Dissecting the Genetic Architecture of Cystatin C in Diversity Outbred Mice | Zendy

M. Nazmul Huda | Zendy; Melissa VerHague | Zendy; Jody Albright | Zendy; Tangi Smallwood | Zendy; Timothy A. Bell | Zendy; Excel Que | Zendy; Darla R. Miller | Zendy; Baback Roshanravan | Zendy; Hooman Allayee | Zendy; Fernando PardoManuel de Villena | Zendy; Brian J. Bennett | Zendy

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Dissecting the Genetic Architecture of Cystatin C in Diversity Outbred Mice

Author(s) -

M. Nazmul Huda,

Melissa VerHague,

Jody Albright,

Tangi Smallwood,

Timothy A. Bell,

Excel Que,

Darla R. Miller,

Baback Roshanravan,

Hooman Allayee,

Fernando PardoManuel de Villena,

Brian J. Bennett

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

g3 genes genomes genetics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.468

H-Index - 66

ISSN - 2160-1836

DOI - 10.1534/g3.120.401275

Subject(s) - biology , diversity (politics) , genetic diversity , cystatin c , evolutionary biology , genetic architecture , computational biology , genetics , zoology , phenotype , gene , demography , anthropology , endocrinology , renal function , population , sociology

Plasma concentration of Cystatin C (CysC) level is a biomarker of glomerular filtration rate in the kidney. We use a Systems Genetics approach to investigate the genetic determinants of plasma CysC concentration. To do so we perform Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) and expression QTL (eQTL) analysis of 120 Diversity Outbred (DO) female mice, 56 weeks of age. We performed network analysis of kidney gene expression to determine if the gene modules with common functions are associated with kidney biomarkers of chronic kidney diseases. Our data demonstrates that plasma concentrations and kidney mRNA levels of CysC are associated with genetic variation and are transcriptionally coregulated by immune genes. Specifically, Type-I interferon signaling genes are coexpressed with Cst3 mRNA levels and associated with CysC concentrations in plasma. Our findings demonstrate the complex control of CysC by genetic polymorphisms and inflammatory pathways.

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