Four Loci Are Associated with Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Endurance Performance in Young Chinese Females

Sci Rep. 2020 Jun 22;10(1):10117. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-67045-y.

Abstract

Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and endurance performance are characterized by a complex genetic trait with high heritability. Although research has identified many physiological and environmental correlates with CRF, the genetic architecture contributing to CRF remains unclear, especially in non-athlete population. A total of 762 Chinese young female participants were recruited and an endurance run test was used to determine CRF. We used a fixed model of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for CRF. Genotyping was performed using the Affymetrix Axiom and illumina 1 M arrays. After quality control and imputation, a linear regression-based association analysis was conducted using a total of 5,149,327 variants. Four loci associated with CRF were identified to reach genome-wide significance (P < 5.0 × 10-8), which located in 15q21.3 (rs17240160, P = 1.73 × 10-9, GCOM1), 3q25.31 (rs819865, P = 8.56 × 10-9, GMPS), 21q22.3 (rs117828698, P = 9.59 × 10-9, COL18A1), and 17q24.2 (rs79806428, P = 3.85 × 10-8, PRKCA). These loci (GCOM1, GMPS, COL18A1 and PRKCA) associated with cardiorespiratory fitness and endurance performance in Chinese non-athlete young females. Our results suggest that these gene polymorphisms provide further genetic evidence for the polygenetic nature of cardiorespiratory endurance and be used as genetic biomarkers for future research.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Asian People / genetics
  • Body Mass Index
  • COP9 Signalosome Complex / genetics
  • Cardiorespiratory Fitness / physiology*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology
  • China
  • Collagen Type VIII / genetics
  • Collagen Type XVIII
  • Female
  • Genome-Wide Association Study / methods
  • Humans
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / genetics
  • Physical Endurance / genetics*
  • Physical Fitness / physiology*
  • Protein Kinase C-alpha / genetics
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • COL18A1 protein, human
  • Collagen Type VIII
  • Collagen Type XVIII
  • GPS1 protein, human
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • MYZAP protein, human
  • PRKCA protein, human
  • Protein Kinase C-alpha
  • COP9 Signalosome Complex