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Genetic modifiers of CHEK2*1100delC-associated breast cancer risk
Document Type
article
Source
Genetics in Medicine. 19(5)
Subject
Cancer
Prevention
Breast Cancer
2.1 Biological and endogenous factors
Aetiology
Breast Neoplasms
Checkpoint Kinase 2
Female
Genes
Modifier
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Odds Ratio
Penetrance
Sequence Deletion
breast cancer
Breast Cancer Association Consortium
CHEK2*1100delC
common variants
polygenic risk score
NBCS Investigators
kConFab/AOCS Investigators
Genetics
Clinical Sciences
Genetics & Heredity
Language
Abstract
PurposeCHEK2*1100delC is a founder variant in European populations that confers a two- to threefold increased risk of breast cancer (BC). Epidemiologic and family studies have suggested that the risk associated with CHEK2*1100delC is modified by other genetic factors in a multiplicative fashion. We have investigated this empirically using data from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC).MethodsUsing genotype data from 39,139 (624 1100delC carriers) BC patients and 40,063 (224) healthy controls from 32 BCAC studies, we analyzed the combined risk effects of CHEK2*1100delC and 77 common variants in terms of a polygenic risk score (PRS) and pairwise interaction.ResultsThe PRS conferred odds ratios (OR) of 1.59 (95% CI: 1.21-2.09) per standard deviation for BC for CHEK2*1100delC carriers and 1.58 (1.55-1.62) for noncarriers. No evidence of deviation from the multiplicative model was found. The OR for the highest quintile of the PRS was 2.03 (0.86-4.78) for CHEK2*1100delC carriers, placing them in the high risk category according to UK NICE guidelines. The OR for the lowest quintile was 0.52 (0.16-1.74), indicating a lifetime risk close to the population average.ConclusionOur results confirm the multiplicative nature of risk effects conferred by CHEK2*1100delC and the common susceptibility variants. Furthermore, the PRS could identify carriers at a high lifetime risk for clinical actions.Genet Med advance online publication 06 October 2016.