Genome-wide screening for DNA variants associated with reading and language traits

Gialluisi, A; Newbury, DF; Wilcutt, EG; Olson, RK; DeFries, JC; Brandler, WM; Pennington, BF; Smith, SD; Scerri, TS; Simpson, NH; SLIConsortium; Luciano, M; Evans, DM; Bates, TC; Stein, JF; Talcott, JB; Monaco, AP; Paracchini, S; Francks, C; Fisher, SE

Author(s): Gialluisi, A; Newbury, DF; Wilcutt, EG; Olson, RK; DeFries, JC; Brandler, WM; Pennington, BF; Smith, SD; Scerri, TS; Simpson, NH; SLIConsortium; Luciano, M; Evans, DM; Bates, TC; Stein, JF; Talcott, JB; Monaco, AP; Paracchini, S; Francks, C; Fisher, SE;
Details: Publication Year 2014-09,Volume 13,Issue #7,Page 686-701
Journal Title: Genes Brain Behav
Publication Type: Journal Article
Abstract: Reading and language abilities are heritable traits that are likely to share some genetic influences with each other. To identify pleiotropic genetic variants affecting these traits, we first performed a genome-wide association scan (GWAS) meta-analysis using three richly characterized datasets comprising individuals with histories of reading or language problems, and their siblings. GWAS was performed in a total of 1862 participants using the first principal component computed from several quantitative measures of reading- and language-related abilities, both before and after adjustment for performance IQ. We identified novel suggestive associations at the SNPs rs59197085 and rs5995177 (uncorrected P approximately 10(-7) for each SNP), located respectively at the CCDC136/FLNC and RBFOX2 genes. Each of these SNPs then showed evidence for effects across multiple reading and language traits in univariate association testing against the individual traits. FLNC encodes a structural protein involved in cytoskeleton remodelling, while RBFOX2 is an important regulator of alternative splicing in neurons. The CCDC136/FLNC locus showed association with a comparable reading/language measure in an independent sample of 6434 participants from the general population, although involving distinct alleles of the associated SNP. Our datasets will form an important part of on-going international efforts to identify genes contributing to reading and language skills.
Publisher: Wiley
Research Division(s): Bioinformatics
Publisher's Version: https://doi.org/10.1111/gbb.12158
Open Access at Publisher's Site: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gbb.12158/full
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