Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

Felix R. Day; Deborah J. Thompson; Hannes Helgason; Daniel I. Chasman; Hilary Finucane; Patrick Sulem; Katherine S. Ruth; Sean Whalen; Abhishek K. Sarkar; Eva Albrecht; Elisabeth Altmaier; Marzyeh Amini; Caterina M. Barbieri; Thibaud Boutin; Archie Campbell; Ellen Demerath; Ayush Giri; Chunyan He; Jouke J. Hottenga; Robert Karlsson; Ivana Kolcic; Po Ru Loh; Kathryn L. Lunetta; Massimo Mangino; Brumat Marco; George McMahon; Sarah E. Medland; Ilja M. Nolte; Raymond Noordam; Teresa Nutile; Lavinia Paternoster; Natalia Perjakova; Eleonora Porcu; Lynda M. Rose; Katharina E. Schraut; Ayellet V. Segrè; Albert V. Smith; Lisette Stolk; Alexander Teumer; Irene L. Andrulis; Stefania Bandinelli; Matthias W. Beckmann; Javier Benitez; Sven Bergmann; Murielle Bochud; Eric Boerwinkle; Stig E. Bojesen; Manjeet K. Bolla; Judith S. Brand; Hiltrud Brauch; Hermann Brenner; Linda Broer; Thomas Brüning; Julie E. Buring; Harry Campbell; Eulalia Catamo; Stephen Chanock; Georgia Chenevix-Trench; Tanguy Corre; Fergus J. Couch; Diana L. Cousminer; Angela Cox; Laura Crisponi; Kamila Czene; George Davey Smith; Eco J.C.N. De Geus; Renée De Mutsert; Immaculata De Vivo; Joe Dennis; Peter Devilee; Isabel Dos-Santos-Silva; Alison M. Dunning; Johan G. Eriksson; Peter A. Fasching; Lindsay Fernández-Rhodes; Luigi Ferrucci; Dieter Flesch-Janys; Lude Franke; Marike Gabrielson; Ilaria Gandin; Graham G. Giles; Harald Grallert; Daniel F. Gudbjartsson; Pascal Guénel; Per Hall; Emily Hallberg; Ute Hamann; Tamara B. Harris; Catharina A. Hartman; Gerardo Heiss; Maartje J. Hooning; John L. Hopper; Frank Hu; David J. Hunter; M. Arfan Ikram; Hae Kyung Im; Marjo Riitta Järvelin; Peter K. Joshi; David Karasik; Manolis Kellis; Zoltan Kutalik; Genevieve Lachance; Diether Lambrechts; Claudia Langenberg; Lenore J. Launer; Joop S.E. Laven; Stefania Lenarduzzi; Jingmei Li; Penelope A. Lind; Sara Lindstrom; Yongmei Liu; Jian'An Luan; Reedik Mägi; Arto Mannermaa; Hamdi Mbarek; Mark I. McCarthy; Christa Meisinger; Thomas Meitinger; Cristina Menni; Andres Metspalu; Kyriaki Michailidou; Lili Milani; Roger L. Milne; Grant W. Montgomery; Anna M. Mulligan; Mike A. Nalls; Pau Navarro; Heli Nevanlinna; Dale R. Nyholt; Albertine J. Oldehinkel; Tracy A. O'Mara; Sandosh Padmanabhan; Aarno Palotie; Nancy Pedersen; Annette Peters; Julian Peto; Paul D.P. Pharoah; Anneli Pouta; Paolo Radice; Iffat Rahman; Susan M. Ring; Antonietta Robino; Frits R. Rosendaal; Igor Rudan; Rico Rueedi; Daniela Ruggiero; Cinzia F. Sala; Marjanka K. Schmidt; Robert A. Scott; Mitul Shah; Rossella Sorice; Melissa C. Southey; Ulla Sovio; Meir Stampfer; Maristella Steri; Konstantin Strauch; Toshiko Tanaka; Emmi Tikkanen; Nicholas J. Timpson; Michela Traglia; Thérèse Truong; Jonathan P. Tyrer; André G. Uitterlinden; Digna R.Velez Edwards; Veronique Vitart; Uwe Völker; Peter Vollenweider; Qin Wang; Elisabeth Widen; Ko Willems Van Dijk; Gonneke Willemsen; Robert Winqvist; Bruce H.R. Wolffenbuttel; Jing Hua Zhao; Magdalena Zoledziewska; Marek Zygmunt; Behrooz Z. Alizadeh; Dorret I. Boomsma; Marina Ciullo; Francesco Cucca; Tõnu Esko; Nora Franceschini; Christian Gieger; Vilmundur Gudnason; Caroline Hayward; Peter Kraft; Debbie A. Lawlor; Patrik K.E. Magnusson; Nicholas G. Martin; Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori; Ellen A. Nohr; Ozren Polasek; David Porteous; Alkes L. Price; Paul M. Ridker; Harold Snieder; Tim D. Spector; Doris Stöckl; Daniela Toniolo; Sheila Ulivi; Jenny A. Visser; Henry Völzke; Nicholas J. Wareham; James F. Wilson; Amanda B. Spurdle; Unnur Thorsteindottir; Katherine S. Pollard; Douglas F. Easton; Joyce Y. Tung; Jenny Chang-Claude; David Hinds; Anna Murray; Joanne M. Murabito; Kari Stefansson; Ken K. Ong; John R.B. Perry

doi:10.1038/ng.3841

Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

Felix R. Day, Deborah J. Thompson, Hannes Helgason, Daniel I. Chasman, Hilary Finucane, Patrick Sulem, Katherine S. Ruth, Sean Whalen, Abhishek K. Sarkar, Eva Albrecht, Elisabeth Altmaier, Marzyeh Amini, Caterina M. Barbieri, Thibaud Boutin, Archie Campbell, Ellen Demerath, Ayush Giri, Chunyan He, Jouke J. Hottenga, Robert KarlssonIvana Kolcic, Po Ru Loh, Kathryn L. Lunetta, Massimo Mangino, Brumat Marco, George McMahon, Sarah E. Medland, Ilja M. Nolte, Raymond Noordam, Teresa Nutile, Lavinia Paternoster, Natalia Perjakova, Eleonora Porcu, Lynda M. Rose, Katharina E. Schraut, Ayellet V. Segrè, Albert V. Smith, Lisette Stolk, Alexander Teumer, Irene L. Andrulis, Stefania Bandinelli, Matthias W. Beckmann, Javier Benitez, Sven Bergmann, Murielle Bochud, Eric Boerwinkle, Stig E. Bojesen, Manjeet K. Bolla, Judith S. Brand, Hiltrud Brauch, Hermann Brenner, Linda Broer, Thomas Brüning, Julie E. Buring, Harry Campbell, Eulalia Catamo, Stephen Chanock, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Tanguy Corre, Fergus J. Couch, Diana L. Cousminer, Angela Cox, Laura Crisponi, Kamila Czene, George Davey Smith, Eco J.C.N. De Geus, Renée De Mutsert, Immaculata De Vivo, Joe Dennis, Peter Devilee, Isabel Dos-Santos-Silva, Alison M. Dunning, Johan G. Eriksson, Peter A. Fasching, Lindsay Fernández-Rhodes, Luigi Ferrucci, Dieter Flesch-Janys, Lude Franke, Marike Gabrielson, Ilaria Gandin, Graham G. Giles, Harald Grallert, Daniel F. Gudbjartsson, Pascal Guénel, Per Hall, Emily Hallberg, Ute Hamann, Tamara B. Harris, Catharina A. Hartman, Gerardo Heiss, Maartje J. Hooning, John L. Hopper, Frank Hu, David J. Hunter, M. Arfan Ikram, Hae Kyung Im, Marjo Riitta Järvelin, Peter K. Joshi, David Karasik, Manolis Kellis, Zoltan Kutalik, Genevieve Lachance, Diether Lambrechts, Claudia Langenberg, Lenore J. Launer, Joop S.E. Laven, Stefania Lenarduzzi, Jingmei Li, Penelope A. Lind, Sara Lindstrom, Yongmei Liu, Jian'An Luan, Reedik Mägi, Arto Mannermaa, Hamdi Mbarek, Mark I. McCarthy, Christa Meisinger, Thomas Meitinger, Cristina Menni, Andres Metspalu, Kyriaki Michailidou, Lili Milani, Roger L. Milne, Grant W. Montgomery, Anna M. Mulligan, Mike A. Nalls, Pau Navarro, Heli Nevanlinna, Dale R. Nyholt, Albertine J. Oldehinkel, Tracy A. O'Mara, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Aarno Palotie, Nancy Pedersen, Annette Peters, Julian Peto, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Anneli Pouta, Paolo Radice, Iffat Rahman, Susan M. Ring, Antonietta Robino, Frits R. Rosendaal, Igor Rudan, Rico Rueedi, Daniela Ruggiero, Cinzia F. Sala, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Robert A. Scott, Mitul Shah, Rossella Sorice, Melissa C. Southey, Ulla Sovio, Meir Stampfer, Maristella Steri, Konstantin Strauch, Toshiko Tanaka, Emmi Tikkanen, Nicholas J. Timpson, Michela Traglia, Thérèse Truong, Jonathan P. Tyrer, André G. Uitterlinden, Digna R.Velez Edwards, Veronique Vitart, Uwe Völker, Peter Vollenweider, Qin Wang, Elisabeth Widen, Ko Willems Van Dijk, Gonneke Willemsen, Robert Winqvist, Bruce H.R. Wolffenbuttel, Jing Hua Zhao, Magdalena Zoledziewska, Marek Zygmunt, Behrooz Z. Alizadeh, Dorret I. Boomsma, Marina Ciullo, Francesco Cucca, Tõnu Esko, Nora Franceschini, Christian Gieger, Vilmundur Gudnason, Caroline Hayward, Peter Kraft, Debbie A. Lawlor, Patrik K.E. Magnusson, Nicholas G. Martin, Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori, Ellen A. Nohr, Ozren Polasek, David Porteous, Alkes L. Price, Paul M. Ridker, Harold Snieder, Tim D. Spector, Doris Stöckl, Daniela Toniolo, Sheila Ulivi, Jenny A. Visser, Henry Völzke, Nicholas J. Wareham, James F. Wilson, Amanda B. Spurdle, Unnur Thorsteindottir, Katherine S. Pollard, Douglas F. Easton, Joyce Y. Tung, Jenny Chang-Claude, David Hinds, Anna Murray, Joanne M. Murabito, Kari Stefansson, Ken K. Ong, John R.B. Perry

