Metabolome-wide association identifies ferredoxin-1 (FDX1) as a determinant of cholesterol metabolism and cardiovascular risk in Asian populations.
Sadhu N, Dalan R, Jain PR et al.
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The burden of cardiovascular disease is rising in the Asia-Pacific region, in contrast to falling cardiovascular disease mortality rates in Europe and North America. Here we perform quantification of 883 metabolites by untargeted mass spectroscopy in 8,124 Asian adults and investigate their relationships with carotid intima media thickness, a marker of atherosclerosis. Plasma concentrations of 3beta-hydroxy-5-cholestenoate (3BH5C), a cholesterol metabolite, were inversely associated with carotid intima media thickness, and Mendelian randomization studies supported a causal relationship between 3BH5C and coronary artery disease. The observed effect size was 5- to 6-fold higher in Asians than Europeans. Colocalization analyses indicated the presence of a shared causal variant between 3BH5C plasma levels and messenger RNA and protein expression of ferredoxin-1 (FDX1), a protein that is essential for sterol and bile acid synthesis. We validated FDX1 as a regulator of 3BH5C synthesis in hepatocytes and macrophages and demonstrated its role in cholesterol efflux in macrophages and aortic smooth muscle cells, using knockout and overexpression models.
1,876 East Asian ancestry, South Asian ancestry, South East Asian ancestry individuals
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