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MicroRNA polymorphisms and risk of colorectal cancer.


ABSTRACT: miRNAs act as post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression. Genetic variation in miRNA-encoding sequences or their corresponding binding sites may affect the fidelity of the miRNA-mRNA interaction and subsequently alter the risk of cancer development.This study expanded the search for miRNA-related polymorphisms contributing to the etiology of colorectal cancer across the genome using a novel platform, the Axiom miRNA Target Site Genotyping Array (237,858 markers). After quality control, the study included 596 cases and 429 controls from the Molecular Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer study, a population-based case-control study of colorectal cancer in northern Israel. The association between each marker and colorectal cancer status was examined assuming a log-additive genetic model using logistic regression adjusted for sex, age, and two principal components.Twenty-three markers had P values less than 5.0E-04, and the most statistically significant association involved rs2985 (chr6:34845648; intronic of UHRF1BP1; OR = 0.66; P = 3.7E-05). Furthermore, this study replicated a previously published risk locus, rs1051690, in the 3'-untranslated region of the insulin receptor gene INSR (OR = 1.38; P = 0.03), with strong evidence of differences in INSR gene expression by genotype.This study is the first to examine associations between genetic variation in miRNA target sites and colorectal cancer using a genome-wide approach. Functional studies to identify allele-specific effects on miRNA binding are needed to confirm the regulatory capacity of genetic variation to influence risk of colorectal cancer.This study demonstrates the potential for an miRNA-targeted genome-wide association study to identify candidate susceptibility loci and prioritize them for functional characterization.

SUBMITTER: Schmit SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4867219 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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MicroRNA polymorphisms and risk of colorectal cancer.

Schmit Stephanie L SL   Gollub Jeremy J   Shapero Michael H MH   Huang Shu-Chen SC   Rennert Hedy S HS   Finn Andrea A   Rennert Gad G   Gruber Stephen B SB  

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20141023 1


<h4>Background</h4>miRNAs act as post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression. Genetic variation in miRNA-encoding sequences or their corresponding binding sites may affect the fidelity of the miRNA-mRNA interaction and subsequently alter the risk of cancer development.<h4>Methods</h4>This study expanded the search for miRNA-related polymorphisms contributing to the etiology of colorectal cancer across the genome using a novel platform, the Axiom miRNA Target Site Genotyping Array (237,858  ...[more]

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