitet | |
| Svenska Kulturfonden | |
| Paavo Nurmen Säätiö | |
| Novo Nordisk Fonden | |
| Emil och Wera Cornells Stiftelse | |
| Hjartavernd | |
| Diabetestutkimussäätiö | |
| Centre for Medical Systems Biology | |
| Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics |