Genome-wide association analysis of dementia and its clinical endophenotypes reveal novel loci associated with Alzheimer's disease and three causality networks: The GR@ACE project

Sonia Moreno-Grau; Itziar de Rojas; Isabel Hernández; Inés Quintela; Laura Montrreal; Montserrat Alegret; Begoña Hernández-Olasagarre; Laura Madrid; Antonio González-Perez; Olalla Maroñas; Maitée Rosende-Roca; Ana Mauleón; Liliana Vargas; Asunción Lafuente; Carla Abdelnour; Octavio Rodríguez-Gómez; Silvia Gil; Miguel Ángel Santos-Santos; Ana Espinosa; Gemma Ortega; Ángela Sanabria; Alba Pérez-Cordón; Pilar Cañabate; Mariola Moreno; Silvia Preckler; Susana Ruiz; Nuria Aguilera; Juan Antonio Pineda; Juan Macías; Emilio Alarcón-Martín; Oscar Sotolongo-Grau; C. Abdelnour; E. Alarcon; A. Benaque; M. Boada; M. Buendia; A. Carracedo; A. Corbatón; S. Diego; A. Gailhajenet; P. García González; M. Guitart; M. Ibarria; J. Macias; E. Martín; M. T. Martínez; M. Marquié; G. Monté-Rubio; A. Orellana; A. Pancho; E. Pelejà; L. M. Real; A. Ruiz; S. Ruiz; M. E. Sáez; A. Sanabria; M. Serrano-Rios; L. Tárraga; S. Valero; A. D. Adarmes-Gómez; V. Álvarez; Goo Amer-Ferrer; M. Antequera; Carmen Antúnez; M. Baquero; M. Bernal; R. Blesa; D. Buiza-Rueda; M. J. Bullido; J. A. Burguera; M. Calero; F. Carrillo; M. Carrión-Claro; M. J. Casajeros; J. Clarimón; J. M. Cruz-Gamero; M. M. de Pancorbo; T. del Ser; M. Diez-Fairen; J. Fortea; Emilio Franco; A. Frank-García; J. M. García-Alberca; S. Garcia Madrona; G. Garcia-Ribas; P. Gómez-Garre; S. Hevilla; S. Jesús; Labrador Espinosa; C. Lage; A. Legaz; A. Lleó; A. López de Munáin; S. López-García; D. Macias; S. Manzanares; M. Marín; J. Marín-Muñoz; T. Marín

doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2019.06.4950

Genome-wide association analysis of dementia and its clinical endophenotypes reveal novel loci associated with Alzheimer's disease and three causality networks: The GR@ACE project

Sonia Moreno-Grau, Itziar de Rojas, Isabel Hernández, Inés Quintela, Laura Montrreal, Montserrat Alegret, Begoña Hernández-Olasagarre, Laura Madrid, Antonio González-Perez, Olalla Maroñas, Maitée Rosende-Roca, Ana Mauleón, Liliana Vargas, Asunción Lafuente, Carla Abdelnour, Octavio Rodríguez-Gómez, Silvia Gil, Miguel Ángel Santos-Santos, Ana Espinosa, Gemma OrtegaÁngela Sanabria, Alba Pérez-Cordón, Pilar Cañabate, Mariola Moreno, Silvia Preckler, Susana Ruiz, Nuria Aguilera, Juan Antonio Pineda, Juan Macías, Emilio Alarcón-Martín, Oscar Sotolongo-Grau, C. Abdelnour, E. Alarcon, A. Benaque, M. Boada, M. Buendia, A. Carracedo, A. Corbatón, S. Diego, A. Gailhajenet, P. García González, M. Guitart, M. Ibarria, J. Macias, E. Martín, M. T. Martínez, M. Marquié, G. Monté-Rubio, A. Orellana, A. Pancho, E. Pelejà, L. M. Real, A. Ruiz, S. Ruiz, M. E. Sáez, A. Sanabria, M. Serrano-Rios, L. Tárraga, S. Valero, A. D. Adarmes-Gómez, V. Álvarez, Goo Amer-Ferrer, M. Antequera, Carmen Antúnez, M. Baquero, M. Bernal, R. Blesa, D. Buiza-Rueda, M. J. Bullido, J. A. Burguera, M. Calero, F. Carrillo, M. Carrión-Claro, M. J. Casajeros, J. Clarimón, J. M. Cruz-Gamero, M. M. de Pancorbo, T. del Ser, M. Diez-Fairen, J. Fortea, Emilio Franco, A. Frank-García, J. M. García-Alberca, S. Garcia Madrona, G. Garcia-Ribas, P. Gómez-Garre, S. Hevilla, S. Jesús, Labrador Espinosa, C. Lage, A. Legaz, A. Lleó, A. López de Munáin, S. López-García, D. Macias, S. Manzanares, M. Marín, J. Marín-Muñoz, T. Marín

