Association study between polymorphisms in DNA methylation-related genes and testicular germ cell tumor risk

Chiara Grasso; Maja Popovic; Elena Isaevska; Fulvio Lazzarato; Valentina Fiano; Daniela Zugna; John Pluta; Benita Weathers; Kurt D'Andrea; Kristian Almstrup; Lynn Anson-Cartwright; D Timothy Bishop; Stephen J Chanock; Chu Chen; Victoria K Cortessis; Marlene D Dalgaard; Siamak Daneshmand; Alberto Ferlin; Carlo Foresta; Megan N Frone; Marija Gamulin; Jourik A Gietema; Mark H Greene; Tom Grotmol; Robert J Hamilton; Trine B Haugen; Russ Hauser; Robert Karlsson; Lambertus A Kiemeney; Davor Lessel; Patrizia Lista; Ragnhild A Lothe; Chey Loveday; Coby Meijer; Kevin T Nead; Jérémie Nsengimana; Rolf I Skotheim; Clare Turnbull; David J Vaughn; Fredrik Wiklund; Tongzhang Zheng; Andrea Zitella; Stephen M Schwartz; Katherine A McGlynn; Peter A Kanetsky; Katherine L Nathanson; Lorenzo Richiardi

doi:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-0123

Association study between polymorphisms in DNA methylation-related genes and testicular germ cell tumor risk

Chiara Grasso^*, Maja Popovic, Elena Isaevska, Fulvio Lazzarato, Valentina Fiano, Daniela Zugna, John Pluta, Benita Weathers, Kurt D'Andrea, Kristian Almstrup, Lynn Anson-Cartwright, D Timothy Bishop, Stephen J Chanock, Chu Chen, Victoria K Cortessis, Marlene D Dalgaard, Siamak Daneshmand, Alberto Ferlin, Carlo Foresta, Megan N FroneMarija Gamulin, Jourik A Gietema, Mark H Greene, Tom Grotmol, Robert J Hamilton, Trine B Haugen, Russ Hauser, Robert Karlsson, Lambertus A Kiemeney, Davor Lessel, Patrizia Lista, Ragnhild A Lothe, Chey Loveday, Coby Meijer, Kevin T Nead, Jérémie Nsengimana, Rolf I Skotheim, Clare Turnbull, David J Vaughn, Fredrik Wiklund, Tongzhang Zheng, Andrea Zitella, Stephen M Schwartz, Katherine A McGlynn, Peter A Kanetsky, Katherine L Nathanson, Lorenzo Richiardi

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BACKGROUND: Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs), histologically classified as seminomas and non-seminomas, are believed to arise from primordial gonocytes, with the maturation process blocked when are subjected to DNA methylation reprogramming. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in DNA methylation machinery and folate-dependent one-carbon metabolism genes have been postulated to influence the proper establishment of DNA methylation.

METHODS: In this pathway-focused investigation we evaluated the association between 273 selected tag SNPs from 28 DNA methylation-related genes and TGCT risk. We carried out association analysis at individual SNP and gene-based level using summary statistics from the Genome Wide Association Study meta-analysis recently conducted by the international Testicular Cancer Consortium on 10,156 TGCT cases and 179,683 controls.

RESULTS: In individual SNP analyses, seven SNPs, four mapping within MTHFR, were associated with TGCT risk after correction for multiple testing (q-value ≤.05). Queries of public databases showed that three of these SNPs were associated with MTHFR changes in enzymatic activity (rs1801133) or expression level in testis tissue (rs12121543, rs1476413). Gene-based analyses revealed MTHFR (q-value=8.4x10-4), MECP2 (q-value=2x10-3) and ZBTB4 (q-value=0.03) as the top TGCT-associated genes. Stratifying by tumor histology, four MTHFR SNPs were associated with seminoma. In gene-based analysis MTHFR was associated with risk of seminoma (q-value=2.8x10-4), but not with non-seminomatous tumors (q-value=0.22).

CONCLUSIONS: Genetic variants within MTHFR, potentially having an impact on the DNA methylation pattern, are associated with TGCT risk.

IMPACT: This finding suggests that TGCT pathogenesis could be associated to the folate cycle status, and this relation could be partly due to hereditary factors.

Originele taal-2	English
Pagina's (van-tot)	1769-1779
Aantal pagina's	11
Tijdschrift	Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
Volume	31
Nummer van het tijdschrift	9
DOI's	https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-0123
Status	Published - 1-sep.-2022

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Grasso, C., Popovic, M., Isaevska, E., Lazzarato, F., Fiano, V., Zugna, D., Pluta, J., Weathers, B., D'Andrea, K., Almstrup, K., Anson-Cartwright, L., Bishop, D. T., Chanock, S. J., Chen, C., Cortessis, V. K., Dalgaard, M. D., Daneshmand, S., Ferlin, A., Foresta, C., ... Richiardi, L. (2022). Association study between polymorphisms in DNA methylation-related genes and testicular germ cell tumor risk. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 31(9), 1769-1779. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-0123

