| Title: | Rare variants with large effects provide functional insights into the pathology of migraine subtypes, with and without aura |
| Journal: | Nature Genetics |
| Published: | 26 Oct 2023 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37884687/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-023-01538-0 |
| URL: | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-023-01538-0.pdf |
| Citations: | 10 (10 in last 2 years) as of 8 Aug 2024 |
Publication 9326
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Abstract
Migraine is a complex neurovascular disease with a range of severity and symptoms, yet mostly studied as one phenotype in genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Here we combine large GWAS datasets from six European populations to study the main migraine subtypes, migraine with aura (MA) and migraine without aura (MO). We identified four new MA-associated variants (in PRRT2, PALMD, ABO and LRRK2) and classified 13 MO-associated variants. Rare variants with large effects highlight three genes. A rare frameshift variant in brain-expressed PRRT2 confers large risk of MA and epilepsy, but not MO. A burden test of rare loss-of-function variants in SCN11A, encoding a neuron-expressed sodium channel with a key role in pain sensation, shows strong protection against migraine. Finally, a rare variant with cis-regulatory effects on KCNK5 confers large protection against migraine and brain aneurysms. Our findings offer new insights with therapeutic potential into the complex biology of migraine and its subtypes.</p>
65 Authors
- Gyda Bjornsdottir
- Mona A. Chalmer
- Lilja Stefansdottir
- Astros Th. Skuladottir
- Gudmundur Einarsson
- Margret Andresdottir
- Doruk Beyter
- Egil Ferkingstad
- Solveig Gretarsdottir
- Bjarni V. Halldorsson
- Gisli H. Halldorsson
- Anna Helgadottir
- Hannes Helgason
- Grimur Hjorleifsson Eldjarn
- Adalbjorg Jonasdottir
- Aslaug Jonasdottir
- Ingileif Jonsdottir
- Kirk U. Knowlton
- Lincoln D. Nadauld
- Sigrun H. Lund
- Olafur Th. Magnusson
- Pall Melsted
- Kristjan H. S. Moore
- Asmundur Oddsson
- Pall I. Olason
- Asgeir Sigurdsson
- Olafur A. Stefansson
- Jona Saemundsdottir
- Gardar Sveinbjornsson
- Vinicius Tragante
- Unnur Unnsteinsdottir
- G. Bragi Walters
- Florian Zink
- Linn Rødevand
- Ole A. Andreassen
- Jannicke Igland
- Rolv T. Lie
- Jan Haavik
- Karina Banasik
- Søren Brunak
- Maria Didriksen
- Mie T. Bruun
- Christian Erikstrup
- Lisette J. A. Kogelman
- Kaspar R. Nielsen
- Erik Sørensen
- Ole B. Pedersen
- Henrik Ullum
- Gisli Masson
- Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
- Jes Olesen
- Petur Ludvigsson
- Olafur Thorarensen
- Anna Bjornsdottir
- Gudrun R. Sigurdardottir
- Olafur A. Sveinsson
- Sisse R. Ostrowski
- Hilma Holm
- Daniel F. Gudbjartsson
- Gudmar Thorleifsson
- Patrick Sulem
- Hreinn Stefansson
- Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson
- Thomas F. Hansen
- Kari Stefansson
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