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Abstract

The timing of puberty is a highly polygenic childhood trait that is epidemiologically associated with various adult diseases. Using 1000 Genomes Project-imputed genotype data in up to ∼370,000 women, we identify 389 independent signals (P < 5 × 10^-8) for age at menarche, a milestone in female pubertal development. In Icelandic data, these signals explain ∼7.4% of the population variance in age at menarche, corresponding to ∼25% of the estimated heritability. We implicate ∼250 genes via coding variation or associated expression, demonstrating significant enrichment in neural tissues. Rare variants near the imprinted genes MKRN3 and DLK1 were identified, exhibiting large effects when paternally inherited. Mendelian randomization analyses suggest causal inverse associations, independent of body mass index (BMI), between puberty timing and risks for breast and endometrial cancers in women and prostate cancer in men. In aggregate, our findings highlight the complexity of the genetic regulation of puberty timing and support causal links with cancer susceptibility.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	834-841
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nature Genetics
Volume	49
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3841
State	Published - Jun 1 2017

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Day, F. R., Thompson, D. J., Helgason, H., Chasman, D. I., Finucane, H., Sulem, P., Ruth, K. S., Whalen, S., Sarkar, A. K., Albrecht, E., Altmaier, E., Amini, M., Barbieri, C. M., Boutin, T., Campbell, A., Demerath, E., Giri, A., He, C., Hottenga, J. J., ... Perry, J. R. B. (2017). Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk. Nature Genetics, 49(6), 834-841. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3841

