New loci and coding variants confer risk for age-related macular degeneration in East Asians

Ching Yu Cheng, Kenji Yamashiro, Li Jia Chen, Jeeyun Ahn, Lulin Huang, Lvzhen Huang, Chui Ming G. Cheung, Masahiro Miyake, Peter D. Cackett, Ian Y. Yeo, Augustinus Laude, Ranjana Mathur, Junxiong Pang, Kar Seng Sim, Adrian H. Koh, Peng Chen, Shu Yen Lee, Doric Wong, Choi Mun Chan, Boon Kwang LohYaoyao Sun, Sonia Davila, Isao Nakata, Hideo Nakanishi, Yumiko Akagi-Kurashige, Norimoto Gotoh, Akitaka Tsujikawa, Fumihiko Matsuda, Keisuke Mori, Shin Yoneya, Yoichi Sakurada, Hiroyuki Iijima, Tomohiro Iida, Shigeru Honda, Timothy Yuk Yau Lai, Pancy Oi Sin Tam, Haoyu Chen, Shibo Tang, Xiaoyan Ding, Feng Wen, Fang Lu, Xiongze Zhang, Yi Shi, Peiquan Zhao, Bowen Zhao, Jinghong Sang, Bo Gong, Rajkumar Dorajoo, Jian Min Yuan, Woon Puay Koh, Rob M. Van Dam, Yechiel Friedlander, Ying Lin, Martin L. Hibberd, Jia Nee Foo, Ningli Wang, Chang Hua Wong, Gavin S. Tan, Sang Jun Park, Mayuri Bhargava, Lingam Gopal, Thet Naing, Jiemin Liao, Peng Guan Ong, Paul Mitchell, Peng Zhou, Xuefeng Xie, Jinlong Liang, Junpu Mei, Xin Jin, Seang Mei Saw, Mineo Ozaki, Takanori Mizoguchi, Yasuo Kurimoto, Se Joon Woo, Hum Chung, Hyeong Gon Yu, Joo Young Shin, Dong Ho Park, In Taek Kim, Woohyok Chang, Min Sagong, Sang Joon Lee, Hyun Woong Kim, Ji Eun Lee, Yi Li, Jianjun Liu, Yik Ying Teo, Chew Kiat Heng, Tock Han Lim, Suk Kyun Yang, Kyuyoung Song, Eranga N. Vithana, Tin Aung, Jin Xin Bei, Yi Xin Zeng, E. Shyong Tai, Xiao Xin Li, Zhenglin Yang, Kyu Hyung Park, Chi Pui Pang, Nagahisa Yoshimura, Tien Yin Wong, Chiea Chuen Khor

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Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a major cause of blindness, but presents differently in Europeans and Asians. Here, we perform a genome-wide and exome-wide association study on 2,119 patients with exudative AMD and 5,691 controls, with independent replication in 4,226 patients and 10,289 controls, all of East Asian descent, as part of The Genetics of AMD in Asians (GAMA) Consortium. We find a strong association between CETP Asp442Gly (rs2303790), an East Asian-specific mutation, and increased risk of AMD (odds ratio (OR)=1.70, P=5.60 × 10-22). The AMD risk allele (442Gly), known to protect from coronary heart disease, increases HDL cholesterol levels by 0.17mmoll-1 (P=5.82 × 10-21) in East Asians (n=7,102). We also identify three novel AMD loci: C6orf223 Ala231Ala (OR=0.78, P=6.19 × 10-18), SLC44A4 Asp47Val (OR=1.27, P=1.08 × 10-11) and FGD6 Gln257Arg (OR=0.87, P=2.85 × 10-8). Our findings suggest that some of the genetic loci conferring AMD susceptibility in East Asians are shared with Europeans, yet AMD in East Asians may also have a distinct genetic signature.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6063
JournalNature Communications
Volume6
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Jan 2015

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