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© 2019 The Authors Introduction: Large variability among Alzheimer's disease (AD) cases might impact genetic discoveries and complicate dissection of underlying biological pathways. Methods: Genome Research at Fundacio ACE (GR@ACE) is a genome-wide study of dementia and its clinical endophenotypes, defined based on AD's clinical certainty and vascular burden. We assessed the impact of known AD loci across endophenotypes to generate loci categories. We incorporated gene coexpression data and conducted pathway analysis per category. Finally, to evaluate the effect of heterogeneity in genetic studies, GR@ACE series were meta-analyzed with additional genome-wide association study data sets. Results: We classified known AD loci into three categories, which might reflect the disease clinical heterogeneity. Vascular processes were only detected as a causal mechanism in probable AD. The meta-analysis strategy revealed the ANKRD31-rs4704171 and NDUFAF6-rs10098778 and confirmed SCIMP-rs7225151 and CD33-rs3865444. Discussion: The regulation of vasculature is a prominent causal component of probable AD. GR@ACE meta-analysis revealed novel AD genetic signals, strongly driven by the presence of clinical heterogeneity in the AD series.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1333-1347
Journal	Alzheimer's and Dementia
Volume	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2019.06.4950
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2019

Keywords

Alzheimer's disease
Biological pathway
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
GWAS
Vascular pathology

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Moreno-Grau, S., de Rojas, I., Hernández, I., Quintela, I., Montrreal, L., Alegret, M., Hernández-Olasagarre, B., Madrid, L., González-Perez, A., Maroñas, O., Rosende-Roca, M., Mauleón, A., Vargas, L., Lafuente, A., Abdelnour, C., Rodríguez-Gómez, O., Gil, S., Santos-Santos, M. Á., Espinosa, A., ... Marín, T. (2019). Genome-wide association analysis of dementia and its clinical endophenotypes reveal novel loci associated with Alzheimer's disease and three causality networks: The GR@ACE project. Alzheimer's and Dementia, 15, 1333-1347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2019.06.4950

Moreno-Grau, Sonia ; de Rojas, Itziar ; Hernández, Isabel ; Quintela, Inés ; Montrreal, Laura ; Alegret, Montserrat ; Hernández-Olasagarre, Begoña ; Madrid, Laura ; González-Perez, Antonio ; Maroñas, Olalla ; Rosende-Roca, Maitée ; Mauleón, Ana ; Vargas, Liliana ; Lafuente, Asunción ; Abdelnour, Carla ; Rodríguez-Gómez, Octavio ; Gil, Silvia ; Santos-Santos, Miguel Ángel ; Espinosa, Ana ; Ortega, Gemma ; Sanabria, Ángela ; Pérez-Cordón, Alba ; Cañabate, Pilar ; Moreno, Mariola ; Preckler, Silvia ; Ruiz, Susana ; Aguilera, Nuria ; Pineda, Juan Antonio ; Macías, Juan ; Alarcón-Martín, Emilio ; Sotolongo-Grau, Oscar ; Abdelnour, C. ; Alarcon, E. ; Benaque, A. ; Boada, M. ; Buendia, M. ; Carracedo, A. ; Corbatón, A. ; Diego, S. ; Gailhajenet, A. ; García González, P. ; Guitart, M. ; Ibarria, M. ; Macias, J. ; Martín, E. ; Martínez, M. T. ; Marquié, M. ; Monté-Rubio, G. ; Orellana, A. ; Pancho, A. ; Pelejà, E. ; Real, L. M. ; Ruiz, A. ; Ruiz, S. ; Sáez, M. E. ; Sanabria, A. ; Serrano-Rios, M. ; Tárraga, L. ; Valero, S. ; Adarmes-Gómez, A. D. ; Álvarez, V. ; Amer-Ferrer, Goo ; Antequera, M. ; Antúnez, Carmen ; Baquero, M. ; Bernal, M. ; Blesa, R. ; Buiza-Rueda, D. ; Bullido, M. J. ; Burguera, J. A. ; Calero, M. ; Carrillo, F. ; Carrión-Claro, M. ; Casajeros, M. J. ; Clarimón, J. ; Cruz-Gamero, J. M. ; de Pancorbo, M. M. ; del Ser, T. ; Diez-Fairen, M. ; Fortea, J. ; Franco, Emilio ; Frank-García, A. ; García-Alberca, J. M. ; Garcia Madrona, S. ; Garcia-Ribas, G. ; Gómez-Garre, P. ; Hevilla, S. ; Jesús, S. ; Espinosa, Labrador ; Lage, C. ; Legaz, A. ; Lleó, A. ; López de Munáin, A. ; López-García, S. ; Macias, D. ; Manzanares, S. ; Marín, M. ; Marín-Muñoz, J. ; Marín, T. / Genome-wide association analysis of dementia and its clinical endophenotypes reveal novel loci associated with Alzheimer's disease and three causality networks: The GR@ACE project. In: Alzheimer's and Dementia. 2019 ; Vol. 15. pp. 1333-1347.

