PMID- 28552477 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180326 LR - 20181107 IS - 1096-0961 (Electronic) IS - 1079-9796 (Linking) VI - 65 DP - 2017 Jun TI - Genome-wide association study of erythrocyte density in sickle cell disease patients. PG - 60-65 LID - S1079-9796(17)30137-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bcmd.2017.05.005 [doi] AB - Deoxy-hemoglobin S polymerization into rigid fibers is the direct cause of the clinical sequelae observed in sickle cell disease (SCD). The rate of polymerization of sickle hemoglobin is determined primarily by intracellular hemoglobin concentration, itself dependent on the amount of sickle hemoglobin and on red blood cell (RBC) volume. Dense, dehydrated RBC (DRBC) are observed in SCD patients, and their number correlates with hemolytic parameters and complications such as renal dysfunction, leg ulcers and priapism. To identify new genes involved in RBC hydration in SCD, we performed the first genome-wide association study for DRBC in 374 sickle cell anemia (HbSS) patients. We did not find genome-wide significant results, indicating that variants that modulate DRBC have modest-to-weak effects. A secondary analysis demonstrated a nominal association (P=0.003) between DRBC in SCD patients and a variant associated with mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) in non-anemic individuals. This intronic variant controls the expression of ATP2B4, the main calcium pump in erythrocytes. Our study highlights ATP2B4 as a promising target for modulation of RBC hydration in SCD patients. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Ilboudo, Yann AU - Ilboudo Y AD - Faculty of Medicine, Program in Bioinformatics, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Bartolucci, Pablo AU - Bartolucci P AD - Red Cell Genetic Disease Unit, Hopital Henri-Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Universite Paris Est, IMRB - U955 - Equipe no 2, Creteil, France. FAU - Rivera, Alicia AU - Rivera A AD - Division of Nephrology and Vascular Biology Research Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. FAU - Sedzro, Josepha-Clara AU - Sedzro JC AD - Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Beaudoin, Melissa AU - Beaudoin M AD - Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Trudel, Marie AU - Trudel M AD - Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Department of Biochemistry, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Alper, Seth L AU - Alper SL AD - Division of Nephrology and Vascular Biology Research Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. FAU - Brugnara, Carlo AU - Brugnara C AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Galacteros, Frederic AU - Galacteros F AD - Red Cell Genetic Disease Unit, Hopital Henri-Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Universite Paris Est, IMRB - U955 - Equipe no 2, Creteil, France. FAU - Lettre, Guillaume AU - Lettre G AD - Faculty of Medicine, Program in Bioinformatics, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: guillaume.lettre@umontreal.ca. LA - eng GR - MOP123382/CIHR/Canada GR - MOP3251163/CIHR/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20170513 PL - United States TA - Blood Cells Mol Dis JT - Blood cells, molecules & diseases JID - 9509932 RN - 0 (Hemoglobin, Sickle) RN - EC 3.6.1.8 (ATP2B4 protein, human) RN - EC 3.6.3.8 (Plasma Membrane Calcium-Transporting ATPases) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Alleles MH - Anemia, Sickle Cell/*blood/*genetics MH - Erythrocyte Indices MH - Erythrocytes/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Genetic Variation MH - *Genome-Wide Association Study MH - Genotype MH - Hemoglobin, Sickle/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Plasma Membrane Calcium-Transporting ATPases/genetics MH - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide MH - Quantitative Trait Loci MH - Young Adult OTO - NOTNLM OT - ATP2B4 OT - Dense red blood cells OT - GWAS OT - Genetic association study OT - Sickle cell disease EDAT- 2017/05/30 06:00 MHDA- 2018/03/27 06:00 CRDT- 2017/05/30 06:00 PHST- 2017/03/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/05/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/05/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/05/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/03/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/05/30 06:00 [entrez] AID - S1079-9796(17)30137-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bcmd.2017.05.005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2017 Jun;65:60-65. doi: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2017.05.005. Epub 2017 May 13.