Genetic Variation in the PNPLA3 Gene Is Associated with Alcoholic Liver Injury in Caucasians

Stickel, Felix and Buch, Stephan and Lau, Katharina and Schwabedissen, Henriette Meyer zu and Berg, Thomas and Ridinger, Monika and Rietschel, Marcella and Schafmayer, Clemens and Braun, Felix and Hinrichsen, Holger and Guenther, Rainer and Arlt, Alexander and Seeger, Marcus and Mueller, Sebastian and Seitz, Helmut Karl and Soyka, Michael and Lerch, Markus M. and Lammert, Frank and Sarrazin, Christoph and Kubitz, Ralf and Haeussinger, Dieter and Hellerbrand, Claus and Broering, Dieter and Schreiber, Stefan and Kiefer, Falk and Spanagel, Rainer and Mann, Karl and Datz, Christian and Krawczak, Michael and Wodarz, Norbert and Voelzke, Henry and Hampe, Jochen (2011) Genetic Variation in the PNPLA3 Gene Is Associated with Alcoholic Liver Injury in Caucasians. HEPATOLOGY, 53 (1). pp. 86-95. ISSN 0270-9139,

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Abstract

A recent genome-wide study revealed an association between variation in the PNPLA3 gene and liver fat content. In addition, the PNPLA3 single-nucleotide polymorphism rs738409 (M1481) was reported to be associated with advanced alcoholic liver disease in alcohol-dependent individuals of Mestizo descent. We therefore evaluated the impact of rs738409 on the manifestation of alcoholic liver disease in two independent German cohorts. Genotype and allele frequencies of rs738409 (M1481) were determined in 1,043 alcoholic patients with or without alcoholic liver injury and in 376 at-risk drinkers from a population-based cohort. Relative to alcoholic patients without liver damage (n = 439), rs738409 genotype GG was strongly overrepresented in patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis (n = 210; OR 2.79; P-genotype = 1.2 x 10(-5); P-allelic = 1.6 x 10(-6)) and in alcoholic patients without cirrhosis but with elevated alanine aminotransferase levels (n = 219; OR 2.33; P-genotype = 0.0085; P-allelic = 0.0042). The latter, biochemically defined association was confirmed in an independent population-based cohort of at-risk drinkers with a median alcohol intake of 300 g/week (OR 4.75; P-genotype = 0.040; P-allelic = 0.022), and for aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels. Frequencies of allele PNPLA3 rs738409(G) in individuals with steatosis and normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and AST levels were lower than in alcoholics without steatosis and normal ALT/AST (P-combined = 0.03). The population attributable risk of cirrhosis in alcoholic carriers of allele PNPLA3 rs738409(G) was estimated at 26.6%. Conclusion: Genotype PNPLA3 rs738409(GG) is associated with alcoholic liver cirrhosis and elevated aminotransferase levels in alcoholic Caucasians. (HEPATOLOGY 2011;53:86-95)

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION; END-POINTS; DISEASE; POPULATION; CIRRHOSIS; ADIPONUTRIN; RISK; PREDISPOSITION; SUSCEPTIBILITY;
Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
Divisions: Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin I
Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 30 Jun 2020 09:59
Last Modified: 30 Jun 2020 09:59
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/21589

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