Patterns of linkage disequilibrium and haplotype distribution in disease candidate genes |
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Authors: | Ji-Rong Long Lan-Juan Zhao Peng-Yuan Liu Yan Lu Volodymyr Dvornyk Hui Shen Yong-Jun Liu Yuan-Yuan Zhang Dong-Hai Xiong Peng Xiao Hong-Wen Deng |
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Affiliation: | 1. Osteoporosis Research Center, Creighton University, 68131, Omaha, NE, USA 2. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University, 68131, Omaha, NE, USA 3. Laboratory of Molecular and Statistical Genetics, College of Life Sciences Hunan Normal University, 410081, Changsha, Hunan, P. R.China
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Abstract: | Background The adequacy of association studies for complex diseases depends critically on the existence of linkage disequilibrium (LD) between functional alleles and surrounding SNP markers. Results We examined the patterns of LD and haplotype distribution in eight candidate genes for osteoporosis and/or obesity using 31 SNPs in 1,873 subjects. These eight genes are apolipoprotein E (APOE), type I collagen α1 (COL1A1), estrogen receptor-α (ER-α), leptin receptor (LEPR), parathyroid hormone (PTH)/PTH-related peptide receptor type 1 (PTHR1), transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3), and vitamin D (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3) receptor (VDR). Yin yang haplotypes, two high-frequency haplotypes composed of completely mismatching SNP alleles, were examined. To quantify LD patterns, two common measures of LD, D' and r2, were calculated for the SNPs within the genes. The haplotype distribution varied in the different genes. Yin yang haplotypes were observed only in PTHR1 and UCP3. D' ranged from 0.020 to 1.000 with the average of 0.475, whereas the average r2 was 0.158 (ranging from 0.000 to 0.883). A decay of LD was observed as the intermarker distance increased, however, there was a great difference in LD characteristics of different genes or even in different regions within gene. Conclusion The differences in haplotype distributions and LD patterns among the genes underscore the importance of characterizing genomic regions of interest prior to association studies. |
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