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Functional characterization of a multi-cancer risk locus on chr5p15.33 reveals regulation of TERT by ZNF148
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Journal Article
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Fang, JunJia, JinpingMakowski, MatthewXu, MaiWang, ZhaomingZhang, TongwuHoskins, Jason W.Choi, JiyeonHan, YounghunZhang, MingfengThomas, JanelleKovacs, MichaelCollins, IreneDzyadyk, MartaThompson, AbbeyO'Neill, MauraDas, SudiptoLan, QiKoster, RoelofCanzian, FedericoKooperberg, CharlesArslan, Alan ABracci, Paige MBuring, JulieDuell, Eric JGallinger, StevenJacobs, Eric JKamineni, ArunaVan Den Eeden, StephenKlein, Alison PKolonel, Laurence NLi, DonghuiOlson, Sara HRisch, Harvey ASesso, Howard DVisvanathan, KalaZheng, WeiAlbanes, DemetriusAustin, Melissa ABoutron-Ruault, Marie-ChristineBueno-de-Mesquita, H BasCotterchio, MichelleGaziano, J MichaelGiovannucci, Edward LGoggins, MichaelGross, MyronHassan, ManalHelzlsouer, Kathy JHolly, Elizabeth AHunter, David JJenab, MazdaKaaks, RudolfKey, Timothy JKhaw, Kay-TeeKrogh, VittorioKurtz, Robert CLaCroix, AndreaLe Marchand, LoicMannisto, SatuPatel, Alpa VPeeters, Petra H MRiboli, ElioShu, Xiao-OuSund, MalinThornquist, MarkTjønneland, AnneTobias, Geoffrey STrichopoulos, DimitriosWactawski-Wende, JeanYu, HerbertYu, KaiZeleniuch-Jacquotte, AnneHoover, RobertHartge, PatriciaFuchs, CharlesChanock, Stephen JStevens, VictoriaAlbanes, DemetriosCaporaso, Neil EBrennan, PaulMcKay, JamesWu, XifengHung, Rayjean JMcLaughlin, John RBickeboller, HeikeRisch, AngelaWichmann, ErichHoulston, RichardMann, GrahamHopper, JohnAitken, JoanneArmstrong, BruceGiles, GrahamHolland, ElizabethKefford, RichardCust, AnneJenkins, MarkSchmid, HelenPuig, SusanaAguilera, PaulaBadenas, CeliaBarreiro, AliciaCarrera, CristinaGabriel, DanielXavier, Pol GimenezIglesias-Garcia, PabloMalvehy, JosepMila, MontsePigem, RamonPotrony, MiriamBatille, Joan-AntonPuigMarti, Gemma TellHayward, NickMartin, NicholasMontgomery, GrantDuffy, DavidWhiteman, DavidGregor, Stuart MacCalista, DonatoLandi, GiorgiMinghetti, PaolaArcangeli, FabioBertazzi, Pier AlbertoGhiorzo, PaolaScarra, Giovanna BianchiPastorino, LorenzeBruno, WilliamAndreotti, VirginiaQueirolo, PaolaSpagnolo, FrancescoMackie, RonaLang, JulieGruis, Nellekevan Nieuwpoort, Frans AOut, CobyBergman, WilmaKukutsch, NicoleBavinck, Jan Nico BouwesBakker, Bertvan der Stoep, Nienketer Huurne, Jeanetvan der Rhee, HanBekkenk, MarcelSnels, Dyonvan Praag, MarinusBrochez, LieveGerritsen, RianneCrijns, MarianneVasen, HansJanssen, BartIngvar, ChristianOlsson, HakanJonsson, GoranBorg, AkeHarbst, KatjaNielsen, KariZander, Anita SchmidtMolvern, AndersHelsing, PerAndresen, Per ArneRootwelt, HelgeAkslen, Lars ABressac-de Paillerets, BrigitteDemenais, FlorenceAvril, Marie-FrancoiseChaudru, ValerieJeannin, PatriciaLesueur, FabienneMaubec, EveMohamdi, HamidaBossard, MyriamVaysse, AmauryBoitier, FrancoiseCaron, OliverCaux, FredericDalle, StephaneDereure, OliviierLeroux, DominiqueMartin, LudovicMateus, ChristineRobert, CarolineStoppa-Lyonnet, DominiqueThomas, LucWierzbicka, EvaElder, DavidMing, MichaelMitra, NanditaDebniak, TadeuszLubinski, JanHocevar, MarkoNovakovic, SrdjanPeric, BarbaraSkerl, PetraHansson, JohanHoiom, VeronicaFreidman, EitanAzizi, EstherBaron-Epel, OrnaScope, AlonPavlotsky, FelixCohen-Manheim, IritLaitman, YaelHarland, MarkRanderson-Moor, JulietteLaye, JonDavies, JohnNsengimana, JeremieO'Shea, SallyChan, MayGascoyne, JoTucker, Margaret AGoldstein, Alisa MYang, Xiaohong RStolzenberg-Solomon, Rachael S.Kraft, PeterWolpin, Brian M.Jansen, Pascal W. T. C.Olson, SaraMcGlynn, Katherine A.Kanetsky, Peter A.Chatterjee, NilanjanBarrett, Jennifer H.Dunning, Alison M.Taylor, John C.Newton-Bishop, Julia A.Bishop, D. TimothyAndresson, ThorkellPetersen, Gloria M.Amos, Christopher I.Iles, Mark M.Nathanson, Katherine L.Landi, Maria TeresaVermeulen, MichielBrown, Kevin M.Amundadottir, Laufey T.
Source
Fang, J., J. Jia, M. Makowski, M. Xu, Z. Wang, T. Zhang, J. W. Hoskins, et al. 2017. “Functional characterization of a multi-cancer risk locus on chr5p15.33 reveals regulation of TERT by ZNF148.” Nature Communications 8 (1): 15034. doi:10.1038/ncomms15034. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15034.
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Language
English
Abstract
Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have mapped multiple independent cancer susceptibility loci to chr5p15.33. Here, we show that fine-mapping of pancreatic and testicular cancer GWAS within one of these loci (Region 2 in CLPTM1L) focuses the signal to nine highly correlated SNPs. Of these, rs36115365-C associated with increased pancreatic and testicular but decreased lung cancer and melanoma risk, and exhibited preferred protein-binding and enhanced regulatory activity. Transcriptional gene silencing of this regulatory element repressed TERT expression in an allele-specific manner. Proteomic analysis identifies allele-preferred binding of Zinc finger protein 148 (ZNF148) to rs36115365-C, further supported by binding of purified recombinant ZNF148. Knockdown of ZNF148 results in reduced TERT expression, telomerase activity and telomere length. Our results indicate that the association with chr5p15.33-Region 2 may be explained by rs36115365, a variant influencing TERT expression via ZNF148 in a manner consistent with elevated TERT in carriers of the C allele.