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KLK3 SNP-SNP interactions for prediction of prostate cancer aggressiveness
Authors: Lin Hui-Yi, Huang Po-Yu, Cheng Chia-Ho, Tung Heng-Yuan, Fang Zhide, Berglund Anders E., Chen Ann, French-Kwawu Jennifer, Harris Darian, Pow-Sang Julio, Yamoah Kosj, Cleveland John L., Awasthi Shivanshu, Rounbehler Robert J., Gerke Travis, Dhillon Jasreman, Eeles Rosalind, Kote-Jarai Zsofia, Muir Kenneth, Schleutker Johanna, Pashayan Nora, Neal David E., Nielsen Sune F., Nordestgaard Børge G., Gronberg Henrik, Wiklund Fredrik, Giles Graham G., Haiman Christopher A., Travis Ruth C., Stanford Janet L., Kibel Adam S., Cybulski Cezary, Khaw Kay-Tee, Maier Christiane, Thibodeau Stephen N., Teixeira Manuel R., Cannon-Albright Lisa, Brenner Hermann, Kaneva Radka, Pandha Hardev, Srinivasan Srilakshmi, Clements Judith, Batra Jyotsna, Park Jong Y.; UKGPCS collaborators; APCB(Australian Prostate Cancer BioResource); The PRACTICAL consortium
Publisher: NATURE RESEARCH
Publication year: 2021
Journal: Scientific Reports
Journal name in source: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Journal acronym: SCI REP-UK
Article number: ARTN 9264
Volume: 11
Issue: 1
Number of pages: 15
ISSN: 2045-2322
eISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85169-7
Web address : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-85169-7
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/59424269
Risk classification for prostate cancer (PCa) aggressiveness and underlying mechanisms remain inadequate. Interactions between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) may provide a solution to fill these gaps. To identify SNP-SNP interactions in the four pathways (the angiogenesis-, mitochondria-, miRNA-, and androgen metabolism-related pathways) associated with PCa aggressiveness, we tested 8587 SNPs for 20,729 cases from the PCa consortium. We identified 3 KLK3 SNPs, and 1083 (P<3.5x10-9) and 3145 (P<1x10-5) SNP-SNP interaction pairs significantly associated with PCa aggressiveness. These SNP pairs associated with PCa aggressiveness were more significant than each of their constituent SNP individual effects. The majority (98.6%) of the 3145 pairs involved KLK3. The 3 most common gene-gene interactions were KLK3-COL4A1:COL4A2, KLK3-CDH13, and KLK3-TGFBR3. Predictions from the SNP interaction-based polygenic risk score based on 24 SNP pairs are promising. The prevalence of PCa aggressiveness was 49.8%, 21.9%, and 7.0% for the PCa cases from our cohort with the top 1%, middle 50%, and bottom 1% risk profiles. Potential biological functions of the identified KLK3 SNP-SNP interactions were supported by gene expression and protein-protein interaction results. Our findings suggest KLK3 SNP interactions may play an important role in PCa aggressiveness.
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