A germline variant in the TP53 polyadenylation signal confers cancer susceptibility

Simon N Stacey, Patrick Sulem, Aslaug Jonasdottir, Gisli Masson, Julius Gudmundsson, Daniel F Gudbjartsson, Olafur T Magnusson, Sigurjon A Gudjonsson, Bardur Sigurgeirsson, Kristin Thorisdottir, Rafn Ragnarsson, Kristrun R Benediktsdottir, Bjørn Andersen Nexø, Anne Tjønneland, Kim Overvad, Peter Rudnai, Eugene Gurzau, Kvetoslava Koppova, Kari Hemminki, Cristina CorrederaVictoria Fuentelsaz, Pilar Grasa, Sebastian Navarrete, Fernando Fuertes, Maria D García-Prats, Enrique Sanambrosio, Angeles Panadero, Ana De Juan, Almudena Garcia, Fernando Rivera, Dolores Planelles, Virtudes Soriano, Celia Requena, Katja K Aben, Michelle M van Rossum, Ruben G H M Cremers, Inge M van Oort, Dick-Johan van Spronsen, Jack A Schalken, Wilbert H M Peters, Brian T Helfand, Jenny L Donovan, Freddie C Hamdy, Daniel Badescu, Ovidiu Codreanu, Karina Banasik, Torben Jørgensen, Daniel R Witte, Torben Hansen, Oluf Pedersen, Swedish Low-risk Colorectal Cancer Study Group

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Abstract

To identify new risk variants for cutaneous basal cell carcinoma, we performed a genome-wide association study of 16 million SNPs identified through whole-genome sequencing of 457 Icelanders. We imputed genotypes for 41,675 Illumina SNP chip-typed Icelanders and their relatives. In the discovery phase, the strongest signal came from rs78378222[C] (odds ratio (OR) = 2.36, P = 5.2 × 10(-17)), which has a frequency of 0.0192 in the Icelandic population. We then confirmed this association in non-Icelandic samples (OR = 1.75, P = 0.0060; overall OR = 2.16, P = 2.2 × 10(-20)). rs78378222 is in the 3' untranslated region of TP53 and changes the AATAAA polyadenylation signal to AATACA, resulting in impaired 3'-end processing of TP53 mRNA. Investigation of other tumor types identified associations of this SNP with prostate cancer (OR = 1.44, P = 2.4 × 10(-6)), glioma (OR = 2.35, P = 1.0 × 10(-5)) and colorectal adenoma (OR = 1.39, P = 1.6 × 10(-4)). However, we observed no effect for breast cancer, a common Li-Fraumeni syndrome tumor (OR = 1.06, P = 0.57, 95% confidence interval 0.88-1.27).
Original languageEnglish
JournalNature Genetics
Volume43
Issue number11
Pages (from-to)1098-1103
Number of pages6
ISSN1061-4036
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2011

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