Risk of multiple myeloma is associated with polymorphisms within telomerase genes and telomere length

Daniele Campa; Alessandro Martino; Judit Varkonyi; Fabienne Lesueur; Krzysztof Jamroziak; Stefano Landi; Artur Jurczyszyn; Herlander Marques; Vibeke Andersen; Manuel Jurado; Hermann Brenner; Mario Petrini; Ulla Vogel; Ramón García-Sanz; Gabriele Buda; Federica Gemignani; Rafael Ríos; Annette Juul Vangsted; Charles Dumontet; Joaquín Martínez-López; María José Moreno; Anna Stępień; Marzena Wątek; Victor Moreno; Aida Karina Dieffenbach; Anna Maria Rossi; Katja Butterbach; Svend E Hove Jacobsen; Hartmut Goldschmidt; Juan Sainz; Jens Hillengass; Enrico Orciuolo; Marek Dudziński; Niels Weinhold; Rui Manuel Reis; Federico Canzian

doi:10.1002/ijc.29101

Risk of multiple myeloma is associated with polymorphisms within telomerase genes and telomere length

Daniele Campa, Alessandro Martino, Judit Varkonyi, Fabienne Lesueur, Krzysztof Jamroziak, Stefano Landi, Artur Jurczyszyn, Herlander Marques, Vibeke Andersen, Manuel Jurado, Hermann Brenner, Mario Petrini, Ulla Vogel, Ramón García-Sanz, Gabriele Buda, Federica Gemignani, Rafael Ríos, Annette Juul Vangsted, Charles Dumontet, Joaquín Martínez-LópezMaría José Moreno, Anna Stępień, Marzena Wątek, Victor Moreno, Aida Karina Dieffenbach, Anna Maria Rossi, Katja Butterbach, Svend E Hove Jacobsen, Hartmut Goldschmidt, Juan Sainz, Jens Hillengass, Enrico Orciuolo, Marek Dudziński, Niels Weinhold, Rui Manuel Reis, Federico Canzian

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Abstract

Compelling biological and epidemiological evidences point to a key role of genetic variants of the TERT and TERC genes in cancer development. We analyzed the genetic variability of these two gene regions using samples of 2,267 multiple myeloma (MM) cases and 2,796 healthy controls. We found that a TERT variant, rs2242652, is associated with reduced MM susceptibility (OR = 0.81; 95% CI: 0.72-0.92; p = 0.001). In addition we measured the leukocyte telomere length (LTL) in a subgroup of 140 cases who were chemotherapy-free at the time of blood donation and 468 controls, and found that MM patients had longer telomeres compared to controls (OR = 1.19; 95% CI: 0.63-2.24; p(trend) = 0.01 comparing the quartile with the longest LTL versus the shortest LTL). Our data suggest the hypothesis of decreased disease risk by genetic variants that reduce the efficiency of the telomerase complex. This reduced efficiency leads to shorter telomere ends, which in turn may also be a marker of decreased MM risk.

Original language	English
Journal	International Journal of Cancer
Volume	136
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	E351-8
ISSN	0020-7136
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29101
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2015

Keywords

Aged
Case-Control Studies
Cohort Studies
Computational Biology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Germany
Humans
Leukocytes
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Myeloma
Polymorphism, Genetic
Prognosis
Risk Factors
Telomerase
Telomere Homeostasis

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Campa, D., Martino, A., Varkonyi, J., Lesueur, F., Jamroziak, K., Landi, S., Jurczyszyn, A., Marques, H., Andersen, V., Jurado, M., Brenner, H., Petrini, M., Vogel, U., García-Sanz, R., Buda, G., Gemignani, F., Ríos, R., Vangsted, A. J., Dumontet, C., ... Canzian, F. (2015). Risk of multiple myeloma is associated with polymorphisms within telomerase genes and telomere length. International Journal of Cancer, 136(5), E351-8. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29101

Campa, D, Martino, A, Varkonyi, J, Lesueur, F, Jamroziak, K, Landi, S, Jurczyszyn, A, Marques, H, Andersen, V, Jurado, M, Brenner, H, Petrini, M, Vogel, U, García-Sanz, R, Buda, G, Gemignani, F, Ríos, R, Vangsted, AJ, Dumontet, C, Martínez-López, J, Moreno, MJ, Stępień, A, Wątek, M, Moreno, V, Dieffenbach, AK, Rossi, AM, Butterbach, K, Jacobsen, SEH, Goldschmidt, H, Sainz, J, Hillengass, J, Orciuolo, E, Dudziński, M, Weinhold, N, Reis, RM & Canzian, F 2015, 'Risk of multiple myeloma is associated with polymorphisms within telomerase genes and telomere length', International Journal of Cancer, vol. 136, no. 5, pp. E351-8. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29101

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Risk of multiple myeloma is associated with polymorphisms within telomerase genes and telomere length

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