Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain.
Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Nursery, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain.
Sci Rep. 2018 Oct 18;8(1):15414. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-33712-4.
Association studies in osteosarcoma risk found significant results in intergenic regions, suggesting that regions which do not codify for proteins could play an important role. The deregulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) has been already associated with osteosarcoma. Consequently, genetic variants affecting miRNA function could be associated with risk. This study aimed to evaluate the involvement of all genetic variants in pre-miRNAs described so far in relationship to the risk of osteosarcoma. We analyzed a total of 213 genetic variants in 206 pre-miRNAs in two cohorts of osteosarcoma patients (n = 100) and their corresponding controls (n = 256) from Spanish and Slovenian populations, using Goldengate Veracode technology (Illumina). Four polymorphisms in pre-miRNAs at 14q32 miRNA cluster were associated with osteosarcoma risk in the Spanish population (rs12894467, rs61992671, rs58834075 and rs12879262). Pathway enrichment analysis including target genes of these miRNAs pointed out the WNT signaling pathways overrepresented. Moreover, different single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) effects between the two populations included were observed, suggesting the existence of population differences. In conclusion, 14q32 miRNA cluster seems to be a hotspot for osteosarcoma susceptibility in the Spanish population, but not in the Slovenian, which supports the idea of the existence of population differences in developing this disease.
骨肉瘤风险的关联研究在基因间区域发现了显著的结果,表明不编码蛋白质的区域可能发挥重要作用。microRNAs(miRNAs)的失调已与骨肉瘤相关。因此,影响 miRNA 功能的遗传变异可能与风险相关。本研究旨在评估迄今为止与骨肉瘤风险相关的所有 pre-miRNA 中的遗传变异的参与情况。我们使用 Goldengate Veracode 技术(Illumina),在来自西班牙和斯洛文尼亚人群的两个骨肉瘤患者队列(n=100)及其相应的对照者(n=256)中分析了总共 206 个 pre-miRNA 中的 213 个遗传变异。在西班牙人群中,14q32 miRNA 簇中的 4 个 pre-miRNA 多态性与骨肉瘤风险相关(rs12894467、rs61992671、rs58834075 和 rs12879262)。包括这些 miRNA 靶基因的通路富集分析指出,WNT 信号通路过度表达。此外,还观察到了两个人群之间不同的单核苷酸多态性(SNP)效应,表明存在人群差异。总之,14q32 miRNA 簇似乎是西班牙人群骨肉瘤易感性的热点,但在斯洛文尼亚人群中并非如此,这支持了在发生这种疾病方面存在人群差异的观点。