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A comprehensive genome-wide analysis of melanoma Breslow thickness identifies interaction between CDC42 and SCIN genetic variants.

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Vaysse, A; Fang, S; Brossard, M; Wei, Q; Chen, WV; Mohamdi, H; Vincent-Fetita, L; Margaritte-Jeannin, P; Lavielle, N; Maubec, E; Lathrop, M ...
Published in: Int J Cancer
November 1, 2016

Breslow thickness (BT) is a major prognostic factor of cutaneous melanoma (CM), the most fatal skin cancer. The genetic component of BT has only been explored by candidate gene studies with inconsistent results. Our objective was to uncover the genetic factors underlying BT using an hypothesis-free genome-wide approach. Our analysis strategy integrated a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for BT followed by pathway analysis of GWAS outcomes using the gene-set enrichment analysis (GSEA) method and epistasis analysis within BT-associated pathways. This strategy was applied to two large CM datasets with Hapmap3-imputed SNP data: the French MELARISK study for discovery (966 cases) and the MD Anderson Cancer Center study (1,546 cases) for replication. While no marginal effect of individual SNPs was revealed through GWAS, three pathways, defined by gene ontology (GO) categories were significantly enriched in genes associated with BT (false discovery rate ≤5% in both studies): hormone activity, cytokine activity and myeloid cell differentiation. Epistasis analysis, within each significant GO, identified a statistically significant interaction between CDC42 and SCIN SNPs (pmeta-int =2.2 × 10(-6) , which met the overall multiple-testing corrected threshold of 2.5 × 10(-6) ). These two SNPs (and proxies) are strongly associated with CDC42 and SCIN gene expression levels and map to regulatory elements in skin cells. This interaction has important biological relevance since CDC42 and SCIN proteins have opposite effects in actin cytoskeleton organization and dynamics, a key mechanism underlying melanoma cell migration and invasion.

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Int J Cancer

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1097-0215

Publication Date

November 1, 2016

Volume

139

Issue

9

Start / End Page

2012 / 2020

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein
  • Skin Neoplasms
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Middle Aged
  • Melanoma, Cutaneous Malignant
  • Melanoma
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
 

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Vaysse, A., Fang, S., Brossard, M., Wei, Q., Chen, W. V., Mohamdi, H., … Demenais, F. (2016). A comprehensive genome-wide analysis of melanoma Breslow thickness identifies interaction between CDC42 and SCIN genetic variants. Int J Cancer, 139(9), 2012–2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.30245
Vaysse, Amaury, Shenying Fang, Myriam Brossard, Qingyi Wei, Wei V. Chen, Hamida Mohamdi, Lynda Vincent-Fetita, et al. “A comprehensive genome-wide analysis of melanoma Breslow thickness identifies interaction between CDC42 and SCIN genetic variants.Int J Cancer 139, no. 9 (November 1, 2016): 2012–20. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.30245.
Vaysse A, Fang S, Brossard M, Wei Q, Chen WV, Mohamdi H, et al. A comprehensive genome-wide analysis of melanoma Breslow thickness identifies interaction between CDC42 and SCIN genetic variants. Int J Cancer. 2016 Nov 1;139(9):2012–20.
Vaysse, Amaury, et al. “A comprehensive genome-wide analysis of melanoma Breslow thickness identifies interaction between CDC42 and SCIN genetic variants.Int J Cancer, vol. 139, no. 9, Nov. 2016, pp. 2012–20. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/ijc.30245.
Vaysse A, Fang S, Brossard M, Wei Q, Chen WV, Mohamdi H, Vincent-Fetita L, Margaritte-Jeannin P, Lavielle N, Maubec E, Lathrop M, Avril M-F, Amos CI, Lee JE, Demenais F. A comprehensive genome-wide analysis of melanoma Breslow thickness identifies interaction between CDC42 and SCIN genetic variants. Int J Cancer. 2016 Nov 1;139(9):2012–2020.
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Published In

Int J Cancer

DOI

EISSN

1097-0215

Publication Date

November 1, 2016

Volume

139

Issue

9

Start / End Page

2012 / 2020

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein
  • Skin Neoplasms
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Middle Aged
  • Melanoma, Cutaneous Malignant
  • Melanoma
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Genome-Wide Association Study