Inherited coding variants at the CDKN2A locus influence susceptibility to acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in children

Heng Xu, Hui Zhang, Wenjian Yang, Rachita Yadav, Alanna C Morrison, Maoxiang Qian, Meenakshi Devidas, Yu Liu, Virginia Perez-Andreu, Xujie Zhao, Julie M Gastier-Foster, Philip J Lupo, Geoff Neale, Elizabeth Raetz, Eric Larsen, W Paul Bowman, William L Carroll, Naomi Winick, Richard Williams, Torben HansenJens-Christian Holm, Elaine Mardis, Robert Fulton, Ching-Hon Pui, Jinghui Zhang, Charles G Mullighan, William E Evans, Stephen P Hunger, Ramneek Gupta, K. Schmiegelow, Mignon L Loh, Mary V Relling, Jun J Yang

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Abstract

There is increasing evidence from genome-wide association studies for a strong inherited genetic basis of susceptibility to acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in children, yet the effects of protein-coding variants on ALL risk have not been systematically evaluated. Here we show a missense variant in CDKN2A associated with the development of ALL at genome-wide significance (rs3731249, P=9.4 × 10−23, odds ratio=2.23). Functional studies indicate that this hypomorphic variant results in reduced tumour suppressor function of p16INK4A, increases the susceptibility to leukaemic transformation of haematopoietic progenitor cells, and is preferentially retained in ALL tumour cells. Resequencing the CDKN2ACDKN2B locus in 2,407 childhood ALL cases reveals 19 additional putative functional germline variants. These results provide direct functional evidence for the influence of inherited genetic variation on ALL risk, highlighting the important and complex roles of CDKN2ACDKN2B tumour suppressors in leukaemogenesis.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer7553
TidsskriftNature Communications
Vol/bind6
Sider (fra-til)1-7
Antal sider7
ISSN2041-1723
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 24 jun. 2015

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