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Genome-wide association analysis of dementia and its clinical endophenotypes reveal novel loci associated with Alzheimer's disease and three causality networks: The GR@ACE project. / Moreno-Grau, Sonia; de Rojas, Itziar; Hernández, Isabel; Quintela, Inés; Montrreal, Laura; Alegret, Montserrat; Hernández-Olasagarre, Begoña; Madrid, Laura; González-Perez, Antonio; Maroñas, Olalla; Rosende-Roca, Maitée; Mauleón, Ana; Vargas, Liliana; Lafuente, Asunción; Abdelnour, Carla; Rodríguez-Gómez, Octavio; Gil, Silvia; Santos-Santos, Miguel Ángel; Espinosa, Ana; Ortega, Gemma; Sanabria, Ángela; Pérez-Cordón, Alba; Cañabate, Pilar; Moreno, Mariola; Preckler, Silvia; Ruiz, Susana; Aguilera, Nuria; Pineda, Juan Antonio; Macías, Juan; Alarcón-Martín, Emilio; Sotolongo-Grau, Oscar; Abdelnour, C.; Alarcon, E.; Benaque, A.; Boada, M.; Buendia, M.; Carracedo, A.; Corbatón, A.; Diego, S.; Gailhajenet, A.; García González, P.; Guitart, M.; Ibarria, M.; Macias, J.; Martín, E.; Martínez, M. T.; Marquié, M.; Monté-Rubio, G.; Orellana, A.; Pancho, A.; Pelejà, E.; Real, L. M.; Ruiz, A.; Ruiz, S.; Sáez, M. E.; Sanabria, A.; Serrano-Rios, M.; Tárraga, L.; Valero, S.; Adarmes-Gómez, A. D.; Álvarez, V.; Amer-Ferrer, Goo; Antequera, M.; Antúnez, Carmen; Baquero, M.; Bernal, M.; Blesa, R.; Buiza-Rueda, D.; Bullido, M. J.; Burguera, J. A.; Calero, M.; Carrillo, F.; Carrión-Claro, M.; Casajeros, M. J.; Clarimón, J.; Cruz-Gamero, J. M.; de Pancorbo, M. M.; del Ser, T.; Diez-Fairen, M.; Fortea, J.; Franco, Emilio; Frank-García, A.; García-Alberca, J. M.; Garcia Madrona, S.; Garcia-Ribas, G.; Gómez-Garre, P.; Hevilla, S.; Jesús, S.; Espinosa, Labrador; Lage, C.; Legaz, A.; Lleó, A.; López de Munáin, A.; López-García, S.; Macias, D.; Manzanares, S.; Marín, M.; Marín-Muñoz, J.; Marín, T.

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AU - Moreno-Grau, Sonia

AU - de Rojas, Itziar

AU - Hernández, Isabel

AU - Quintela, Inés

AU - Montrreal, Laura

AU - Alegret, Montserrat

AU - Hernández-Olasagarre, Begoña

AU - Madrid, Laura

AU - González-Perez, Antonio

AU - Maroñas, Olalla

AU - Rosende-Roca, Maitée

AU - Mauleón, Ana

AU - Vargas, Liliana

AU - Lafuente, Asunción

AU - Abdelnour, Carla

AU - Rodríguez-Gómez, Octavio

AU - Gil, Silvia

AU - Santos-Santos, Miguel Ángel

AU - Espinosa, Ana

AU - Ortega, Gemma

AU - Sanabria, Ángela

AU - Pérez-Cordón, Alba

AU - Cañabate, Pilar

AU - Moreno, Mariola

AU - Preckler, Silvia

AU - Ruiz, Susana

AU - Aguilera, Nuria

AU - Pineda, Juan Antonio

AU - Macías, Juan

AU - Alarcón-Martín, Emilio

AU - Sotolongo-Grau, Oscar

AU - Abdelnour, C.

