Association of Trypanolytic ApoL1 Variants with Kidney Disease in African Americans

African Americans have higher rates of kidney disease than European Americans. Here, we show that, in African Americans, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and hypertension-attributed end-stage kidney disease (H-ESKD) are associated with two independent sequence variants in the APOL1 gene on...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2010-08, Vol.329 (5993), p.841-845
Hauptverfasser: Genovese, Giulio, Friedman, David J, Ross, Michael D, Lecordier, Laurence, Uzureau, Pierrick, Freedman, Barry I, Bowden, Donald W, Langefeld, Carl D, Oleksyk, Taras K, Uscinski Knob, Andrea L, Bernhardy, Andrea J, Hicks, Pamela J, Nelson, George W, Vanhollebeke, Benoit, Winkler, Cheryl A, Kopp, Jeffrey B, Pays, Etienne, Pollak, Martin R
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Zusammenfassung:African Americans have higher rates of kidney disease than European Americans. Here, we show that, in African Americans, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and hypertension-attributed end-stage kidney disease (H-ESKD) are associated with two independent sequence variants in the APOL1 gene on chromosome 22 {FSGS odds ratio = 10.5 [95% confidence interval (CI) 6.0 to 18.4]; H-ESKD odds ratio = 7.3 (95% CI 5.6 to 9.5)}. The two APOL1 variants are common in African chromosomes but absent from European chromosomes, and both reside within haplotypes that harbor signatures of positive selection. ApoL1 (apolipoprotein L-1) is a serum factor that lyses trypanosomes. In vitro assays revealed that only the kidney disease-associated ApoL1 variants lysed Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. We speculate that evolution of a critical survival factor in Africa may have contributed to the high rates of renal disease in African Americans.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.1193032