Omega-3 Fatty Acids Interact With DPP10 Region Genotype in Association With Childhood Atopy

Associations of omega-3 fatty acids (-3) with allergic diseases are inconsistent, perhaps in part due to genetic variation. We sought to identify and validate genetic variants that modify associations of -3 with childhood asthma or atopy in participants in the Vitamin D Antenatal Asthma Reduction Trial (VDAART) and the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood 2010 (COPSAC). Dietary -3 was derived from food frequency questionnaires and plasma -3 was measured via untargeted mass spectrometry in early childhood and children aged 6 years old. Interactions of genotype with -3 in association with asthma or atopy at age 6 years were sought for six candidate genes/gene regions and genome-wide. Two SNPs in the region of (rs958457 and rs1516311) interacted with plasma -3 at age 3 years in VDAART ( = 0.007 and 0.003, respectively) and with plasma -3 at age 18 months in COPSAC ( = 0.01 and 0.02, respectively) in associationwith atopy. Another region SNP, rs1367180, interacted with dietary -3 at age 6 years in VDAART ( = 0.009) and with plasma -3 at age 6 years in COPSAC ( = 0.004) in association with atopy. No replicated interactions were identified for asthma. The effect of -3 on reducing childhood allergic disease may differ by individual factors, including genetic variation in the region.