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Gene–gene interactions of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in knee osteoarthritis

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This study was designed to investigate whether genetic polymorphisms of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway and its interactions are involved in the development of knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Patients with KOA (n = 131) and healthy individuals (n = 190) with different ancestry from two Mexican populations (Mexico City and Guadalajara City) were analyzed. Twenty-five SNPs from thirteen genes (WISP1, DKK1, SOST, FRZB, LRP1, LRP4, LRP5, LRP6, GSKB, ADAMTS5, GDF5, FMN2 and COL11A1) involved in the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway were genotyped. Genetic and allelic frequencies and gene–gene interactions were performed for this study. After adjusting for age, sex, BMI and admixture, significant associations were found for five SNPs in Mexico City: LRP6 rs12314259 (G/G genotype OR 0.22, P = 0.029; and G allele OR 0.48, P = 0.022), SOST rs851054 (C/T genotype OR 0.42, P = 0.027; and T allele OR 0.62, P = 0.026), FMN2 rs986690 (G/A genotype OR 0.42, P = 0.034; and A allele OR 0.50, P = 0.015), FRZB rs409238 (A/G genotype, OR 2.41, P = 0.022), and COL11A1 rs2615977 (A/C genotype OR 2.39, P = 0.024); no associations for Guadalajara City were found. With respect to gene–gene interactions, the pairwise interactions of WISP1–COL11A1, COL11A1–FRZB, FRZB–SOST and WISP1–FMN2 make it possible to visualize the synergistic or antagonistic effect of their genotypes or alleles in both populations. These results suggest that gene–gene interactions in the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway play a role in the etiology of KOA.

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  1. Synovial Fluid Laboratory, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación “Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra”, Calzada Mexico-Xochimilco 289, Col. Arenal de Guadalupe, Tlalpan, 14389, Mexico City, Mexico

    Javier Fernández-Torres, Yessica Zamudio-Cuevas, Alberto López-Reyes, Karina Martínez-Flores & Gabriela Angélica Martínez-Nava

  2. Center for Research in Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Calz de Tlalpan 4502, Sección XVI, Belisario Domínguez Sección 16, Tlalpan, 14080, Mexico City, Mexico

    Daniela Garrido-Rodríguez

  3. Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases Division, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación “Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra”, Calzada Mexico-Xochimilco 289, Col. Arenal de Guadalupe, Tlalpan, 14389, Mexico City, Mexico

    Carlos Alberto Lozada

  4. Departamento de Biología Molecular y Genómica, Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Biomédicas (IICB), Universidad de Guadalajara, Sierra Mojada 950, Col. Independencia, C.P. 44340, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

    José Francisco Muñóz-Valle & Edith Oregon-Romero

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Supplementary Fig. 1. Inferred genetic ancestry of P1 and P2 subjects. A) STRUCTURE bar plot for k = 3 including the data of putative parental African (AFR), European (EUR) and Amerindian (AMR) populations. Each bar represents the genetic data from one individual, and the colors correspond to inferred ancestral population (AFR in green, EUR in blue and AMR in red). B) Structure ternary plot for P1 (orange) and P2 (yellow) subjects anchored by the three putative parental population (AFR in green, EUR in blue and AMR in red)—Supplementary material 1 (TIFF 127 KB)

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Fernández-Torres, J., Zamudio-Cuevas, Y., López-Reyes, A. et al. Gene–gene interactions of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in knee osteoarthritis. Mol Biol Rep 45, 1089–1098 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-018-4260-2

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