Aim: This study investigated whether rare, deleterious variants in monogenic diabetes-genes are associated with early-onset type 2 diabetes (T2D).Methods: A nested case-control study was designed from 9712 Italian patients with T2D. Individuals with age at diabetes onset <= 35 yrs (n = 300; cases) or >= 65 yrs (n = 300; controls) were selected and screened for var-iants in 27 monogenic diabetes-genes by targeted resequencing. Rare (minor allele frequency-MAF <1%) and possibly deleterious variants were collectively tested for association with early-onset T2D. The association of a genetic risk score (GRS) based on 17 GWAS-SNPs for T2D was also tested.Results: When all rare variants were considered together, each increased the risk of early-onset T2D by 65% (allelic OR =1.64, 95% CI: 1.08-2.48, p = 0.02). Effects were similar when the 600 study participants were stratified according to their place of recruitment (Central-Southern Italy, 182 cases vs. 142 controls, or Rome urban area, 118 vs. 158, p for heterogeneity=0.53). Progressively less frequent variants showed increasingly stronger effects in the risk of early-onset T2D for those with MAF <0.001% (OR=6.34, 95% CI: 1.87-22.43, p = 0.003). One unit of T2D-GRS significantly increased the risk of early-onset T2D (OR 1.09, 95% CI: 1.01 -1.18; p = 0.02). This association was stronger among rare variants carriers as compared to non-carriers (p = 0.02).Conclusion: Rare variants in monogenic-diabetes genes are associated with an increased risk of early-onset T2D, and interact with common T2D susceptibility variants in shaping it. These findings might help develop prediction tools to identify individuals at high risk of developing T2D in early adulthood.(c) 2022 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

Contribution of rare variants in monogenic diabetes-genes to early-onset type 2 diabetes / Pezzilli, Serena; Tohidirad, Manoush; Biagini, Tommaso; Scarale, Maria Giovanna; Alberico, Federica; Mercuri, Luana; Mannino, Gaia Chiara; Garofolo, Monia; Filardi, Tiziana; Tang, Yaling; Giuffrida, Fernando; Mendonca, Christine; Andreozzi, Francesco; Baroni, Marco Giorgio; Buzzetti, Raffaella; Cavallo, Maria Gisella; Cossu, Efisio; D'Angelo, Paola; De Cosmo, Salvatore; Lamacchia, Olga; Leonetti, Frida; Morano, Susanna; Morviducci, Lelio; Penno, Giuseppe; Pozzilli, Paolo; Pugliese, Giuseppe; Sesti, Giorgio; Mazza, Tommaso; Doria, Alessandro; Trischitta, Vincenzo; Prudente, Sabrina. - In: DIABETES & METABOLISM. - ISSN 1262-3636. - 48:5(2022), p. 101353. [10.1016/j.diabet.2022.101353]

Contribution of rare variants in monogenic diabetes-genes to early-onset type 2 diabetes

Scarale, Maria Giovanna;
2022-01-01

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Aim: This study investigated whether rare, deleterious variants in monogenic diabetes-genes are associated with early-onset type 2 diabetes (T2D).Methods: A nested case-control study was designed from 9712 Italian patients with T2D. Individuals with age at diabetes onset <= 35 yrs (n = 300; cases) or >= 65 yrs (n = 300; controls) were selected and screened for var-iants in 27 monogenic diabetes-genes by targeted resequencing. Rare (minor allele frequency-MAF <1%) and possibly deleterious variants were collectively tested for association with early-onset T2D. The association of a genetic risk score (GRS) based on 17 GWAS-SNPs for T2D was also tested.Results: When all rare variants were considered together, each increased the risk of early-onset T2D by 65% (allelic OR =1.64, 95% CI: 1.08-2.48, p = 0.02). Effects were similar when the 600 study participants were stratified according to their place of recruitment (Central-Southern Italy, 182 cases vs. 142 controls, or Rome urban area, 118 vs. 158, p for heterogeneity=0.53). Progressively less frequent variants showed increasingly stronger effects in the risk of early-onset T2D for those with MAF <0.001% (OR=6.34, 95% CI: 1.87-22.43, p = 0.003). One unit of T2D-GRS significantly increased the risk of early-onset T2D (OR 1.09, 95% CI: 1.01 -1.18; p = 0.02). This association was stronger among rare variants carriers as compared to non-carriers (p = 0.02).Conclusion: Rare variants in monogenic-diabetes genes are associated with an increased risk of early-onset T2D, and interact with common T2D susceptibility variants in shaping it. These findings might help develop prediction tools to identify individuals at high risk of developing T2D in early adulthood.(c) 2022 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
2022
Early-onset type 2 diabetes
Monogenic diabetes, genetic risk score
Rare variants
Type 2 diabetes
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