Browsing by Author "Beaudoin, James J."

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    An exploratory genome-wide analysis of genetic risk for alcoholic hepatitis
    (Taylor & Francis, 2017-11) Beaudoin, James J.; Long, Nanye; Liangpunsakul, Suthat; Puri, Puneet; Kamath, Patrick S.; Shah, Vijay; Sanyal, Arun J.; Crabb, David W.; Chalasani, Naga P.; Urban, Thomas J.; TREAT Consortium; Medicine, School of Medicine
    OBJECTIVES: To elucidate the genetic variability between heavy drinkers with and without alcoholic hepatitis (AH). MATERIALS AND METHODS: An exploratory genome-wide association study (GWAS; NCT02172898) was conducted comparing 90 AH cases with 93 heavy drinking matched controls without liver disease in order to identify variants or genes associated with risk for AH. Individuals were genotyped using the multi-ethnic genotyping array, after which the data underwent conventional quality control. Using bioinformatics tools, pathways associated with AH were explored on the basis of individual variants, and based on genes with a higher 'burden' of functional variation. RESULTS: Although no single variant reached genome-wide significance, an association signal was observed for PNPLA3 rs738409 (p = .01, OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.1-3.1), a common single nucleotide polymorphism that has been associated with a variety of liver-related pathologies including alcoholic cirrhosis. Using the improved gene set enrichment analysis for GWAS tool, it was shown that, based on the single variants' trait-association p-values, multiple pathways were associated with risk for AH with high confidence (false discovery rate [FDR] < 0.05), including several pathways involved in lymphocyte activation and chemokine signaling, which coincides with findings from other research groups. Several Tox Functions and Canonical Pathways were highlighted using Ingenuity Pathway Analysis, with an especially conspicuous role for pathways related to ethanol degradation, which is not surprising considering the phenotype of the genotyped individuals. CONCLUSION: This preliminary analysis suggests a role for PNPLA3 variation and several gene sets/pathways that may influence risk for AH among heavy drinkers.
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    Interaction between the patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 3 genotype and coffee drinking and the risk for acute alcoholic hepatitis
    (Wiley, 2017-11-11) Liangpunsakul, Suthat; Beaudoin, James J.; Shah, Vijay H.; Puri, Puneet; Sanyal, Arun J.; Kamath, Patrick S.; Lourens, Spencer G.; Tang, Qing; Katz, Barry P.; Crabb, David W.; Chalasani, Naga P.; Medicine, School of Medicine
    Only a subset of subjects with excessive alcohol consumption develops alcoholic liver disease (ALD). One of the major risk factors for ALD is the genetic variant of the patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 3 (PNPLA3) gene. Coffee is one of the most commonly consumed beverages, and coffee consumption has been associated with lower levels of serum alanine aminotransferase. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of coffee drinking and PNPLA3 rs738409 and their association with alcoholic hepatitis (AH) in a well-characterized cohort of subjects from the Translational Research and Evolving Alcoholic Hepatitis Treatment consortium. AH subjects and heavy drinking controls without a history of liver disease who were enrolled between May 2013 and May 2016 were included (n = 339), and the details of alcohol and coffee consumption were assessed. The PNPLA3 variant was determined among participants of European ancestry (n = 183). Relationships between baseline data and AH status were determined, and multivariable logistic regression modeling was performed. During the study period, 189 cases with AH and 150 heavy drinking controls were prospectively enrolled. The prevalence of regular coffee consumption was significantly lower in patients with AH compared to controls (20% versus 43%; P < 0.0001). The overall minor allele frequency of the PNPLA3 variant was higher in AH cases. Multivariable logistic regression revealed that coffee consumption and PNPLA3 were significantly associated with AH status at baseline after adjusting for relevant patient characteristics. Conclusion: We found a higher prevalence of AH among heavy drinkers with PNPLA3 G/G and G/C genotypes regardless of coffee consumption status and a higher prevalence of AH among heavy drinkers who were not regular coffee drinkers. These findings remained after considering relevant baseline patient characteristics. Further studies are needed to confirm our observation.
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    Role of Candidate Gene Variants in Modulating the Risk and Severity of Alcoholic Hepatitis
    (Wiley, 2021) Beaudoin, James J.; Liang, Tiebing; Tang, Qing; Banini, Bubu A.; Shah, Vijay H.; Sanyal, Arun J.; Chalasani, Naga P.; Gawrieh, Samer; Biostatistics, School of Public Health
    Background: Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is a severe and life-threatening alcohol-associated liver disease. Only a minority of heavy drinkers acquires AH and severity varies among affected individuals, suggesting a genetic basis for the susceptibility to and severity of AH. Methods: A cohort consisting of 211 patients with AH and 176 heavy drinking controls was genotyped for five variants in five candidate genes that have been associated with chronic liver diseases: rs738409 in patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 3 (PNPLA3), rs72613567 in hydroxysteroid 17-beta dehydrogenase 13 (HSD17B13), rs58542926 in transmembrane 6 superfamily member 2 (TM6SF2), rs641738 in membrane bound O-acyltransferase domain containing 7 (MBOAT7), and a copy number variant in the haptoglobin (HP) gene. We tested the effects of individual variants and the combined/interacting effects of variants on AH risk and severity. Results: We found significant associations between AH risk and the risk alleles of rs738409 (p = 0.0081) and HP (p = 0.0371), but not rs72613567 (p = 0.3132), rs58542926 (p = 0.2180), or rs641738 (p = 0.7630), after adjusting for patient's age and sex. A multiple regression model indicated that PNPLA3 rs738409:G [OR = 1.59 (95% CI: 1.15-2.22), p = 0.0055] and HP*2 [OR = 1.38 (95% CI: 1.04-1.82), p = 0.0245], when combined and adjusted for age and sex also had a large influence on AH risk among heavy drinkers. In the entire cohort, variants in PNPLA3 and HP were associated with increased total bilirubin and Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score, both measures of AH severity. The HSD17B13 rs72613567:AA allele was not found to reduce risk of AH in patients carrying the G allele of PNPLA3 rs738409 (p = 0.0921). Conclusion: PNPLA3 and HP genetic variants increase AH risk and are associated with total bilirubin and MELD score, surrogates of AH severity.