Large-scale GWAS identifies multiple loci for hand grip strength providing biological insights into muscular fitness

Sara M. Willems; Daniel J. Wright; Felix R. Day; Katerina Trajanoska; Peter K. Joshi; John A. Morris; Amy Matteini; Fleur C. Garton; Niels Grarup; Nikolay  Oskolkov; Anbupalam  Thalamuthu; Massimo  Mangino; Jun  Liu; Ayse  Demirkan; Monkol  Lek; Liwen Xu; Guan Wang; Christopher  Oldmeadow; Kyle J.  Gaulton; Luca A.  Lotta; Eri  Miyamoto-Mikami; Manuel A. Rivas; Tom  White; Po-Ru  Loh; Mette  Aadahl; Najaf  Amin; John R.  Attia; Krista  Austin; Beben  Benyamin; Søren  Brage; Yu-Ching  Cheng; Paweł  Cięszczyk; Wim  Derave; Karl-Fredrik  Eriksson; Nir  Eynon; Allan  Linneberg; Alejandro Lucia; Myosotis  Massidda; Braxton D.  Mitchell; Motohiko  Miyachi; Haruka Murakami; Sandosh  Padmanabhan; Ashutosh Pandey; Ioannis  Papadimitriou; Deepak K.  Rajpal; Craig  Sale; Theresia M.  Schnurr; Francesco  Sessa; Nick  Shrine; Martin D.  Tobin; Ian Varley; Louise V.  Wain; Naomi R.  Wray; Cecilia M.  Lindgren; Daniel G.  MacArthur; Dawn M.  Waterworth; Mark I. McCarthy; Oluf Pedersen; Kay-Tee  Khaw; Douglas P. Kiel; GEFOS Any-Type of Fracture Consortium; Yannis Pitsiladis; Noriyuki  Fuku; Paul W.  Franks; Kathryn N.  North; Cornelia M.  van Duijn; Karen A.  Mather; Torben  Hansen; Ola  Hansson; Tim  Spector; Joanne M.  Murabito; J. Brent  Richards; Fernando  Rivadeneira; Claudia  Langenberg; John R. B.  Perry; Nick J.  Wareham; Robert A.  Scott

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Large-scale GWAS identifies multiple loci for hand grip strength providing biological insights into muscular fitness

Sara M. Willems, Daniel J. Wright, Felix R. Day, Katerina Trajanoska, Peter K. Joshi, John A. Morris, Amy Matteini, Fleur C. Garton, Niels Grarup, Nikolay Oskolkov, Anbupalam Thalamuthu, Massimo Mangino, Jun Liu, Ayse Demirkan, Monkol Lek, Liwen Xu, Guan Wang, Christopher Oldmeadow, Kyle J. Gaulton, Luca A. LottaEri Miyamoto-Mikami, Manuel A. Rivas, Tom White, Po-Ru Loh, Mette Aadahl, Najaf Amin, John R. Attia, Krista Austin, Beben Benyamin, Søren Brage, Yu-Ching Cheng, Paweł Cięszczyk, Wim Derave, Karl-Fredrik Eriksson, Nir Eynon, Allan Linneberg, Alejandro Lucia, Myosotis Massidda, Braxton D. Mitchell, Motohiko Miyachi, Haruka Murakami, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Ashutosh Pandey, Ioannis Papadimitriou, Deepak K. Rajpal, Craig Sale, Theresia M. Schnurr, Francesco Sessa, Nick Shrine, Martin D. Tobin, Ian Varley, Louise V. Wain, Naomi R. Wray, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Daniel G. MacArthur, Dawn M. Waterworth, Mark I. McCarthy, Oluf Pedersen, Kay-Tee Khaw, Douglas P. Kiel, GEFOS Any-Type of Fracture Consortium, Yannis Pitsiladis, Noriyuki Fuku, Paul W. Franks, Kathryn N. North, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Karen A. Mather, Torben Hansen, Ola Hansson, Tim Spector, Joanne M. Murabito, J. Brent Richards, Fernando Rivadeneira, Claudia Langenberg, John R. B. Perry, Nick J. Wareham, Robert A. Scott

