• Etiologie

  • Facteurs endogènes

  • Système nerveux central

Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups and susceptibility to neuroblastoma

Menée aux Etats-Unis à l'aide de données sur les polymorphismes nucléotidiques et d'échantillons sanguins prélevés auprès de 2 404 patients pédiatriques atteints d'un neuroblastome et de 9 310 témoins, puis répliquée dans une cohorte indépendante de 930 cas et 3 611 témoins, cette étude analyse l'association entre des haplogroupes d'ADN mitochondrial et le risque de développer la maladie

Neuroblastoma is a childhood malignancy that arises from the developing sympathetic nervous system. Although mitochondrial dysfunctions have been implicated in the pathophysiology of neuroblastoma, the role of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has not been extensively investigated.2,404 Caucasian children diagnosed with neuroblastoma and 9,310 ancestry-matched controls were recruited at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The mtDNA haplogroups were identified from SNP array data of two independent cohorts. We conducted a case-control study to explore potential associations of mtDNA haplogroups with the susceptibility of neuroblastoma. The genetic effect of neuroblastoma was measured by odds ratios of mitochondrial haplogroups. All tests were two-sided.Haplogroup K was statistically significantly associated with reduced risk of neuroblastoma in the discovery cohort consisting 1,474 cases and 5,699 controls (odds ratio 0.72, 95%CI 0.57-0.90, P = 0.005). The association was replicated in an independent cohort (odds ratio 0.69, 95%CI 0.53-0.92, P = 0.01) of 930 cases and 3,611 controls. Pooled analysis was performed by combing the two data sets. The association remained highly statistically significant after correction for multiple testing (odds ratio 0.71, 95%CI 0.59-0.84, P = 1.96 ✕ 10-4, Pcorrected = 0.002). Further analysis focusing on neuroblastoma subtypes indicated haplogroup K was more associated with high-risk neuroblastoma (odds ratio 0.57, 95%CI 0.43-0.76, P = 1.46 ✕ 10-4) than low-risk and intermediate-risk neuroblastoma.Haplogroup K is an independent genetic factor associated with reduced risk of developing neuroblastoma in European descents. These findings provide new insights into the genetic basis of neuroblastoma, implicating mitochondrial DNA encoded proteins in the etiology of neuroblastoma.

Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2020

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