Evaluating the Association of Eight Polymorphisms with Cancer Susceptibility in a Han Chinese Population

Ying Dong; Jing Chen; Zhiqiang Chen; Chaoyong Tian; Huaisheng Lu; Jigang Ruan; Wenjun Yang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132797

Evaluating the Association of Eight Polymorphisms with Cancer Susceptibility in a Han Chinese Population

PLoS One. 2015 Jul 15;10(7):e0132797. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132797. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Ying Dong¹, Jing Chen², Zhiqiang Chen³, Chaoyong Tian², Huaisheng Lu⁴, Jigang Ruan⁵, Wenjun Yang¹

Affiliations

¹ Medical Oncology Department of General Hospital, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China; Key Laboratory of Ningxia Reproduction and Heredity, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China.
² Key Laboratory of Ningxia Reproduction and Heredity, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China.
³ Radiology Department of General Hospital, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China.
⁴ Pathology Department of Ningxia People's Hospital, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China.
⁵ Digestive Department of General Hospital, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China.

Abstract

Background: The identification of susceptibility genes for specific types of cancer can provide necessary information for the complete characterization of cancer syndromes. Eight single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs465498, rs17728461, rs4488809, rs753955, rs13361707, rs9841504, rs2274223, and rs13042395, were reported by genome wide association studies (GWASs) to be closely related to the susceptibility of lung cancer (LC), gastric cancer (GC) or esophageal cancer (EC) in Han population from northern or southern China. However, Chinese Han people from different geographic areas may have different genetic backgrounds. This study aims to assess the genetic associations of the eight SNPs mentioned above with three cancers risk in a Han population from northwest China.

Methods: A total of 186 cancer-free controls and 436 cases with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (159 cases), non-cardia GC (167 cases) or EC (110 cases) were enrolled in this study. Chi-square test and polytomous logistic regression analyses were used to estimate the association between eight cancer-related SNPs and three cancers in a Han Chinese population from northwest China. The logistic regression results were adjusted for confounding factors and Benjamini and Hochberg False Discovery Rate (FDR) method was used to adjust the multiple hypothesis tests. Association analyses by cigarette smoking or alcohol drinking status were analyzed by crossover analyses.

Results: One of the eight SNPs, rs17728461 was associated with NSCLC susceptibility (in a heterozygous model, OR = 0.44, 95% CI = 0.27-0.72, p = 0.001). Two SNPs, rs753955 and rs13042395, were associated with the risk of non-cardia GC in different genetic models (p < 0.05). No SNPs were associated with EC. The crossover analyses showed that the rs13042395 CT genotype, combined with cigarette smoking or alcohol drinking, could further increase the risk for non-cardia GC (p < 0.05).

Conclusions: These results indicated that rs17728461 may be specifically associated with the risk of NSCLC. rs753955 and rs13042395 were specifically associated with susceptibility to non-cardia GC in Ningxia Han Chinese. Susceptibility-associated polymorphisms in the northwestern Han Chinese were not very consistent with those in the northern Han Chinese or southern Han Chinese. The validation of these findings with a functional evaluation and a larger population is still required.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Alcohol Drinking / adverse effects
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / genetics*
Case-Control Studies
China
Cross-Over Studies
Esophageal Neoplasms / genetics
Female
Gene Frequency
Genetic Association Studies
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / genetics*
Male
Middle Aged
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide*
Risk Factors
Smoking / adverse effects
Stomach Neoplasms / genetics*

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant numbers 81460434, 81160249, 81260339, 81301886, and 81160252 to WJY, JC, and HSL; http://www.nsfc.gov.cn/), the Ningxia Natural Science Foundation (grant number NZ13057 to WJY). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.