Fine-mapping of IL16 gene and prostate cancer risk in African Americans

Ken Batai, Ebony Shah, Adam B. Murphy, Jennifer Newsome, Maria Ruden, Chiledum Ahaghotu, Rick A. Kittles

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Abstract

Background: Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer among men in the United States, and its incidence and mortality rates are disproportionate among ethnic groups. Although genome-wide association studies of European descents have identified candidate loci associated with prostate cancer risk, including a variant in IL16, replication studies in African Americans (AA) have been inconsistent. Here we explore single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) variation in IL16 in AAs and test for association with prostate cancer. Methods: Association tests were conducted for 2,257 genotyped and imputed SNPs spanning IL16 in 605AA prostate cancer cases and controls from Washington, D.C. Eleven of them were also genotyped in a replication population of 1,093 AAs from Chicago. We tested for allelic association adjusting for age, global and local West African ancestry. Results: Analyses of genotyped and imputed SNPs revealed that a cluster of IL16 SNPs were significantly associated with prostate cancer risk. The strongest association was found at rs7175701 (P = 9.8 × 10 -8). In the Chicago population, another SNP (rs11556218) was associated with prostate cancer risk (P = 0.01). In the pooled analysis, we identified three independent loci within IL16 that were associated with prostate cancer risk. SNP expression quantitative trait loci analyses revealed that rs7175701 is predicted to influence the expression of IL16 and other cancer-related genes. Conclusion: Our study provides evidence that IL16 polymorphisms play a role in prostate cancer susceptibility among AAs. Impact: Our findings are significant given that there has been limited focus on the role of IL16 genetic polymorphisms on prostate cancer risk in AAs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2059-2068
Number of pages10
JournalCancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
Volume21
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2012
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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