Gene-environment interactions relevant to estrogen and risk of breast cancer: Can gene-environment interactions be detected only among candidate snps from genome-wide association studies?

Joo Yong Park, Ji Yeob Choi*, Jaesung Choi, Seokang Chung, Nan Song, Sue K. Park, Wonshik Han, Dong Young Noh, Sei Hyun Ahn, Jong Won Lee, Mi Kyung Kim, Sun Ha Jee, Wanqing Wen, Manjeet K. Bolla, Qin Wang, Joe Dennis, Kyriaki Michailidou, Mitul Shah, Don M. Conroy, Patricia A. HarringtonRebecca Mayes, Kamila Czene, Per Hall, Lauren R. Teras, Alpa V. Patel, Fergus J. Couch, Janet E. Olson, Elinor J. Sawyer, Rebecca Roylance, Stig E. Bojesen, Henrik Flyger, Diether Lambrechts, Adinda Baten, Keitaro Matsuo, Hidemi Ito, Pascal Guénel, Thérèse Truong, Renske Keeman, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Anna H. Wu, Chiu Chen Tseng, Angela Cox, Simon S. Cross, Kconfab Investigators, Irene L. Andrulis, John L. Hopper, Melissa C. Southey, Pei Ei Wu, Chen Yang Shen, Peter A. Fasching, Arif B. Ekici, Kenneth Muir, Artitaya Lophatananon, Hermann Brenner, Volker Arndt, Michael E. Jones, Anthony J. Swerdlow, Reiner Hoppe, Yon Dschun Ko, Mikael Hartman, Jingmei Li, Arto Mannermaa, Jaana M. Hartikainen, Javier Benitez, Anna González-Neira, Christopher A. Haiman, Thilo Dörk, Natalia V. Bogdanova, Soo Hwang Teo, Nur Aishah Mohd Taib, Olivia Fletcher, Nichola Johnson, Mervi Grip, Robert Winqvist, Carl Blomqvist, Heli Nevanlinna, Annika Lindblom, Camilla Wendt, Vessela N. Kristensen, N. B.C.S. Collaborators, Rob A.E.M. Tollenaar, Bernadette A.M. Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Paolo Radice, Bernardo Bonanni, Ute Hamann, Mehdi Manoochehri, James V. Lacey, Maria Elena Martinez, Alison M. Dunning, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Douglas F. Easton, Keun Young Yoo, Daehee Kang

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Abstract

In this study we aim to examine gene-environment interactions (GxEs) between genes involved with estrogen metabolism and environmental factors related to estrogen exposure. GxE analyses were conducted with 1970 Korean breast cancer cases and 2052 controls in the case-control study, the Seoul Breast Cancer Study (SEBCS). A total of 11,555 SNPs from the 137 candidate genes were included in the GxE analyses with eight established environmental factors. A replication test was conducted by using an independent population from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC), with 62,485 Europeans and 9047 Asians. The GxE tests were performed by using two-step methods in GxEScan software. Two interactions were found in the SEBCS. The first interaction was shown between rs13035764 of NCOA1 and age at menarche in the GE|2df model (p-2df = 1.2 × 10−3 ). The age at menarche before 14 years old was associated with the high risk of breast cancer, and the risk was higher when subjects had homozygous minor allele G. The second GxE was shown between rs851998 near ESR1 and height in the GE|2df model (p-2df = 1.1 × 10−4 ). Height taller than 160 cm was associated with a high risk of breast cancer, and the risk increased when the minor allele was added. The findings were not replicated in the BCAC. These results would suggest specificity in Koreans for breast cancer risk.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2370
JournalCancers
Volume13
Issue number10
ISSN2072-6694
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 May 2021

Keywords

  • Breast cancer
  • Estrogen
  • Gene-environment interaction
  • estrogen
  • gene-environment interaction
  • breast cancer

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