SERPINA1 methylation and lung function in tobacco-smoke exposed European children and adults: a meta-analysis of ALEC population-based cohorts
SERPINA1 methylation and lung function in tobacco-smoke exposed European children and adults: a meta-analysis of ALEC population-based cohorts
Background
The pathophysiological role of SERPINA1 in respiratory health may be more strongly determined by the regulation of its expression than by common genetic variants. A family based study of predominantly smoking adults found methylation at two Cytosine-phosphate-Guanine sites (CpGs) in SERPINA1 gene to be associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk. The objective of this study was to confirm the association of lung function with SERPINA1 methylation in general population samples by testing a comprehensive set of CpGs in the SERPINA gene cluster. We considered lung function level and decline in adult smokers from three European population-based cohorts and lung function level and growth in tobacco-smoke exposed children from a birth cohort.
Methods
DNA methylation using Illumina Infinium Human Methylation 450 k and EPIC beadchips and lung function were measured at two time points in 1076 SAPALDIA, ECRHS and NFBC adult cohort participants and 259 ALSPAC children. Associations of methylation at 119 CpG sites in the SERPINA gene cluster (PP4R4-SERPINA13P) with lung functions and circulating alpha-1-antitripsin (AAT) were assessed using multivariable cross-sectional and longitudinal regression models.
Results
Methylation at cg08257009 in the SERPINA gene cluster, located 32 kb downstream of SERPINA1, not annotated to a gene, was associated with FEV1/FVC at the Bonferroni corrected level in adults, but not in children. None of the methylation signals in the SERPINA1 gene showed associations with lung function after correcting for multiple testing.
Conclusions
The results do not support a role of SERPINA1 gene methylation as determinant of lung function across the life course in the tobacco smoke exposed general population exposed.
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Beckmeyer-Borowko, Anna
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Wielscher, Matthias
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Jeong, Ayoung
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Schaffner, Emmanuel
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Pons, Marco
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Stolz, Daiana
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Kronenberg, Florian
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Relton, Caroline
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Probst-Hensch, Nicole M.
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22 August 2018
Beckmeyer-Borowko, Anna
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Schaffner, Emmanuel
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Turk, Alexander
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Pons, Marco
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Stolz, Daiana
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Kronenberg, Florian
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Arathimos, Ryan
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Sharp, Gemma C.
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Relton, Caroline
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Henderson, Alexander J.
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Jarvis, Deborah
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Beckmeyer-Borowko, Anna, Imboden, Medea, Rezwan, Faisal I., Wielscher, Matthias, Amaral, Andre F.S., Jeong, Ayoung, Schaffner, Emmanuel, Auvinen, Juha, Sebert, Sylvain, Karhunen, Ville, Bettschart, Robert, Turk, Alexander, Pons, Marco, Stolz, Daiana, Kronenberg, Florian, Arathimos, Ryan, Sharp, Gemma C., Relton, Caroline, Henderson, Alexander J., Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jarvis, Deborah, Holloway, John W. and Probst-Hensch, Nicole M.
(2018)
SERPINA1 methylation and lung function in tobacco-smoke exposed European children and adults: a meta-analysis of ALEC population-based cohorts.
Respiratory Research, 19 (1), , [156].
(doi:10.1186/s12931-018-0850-8).
Abstract
Background
The pathophysiological role of SERPINA1 in respiratory health may be more strongly determined by the regulation of its expression than by common genetic variants. A family based study of predominantly smoking adults found methylation at two Cytosine-phosphate-Guanine sites (CpGs) in SERPINA1 gene to be associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk. The objective of this study was to confirm the association of lung function with SERPINA1 methylation in general population samples by testing a comprehensive set of CpGs in the SERPINA gene cluster. We considered lung function level and decline in adult smokers from three European population-based cohorts and lung function level and growth in tobacco-smoke exposed children from a birth cohort.
Methods
DNA methylation using Illumina Infinium Human Methylation 450 k and EPIC beadchips and lung function were measured at two time points in 1076 SAPALDIA, ECRHS and NFBC adult cohort participants and 259 ALSPAC children. Associations of methylation at 119 CpG sites in the SERPINA gene cluster (PP4R4-SERPINA13P) with lung functions and circulating alpha-1-antitripsin (AAT) were assessed using multivariable cross-sectional and longitudinal regression models.
Results
Methylation at cg08257009 in the SERPINA gene cluster, located 32 kb downstream of SERPINA1, not annotated to a gene, was associated with FEV1/FVC at the Bonferroni corrected level in adults, but not in children. None of the methylation signals in the SERPINA1 gene showed associations with lung function after correcting for multiple testing.
Conclusions
The results do not support a role of SERPINA1 gene methylation as determinant of lung function across the life course in the tobacco smoke exposed general population exposed.
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Anna Beckmeyer-Borowko
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Medea Imboden
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Faisal I. Rezwan
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Matthias Wielscher
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Andre F.S. Amaral
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Ayoung Jeong
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Emmanuel Schaffner
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Juha Auvinen
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Sylvain Sebert
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Ville Karhunen
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Robert Bettschart
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Alexander Turk
Author:
Marco Pons
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Daiana Stolz
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Florian Kronenberg
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Ryan Arathimos
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Gemma C. Sharp
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Caroline Relton
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Alexander J. Henderson
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Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin
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Deborah Jarvis
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Nicole M. Probst-Hensch
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