Human pancreatic islet three-dimensional chromatin architecture provides insights into the genetics of type 2 diabetes
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Journal Article
Abstract
Genetic studies promise to provide insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying type 2 diabetes (T2D). Variants associated with T2D are often located in tissue-specific enhancer clustersor super-enhancers. So far, such domains have been defined through clustering of enhancers in linear genome maps rather than in 3D space. Furthermore, their target genes are often unknown. We have now created promoter capture Hi-C maps in human pancreatic islets. This linked diabetes-associated enhancers with their target genes, often located hundreds of kilobases away. It also revealed >1300 groups of islet enhancers, super-enhancers and active promoters that form 3D hubs, some of which show coordinated glucose-dependent activity. We demonstrate that genetic variation in hubs impacts insulin secret ion heritability, and show that hub annotations can be used for polygenic scores that predict T2D risk driven by islet regulatory variants. Human islet 3D chromatin architecture, therefore, provides a framework for interpretation of T2D GWAS signals.
Date Issued
2019-07-01
Date Acceptance
2019-05-29
Citation
Nature Genetics, 2019, 51 (7), pp.1137-1148
ISSN
1061-4036
Publisher
Nature Research
Start Page
1137
End Page
1148
Journal / Book Title
Nature Genetics
Volume
51
Issue
7
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc. 2019. The final publication is available at Springer Nature via https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0457-0
Sponsor
Wellcome Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding
Identifier
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-019-0457-0
Grant Number
101033/C/13/Z
RDC03 79560
MR/L02036X/1
MR/L02036X/1
RDB03 79560
RDF03
RDC03
RDC05 79560
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Genetics & Heredity
GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION
SUPER-ENHANCERS
READ ALIGNMENT
CELL IDENTITY
RISK
TCF7L2
TRANSCRIPTION
MECHANISMS
EXPRESSION
VARIANTS
Chromatin
Cohort Studies
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Enhancer Elements, Genetic
Gene Expression Regulation
Gene Regulatory Networks
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genome-Wide Association Study
Humans
Insulin Secretion
Islets of Langerhans
Molecular Conformation
Promoter Regions, Genetic
Islets of Langerhans
Chromatin
Humans
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Cohort Studies
Gene Expression Regulation
Molecular Conformation
Gene Regulatory Networks
Enhancer Elements, Genetic
Promoter Regions, Genetic
Genome-Wide Association Study
Insulin Secretion
06 Biological Sciences
11 Medical and Health Sciences
Developmental Biology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-06-28