The 12p13.33/RAD52 Locus and Genetic Susceptibility to Squamous Cell Cancers of Upper Aerodigestive Tract

Manon Delahaye-Sourdeix, Javier Oliver, Maria N Timofeeva, Valérie Gaborieau, Mattias Johansson, Amélie Chabrier, Magdalena B Wozniak, Darren R Brenner, Maxime P Vallée, Devasena Anantharaman, Pagona Lagiou, Ivana Holcátová, Lorenzo Richiardi, Kristina Kjaerheim, Antonio Agudo, Xavier Castellsagué, Tatiana MacFarlane, Luigi Barzan, Cristina Canova, Nalin S ThakkerDavid I Conway, Ariana Znaor, Claire M Healy, Wolfgang Ahrens, David Zaridze, Neonilia Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Jolanta Lissowska, Eleonora Fabianova, Ioan Nicolae Mates, Vladimir Bencko, Lenka Foretova, Vladimir Janout, Maria Paula Curado, Sergio Koifman, Ana Menezes, Victor Wünsch-Filho, José Eluf-Neto, Paolo Boffetta, Leticia Fernández Garrote, Diego Serraino, Marcin Lener, Ewa Jaworowska, Jan Lubiński, Stefania Boccia, Thangarajan Rajkumar, Tanuja A Samant, Manoj B Mahimkar, Keitaro Matsuo, Silvia Franceschi, Graham Byrnes, Paul Brennan, James D McKay

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Abstract

Genetic variants located within the 12p13.33/RAD52 locus have been associated with lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC). Here, within 5,947 UADT cancers and 7,789 controls from 9 different studies, we found rs10849605, a common intronic variant in RAD52, to be also associated with upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) squamous cell carcinoma cases (OR = 1.09, 95% CI: 1.04-1.15, p = 6x10-4). We additionally identified rs10849605 as a RAD52 cis-eQTL inUADT(p = 1x10-3) and LUSC (p = 9x10-4) tumours, with the UADT/LUSC risk allele correlated with increased RAD52 expression levels. The 12p13.33 locus, encompassing rs10849605/RAD52, was identified as a significant somatic focal copy number amplification in UADT(n = 374, q-value = 0.075) and LUSC (n = 464, q-value = 0.007) tumors and correlated with higher RAD52 tumor expression levels (p = 6x10-48 and p = 3x10-29 in UADT and LUSC, respectively). In combination, these results implicate increased RAD52 expression in both genetic susceptibility and tumorigenesis of UADT and LUSC tumors.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere0117639
Number of pages12
JournalPloS ONE
Volume10
Issue number3
Early online date20 Mar 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Mar 2015

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Acknowledgments:
The authors thank all of the participants who took part in this research and the funders and support and technical staff who made this study possible. We also acknowledge and thank The Cancer Genome Atlas initiative whose data contributed heavily to this study.

Funding:
Funding for study coordination, genotyping of replication studies and statistical analysis was provided by the US National Institutes of Health (R01 CA092039 05/05S1) and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (1R03DE020116). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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