Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders

Marcel den Hoed; Mark Eijgelsheim; Tõnu Esko; Bianca J J M Brundel; David S Peal; David M Evans; Ilja M Nolte; Ayellet V Segrè; Hilma Holm; Robert E Handsaker; Harm-Jan Westra; Toby Johnson; Aaron Isaacs; Jian Yang; Alicia Lundby; Jing Hua Zhao; Young Jin Kim; Min Jin Go; Peter Almgren; Murielle Bochud; Gabrielle Boucher; Marilyn C Cornelis; Daniel Gudbjartsson; David Hadley; Pim van der Harst; Caroline Hayward; Martin den Heijer; Wilmar Igl; Anne U Jackson; Zoltán Kutalik; Jian'an Luan; John P Kemp; Kati Kristiansson; Claes Ladenvall; Mattias Lorentzon; May E Montasser; Omer T Njajou; Paul F O'Reilly; Sandosh Padmanabhan; Beate St Pourcain; Tuomo Rankinen; Perttu Salo; Toshiko Tanaka; Nicholas J Timpson; Veronique Vitart; Lindsay Waite; William Wheeler; Wendy L McArdle; Susan M Ring; George Davey Smith; Global BPgen Consortium

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Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders

Marcel den Hoed, Mark Eijgelsheim, Tõnu Esko, Bianca J J M Brundel, David S Peal, David M Evans, Ilja M Nolte, Ayellet V Segrè, Hilma Holm, Robert E Handsaker, Harm-Jan Westra, Toby Johnson, Aaron Isaacs, Jian Yang, Alicia Lundby, Jing Hua Zhao, Young Jin Kim, Min Jin Go, Peter Almgren, Murielle BochudGabrielle Boucher, Marilyn C Cornelis, Daniel Gudbjartsson, David Hadley, Pim van der Harst, Caroline Hayward, Martin den Heijer, Wilmar Igl, Anne U Jackson, Zoltán Kutalik, Jian'an Luan, John P Kemp, Kati Kristiansson, Claes Ladenvall, Mattias Lorentzon, May E Montasser, Omer T Njajou, Paul F O'Reilly, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Beate St Pourcain, Tuomo Rankinen, Perttu Salo, Toshiko Tanaka, Nicholas J Timpson, Veronique Vitart, Lindsay Waite, William Wheeler, Wendy L McArdle, Susan M Ring, George Davey Smith, Global BPgen Consortium

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Elevated resting heart rate is associated with greater risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality. In a 2-stage meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in up to 181,171 individuals, we identified 14 new loci associated with heart rate and confirmed associations with all 7 previously established loci. Experimental downregulation of gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster and Danio rerio identified 20 genes at 11 loci that are relevant for heart rate regulation and highlight a role for genes involved in signal transmission, embryonic cardiac development and the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy, congenital heart failure and/or sudden cardiac death. In addition, genetic susceptibility to increased heart rate is associated with altered cardiac conduction and reduced risk of sick sinus syndrome, and both heart rate-increasing and heart rate-decreasing variants associate with risk of atrial fibrillation. Our findings provide fresh insights into the mechanisms regulating heart rate and identify new therapeutic targets.

Original language	English
Journal	Nature Genetics
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2610
Publication status	Published - 14 Apr 2013

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den Hoed, M., Eijgelsheim, M., Esko, T., Brundel, B. J. J. M., Peal, D. S., Evans, D. M., Nolte, I. M., Segrè, A. V., Holm, H., Handsaker, R. E., Westra, H.-J., Johnson, T., Isaacs, A., Yang, J., Lundby, A., Zhao, J. H., Kim, Y. J., Go, M. J., Almgren, P., ... Global BPgen Consortium (2013). Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders. Nature Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2610

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