The common colorectal cancer predisposition SNP rs6983267 at chromosome 8q24 confers potential to enhanced Wnt signaling

Sari Tuupanen; Mikko Turunen; Rainer Lehtonen; Outi Hallikas; Sakari Vanharanta; Teemu Kivioja; Mikael Bjorklund; Gonghong Wei; Jian Yan; Iina Niittymaki; Jukka-Pekka Mecklin; Heikki Jarvinen; Ari Ristimaki; Mariachiara Di-Bernardo; Phil East; Luis Carvajal-Carmona; Richard S. Houlston; Ian Tomlinson; Kimmo Palin; Esko Ukkonen; Auli Karhu; Jussi Taipale; Lauri A. Aaltonen

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The common colorectal cancer predisposition SNP rs6983267 at chromosome 8q24 confers potential to enhanced Wnt signaling

Sari Tuupanen, Mikko Turunen, Rainer Lehtonen, Outi Hallikas, Sakari Vanharanta, Teemu Kivioja, Mikael Bjorklund, Gonghong Wei, Jian Yan, Iina Niittymaki, Jukka-Pekka Mecklin, Heikki Jarvinen, Ari Ristimaki, Mariachiara Di-Bernardo, Phil East, Luis Carvajal-Carmona, Richard S. Houlston, Ian Tomlinson, Kimmo Palin, Esko UkkonenAuli Karhu, Jussi Taipale, Lauri A. Aaltonen

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Abstract

Homozygosity for the G allele of rs6983267 at 8q24 increases colorectal cancer (CRC) risk B1.5 fold. We report here that the risk allele G shows copy number increase during CRC development. Our computer algorithm, Enhancer Element Locator (EEL), identified an enhancer element that contains rs6983267. The element drove expression of a reporter gene in a pattern that is consistent with regulation by the key CRC pathway Wnt. rs6983267 affects a binding site for the Wnt-regulated transcription factor TCF4, with the risk allele G showing stronger binding in vitro and in vivo. Genome-wide ChIP assay revealed the element as the strongest TCF4 binding site within 1 Mb of MYC. An unambiguous correlation between rs6983267 genotype and MYC expression was not detected, and additional work is required to scrutinize all possible targets of the enhancer. Our work provides evidence that the common CRC predisposition associated with 8q24 arises from enhanced responsiveness to Wnt signaling.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	885-890
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nature Genetics
Volume	41
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.406
Publication status	Published - Aug 2009

Keywords

Genome-wide association
Beta-catenin
Prostate cancer
Susceptibility locus
Genetic variation
Colon cancer
Risk
Elements
Variants
Scan

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Tuupanen, S., Turunen, M., Lehtonen, R., Hallikas, O., Vanharanta, S., Kivioja, T., Bjorklund, M., Wei, G., Yan, J., Niittymaki, I., Mecklin, J-P., Jarvinen, H., Ristimaki, A., Di-Bernardo, M., East, P., Carvajal-Carmona, L., Houlston, R. S., Tomlinson, I., Palin, K., ... Aaltonen, L. A. (2009). The common colorectal cancer predisposition SNP rs6983267 at chromosome 8q24 confers potential to enhanced Wnt signaling. Nature Genetics, 41(8), 885-890. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.406

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The common colorectal cancer predisposition SNP rs6983267 at chromosome 8q24 confers potential to enhanced Wnt signaling

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