Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis of Sciatica in Finnish Population.

Sciatica or the sciatic syndrome is a common and often disabling low back disorder in the working-age population. It has a relatively high heritability but poorly understood molecular mechanisms. The Finnish population is a genetic isolate where small founder population and bottleneck events have le...

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Main Authors: Susanna Lemmelä, Svetlana Solovieva, Rahman Shiri, Christian Benner, Markku Heliövaara, Johannes Kettunen, Verneri Anttila, Samuli Ripatti, Markus Perola, Ilkka Seppälä, Markus Juonala, Mika Kähönen, Veikko Salomaa, Jorma Viikari, Olli T Raitakari, Terho Lehtimäki, Aarno Palotie, Eira Viikari-Juntura, Kirsti Husgafvel-Pursiainen
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author Susanna Lemmelä
Svetlana Solovieva
Rahman Shiri
Christian Benner
Markku Heliövaara
Johannes Kettunen
Verneri Anttila
Samuli Ripatti
Markus Perola
Ilkka Seppälä
Markus Juonala
Mika Kähönen
Veikko Salomaa
Jorma Viikari
Olli T Raitakari
Terho Lehtimäki
Aarno Palotie
Eira Viikari-Juntura
Kirsti Husgafvel-Pursiainen
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Svetlana Solovieva
Rahman Shiri
Christian Benner
Markku Heliövaara
Johannes Kettunen
Verneri Anttila
Samuli Ripatti
Markus Perola
Ilkka Seppälä
Markus Juonala
Mika Kähönen
Veikko Salomaa
Jorma Viikari
Olli T Raitakari
Terho Lehtimäki
Aarno Palotie
Eira Viikari-Juntura
Kirsti Husgafvel-Pursiainen
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description Sciatica or the sciatic syndrome is a common and often disabling low back disorder in the working-age population. It has a relatively high heritability but poorly understood molecular mechanisms. The Finnish population is a genetic isolate where small founder population and bottleneck events have led to enrichment of certain rare and low frequency variants. We performed here the first genome-wide association (GWAS) and meta-analysis of sciatica. The meta-analysis was conducted across two GWAS covering 291 Finnish sciatica cases and 3671 controls genotyped and imputed at 7.7 million autosomal variants. The most promising loci (p<1x10-6) were replicated in 776 Finnish sciatica patients and 18,489 controls. We identified five intragenic variants, with relatively low frequencies, at two novel loci associated with sciatica at genome-wide significance. These included chr9:14344410:I (rs71321981) at 9p22.3 (NFIB gene; p = 1.30x10-8, MAF = 0.08) and four variants at 15q21.2: rs145901849, rs80035109, rs190200374 and rs117458827 (MYO5A; p = 1.34x10-8, MAF = 0.06; p = 2.32x10-8, MAF = 0.07; p = 3.85x10-8, MAF = 0.06; p = 4.78x10-8, MAF = 0.07, respectively). The most significant association in the meta-analysis, a single base insertion rs71321981 within the regulatory region of the transcription factor NFIB, replicated in an independent Finnish population sample (p = 0.04). Despite identifying 15q21.2 as a promising locus, we were not able to replicate it. It was differentiated; the lead variants within 15q21.2 were more frequent in Finland (6-7%) than in other European populations (1-2%). Imputation accuracies of the three significantly associated variants (chr9:14344410:I, rs190200374, and rs80035109) were validated by genotyping. In summary, our results suggest a novel locus, 9p22.3 (NFIB), which may be involved in susceptibility to sciatica. In addition, another locus, 15q21.2, emerged as a promising one, but failed to replicate.
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spelling doaj-art-12f187892c2443bf8e8dc24dcd7d6f412025-08-20T03:24:29ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032016-01-011110e016387710.1371/journal.pone.0163877Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis of Sciatica in Finnish Population.Susanna LemmeläSvetlana SolovievaRahman ShiriChristian BennerMarkku HeliövaaraJohannes KettunenVerneri AnttilaSamuli RipattiMarkus PerolaIlkka SeppäläMarkus JuonalaMika KähönenVeikko SalomaaJorma ViikariOlli T RaitakariTerho LehtimäkiAarno PalotieEira Viikari-JunturaKirsti Husgafvel-PursiainenSciatica or the sciatic syndrome is a common and often disabling low back disorder in the working-age population. It has a relatively high heritability but poorly understood molecular mechanisms. The Finnish population is a genetic isolate where small founder population and bottleneck events have led to enrichment of certain rare and low frequency variants. We performed here the first genome-wide association (GWAS) and meta-analysis of sciatica. The meta-analysis was conducted across two GWAS covering 291 Finnish sciatica cases and 3671 controls genotyped and imputed at 7.7 million autosomal variants. The most promising loci (p<1x10-6) were replicated in 776 Finnish sciatica patients and 18,489 controls. We identified five intragenic variants, with relatively low frequencies, at two novel loci associated with sciatica at genome-wide significance. These included chr9:14344410:I (rs71321981) at 9p22.3 (NFIB gene; p = 1.30x10-8, MAF = 0.08) and four variants at 15q21.2: rs145901849, rs80035109, rs190200374 and rs117458827 (MYO5A; p = 1.34x10-8, MAF = 0.06; p = 2.32x10-8, MAF = 0.07; p = 3.85x10-8, MAF = 0.06; p = 4.78x10-8, MAF = 0.07, respectively). The most significant association in the meta-analysis, a single base insertion rs71321981 within the regulatory region of the transcription factor NFIB, replicated in an independent Finnish population sample (p = 0.04). Despite identifying 15q21.2 as a promising locus, we were not able to replicate it. It was differentiated; the lead variants within 15q21.2 were more frequent in Finland (6-7%) than in other European populations (1-2%). Imputation accuracies of the three significantly associated variants (chr9:14344410:I, rs190200374, and rs80035109) were validated by genotyping. In summary, our results suggest a novel locus, 9p22.3 (NFIB), which may be involved in susceptibility to sciatica. In addition, another locus, 15q21.2, emerged as a promising one, but failed to replicate.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0163877&type=printable
spellingShingle Susanna Lemmelä
Svetlana Solovieva
Rahman Shiri
Christian Benner
Markku Heliövaara
Johannes Kettunen
Verneri Anttila
Samuli Ripatti
Markus Perola
Ilkka Seppälä
Markus Juonala
Mika Kähönen
Veikko Salomaa
Jorma Viikari
Olli T Raitakari
Terho Lehtimäki
Aarno Palotie
Eira Viikari-Juntura
Kirsti Husgafvel-Pursiainen
Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis of Sciatica in Finnish Population.
PLoS ONE
title Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis of Sciatica in Finnish Population.
title_full Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis of Sciatica in Finnish Population.
title_fullStr Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis of Sciatica in Finnish Population.
title_full_unstemmed Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis of Sciatica in Finnish Population.
title_short Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis of Sciatica in Finnish Population.
title_sort genome wide meta analysis of sciatica in finnish population
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