Genetic Determinants of Metabolism and Benign Prostate Enlargement: Associations with Prostate Volume

PLoS One. 2015 Jul 9;10(7):e0132028. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132028. eCollection 2015.

Abstract

Prostate enlargement leading to clinical benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is associated with metabolic dysregulation and obesity. The genetic basis of this association is unclear. Our objective was to evaluate whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) previously associated with metabolic disorders are also associated with prostate volume (PV). Participants included 876 men referred for prostate biopsy and found to be prostate cancer free. PV was measured by transrectal ultrasound. Samples were genotyped using the Illumina Cardio-MetaboChip platform. Multivariable adjusted linear regression models were used to evaluate SNPs (additive coding) in relation to natural-log transformed (log) PV. We compared SNP-PV results from biopsy-negative men to 442 men with low-grade prostate cancer with similar levels of obesity and PV. Beta-coefficients from the discovery and replication samples were then aggregated with fixed effects inverse variance weighted meta-analysis. SNP rs11736129 (near the pseudo-gene LOC100131429) was significantly associated with log-PV (beta: 0.16, p-value 1.16x10(-8)) after adjusting for multiple testing. Other noteworthy SNPs that were nominally associated (p-value < 1x10(-4)) with log-PV included rs9583484 (intronic SNP in COL4A2), rs10146527 (intronic SNP in NRXN3), rs9909466 (SNP near RPL32P31), and rs2241606 (synonymous SNP in SLC12A7). We found several SNPs in metabolic loci associated with PV. Further studies are needed to confirm our results and elucidate the mechanism between these genetic loci, PV, and clinical BPH.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Collagen Type IV / genetics
  • Genetic Loci
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Linear Models
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / genetics
  • Obesity / diagnostic imaging
  • Obesity / genetics
  • Obesity / pathology
  • Organ Size / genetics
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Prostate / diagnostic imaging
  • Prostate / physiopathology*
  • Prostatic Hyperplasia / diagnostic imaging
  • Prostatic Hyperplasia / genetics*
  • Prostatic Hyperplasia / pathology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / genetics
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Ribosomal Proteins / genetics
  • Sodium Channels / genetics
  • Symporters / genetics
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • COL4A2 protein, human
  • Collagen Type IV
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Ribosomal Proteins
  • SLC12A7 protein, human
  • Sodium Channels
  • Symporters
  • neurexin IIIalpha
  • ribosomal protein L32