Copy number polymorphism in FCGR3 predisposes to glomerulonephritis in rats and humans Export

@article{Aitman_et_al06, abstract = {Identification of the genes underlying complex phenotypes and the definition of the evolutionary forces that have shaped eukaryotic genomes are among the current challenges in molecular genetics. Variation in gene copy number is increasingly recognized as a source of inter-individual differences in genome sequence and has been proposed as a driving force for genome evolution and phenotypic variation. Here we show that copy number variation of the orthologous rat and human Fcgr3 genes is a determinant of susceptibility to immunologically mediated glomerulonephritis. Positional cloning identified loss of the newly described, rat-specific Fcgr3 paralogue, Fcgr3-related sequence (Fcgr3-rs), as a determinant of macrophage overactivity and glomerulonephritis in Wistar Kyoto rats. In humans, low copy number of FCGR3B, an orthologue of rat Fcgr3, was associated with glomerulonephritis in the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus. The finding that gene copy number polymorphism predisposes to immunologically mediated renal disease in two mammalian species provides direct evidence for the importance of genome plasticity in the evolution of genetically complex phenotypes, including susceptibility to common human disease.}, author = {Aitman, Timothy J. and Dong, Rong and Vyse, Timothy J. and Norsworthy, Penny J. and Johnson, Michelle D. and Smith, Jennifer and Mangion, Jonathan and Roberton-Lowe, Cheri and Marshall, Amy J. and Petretto, Enrico and Hodges, Matthew D. and Bhangal, Gurjeet and Patel, Sheetal G. and Sheehan-Rooney, Kelly and Duda, Mark and Cook, Paul R. and Evans, David J. and Domin, Jan and Flint, Jonathan and Boyle, Joseph J. and Pusey, Charles D. and Cook, Terence H.}, citeulike-article-id = {509423}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature04489}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature04489}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16482158}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16482158}, day = {16}, doi = {10.1038/nature04489}, issn = {1476-4687}, journal = {Nature}, keywords = {association, cnv, fcgr3b}, month = {February}, number = {7078}, pages = {851--855}, posted-at = {2007-09-09 11:49:57}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, title = {Copy number polymorphism in {FCGR3} predisposes to glomerulonephritis in rats and humans}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature04489}, volume = {439}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - Aitman_et_al06 L3 - citeulike-article-id:509423 N2 - Identification of the genes underlying complex phenotypes and the definition of the evolutionary forces that have shaped eukaryotic genomes are among the current challenges in molecular genetics. Variation in gene copy number is increasingly recognized as a source of inter-individual differences in genome sequence and has been proposed as a driving force for genome evolution and phenotypic variation. Here we show that copy number variation of the orthologous rat and human Fcgr3 genes is a determinant of susceptibility to immunologically mediated glomerulonephritis. Positional cloning identified loss of the newly described, rat-specific Fcgr3 paralogue, Fcgr3-related sequence (Fcgr3-rs), as a determinant of macrophage overactivity and glomerulonephritis in Wistar Kyoto rats. In humans, low copy number of FCGR3B, an orthologue of rat Fcgr3, was associated with glomerulonephritis in the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus. The finding that gene copy number polymorphism predisposes to immunologically mediated renal disease in two mammalian species provides direct evidence for the importance of genome plasticity in the evolution of genetically complex phenotypes, including susceptibility to common human disease. IS - 7078 JF - Nature SN - 1476-4687 EP - 855 TI - Copy number polymorphism in {FCGR3} predisposes to glomerulonephritis in rats and humans PB - Nature Publishing Group VL - 439 SP - 851 KW - association KW - cnv KW - fcgr3b AU - Aitman, Timothy AU - Dong, Rong AU - Vyse, Timothy AU - Norsworthy, Penny AU - Johnson, Michelle AU - Smith, Jennifer AU - Mangion, Jonathan AU - Roberton-Lowe, Cheri AU - Marshall, Amy AU - Petretto, Enrico AU - Hodges, Matthew AU - Bhangal, Gurjeet AU - Patel, Sheetal AU - Sheehan-Rooney, Kelly AU - Duda, Mark AU - Cook, Paul AU - Evans, David AU - Domin, Jan AU - Flint, Jonathan AU - Boyle, Joseph AU - Pusey, Charles AU - Cook, Terence PY - 2006/02/16/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature04489 ER -