A cis-regulatory element regulates ERAP2 expression through autoimmune disease risk SNPs

Wouter J Venema; Sanne Hiddingh; Jorg van Loosdregt; John Bowes; Brunilda Balliu; Joke H de Boer; Jeannette Ossewaarde-van Norel; Susan D Thompson; Carl D Langefeld; Aafke de Ligt; Lars T van der Veken; Peter H L Krijger; Wouter de Laat; Jonas J W Kuiper

doi:10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100460

A cis-regulatory element regulates ERAP2 expression through autoimmune disease risk SNPs

Wouter J Venema, Sanne Hiddingh, Jorg van Loosdregt, John Bowes, Brunilda Balliu, Joke H de Boer, Jeannette Ossewaarde-van Norel, Susan D Thompson, Carl D Langefeld, Aafke de Ligt, Lars T van der Veken, Peter H L Krijger, Wouter de Laat, Jonas J W Kuiper

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Abstract

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) near the ERAP2 gene are associated with various autoimmune conditions, as well as protection against lethal infections. Due to high linkage disequilibrium, numerous trait-associated SNPs are correlated with ERAP2 expression; however, their functional mechanisms remain unidentified. We show by reciprocal allelic replacement that ERAP2 expression is directly controlled by the splice region variant rs2248374. However, disease-associated variants in the downstream LNPEP gene promoter are independently associated with ERAP2 expression. Allele-specific conformation capture assays revealed long-range chromatin contacts between the gene promoters of LNPEP and ERAP2 and showed that interactions were stronger in patients carrying the alleles that increase susceptibility to autoimmune diseases. Replacing the SNPs in the LNPEP promoter by reference sequences lowered ERAP2 expression. These findings show that multiple SNPs act in concert to regulate ERAP2 expression and that disease-associated variants can convert a gene promoter region into a potent enhancer of a distal gene.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	100460
Journal	Cell genomics
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100460
Publication status	Published - 10 Jan 2024

Keywords

Humans
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics
Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics
Autoimmune Diseases/genetics
Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
Aminopeptidases/genetics

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Venema, W. J., Hiddingh, S., van Loosdregt, J., Bowes, J., Balliu, B., de Boer, J. H., Ossewaarde-van Norel, J., Thompson, S. D., Langefeld, C. D., de Ligt, A., van der Veken, L. T., Krijger, P. H. L., de Laat, W., & Kuiper, J. J. W. (2024). A cis-regulatory element regulates ERAP2 expression through autoimmune disease risk SNPs. Cell genomics, 4(1), 100460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100460

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