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Walker LC, Fredericksen ZS, Wang X, Tarrell R, Pankratz VS, Lindor NM, Beesley J, Healey S, Chen X, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Tirapo C, Giraud S, Mazoyer S, Muller D, Fricker JP, Delnatte C, Schmutzler RK, Wappenschmidt B, Engel C, Schönbuchner I, Deissler H, Meindl A, Hogervorst FB, Verheus M, Hooning MJ, van den Ouweland AMW, Nelen MR, Ausems MGEM, Aalfs CM, van Asperen CJ, Devilee P, Gerrits MM, Waisfisz Q, Szabo CI, Easton DF, Peock S, Cook M, Oliver CT, Frost D, Harrington P, Evans DG, Lalloo F, Eeles R, Izatt L, Chu C, Davidson R, Eccles D, Ong KR, Cook J, Rebbeck T, Nathanson KL, Domchek SM, Singer CF, Gschwantler-Kaulich D, Dressler AC, Pfeiler G, Godwin AK, Heikkinen T, Nevanlinna H, Agnarsson BA, Caligo MA, Olsson H, Kristoffersson U, Liljegren A, Arver B, Karlsson P, Melin B, Sinilnikova OM, McGuffog L, Antoniou AC, Chenevix-Trench G, Spurdle AB, Couch FJ. Evidence for SMAD3 as a modifier of breast cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers. Breast Cancer Res 2010; 12:R102. [PMID: 21114847 PMCID: PMC3046447 DOI: 10.1186/bcr2785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2010] [Revised: 11/11/2010] [Accepted: 11/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Current attempts to identify genetic modifiers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 associated risk have focused on a candidate gene approach, based on knowledge of gene functions, or the development of large genome-wide association studies. In this study, we evaluated 24 SNPs tagged to 14 candidate genes derived through a novel approach that analysed gene expression differences to prioritise candidate modifier genes for association studies. METHODS We successfully genotyped 24 SNPs in a cohort of up to 4,724 BRCA1 and 2,693 BRCA2 female mutation carriers from 15 study groups and assessed whether these variants were associated with risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. RESULTS SNPs in five of the 14 candidate genes showed evidence of association with breast cancer risk for BRCA1 or BRCA2 carriers (P < 0.05). Notably, the minor alleles of two SNPs (rs7166081 and rs3825977) in high linkage disequilibrium (r² = 0.77), located at the SMAD3 locus (15q22), were each associated with increased breast cancer risk for BRCA2 mutation carriers (relative risk = 1.25, 95% confidence interval = 1.07 to 1.45, P(trend) = 0.004; and relative risk = 1.20, 95% confidence interval = 1.03 to 1.40, P(trend) = 0.018). CONCLUSIONS This study provides evidence that the SMAD3 gene, which encodes a key regulatory protein in the transforming growth factor beta signalling pathway and is known to interact directly with BRCA2, may contribute to increased risk of breast cancer in BRCA2 mutation carriers. This finding suggests that genes with expression associated with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation status are enriched for the presence of common genetic modifiers of breast cancer risk in these populations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Logan C Walker
- Division of Genetics and Population Health, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane 4029, Australia
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
| | - Xianshu Wang
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
| | - Robert Tarrell
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
| | - Vernon S Pankratz
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
| | - Noralane M Lindor
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
| | - Jonathan Beesley
- Division of Genetics and Population Health, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane 4029, Australia
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- Division of Genetics and Population Health, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane 4029, Australia
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- Division of Genetics and Population Health, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane 4029, Australia
| | - Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet
- INSERM U509, Service de Génétique Oncologique, Institut Curie, Université Paris-Descartes, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris cedex 05, France
| | - Carole Tirapo
- INSERM U509, Service de Génétique Oncologique, Institut Curie, Université Paris-Descartes, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris cedex 05, France
| | - Sophie Giraud
- Unité Mixte de Génétique Constitutionnelle des Cancers Fréquents, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lyon/Centre Léon Bérard, 28 Rue Laennec, 69008 Lyon, France
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- Equipe labellisée LIGUE 2008, UMR5201 CNRS, Centre Léon Bérard, Université de Lyon, 28 Rue Laennec, 69008 Lyon, France
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- Unité d'Oncogénétique, CLCC Paul Strauss, 3 rue de la Porte de l'Hoˆpital BP42, 67065 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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- Unité d'Oncogénétique, CLCC Paul Strauss, 3 rue de la Porte de l'Hoˆpital BP42, 67065 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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- Centre René Gauducheau, Boulevard Jacques Monod, Nantes 44805 Saint Herblain Cedex, France
| | - Rita K Schmutzler
- Centre for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cologne, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 50923 Cologne, Germany
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- Centre for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cologne, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 50923 Cologne, Germany
| | - Christoph Engel
- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Ritterstraße 26, 04109 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Würzburg, Sander Ring 2, 97070 Würzburg, Germany
| | - Helmut Deissler
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg 11, 89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Tumor Genetics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, Arcisstraße 21, 80333 Munich, Germany
| | - Frans B Hogervorst
- Family Cancer Clinic, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, Amsterdam 1066 CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, Amsterdam 1066 CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Family Cancer Clinic, Erasmus University Medical Center, Groene Hilledijk 301, 3075 EA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Family Cancer Clinic, Erasmus University Medical Center, Groene Hilledijk 301, 3075 EA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics 849, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht 3584 CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics & Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Csilla I Szabo
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
| | - Douglas F Easton
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Genetic Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, St Mary's Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 9LW, UK
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- Genetic Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, St Mary's Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 9LW, UK
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- Oncogenetics Team, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, 15 Cotswold Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5NG, UK
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- Clinical Genetics Department, Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, Guys Hospital, St Thomas Street, London SE1 9RT, UK
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- Yorkshire Regional Genetics Service, St. James's Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 TF7, UK
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- Ferguson-Smith Centre for Clinical Genetics, Block 4 Yorhill NHS Trust, Yorkhill, Glasgow G3 8SJ, UK
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- Wessex Clinical Genetics Service and Cancer Sciences Division, Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton SO16 5YA, UK
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- West Midlands Regional Genetics Service, Birmingham Women's Hospital Healthcare NHS Trust, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TG, UK
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- Sheffield Clinical Genetics Service, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2JF, UK
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- Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 531 BRB 2/3, 421 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 531 BRB 2/3, 421 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 531 BRB 2/3, 421 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Special Gynecology, Department of OB/GYN, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Special Gynecology, Department of OB/GYN, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Special Gynecology, Department of OB/GYN, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Special Gynecology, Department of OB/GYN, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Women's Cancer Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, University Hospital and University of Iceland School of Medicine, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Section of Genetic Oncology, University Hospital of Pisa, Via Roma 57, Pisa 56127, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Lund University Hospital, S-22185 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Lund University Hospital, S-22185 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 64 Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 64 Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-41345 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Oncology, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Equipe labellisée LIGUE 2008, UMR5201 CNRS, Centre Léon Bérard, Université de Lyon, 28 Rue Laennec, 69008 Lyon, France
- Unité d'Oncogénétique, CLCC Paul Strauss, 3 rue de la Porte de l'Hoˆpital BP42, 67065 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Population Health, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane 4029, Australia
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- Division of Genetics and Population Health, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane 4029, Australia
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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