探究肥胖指标与肥胖相关癌症之间的共同遗传结构。
Investigating the shared genetic architecture between adiposity measures and obesity-related cancers.
作者信息
Wang Siyue, Liu Huan, Yang Yanbo, Wang Qing, Zhang Chenhui, Zhang Shanshan, Gong Jing, Zhong Rong
机构信息
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 13 Hangkong Road, Qiaokou District, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China.
Hubei Key Laboratory of Agricultural Bioinformatics, College of Informatics, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China.
出版信息
Brief Bioinform. 2025 Jul 2;26(4). doi: 10.1093/bib/bbaf439.
Fat distribution patterns are increasingly linked to obesity-related cancers; however, their shared genetic determinants remain unclear. To identify shared genetic architecture between adiposity measures and obesity-related cancers. Utilizing large-scale summary statistics from genome-wide association study, we conducted genome-wide cross trait analyses of nine adiposity measures [body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip (WTH) ratio, waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI, arm fat ratio, trunk fat ratio, leg fat ratio, abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue, gluteofemoral adipose tissue, and visceral adipose tissue] in five obesity-related cancers (colorectal cancer, esophageal adenocarcinoma, breast cancer, endometrial cancer, and ovarian cancer) to characterize their shared genetic architecture, biological pathways, and causal relationships. Cross-trait analyses revealed extensive genomic correlations between adiposity measures and obesity-related cancers. Pleiotropic analysis identified 464 pleiotropic loci and 409 unique candidate pleiotropic genes, 128 of which replicated in the transcriptome-wide association studies analysis. Gene-level analysis revealed potential shared biological mechanisms involving the brain-derived neurotrophic factor signaling pathway, WNT/β-catenin signaling, and adipogenesis, whereas TWAS revealed their predominant expression in the digestive, nervous, and adipose tissues. Mendelian randomization analysis showed stronger associations between genetically increased BMI, WTH, and obesity-related cancers than other body fat distributions. Our study demonstrates that pleiotropic genetic determinants between adiposity and obesity-related cancers are widely distributed across the genome, reinforcing the hypothesis that adiposity increases cancer risk and revealing potential molecular pathways that may contribute to both adiposity and cancer development.
脂肪分布模式与肥胖相关癌症的关联日益紧密;然而,它们共同的遗传决定因素仍不明确。为了确定肥胖度量指标与肥胖相关癌症之间共同的遗传结构。利用全基因组关联研究的大规模汇总统计数据,我们对五种肥胖相关癌症(结直肠癌、食管腺癌、乳腺癌、子宫内膜癌和卵巢癌)的九种肥胖度量指标[体重指数(BMI)、腰臀比(WTH)、经BMI调整的腰臀比、手臂脂肪率、躯干脂肪率、腿部脂肪率、腹部皮下脂肪组织、臀股部脂肪组织和内脏脂肪组织]进行了全基因组跨性状分析,以表征它们共同的遗传结构、生物学途径和因果关系。跨性状分析揭示了肥胖度量指标与肥胖相关癌症之间广泛的基因组相关性。多效性分析确定了464个多效性位点和409个独特的候选多效性基因,其中128个在全转录组关联研究分析中得到了重复验证。基因水平分析揭示了涉及脑源性神经营养因子信号通路、WNT/β-连环蛋白信号通路和脂肪生成的潜在共同生物学机制,而全转录组关联研究分析显示它们在消化、神经和脂肪组织中表达占主导地位。孟德尔随机化分析表明,与其他身体脂肪分布相比,遗传上增加的BMI、WTH与肥胖相关癌症之间的关联更强。我们的研究表明,肥胖与肥胖相关癌症之间的多效性遗传决定因素广泛分布于整个基因组,强化了肥胖增加癌症风险的假说,并揭示了可能导致肥胖和癌症发展的潜在分子途径。