Common variation at 6p21.31 (BAK1) influences the risk of chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Author:

Slager Susan L.1,Skibola Christine F.2,Di Bernardo Maria Chiara3,Conde Lucia2,Broderick Peter3,McDonnell Shannon K.1,Goldin Lynn R.4,Croft Naomi3,Holroyd Amy3,Harris Shelley3,Riby Jacques2,Serie Daniel J.1,Kay Neil E.1,Call Timothy G.1,Bracci Paige M.5,Halperin Eran6,Lanasa Mark C.7,Cunningham Julie M.1,Leis Jose F.1,Morrison Vicki A.89,Spector Logan G.9,Vachon Celine M.1,Shanafelt Tait D.1,Strom Sara S.10,Camp Nicola J.11,Weinberg J. Brice712,Matutes Estella13,Caporaso Neil E.4,Wade Rachel14,Dyer Martin J. S.15,Dearden Claire13,Cerhan James R.1,Catovsky Daniel13,Houlston Richard S.3

Affiliation:

1. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN;

2. Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA;

3. Molecular and Population Genetics, Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom;

4. Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD;

5. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA;

6. Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel;

7. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC;

8. Minneapolis Veterans Administration Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN;

9. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN;

10. The MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX;

11. University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT;

12. Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, NC;

13. Section of Haemato-Oncology, Division of Pathology, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom;

14. Clinical Trial Service Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; and

15. Department of Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine, Leicester University, Leicester, United Kingdom

Abstract

Abstract We performed a meta-analysis of 3 genome-wide association studies to identify additional common variants influencing chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) risk. The discovery phase was composed of genome-wide association study data from 1121 cases and 3745 controls. Replication analysis was performed in 861 cases and 2033 controls. We identified a novel CLL risk locus at 6p21.33 (rs210142; intronic to the BAK1 gene, BCL2 antagonist killer 1; P = 9.47 × 10−16). A strong relationship between risk genotype and reduced BAK1 expression was shown in lymphoblastoid cell lines. This finding provides additional support for polygenic inheritance to CLL and provides further insight into the biologic basis of disease development.

Publisher

American Society of Hematology

Subject

Cell Biology,Hematology,Immunology,Biochemistry

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