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Grasso, C, Popovic, M, Isaevska, E, Lazzarato, F, Fiano, V, Zugna, D, Pluta, J, Weathers, B, D'Andrea, K, Almstrup, K, Anson-Cartwright, L, Bishop, DT, Chanock, SJ, Chen, C, Cortessis, VK, Dalgaard, MD, Daneshmand, S, Ferlin, A, Foresta, C, Frone, MN, Gamulin, M, Gietema, JA, Greene, MH, Grotmol, T, Hamilton, RJ, Haugen, TB, Hauser, R, Karlsson, R, Kiemeney, LA, Lessel, D, Lista, P, Lothe, RA, Loveday, C, Meijer, C, Nead, KT, Nsengimana, J, Skotheim, RI, Turnbull, C, Vaughn, DJ, Wiklund, F, Zheng, T, Zitella, A, Schwartz, SM, McGlynn, KA, Kanetsky, PA, Nathanson, KL & Richiardi, L 2022, 'Association study between polymorphisms in DNA methylation-related genes and testicular germ cell tumor risk', Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, vol. 31, nr. 9, blz. 1769-1779. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-0123

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AU - Fiano, Valentina

AU - Zugna, Daniela

AU - Pluta, John

AU - Weathers, Benita

AU - D'Andrea, Kurt

AU - Almstrup, Kristian

AU - Anson-Cartwright, Lynn

AU - Bishop, D Timothy

AU - Chanock, Stephen J

AU - Chen, Chu

AU - Cortessis, Victoria K

AU - Dalgaard, Marlene D

AU - Daneshmand, Siamak

AU - Ferlin, Alberto

AU - Foresta, Carlo

AU - Frone, Megan N

AU - Gamulin, Marija

AU - Gietema, Jourik A

AU - Greene, Mark H

AU - Grotmol, Tom

AU - Hamilton, Robert J

AU - Haugen, Trine B

AU - Hauser, Russ

AU - Karlsson, Robert

AU - Kiemeney, Lambertus A

AU - Lessel, Davor

AU - Lista, Patrizia

AU - Lothe, Ragnhild A

AU - Loveday, Chey

AU - Meijer, Coby

AU - Nead, Kevin T

AU - Nsengimana, Jérémie

AU - Skotheim, Rolf I

AU - Turnbull, Clare

AU - Vaughn, David J

AU - Wiklund, Fredrik

AU - Zheng, Tongzhang

AU - Zitella, Andrea

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N2 - BACKGROUND: Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs), histologically classified as seminomas and non-seminomas, are believed to arise from primordial gonocytes, with the maturation process blocked when are subjected to DNA methylation reprogramming. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in DNA methylation machinery and folate-dependent one-carbon metabolism genes have been postulated to influence the proper establishment of DNA methylation.METHODS: In this pathway-focused investigation we evaluated the association between 273 selected tag SNPs from 28 DNA methylation-related genes and TGCT risk. We carried out association analysis at individual SNP and gene-based level using summary statistics from the Genome Wide Association Study meta-analysis recently conducted by the international Testicular Cancer Consortium on 10,156 TGCT cases and 179,683 controls.RESULTS: In individual SNP analyses, seven SNPs, four mapping within MTHFR, were associated with TGCT risk after correction for multiple testing (q-value ≤.05). Queries of public databases showed that three of these SNPs were associated with MTHFR changes in enzymatic activity (rs1801133) or expression level in testis tissue (rs12121543, rs1476413). Gene-based analyses revealed MTHFR (q-value=8.4x10-4), MECP2 (q-value=2x10-3) and ZBTB4 (q-value=0.03) as the top TGCT-associated genes. Stratifying by tumor histology, four MTHFR SNPs were associated with seminoma. In gene-based analysis MTHFR was associated with risk of seminoma (q-value=2.8x10-4), but not with non-seminomatous tumors (q-value=0.22).CONCLUSIONS: Genetic variants within MTHFR, potentially having an impact on the DNA methylation pattern, are associated with TGCT risk.IMPACT: This finding suggests that TGCT pathogenesis could be associated to the folate cycle status, and this relation could be partly due to hereditary factors.

AB - BACKGROUND: Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs), histologically classified as seminomas and non-seminomas, are believed to arise from primordial gonocytes, with the maturation process blocked when are subjected to DNA methylation reprogramming. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in DNA methylation machinery and folate-dependent one-carbon metabolism genes have been postulated to influence the proper establishment of DNA methylation.METHODS: In this pathway-focused investigation we evaluated the association between 273 selected tag SNPs from 28 DNA methylation-related genes and TGCT risk. We carried out association analysis at individual SNP and gene-based level using summary statistics from the Genome Wide Association Study meta-analysis recently conducted by the international Testicular Cancer Consortium on 10,156 TGCT cases and 179,683 controls.RESULTS: In individual SNP analyses, seven SNPs, four mapping within MTHFR, were associated with TGCT risk after correction for multiple testing (q-value ≤.05). Queries of public databases showed that three of these SNPs were associated with MTHFR changes in enzymatic activity (rs1801133) or expression level in testis tissue (rs12121543, rs1476413). Gene-based analyses revealed MTHFR (q-value=8.4x10-4), MECP2 (q-value=2x10-3) and ZBTB4 (q-value=0.03) as the top TGCT-associated genes. Stratifying by tumor histology, four MTHFR SNPs were associated with seminoma. In gene-based analysis MTHFR was associated with risk of seminoma (q-value=2.8x10-4), but not with non-seminomatous tumors (q-value=0.22).CONCLUSIONS: Genetic variants within MTHFR, potentially having an impact on the DNA methylation pattern, are associated with TGCT risk.IMPACT: This finding suggests that TGCT pathogenesis could be associated to the folate cycle status, and this relation could be partly due to hereditary factors.

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