Genetic landscape of APOE in human longevity revealed by high-throughput sequencing

Seungjin Ryu; Gil Atzmon; Nir Barzilai; Nalini Raghavachari; Yousin Suh

doi:10.1016/j.mad.2016.02.010

Genetic landscape of APOE in human longevity revealed by high-throughput sequencing

Seungjin Ryu, Gil Atzmon, Nir Barzilai, Nalini Raghavachari, Yousin Suh

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Abstract

Apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene has been the most replicated longevity-associated gene in humans. Two common APOE alleles are either significantly depleted (ε4 allele) or enriched (ε2 allele) in long-lived individuals as compared to controls. We performed high-throughput sequencing analysis of exons and 2 kb proximal promoter of APOE in 450 centenarians and 500 controls of Ashkenazi Jewish decent. We found two common regulatory variants, rs405509 (p = 0.006) and rs769449 (p = 0.036), that were significantly depleted in centenarians. Genotyping analysis of rs7412 and rs429358 showed significant enrichment of ε2 allele (p = 0.003) and ε2/ε3 genotype (p = 0.005), and significant depletion of ε3/ε4 genotype (p = 0.005) in centenarians. Our findings support the hypothesis that variants in both coding and regulatory regions of APOE may contribute to longevity in humans.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7-9
Number of pages	3
Journal	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development
Volume	155
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mad.2016.02.010
State	Published - 1 Apr 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

APOE
Centenarian
Genetic variant
Longevity
Pooled target capture sequencing

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Aging
Developmental Biology

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