Combinations of cytochrome P450 gene polymorphisms enhancing the risk for sporadic colorectal cancer related to red meat consumption

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Jul;16(7):1460-7. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0236.

Abstract

Susceptibility to sporadic colorectal cancers (CRC) is generally thought to be the sum of complex interactions between environmental and genetic factors, all of which contribute independently, producing only a modest effect on the whole phenomenon. However, to date, most research has concealed the notion of interaction and merely focused on dissociate analyses of risk factors to highlight associations with CRC. By contrast, we have chosen a combinative approach here to explore the joint effects of several factors at a time. Through an association study based on 1,023 cases and 1,121 controls, we examined the influence on CRC risk of environmental factors coanalyzed with combinations of six single nucleotide polymorphisms located in cytochrome P450 genes (c.-163A>C and c.1548T>C in CYP1A2, g.-1293G>C and g.-1053C>T in CYP2E1, c.1294C>G in CYP1B1, and c.430C>T in CYP2C9). Whereas separate analyses of the SNPs showed no effect on CRC risk, three allelic variant combinations were found to be associated with a significant increase in CRC risk in interaction with an excessive red meat consumption, thereby exacerbating the intrinsic procarcinogenic effect of this dietary factor. One of these three predisposing combinations was also shown to interact positively with obesity. Provided that they are validated, our results suggest the need to develop robust combinative methods to improve genetic investigations into the susceptibility to CRC.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Alleles
  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / genetics
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Cohort Studies
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 / genetics
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1B1
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1 / genetics
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / genetics*
  • Diet*
  • Female
  • France / epidemiology
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meat*
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / genetics*
  • Risk Factors

Substances

  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
  • CYP2C9 protein, human
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1
  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases
  • CYP1B1 protein, human
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1B1