Day, FR, Thompson, DJ, Helgason, H, Chasman, DI, Finucane, H, Sulem, P, Ruth, KS, Whalen, S, Sarkar, AK, Albrecht, E, Altmaier, E, Amini, M, Barbieri, CM, Boutin, T, Campbell, A, Demerath, E, Giri, A, He, C, Hottenga, JJ, Karlsson, R, Kolcic, I, Loh, PR, Lunetta, KL, Mangino, M, Marco, B, McMahon, G, Medland, SE, Nolte, IM, Noordam, R, Nutile, T, Paternoster, L, Perjakova, N, Porcu, E, Rose, LM, Schraut, KE, Segrè, AV, Smith, AV, Stolk, L, Teumer, A, Andrulis, IL, Bandinelli, S, Beckmann, MW, Benitez, J, Bergmann, S, Bochud, M, Boerwinkle, E, Bojesen, SE, Bolla, MK, Brand, JS, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Broer, L, Brüning, T, Buring, JE, Campbell, H, Catamo, E, Chanock, S, Chenevix-Trench, G, Corre, T, Couch, FJ, Cousminer, DL, Cox, A, Crisponi, L, Czene, K, Davey Smith, G, De Geus, EJCN, De Mutsert, R, De Vivo, I, Dennis, J, Devilee, P, Dos-Santos-Silva, I, Dunning, AM, Eriksson, JG, Fasching, PA, Fernández-Rhodes, L, Ferrucci, L, Flesch-Janys, D, Franke, L, Gabrielson, M, Gandin, I, Giles, GG, Grallert, H, Gudbjartsson, DF, Guénel, P, Hall, P, Hallberg, E, Hamann, U, Harris, TB, Hartman, CA, Heiss, G, Hooning, MJ, Hopper, JL, Hu, F, Hunter, DJ, Ikram, MA, Im, HK, Järvelin, MR, Joshi, PK, Karasik, D, Kellis, M, Kutalik, Z, Lachance, G, Lambrechts, D, Langenberg, C, Launer, LJ, Laven, JSE, Lenarduzzi, S, Li, J, Lind, PA, Lindstrom, S, Liu, Y, Luan, JA, Mägi, R, Mannermaa, A, Mbarek, H, McCarthy, MI, Meisinger, C, Meitinger, T, Menni, C, Metspalu, A, Michailidou, K, Milani, L, Milne, RL, Montgomery, GW, Mulligan, AM, Nalls, MA, Navarro, P, Nevanlinna, H, Nyholt, DR, Oldehinkel, AJ, O'Mara, TA, Padmanabhan, S, Palotie, A, Pedersen, N, Peters, A, Peto, J, Pharoah, PDP, Pouta, A, Radice, P, Rahman, I, Ring, SM, Robino, A, Rosendaal, FR, Rudan, I, Rueedi, R, Ruggiero, D, Sala, CF, Schmidt, MK, Scott, RA, Shah, M, Sorice, R, Southey, MC, Sovio, U, Stampfer, M, Steri, M, Strauch, K, Tanaka, T, Tikkanen, E, Timpson, NJ, Traglia, M, Truong, T, Tyrer, JP, Uitterlinden, AG, Edwards, DRV, Vitart, V, Völker, U, Vollenweider, P, Wang, Q, Widen, E, Van Dijk, KW, Willemsen, G, Winqvist, R, Wolffenbuttel, BHR, Zhao, JH, Zoledziewska, M, Zygmunt, M, Alizadeh, BZ, Boomsma, DI, Ciullo, M, Cucca, F, Esko, T, Franceschini, N, Gieger, C, Gudnason, V, Hayward, C, Kraft, P, Lawlor, DA, Magnusson, PKE, Martin, NG, Mook-Kanamori, DO, Nohr, EA, Polasek, O, Porteous, D, Price, AL, Ridker, PM, Snieder, H, Spector, TD, Stöckl, D, Toniolo, D, Ulivi, S, Visser, JA, Völzke, H, Wareham, NJ, Wilson, JF, Spurdle, AB, Thorsteindottir, U, Pollard, KS, Easton, DF, Tung, JY, Chang-Claude, J, Hinds, D, Murray, A, Murabito, JM, Stefansson, K, Ong, KK & Perry, JRB 2017, 'Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk', Nature Genetics, vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 834-841. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3841

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PY - 2017/6/1

Y1 - 2017/6/1

N2 - The timing of puberty is a highly polygenic childhood trait that is epidemiologically associated with various adult diseases. Using 1000 Genomes Project-imputed genotype data in up to ∼370,000 women, we identify 389 independent signals (P < 5 × 10-8) for age at menarche, a milestone in female pubertal development. In Icelandic data, these signals explain ∼7.4% of the population variance in age at menarche, corresponding to ∼25% of the estimated heritability. We implicate ∼250 genes via coding variation or associated expression, demonstrating significant enrichment in neural tissues. Rare variants near the imprinted genes MKRN3 and DLK1 were identified, exhibiting large effects when paternally inherited. Mendelian randomization analyses suggest causal inverse associations, independent of body mass index (BMI), between puberty timing and risks for breast and endometrial cancers in women and prostate cancer in men. In aggregate, our findings highlight the complexity of the genetic regulation of puberty timing and support causal links with cancer susceptibility.

AB - The timing of puberty is a highly polygenic childhood trait that is epidemiologically associated with various adult diseases. Using 1000 Genomes Project-imputed genotype data in up to ∼370,000 women, we identify 389 independent signals (P < 5 × 10-8) for age at menarche, a milestone in female pubertal development. In Icelandic data, these signals explain ∼7.4% of the population variance in age at menarche, corresponding to ∼25% of the estimated heritability. We implicate ∼250 genes via coding variation or associated expression, demonstrating significant enrichment in neural tissues. Rare variants near the imprinted genes MKRN3 and DLK1 were identified, exhibiting large effects when paternally inherited. Mendelian randomization analyses suggest causal inverse associations, independent of body mass index (BMI), between puberty timing and risks for breast and endometrial cancers in women and prostate cancer in men. In aggregate, our findings highlight the complexity of the genetic regulation of puberty timing and support causal links with cancer susceptibility.

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U2 - 10.1038/ng.3841

DO - 10.1038/ng.3841

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C2 - 28436984

AN - SCOPUS:85018441896

SN - 1061-4036

VL - 49

SP - 834

EP - 841

JO - Nature Genetics

JF - Nature Genetics

IS - 6

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Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

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