Loss-of-function DNA sequence variant in the CLCNKA chloride channel implicates the cardio-renal axis in interindividual heart failure risk variation.
Common heart failure has a strong undefined heritable component. Two recent independent cardiovascular SNP array studies identified a common SNP at 1p36 in intron 2 of the HSPB7 gene as being associated with heart failure. HSPB7 resequencing identified other risk alleles but no functional gene variants. Here, we further show no effect of the HSPB7 SNP on cardiac HSPB7 mRNA levels or splicing, suggesting that the SNP marks the position of a functional variant in another gene. Accordingly, we used massively parallel platforms to resequence all coding exons of the adjacent CLCNKA gene, which encodes the K(a) renal chloride channel (ClC-K(a)). Of 51 exonic CLCNKA variants identified, one SNP (rs10927887, encoding Arg83Gly) was common, in linkage disequilibrium with the heart failure risk SNP in HSPB7, and associated with heart failure in two independent Caucasian referral populations (n = 2,606 and 1,168; combined P = 2.25 × 10(-6)). Individual genotyping of rs10927887 in the two study populations and a third independent heart failure cohort (combined n = 5,489) revealed an additive allele effect on heart failure risk that is independent of age, sex, and prior hypertension (odds ratio = 1.27 per allele copy; P = 8.3 × 10(-7)). Functional characterization of recombinant wild-type Arg83 and variant Gly83 ClC-K(a) chloride channel currents revealed ≈ 50% loss-of-function of the variant channel. These findings identify a common, functionally significant genetic risk factor for Caucasian heart failure. The variant CLCNKA risk allele, telegraphed by linked variants in the adjacent HSPB7 gene, uncovers a previously overlooked genetic mechanism affecting the cardio-renal axis.
Penn Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. thomas.cappola@uphs.upenn.edu
Thomas P
TP
Cappola
Scot J
SJ
Matkovich
Wei
W
Wang
Derek
D
van Booven
Mingyao
M
Li
Xuexia
X
Wang
Liming
L
Qu
Nancy K
NK
Sweitzer
James C
JC
Fang
Muredach P
MP
Reilly
Hakon
H
Hakonarson
Jeanne M
JM
Nerbonne
Gerald W
GW
Dorn
D000483:Alleles; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D018118:Chloride Channels / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005091:Exons; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D055551:HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D008297:Male; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D009206:Myocardium; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012307:Risk Factors
D018118:Chloride Channels; D055551:HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins; C550985:HSPB7 protein, human
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