Title
Key genetic variants associated with variation of milk oligosaccharides from diverse human populations
Date Issued
01 July 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Williams J.E.
McGuire M.K.
Meehan C.L.
McGuire M.A.
Brooker S.L.
Kamau-Mbuthia E.W.
Kamundia E.W.
Mbugua S.
Moore S.E.
Prentice A.M.
Otoo G.E.
Rodríguez J.M.
Foster J.A.
Sellen D.W.
Kita D.G.
Neibergs H.L.
Murdoch B.M.
Publisher(s)
Academic Press Inc.
Abstract
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMO), the third most abundant component of human milk, are thought to be important contributors to infant health. Studies have provided evidence that geography, stage of lactation, and Lewis and secretor blood groups are associated with HMO profile. However, little is known about how variation across the genome may influence HMO composition among women in various populations. In this study, we performed genome-wide association analyses of 395 women from 8 countries to identify genetic regions associated with 19 different HMO. Our data support FUT2 as the most significantly associated (P < 4.23−9 to P < 4.5−70) gene with seven HMO and provide evidence of balancing selection for FUT2. Although polymorphisms in FUT3 were also associated with variation in lacto-N-fucopentaose II and difucosyllacto-N-tetrose, we found little evidence of selection on FUT3. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the use of genome-wide association analyses on HMO.
Start page
1867
End page
1875
Volume
113
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Genética, Herencia
Nutrición, Dietética
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85105260821
PubMed ID
Source
Genomics
ISSN of the container
08887543
Sponsor(s)
The authors would like to thank Kelcey McBride, Hannah Jaeger, and Jennifer Kiser for their assistance in processing the samples or data. Funding for this project was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation ( DBI-0939454 , 1344288 , 1917476 ) and Washington State University Office of Research grand challenges nutritional genomics initiative, and the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Hatch projects IDA01643 and IDA01566 ).
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