An original phylogenetic approach identified mitochondrial haplogroup T1a1 as inversely associated with breast cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers.

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avril 2015

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Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr MAUGARD Christine


Tous les auteurs :
Blein S, Bardel C, Danjean V, McGuffog L, Healey S, Barrowdale D, Lee A, Dennis J, Kuchenbaecker KB, Soucy P, Terry MB, Chung WK, Goldgar DE, Buys SS, Janavicius R, Tihomirova L, Tung N, Dorfling CM, van Rensburg EJ, Neuhausen SL, Ding YC, Gerdes AM, Ejlertsen B, Nielsen FC, Hansen TV, Osorio A, Benitez J, Andres-Conejero R, Segota E, Weitzel JN, Thelander M, Peterlongo P, Radice P, Pensotti V, Dolcetti R, Bonanni B, Peissel B, Zaffaroni D, Scuvera G, Manoukian S, Varesco L, Capone GL, Papi L, Ottini L, Yannoukakos D, Konstantopoulou I, Garber J, Hamann U, Donaldson A, Brady A, Brewer C, Foo C, Evans DG, Frost D, Eccles D, Douglas F, Cook J, Adlard J, Barwell J, Walker L, Izatt L, Side LE, Kennedy MJ, Tischkowitz M, Rogers MT, Porteous ME, Morrison PJ, Platte R, Eeles R, Davidson R, Hodgson S, Cole T, Godwin AK, Isaacs C, Claes K, De Leeneer K, Meindl A, Gehrig A, Wappenschmidt B, Sutter C, Engel C, Niederacher D, Steinemann D, Plendl H, Kast K, Rhiem K, Ditsch N, Arnold N, Varon-Mateeva R, Schmutzler RK, Preisler-Adams S, Markov NB, Wang-Gohrke S, de Pauw A, Lefol C, Lasset C, Leroux D, Rouleau E, Damiola F, Dreyfus H, Barjhoux L, Golmard L, Uhrhammer N, Bonadona V, Sornin V, Bignon YJ, Carter J, Van Le L, Piedmonte M, DiSilvestro PA, de la Hoya M, Caldes T, Nevanlinna H, Aittomaki K, Jager A, van den Ouweland AM, Kets CM, Aalfs CM, van Leeuwen FE, Hogervorst FB, Meijers-Heijboer HE, Oosterwijk JC, van Roozendaal KE, Rookus MA, Devilee P, van der Luijt RB, Olah E, Diez O, Teule A, Lazaro C, Blanco I, Del Valle J, Jakubowska A, Sukiennicki G, Gronwald J, Lubinski J, Durda K, Jaworska-Bieniek K, Agnarsson BA, Maugard C, Amadori A, Montagna M, Teixeira MR, Spurdle AB, Foulkes W, Olswold C, Lindor N, Pankratz VS, Szabo CI, Lincoln A, Jacobs L, Corines M, Robson M, Vijai J, Berger A, Fink-Retter A, Singer CF, Rappaport C, Kaulich DG, Pfeiler G, Tea MK, Greene MH, Mai PL, Rennert G, Imyanitov EN, Mulligan AM, Glendon G, Andrulis IL, Tchatchou S, Toland AE, Pedersen IS, Thomassen M, Kruse TA, Jensen UB, Caligo MA, Friedman E, Zidan J, Laitman Y, Lindblom A, Melin B, Arver B, Loman N, Rosenquist R, Olopade OI, Nussbaum RL, Ramus SJ, Nathanson KL, Domchek SM, Rebbeck TR, Arun BK, Mitchell G, Karlan BY, Lester J, Orsulic S, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Thomas G, Simard J, Couch FJ, Offit K, Easton DF, Chenevix-Trench G, Antoniou AC, Mazoyer S, Phelan CM, Sinilnikova OM, Cox DG

Résumé

INTRODUCTION: Individuals carrying pathogenic mutations in BRCA1/2 genes have a high lifetime risk of breast cancer. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are involved in DNA double strand break repair, DNA alterations that can be caused by exposure to reactive oxygen species, a main source of which are mitochondria. Mitochondrial genome variations affect electron transport chain efficiency and reactive oxygen species production. Individuals from different mitochondrial haplogroups differ in their metabolism and sensitivity to oxidative stress. Variability in mitochondrial genetic background can alter reactive oxygen species production, leading to cancer risk. Here we test the hypothesis that mitochondrial haplogroups modify breast cancer risk in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers. METHODS: We genotyped 22214 (11421 affected, 10793 unaffected) mutation carriers belonging to the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 for 129 mitochondrial polymorphisms using the iCOGS array. Haplogroup inference and association detection were performed using a phylogenetic approach. ALTree was applied to explore the reference mitochondrial evolutionary tree and detect subclades enriched for affected or unaffected individuals. RESULTS: We discovered that subclade T1a1 was depleted in affected BRCA2 mutation carriers than the rest of clade T, (Hazard Ratio (HR) = 0.55 (95% Confidence Interval (CI) 0.34-0.88, p-value = 0.01). Compared with the most frequent haplogroup in the general population i.e. H and T clade, the T1a1 haplogroup has an HR = 0.62 (95% CI = 0.40-0.95, p-value = 0.03). We also identified three potential susceptibility loci, including G13708A/rs28359178, which has demonstrated an inverse association with familial breast cancer risk. CONCLUSIONS: This study illustrates how original approaches like the phylogeny-based method we used can empower classical molecular epidemiological studies aimed at identifying association or risk modification effects.

Référence

Breast Cancer Res. 2015 Apr 25;17(1):61.