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GWAS of human bitter taste perception identifies new loci and reveals additional complexity of bitter taste genetics

Overview of attention for article published in Human Molecular Genetics, August 2013
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Title
GWAS of human bitter taste perception identifies new loci and reveals additional complexity of bitter taste genetics
Published in
Human Molecular Genetics, August 2013
DOI 10.1093/hmg/ddt404
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Authors

Mirko Ledda, Zoltán Kutalik, Maria C. Souza Destito, Milena M. Souza, Cintia A. Cirillo, Amabilene Zamboni, Nathalie Martin, Edgard Morya, Koichi Sameshima, Jacques S. Beckmann, Johannes le Coutre, Sven Bergmann, Ulrich K. Genick

Abstract

Human perception of bitterness displays pronounced interindividual variation. This phenotypic variation is mirrored by equally pronounced genetic variation in the family of bitter taste receptor genes. To better understand the effects of common genetic variations on human bitter taste perception, we conducted a genome-wide association study on a discovery panel of 504 subjects and a validation panel of 104 subjects from the general population of São Paulo in Brazil. Correction for general taste-sensitivity allowed us to identify a SNP in the cluster of bitter taste receptors on chr12 (10.88- 11.24 Mb, build 36.1) significantly associated (best SNP: rs2708377, P = 5.31 × 10(-13), r(2) = 8.9%, β = -0.12, s.e. = 0.016) with the perceived bitterness of caffeine. This association overlaps with-but is statistically distinct from-the previously identified SNP rs10772420 influencing the perception of quinine bitterness that falls in the same bitter taste cluster. We replicated this association to quinine perception (P = 4.97 × 10(-37), r(2) = 23.2%, β = 0.25, s.e. = 0.020) and additionally found the effect of this genetic locus to be concentration specific with a strong impact on the perception of low, but no impact on the perception of high concentrations of quinine. Our study, thus, furthers our understanding of the complex genetic architecture of bitter taste perception.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Switzerland 2 2%
Denmark 2 2%
Netherlands 1 1%
United Kingdom 1 1%
United States 1 1%
Unknown 85 92%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 22 24%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 18%
Student > Master 10 11%
Student > Bachelor 8 9%
Other 5 5%
Other 18 20%
Unknown 12 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 32 35%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 14 15%
Medicine and Dentistry 8 9%
Psychology 3 3%
Chemistry 3 3%
Other 12 13%
Unknown 20 22%
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