TY - JOUR
T1 - Ovarian cancer risk associated with inherited inflammation- related variants
AU - White, Kristin L.
AU - Schildkraut, Joellen M.
AU - Palmieri, Rachel T.
AU - Iversen, Edwin S.
AU - Berchuck, Andrew
AU - Vierkant, Robert A.
AU - Rider, David N.
AU - Charbonneau, Bridget
AU - Cicek, Mine S.
AU - Sutphen, Rebecca
AU - Birrer, Michael J.
AU - Pharoah, Paul P.D.
AU - Song, Honglin
AU - Tyrer, Jonathan
AU - Gayther, Simon A.
AU - Ramus, Susan J.
AU - Wentzensen, Nicolas
AU - Yang, Hannah P.
AU - Garcia-Closas, Montserrat
AU - Phelan, Catherine M.
AU - Cunningham, Julie M.
AU - Fridley, Brooke L.
AU - Sellers, Thomas A.
AU - Goode, Ellen L.
PY - 2012/3/1
Y1 - 2012/3/1
N2 - The importance of inflammation pathways to the development of many human cancers prompted us to examine the associations between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in inflammation-related genes and risk of ovarian cancer. In a multisite case-control study, we genotyped SNPs in a large panel of inflammatory genes in 930 epithelial ovarian cancer cases and 1,037 controls using a custom array and analyzed by logistic regression. SNPs with P < 0.10 were evaluated among 3,143 cases and 2,102 controls from the Follow-up of Ovarian Cancer Genetic Association and Interaction Studies (FOCI) post-GWAS collaboration. Combined analysis revealed association with SNPs rs17561 and rs4848300 in the interleukin gene IL1A which varied by histologic subtype (Pheterogeneity = 0.03). For example, IL1A rs17561, which correlates with numerous inflammatory phenotypes, was associated with decreased risk of clear cell, mucinous, and endometrioid subtype, but not with the most common serous subtype. Genotype at rs1864414 in the arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase ALOX5 was also associated with decreased risk. Thus, inherited variation in IL1A and ALOX5 seems to affect ovarian cancer risk which, for IL1A, is limited to rarer subtypes. Given the importance of inflammation in tumorigenesis and growing evidence of subtype-specific features in ovarian cancer, functional investigations will be important to help clarify the importance of inherited variation related to inflammation in ovarian carcinogenesis.
AB - The importance of inflammation pathways to the development of many human cancers prompted us to examine the associations between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in inflammation-related genes and risk of ovarian cancer. In a multisite case-control study, we genotyped SNPs in a large panel of inflammatory genes in 930 epithelial ovarian cancer cases and 1,037 controls using a custom array and analyzed by logistic regression. SNPs with P < 0.10 were evaluated among 3,143 cases and 2,102 controls from the Follow-up of Ovarian Cancer Genetic Association and Interaction Studies (FOCI) post-GWAS collaboration. Combined analysis revealed association with SNPs rs17561 and rs4848300 in the interleukin gene IL1A which varied by histologic subtype (Pheterogeneity = 0.03). For example, IL1A rs17561, which correlates with numerous inflammatory phenotypes, was associated with decreased risk of clear cell, mucinous, and endometrioid subtype, but not with the most common serous subtype. Genotype at rs1864414 in the arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase ALOX5 was also associated with decreased risk. Thus, inherited variation in IL1A and ALOX5 seems to affect ovarian cancer risk which, for IL1A, is limited to rarer subtypes. Given the importance of inflammation in tumorigenesis and growing evidence of subtype-specific features in ovarian cancer, functional investigations will be important to help clarify the importance of inherited variation related to inflammation in ovarian carcinogenesis.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84863288741&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84863288741&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-11-3512
DO - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-11-3512
M3 - Article
C2 - 22282663
AN - SCOPUS:84863288741
SN - 0008-5472
VL - 72
SP - 1064
EP - 1069
JO - Cancer research
JF - Cancer research
IS - 5
ER -