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ABSTRACT: Background
Epidemiological studies provide strong evidence for a role of endogenous sex hormones in the aetiology of breast cancer. The aim of this analysis was to identify genetic variants that are associated with urinary sex-hormone levels and breast cancer risk.Methods
We carried out a genome-wide association study of urinary oestrone-3-glucuronide and pregnanediol-3-glucuronide levels in 560 premenopausal women, with additional analysis of progesterone levels in 298 premenopausal women. To test for the association with breast cancer risk, we carried out follow-up genotyping in 90,916 cases and 89,893 controls from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. All women were of European ancestry.Results
For pregnanediol-3-glucuronide, there were no genome-wide significant associations; for oestrone-3-glucuronide, we identified a single peak mapping to the CYP3A locus, annotated by rs45446698. The minor rs45446698-C allele was associated with lower oestrone-3-glucuronide (-49.2%, 95% CI -56.1% to -41.1%, P?=?3.1?×?10-18); in follow-up analyses, rs45446698-C was also associated with lower progesterone (-26.7%, 95% CI -39.4% to -11.6%, P?=?0.001) and reduced risk of oestrogen and progesterone receptor-positive breast cancer (OR?=?0.86, 95% CI 0.82-0.91, P?=?6.9?×?10-8).Conclusions
The CYP3A7*1C allele is associated with reduced risk of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer possibly mediated via an effect on the metabolism of endogenous sex hormones in premenopausal women.
SUBMITTER: Johnson N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7884683 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Johnson Nichola N Maguire Sarah S Morra Anna A Kapoor Pooja Middha PM Tomczyk Katarzyna K Jones Michael E ME Schoemaker Minouk J MJ Gilham Clare C Bolla Manjeet K MK Wang Qin Q Dennis Joe J Ahearn Thomas U TU Andrulis Irene L IL Anton-Culver Hoda H Antonenkova Natalia N NN Arndt Volker V Aronson Kristan J KJ Augustinsson Annelie A Baynes Caroline C Freeman Laura E Beane LEB Beckmann Matthias W MW Benitez Javier J Bermisheva Marina M Blomqvist Carl C Boeckx Bram B Bogdanova Natalia V NV Bojesen Stig E SE Brauch Hiltrud H Brenner Hermann H Burwinkel Barbara B Campa Daniele D Canzian Federico F Castelao Jose E JE Chanock Stephen J SJ Chenevix-Trench Georgia G Clarke Christine L CL Conroy Don M DM Couch Fergus J FJ Cox Angela A Cross Simon S SS Czene Kamila K Dörk Thilo T Eliassen A Heather AH Engel Christoph C Evans D Gareth DG Fasching Peter A PA Figueroa Jonine J Floris Giuseppe G Flyger Henrik H Gago-Dominguez Manuela M Gapstur Susan M SM García-Closas Montserrat M Gaudet Mia M MM Giles Graham G GG Goldberg Mark S MS González-Neira Anna A Guénel Pascal P Hahnen Eric E Haiman Christopher A CA Håkansson Niclas N Hall Per P Hamann Ute U Harrington Patricia A PA Hart Steven N SN Hooning Maartje J MJ Hopper John L JL Howell Anthony A Hunter David J DJ Jager Agnes A Jakubowska Anna A John Esther M EM Kaaks Rudolf R Keeman Renske R Khusnutdinova Elza E Kitahara Cari M CM Kosma Veli-Matti VM Koutros Stella S Kraft Peter P Kristensen Vessela N VN Kurian Allison W AW Lambrechts Diether D Le Marchand Loic L Linet Martha M Lubiński Jan J Mannermaa Arto A Manoukian Siranoush S Margolin Sara S Martens John W M JWM Mavroudis Dimitrios D Mayes Rebecca R Meindl Alfons A Milne Roger L RL Neuhausen Susan L SL Nevanlinna Heli H Newman William G WG Nielsen Sune F SF Nordestgaard Børge G BG Obi Nadia N Olshan Andrew F AF Olson Janet E JE Olsson Håkan H Orban Ester E Park-Simon Tjoung-Won TW Peterlongo Paolo P Plaseska-Karanfilska Dijana D Pylkäs Katri K Rennert Gad G Rennert Hedy S HS Ruddy Kathryn J KJ Saloustros Emmanouil E Sandler Dale P DP Sawyer Elinor J EJ Schmutzler Rita K RK Scott Christopher C Shu Xiao-Ou XO Simard Jacques J Smichkoska Snezhana S Sohn Christof C Southey Melissa C MC Spinelli John J JJ Stone Jennifer J Tamimi Rulla M RM Taylor Jack A JA Tollenaar Rob A E M RAEM Tomlinson Ian I Troester Melissa A MA Truong Thérèse T Vachon Celine M CM van Veen Elke M EM Wang Sophia S SS Weinberg Clarice R CR Wendt Camilla C Wildiers Hans H Winqvist Robert R Wolk Alicja A Zheng Wei W Ziogas Argyrios A Dunning Alison M AM Pharoah Paul D P PDP Easton Douglas F DF Howie A Forbes AF Peto Julian J Dos-Santos-Silva Isabel I Swerdlow Anthony J AJ Chang-Claude Jenny J Schmidt Marjanka K MK Orr Nick N Fletcher Olivia O
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<h4>Background</h4>Epidemiological studies provide strong evidence for a role of endogenous sex hormones in the aetiology of breast cancer. The aim of this analysis was to identify genetic variants that are associated with urinary sex-hormone levels and breast cancer risk.<h4>Methods</h4>We carried out a genome-wide association study of urinary oestrone-3-glucuronide and pregnanediol-3-glucuronide levels in 560 premenopausal women, with additional analysis of progesterone levels in 298 premenopa ...[more]