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Publication : FUT2 Variants Confer Susceptibility to Familial Otitis Media.

First Author	Santos-Cortez RLP	Year	2018
Journal	Am J Hum Genet	Volume	103
Issue	5	Pages	679-690
PubMed ID	30401457	Mgi Jnum	J:326484
Mgi Id	MGI:7312102	Doi	10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.09.010
Citation	Santos-Cortez RLP, et al. (2018) FUT2 Variants Confer Susceptibility to Familial Otitis Media. Am J Hum Genet 103(5):679-690

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Non-secretor status due to homozygosity for the common FUT2 variant c.461G>A (p.Trp154( *)) is associated with either risk for autoimmune diseases or protection against viral diarrhea and HIV. We determined the role of FUT2 in otitis media susceptibility by obtaining DNA samples from 609 multi-ethnic families and simplex case subjects with otitis media. Exome and Sanger sequencing, linkage analysis, and Fisher exact and transmission disequilibrium tests (TDT) were performed. The common FUT2 c.604C>T (p.Arg202( *)) variant co-segregates with otitis media in a Filipino pedigree (LOD = 4.0). Additionally, a rare variant, c.412C>T (p.Arg138Cys), is associated with recurrent/chronic otitis media in European-American children (p = 1.2 x 10(-5)) and US trios (TDT p = 0.01). The c.461G>A (p.Trp154( *)) variant was also over-transmitted in US trios (TDT p = 0.01) and was associated with shifts in middle ear microbiota composition (PERMANOVA p < 10(-7)) and increased biodiversity. When all missense and nonsense variants identified in multi-ethnic US trios with CADD > 20 were combined, FUT2 variants were over-transmitted in trios (TDT p = 0.001). Fut2 is transiently upregulated in mouse middle ear after inoculation with non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae. Four FUT2 variants-namely p.Ala104Val, p.Arg138Cys, p.Trp154( *), and p.Arg202( *)-reduced A antigen in mutant-transfected COS-7 cells, while the nonsense variants also reduced FUT2 protein levels. Common and rare FUT2 variants confer susceptibility to otitis media, likely by modifying the middle ear microbiome through regulation of A antigen levels in epithelial cells. Our families demonstrate marked intra-familial genetic heterogeneity, suggesting that multiple combinations of common and rare variants plus environmental factors influence the individual otitis media phenotype as a complex trait.

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