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Hand grip strength is a widely used proxy of muscular fitness, a marker of frailty, and predictor of a range of morbidities and all-cause mortality. To investigate the genetic determinants of variation in grip strength, we perform a large-scale genetic discovery analysis in a combined sample of 195,180 individuals and identify 16 loci associated with grip strength (Po5108) in combined analyses. A number of these loci contain genes implicated in structure and function of skeletal muscle fibres (ACTG1), neuronal maintenance and signal transduction (PEX14, TGFA, SYT1), or monogenic syndromes with involvement of psychomotor impairment (PEX14, LRPPRC and KANSL1). Mendelian randomization analyses are consistent with a causal effect of higher genetically predicted grip strength on lower fracture risk. In conclusion, our findings provide new biological insight into the mechanistic underpinnings of grip strength and the causal role of muscular strength in age-related morbidities and mortality.

Original language	English
Article number	16015
Pages (from-to)	1-12
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16015
Publication status	Published - 12 Jul 2017

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Willems, S. M., Wright, D. J., Day, F. R., Trajanoska, K., Joshi, P. K., Morris, J. A., Matteini, A., Garton, F. C., Grarup, N., Oskolkov, N., Thalamuthu, A., Mangino, M., Liu, J., Demirkan, A., Lek, M., Xu, L., Wang, G., Oldmeadow, C., Gaulton, K. J., ... Scott, R. A. (2017). Large-scale GWAS identifies multiple loci for hand grip strength providing biological insights into muscular fitness. Nature Communications, 8, 1-12. [16015]. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16015

Willems, Sara M. ; Wright, Daniel J. ; Day, Felix R. ; Trajanoska, Katerina ; Joshi, Peter K. ; Morris, John A. ; Matteini, Amy ; Garton, Fleur C. ; Grarup, Niels ; Oskolkov, Nikolay ; Thalamuthu, Anbupalam ; Mangino, Massimo ; Liu, Jun ; Demirkan, Ayse ; Lek, Monkol ; Xu, Liwen ; Wang, Guan ; Oldmeadow, Christopher ; Gaulton, Kyle J. ; Lotta, Luca A. ; Miyamoto-Mikami, Eri ; A. Rivas, Manuel ; White, Tom ; Loh, Po-Ru ; Aadahl, Mette ; Amin, Najaf ; Attia, John R. ; Austin, Krista ; Benyamin, Beben ; Brage, Søren ; Cheng, Yu-Ching ; Cięszczyk, Paweł ; Derave, Wim ; Eriksson, Karl-Fredrik ; Eynon, Nir ; Linneberg, Allan ; Lucia, Alejandro ; Massidda, Myosotis ; Mitchell, Braxton D. ; Miyachi, Motohiko ; Murakami, Haruka ; Padmanabhan, Sandosh ; Pandey, Ashutosh ; Papadimitriou, Ioannis ; Rajpal, Deepak K. ; Sale, Craig ; Schnurr, Theresia M. ; Sessa, Francesco ; Shrine, Nick ; Tobin, Martin D. ; Varley, Ian ; Wain, Louise V. ; Wray, Naomi R. ; Lindgren, Cecilia M. ; MacArthur, Daniel G. ; Waterworth, Dawn M. ; McCarthy, Mark I. ; Pedersen, Oluf ; Khaw, Kay-Tee ; Kiel, Douglas P. ; GEFOS Any-Type of Fracture Consortium, ; Pitsiladis, Yannis ; Fuku, Noriyuki ; Franks, Paul W. ; North, Kathryn N. ; van Duijn, Cornelia M. ; Mather, Karen A. ; Hansen, Torben ; Hansson, Ola ; Spector, Tim ; Murabito, Joanne M. ; Richards, J. Brent ; Rivadeneira, Fernando ; Langenberg, Claudia ; Perry, John R. B. ; Wareham, Nick J. ; Scott, Robert A. . / Large-scale GWAS identifies multiple loci for hand grip strength providing biological insights into muscular fitness. In: Nature Communications. 2017 ; Vol. 8. pp. 1-12.

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