DNA methylation mediates genotype and smoking interaction in the development of anti-citrullinated peptide antibody-positive rheumatoid arthritis

作者：Weida Meng, Zaihua Zhu, Xia Jiang, Chun Lai Too, Steffen Uebe, Maja Jagodic, Ingrid Kockum, Shahnaz Murad, Luigi Ferrucci, Lars Alfredsson, Hejian Zou, Lars Klareskog, Andrew P. Feinberg, Tomas J. Ekström, Leonid Padyukov, Yun Liu · 发表于：Arthritis Research & Therapy · 年份：2017 · DOI：10.1186/s13075-017-1276-2 · 被引用次数：62 · 研究领域：Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies、Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases、Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments

BACKGROUND: Multiple factors, including interactions between genetic and environmental risks, are important in susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the underlying mechanism is not fully understood. This study was undertaken to evaluate whether DNA methylation can mediate the interaction between genotype and smoking in the development of anti-citrullinated peptide antibody (ACPA)-positive RA. METHODS: We investigated the gene-smoking interactions in DNA methylation using 393 individuals from the Epidemiological Investigation of Rheumatoid Arthritis (EIRA). The interaction between rs6933349 and smoking in the risk of developing ACPA-positive RA was further evaluated in a larger portion of the EIRA (1119 controls and 944 ACPA-positive patients with RA), and in the Malaysian Epidemiological Investigation of Rheumatoid Arthritis (MyEIRA) (1556 controls and 792 ACPA-positive patients with RA). Finally, mediation analysis was performed to investigate whether DNA methylation of cg21325723 mediates this gene-environment interaction on the risk of developing of ACPA-positive RA. RESULTS: We identified and replicated one significant gene-environment interaction between rs6933349 and smoking in DNA methylation of cg21325723. This gene-smoking interaction is a novel interaction in the risk of developing ACPA-positive in both Caucasian (multiplicative P value = 0.056; additive P value = 0.016) and Asian populations (multiplicative P value = 0.035; additive P value = 0.0002...