TY - JOUR
T1 - Genome-wide Meta-analysis Unravels Novel Interactions between Magnesium Homeostasis and Metabolic Phenotypes
AU - Corre, Tanguy
AU - Arjona, Francisco J
AU - Hayward, Caroline
AU - Youhanna, Sonia
AU - de Baaij, Jeroen
AU - Belge, Hendrica
AU - Nagele, Nadine
AU - Debaix, Huguette
AU - Blanchard, Maxime G
AU - Traglia, Michela
AU - Harris, Sarah
AU - Ulivi, Sheila
AU - Rueedi, Rico
AU - Lamparter, David
AU - Mace, Aurelien
AU - Sala, Cinzia
AU - Lenarduzzi, Stefania
AU - Ponte, Belen
AU - Pruijm, Menno
AU - Ackermann, Daniel
AU - Ehret, Georg
AU - Baptista, Daniela
AU - Polasek, Ozren
AU - Rudan, Igor
AU - Hurd, Toby W.
AU - Hastie, Nicholas D.
AU - Vitart, Veronique
AU - Waeber, Gerard
AU - Kutalik, Zoltán
AU - Bergmann, S.
AU - Vargas-Poussou, Rosa
AU - Konrad, Martin
AU - Gasparini, Paolo
AU - Deary, Ian
AU - Starr, John
AU - Toniolo, Daniela
AU - Vollenweider, P.
AU - Hoenderop, Joost G J
AU - Bindels, Rene J M
AU - Bochud, Murielle
AU - Devuyst, Olivier
PY - 2018/1
Y1 - 2018/1
N2 - Magnesium (Mg2+) homeostasis is critical for metabolism. However, the genetic determinants of the renal handling of Mg2+, which is crucial for Mg2+ homeostasis, and the potential influence on metabolic traits in the general population are unknown. We obtained plasma and urine parameters from 9099 individuals from seven cohorts, and conducted a genome-wide meta-analysis of Mg2+ homeostasis. We identified two loci associated with urinary magnesium (uMg), rs3824347 (P=4.4×10−13) near TRPM6, which encodes an epithelial Mg2+ channel, and rs35929 (P=2.1×10−11), a variant of ARL15, which encodes a GTP-binding protein. Together, these loci account for 2.3% of the variation in 24-hour uMg excretion. In human kidney cells, ARL15 regulated TRPM6-mediated currents. In zebrafish, dietary Mg2+ regulated the expression of the highly conserved ARL15 ortholog arl15b, and arl15b knockdown resulted in renal Mg2+ wasting and metabolic disturbances. Finally, ARL15 rs35929 modified the association of uMg with fasting insulin and fat mass in a general population. In conclusion, this combined observational and experimental approach uncovered a gene–environment interaction linking Mg2+ deficiency to insulin resistance and obesity.
AB - Magnesium (Mg2+) homeostasis is critical for metabolism. However, the genetic determinants of the renal handling of Mg2+, which is crucial for Mg2+ homeostasis, and the potential influence on metabolic traits in the general population are unknown. We obtained plasma and urine parameters from 9099 individuals from seven cohorts, and conducted a genome-wide meta-analysis of Mg2+ homeostasis. We identified two loci associated with urinary magnesium (uMg), rs3824347 (P=4.4×10−13) near TRPM6, which encodes an epithelial Mg2+ channel, and rs35929 (P=2.1×10−11), a variant of ARL15, which encodes a GTP-binding protein. Together, these loci account for 2.3% of the variation in 24-hour uMg excretion. In human kidney cells, ARL15 regulated TRPM6-mediated currents. In zebrafish, dietary Mg2+ regulated the expression of the highly conserved ARL15 ortholog arl15b, and arl15b knockdown resulted in renal Mg2+ wasting and metabolic disturbances. Finally, ARL15 rs35929 modified the association of uMg with fasting insulin and fat mass in a general population. In conclusion, this combined observational and experimental approach uncovered a gene–environment interaction linking Mg2+ deficiency to insulin resistance and obesity.
U2 - 10.1681/ASN.2017030267
DO - 10.1681/ASN.2017030267
M3 - Article
JO - Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
JF - Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
SN - 1046-6673
ER -