Abstract
Keywords: CDKN24, CHEK2, NOD2, cancer risk There is continuing interest in identifying low-penetrance genes which are associated with increased susceptibility to common types of cancer. There are several approaches to this problem, including the use of chip-based single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays to interrogate a large number of genes simultaneously and pre-selecting candidate genes of interest. Candidate genes for cancers of a particular site may be selected because they are known to predispose to malignancies of other organs, or because they are mutated somatically in the cells from the cancer of interest. It is possible that missense variants of genes for which truncating mutations are clearly pathogenic may also be deleterious, but with reduced penetrance. In this situation the association may be overlooked unless large numbers of cancers are studied. In our centre we performed population-based studies of common variants of three genes: a tumour-suppressor gene CDKN2A (OMIM 600160), NOD2 (OMIM 605956) involved in the chronic inflammation process, and CHEK2 (OMIM 604373) participating in the DNA damage response. To determine whether CDKN2A common variant A148T may be associated with an increased risk of malignancies at different sites of origin we genotyped a series of 8,263 unselected cancer cases and compared the frequency of the change observed in this population to 3,000 controls in Poland. To establish the range of cancer types associated with three CHEK2 mutations (VS2+1G → A, 1100delC, and I157T) we genotyped 4,008 unselected cases of cancer and 4,000 controls in Poland. In order to define the range of cancer phenotypes associated with the NOD2 3020insC mutation we examined 2,604 unselected invasive cancers of 12 different types and 1,910 controls from Poland.
Highlights
There is continuing interest in identifying lowpenetrance genes which are associated with increased susceptibility to common types of cancer
To determine whether CDKN2A common variant A148T may be associated with an increased risk of malignancies at different sites of origin we genotyped a series of 8,263 unselected cancer cases and compared the frequency of the change observed in this population to 3,000 controls in Poland
We showed an association between CDKN2A common variant and increased risk of malignant melanoma (OR=2.1), cancers of breast, lung (OR=2.0) and colon (OR=1.5) [1,2,3]
Summary
There is continuing interest in identifying lowpenetrance genes which are associated with increased susceptibility to common types of cancer. In our centre we performed population-based studies of common variants of three genes: a tumoursuppressor gene CDKN2A (OMIM 600160), NOD2 (OMIM 605956) involved in the chronic inflammation process, and CHEK2 (OMIM 604373) participating in the DNA damage response. To determine whether CDKN2A common variant A148T may be associated with an increased risk of malignancies at different sites of origin we genotyped a series of 8,263 unselected cancer cases and compared the frequency of the change observed in this population to 3,000 controls in Poland.
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