AU - Alarcon, E.

AU - Benaque, A.

AU - Boada, M.

AU - Buendia, M.

AU - Carracedo, A.

AU - Corbatón, A.

AU - Diego, S.

AU - Gailhajenet, A.

AU - García González, P.

AU - Guitart, M.

AU - Ibarria, M.

AU - Macias, J.

AU - Martín, E.

AU - Martínez, M. T.

AU - Marquié, M.

AU - Monté-Rubio, G.

AU - Orellana, A.

AU - Pancho, A.

AU - Pelejà, E.

AU - Real, L. M.

AU - Ruiz, A.

AU - Ruiz, S.

AU - Sáez, M. E.

AU - Sanabria, A.

AU - Serrano-Rios, M.

AU - Tárraga, L.

AU - Valero, S.

AU - Adarmes-Gómez, A. D.

AU - Álvarez, V.

AU - Amer-Ferrer, Goo

AU - Antequera, M.

AU - Antúnez, Carmen

AU - Baquero, M.

AU - Bernal, M.

AU - Blesa, R.

AU - Buiza-Rueda, D.

AU - Bullido, M. J.

AU - Burguera, J. A.

AU - Calero, M.

AU - Carrillo, F.

AU - Carrión-Claro, M.

AU - Casajeros, M. J.

AU - Clarimón, J.

AU - Cruz-Gamero, J. M.

AU - de Pancorbo, M. M.

AU - del Ser, T.

AU - Diez-Fairen, M.

AU - Fortea, J.

AU - Franco, Emilio

AU - Frank-García, A.

AU - García-Alberca, J. M.

AU - Garcia Madrona, S.

AU - Garcia-Ribas, G.

AU - Gómez-Garre, P.

AU - Hevilla, S.

AU - Jesús, S.

AU - Espinosa, Labrador

AU - Lage, C.

AU - Legaz, A.

AU - Lleó, A.

AU - López de Munáin, A.

AU - López-García, S.

AU - Macias, D.

AU - Manzanares, S.

AU - Marín, M.

AU - Marín-Muñoz, J.

AU - Marín, T.

PY - 2019/10/1

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N2 - © 2019 The Authors Introduction: Large variability among Alzheimer's disease (AD) cases might impact genetic discoveries and complicate dissection of underlying biological pathways. Methods: Genome Research at Fundacio ACE (GR@ACE) is a genome-wide study of dementia and its clinical endophenotypes, defined based on AD's clinical certainty and vascular burden. We assessed the impact of known AD loci across endophenotypes to generate loci categories. We incorporated gene coexpression data and conducted pathway analysis per category. Finally, to evaluate the effect of heterogeneity in genetic studies, GR@ACE series were meta-analyzed with additional genome-wide association study data sets. Results: We classified known AD loci into three categories, which might reflect the disease clinical heterogeneity. Vascular processes were only detected as a causal mechanism in probable AD. The meta-analysis strategy revealed the ANKRD31-rs4704171 and NDUFAF6-rs10098778 and confirmed SCIMP-rs7225151 and CD33-rs3865444. Discussion: The regulation of vasculature is a prominent causal component of probable AD. GR@ACE meta-analysis revealed novel AD genetic signals, strongly driven by the presence of clinical heterogeneity in the AD series.

AB - © 2019 The Authors Introduction: Large variability among Alzheimer's disease (AD) cases might impact genetic discoveries and complicate dissection of underlying biological pathways. Methods: Genome Research at Fundacio ACE (GR@ACE) is a genome-wide study of dementia and its clinical endophenotypes, defined based on AD's clinical certainty and vascular burden. We assessed the impact of known AD loci across endophenotypes to generate loci categories. We incorporated gene coexpression data and conducted pathway analysis per category. Finally, to evaluate the effect of heterogeneity in genetic studies, GR@ACE series were meta-analyzed with additional genome-wide association study data sets. Results: We classified known AD loci into three categories, which might reflect the disease clinical heterogeneity. Vascular processes were only detected as a causal mechanism in probable AD. The meta-analysis strategy revealed the ANKRD31-rs4704171 and NDUFAF6-rs10098778 and confirmed SCIMP-rs7225151 and CD33-rs3865444. Discussion: The regulation of vasculature is a prominent causal component of probable AD. GR@ACE meta-analysis revealed novel AD genetic signals, strongly driven by the presence of clinical heterogeneity in the AD series.

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KW - Biological pathway

KW - Cerebral amyloid angiopathy

KW - GWAS

KW - Vascular pathology

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