Genetic regulation of the human plasma proteome in 54,306 UK Biobank participants

Abstract The UK Biobank Pharma Proteomics Project (UKB-PPP) is a collaboration between the UK Biobank (UKB) and thirteen biopharmaceutical companies characterising the plasma proteomic profiles of 54,306 UKB participants. Here, we describe results from the first phase of UKB-PPP, including protein quantitative trait loci (pQTL) mapping of 1,463 proteins that identifies 10,248 primary genetic associations, of which 85% are newly discovered. We also identify independent secondary associations in 92% of cis and 29% of trans loci, expanding the catalogue of genetic instruments for downstream analyses. The study provides an updated characterisation of the genetic architecture of the plasma proteome, leveraging population-scale proteomics to provide novel, extensive insights into trans pQTLs across multiple biological domains. We highlight genetic influences on ligand-receptor interactions and pathway perturbations across a diverse collection of cytokines and complement proteins, and illustrate long-range epistatic effects of ABO blood group and FUT2 secretor status on proteins with gastrointestinal tissue-enriched expression. We demonstrate the utility of these data for drug target discovery by extending the genetic proxied effect of PCSK9 levels on lipid concentrations, cardio- and cerebro-vascular diseases, and additionally disentangle specific genes and proteins perturbed at COVID-19 susceptibility loci. This public-private partnership provides the scientific community with an open-access proteomics resource of unprecedented breadth and depth to help elucidate biological mechanisms underlying genetic discoveries and accelerate the development of novel biomarkers and therapeutics..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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bioRxiv.org - (2022) vom: 21. Juni Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sun, Benjamin B. [VerfasserIn]
Chiou, Joshua [VerfasserIn]
Traylor, Matthew [VerfasserIn]
Benner, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Hsu, Yi-Hsiang [VerfasserIn]
Richardson, Tom G. [VerfasserIn]
Surendran, Praveen [VerfasserIn]
Mahajan, Anubha [VerfasserIn]
Robins, Chloe [VerfasserIn]
Vasquez-Grinnell, Steven G. [VerfasserIn]
Hou, Liping [VerfasserIn]
Kvikstad, Erika M. [VerfasserIn]
Burren, Oliver S. [VerfasserIn]
Cule, Madeleine [VerfasserIn]
Davitte, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Ferber, Kyle L. [VerfasserIn]
Gillies, Christopher E. [VerfasserIn]
Hedman, Åsa K. [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Sile [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Tinchi [VerfasserIn]
Mikkilineni, Rajesh [VerfasserIn]
Pendergrass, Rion K. [VerfasserIn]
Pickering, Corran [VerfasserIn]
Prins, Bram [VerfasserIn]
Raj, Anil [VerfasserIn]
Robinson, Jamie [VerfasserIn]
Sethi, Anurag [VerfasserIn]
Ward, Lucas D. [VerfasserIn]
Welsh, Samantha [VerfasserIn]
Willis, Carissa M. [VerfasserIn]
Burkitt-Gray, Lucy [VerfasserIn]
Black, Mary Helen [VerfasserIn]
Fauman, Eric B. [VerfasserIn]
Howson, Joanna M. M. [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Hyun Min [VerfasserIn]
McCarthy, Mark I. [VerfasserIn]
Melamud, Eugene [VerfasserIn]
Nioi, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Petrovski, Slavé [VerfasserIn]
Scott, Robert A. [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Erin N. [VerfasserIn]
Szalma, Sándor [VerfasserIn]
Waterworth, Dawn M. [VerfasserIn]
Mitnaul, Lyndon J. [VerfasserIn]
Szustakowski, Joseph D. [VerfasserIn]
Gibson, Bradford W. [VerfasserIn]
Miller, Melissa R. [VerfasserIn]
Whelan, Christopher D. [VerfasserIn]

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10.1101/2022.06.17.496443

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XBI036308242