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Positional integration of lung adenocarcinoma susceptibility loci with primary human alveolar epithelial cell epigenomes.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To identify functional lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) risk SNPs.

Materials & methods

Eighteen validated LUAD risk SNPs (p ≤ 5 × 10^-8) and 930 SNPs in high linkage disequilibrium (r² > 0.5) were integrated with epigenomic information from primary human alveolar epithelial cells. Enhancer-associated SNPs likely affecting transcription factor-binding sites were predicted. Three SNPs were functionally investigated using luciferase assays, expression quantitative trait loci and cancer-specific expression.

Results

Forty-seven SNPs mapped to putative enhancers; 11 located to open chromatin. Of these, seven altered predicted transcription factor-binding motifs. Rs6942067 showed allele-specific luciferase expression and expression quantitative trait loci analysis indicates that it influences expression of DCBLD1, a gene that encodes an unknown membrane protein and is overexpressed in LUAD.

Conclusion

Integration of candidate LUAD risk SNPS with epigenomic marks from normal alveolar epithelium identified numerous candidate functional LUAD risk SNPs including rs6942067, which appears to affect DCBLD1 expression. Data deposition: Data are provided in GEO record GSE84273.

SUBMITTER: Yang C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6391636 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Positional integration of lung adenocarcinoma susceptibility loci with primary human alveolar epithelial cell epigenomes.

Yang Chenchen C Stueve Theresa Ryan TR Yan Chunli C Rhie Suhn K SK Mullen Daniel J DJ Luo Jiao J Zhou Beiyun B Borok Zea Z Marconett Crystal N CN Offringa Ite A IA

Epigenomics 20180913 9

<h4>Aim</h4>To identify functional lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) risk SNPs.<h4>Materials & methods</h4>Eighteen validated LUAD risk SNPs (p ≤ 5 × 10<sup>-8</sup>) and 930 SNPs in high linkage disequilibrium (r<sup>2</sup> > 0.5) were integrated with epigenomic information from primary human alveolar epithelial cells. Enhancer-associated SNPs likely affecting transcription factor-binding sites were predicted. Three SNPs were functionally investigated using luciferase assays, expression quantitative ...[more]

PMID: 30212242

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Project description:Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is the predominant lung cancer subtype. To date, 15 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been reproducibly associated with LUAD susceptibility. However, as most SNPs identified in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are not located in the coding regions of genes and are co-inherited with hundreds of SNPs in linkage disequilibrium (LD), mechanistic links to disease outcomes remain largely unexplored. We hypothesized that some SNPs increase LUAD risk by affecting enhancers of gene transcription in alveolar epithelial cells (AECs), the purported cells of origin for LUAD. Forty-six LUAD risk-associated SNPs mapped to putative AEC enhancers, and 11 of these were located in FAIRE peaks. Of those, seven were predicted to form transcription factor binding motifs. For four of these, ChIPseq data confirmed the binding of the predicted transcription factors. We chose rs452384, rs6942067 and rs11364096 for functional validation. The reference (risk) allele for rs452384 forms an NKX2-1 binding site that is disrupted by the alternate allele, elicited a 42% increase in activity in H1648 LUAD cells relative to the alternative allele (P = 6.7 x 10-3), and was associated with elevated TERT levels in esophageal tissue (P = 6 x 10-8). The reference (risk) allele for rs6942067 forms an EP300 binding site disrupted by the alternate allele, elicits a 94% increase in enhancer activity relative to the alternative allele in H1648 LUAD cells (P = 2.7 x 10-2), and was associated with higher expression of potential oncogene DCBLD1 in blood (P = 5.2 x 10-16). Lastly, the alternate (risk) allele for rs11364096 disrupts binding sites for FOXA1, HDAC2 and SP1, elicits a 32% decrease in enhancer activity in A549 LUAD cells relative to the reference allele (P = 5.7 x 10-3), and LUAD data from The Cancer Genome Atlas indicates that this SNP is associated with altered expression in LUAD of four genes on other chromosomes. Our analyses provide possible mechanisms for the genetic susceptibility to LUAD, with the identification of three strong functional SNP candidates that appear to affect AEC enhancers. Further investigation of these enhancers and their target genes may ultimately yield more effective and personalized strategies for LUAD risk assessment, prevention and treatment.

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Positional integration of lung adenocarcinoma susceptibility loci with primary human alveolar epithelial cell epigenomes.

Aim

Materials & methods

Results

Conclusion

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Positional integration of lung adenocarcinoma susceptibility loci with primary human alveolar epithelial cell epigenomes.

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