title: Polymorphic CAG/CAA repeat length in the AIB1/SRC-3 gene and prostate cancer risk: a population-based case-control study.
abstract: In an earlier report, we showed that a shorter CAG repeat length in the androgen receptor (AR) gene is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer in China, the population with the lowest reported prostate cancer incidence in the world. Because AR coactivators enhance transactivation of AR, in this report we evaluated the relationship of a CAG/CAA repeat length polymorphism in the AIB1/SRC-3 gene (amplified in breast cancer gene 1, a steroid receptor coactivator and an AR coactivator) with prostate cancer risk in a population-based case-control study in China. Genomic DNA from 189 prostate cancer patients and 301 healthy controls was used for the PCR-based assay. The AIB1/SRC-3 CAG/CAA repeat length ranged from 24 to 32, with the most common repeat length being 29. Homozygous 29/29 and heterozygous 28/29 were the most common genotypes, with 44 and 30% of the controls harboring these genotypes, respectively. Relative to subjects homozygous for 29 CAG/CAA repeats (29/29 genotype), individuals with the <29/29 genotype had a nonsignificant 31% increased risk [odds ratio (OR), 1.31; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.87-1.97], whereas those homozygous for the <29 allele had a significant 81% excess risk (OR, 1.81; 95% CI, 1.00-3.28). The combined effect of CAG repeat lengths in the AR and AIB1/SRC-3 genes was also evaluated. Relative to men with both the 29/29 genotype of the AIB1/SRC-3 gene and a long CAG repeat length (> or =23) in the AR gene, those with both the <29/<29 AIB1/SRC-3 genotype and a short CAG repeat length in the AR gene (<23) had a 2.8-fold risk (OR, 2.78; 95% CI, 1.24-6.26). Together, our data indicate that the CAG/CAA repeat length in the AIB1/SRC-3 gene may be associated with prostate cancer risk in Chinese men and that the combination of CAG/CAA repeat lengths in both the AIB1/SRC-3 and AR genes may provide a useful marker for clinically significant prostate cancer. Expanded studies in other populations are needed to confirm this association and the combined effect of AIB1/SRC-3 and other hormone-related genes in prostate cancer etiology.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20852-7234, USA. hsinga@exchange.nih.gov
authors.forename: Ann W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Hsing
authors.forename: Anand P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Chokkalingam
authors.forename: Yu-Tang
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Guan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Jiaorong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Isabell A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Sesterhenn
authors.forename: F Kash
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Mostofi
authors.forename: Tzuying
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.forename: Yuh-Ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Frank Z
authors.initials: FZ
authors.lastname: Stanczyk
authors.forename: Chawnshang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000123:Acetyltransferases; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D006801:Humans; D019656:Loss of Heterozygosity; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D056921:Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 3; D015513:Oncogene Proteins; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D011944:Receptors, Androgen / Q000235:genetics*; D012307:Risk Factors; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D018911:Trinucleotide Repeats / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015513:Oncogene Proteins; D011944:Receptors, Androgen; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000123:Acetyltransferases; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; C538866:NCOA3 protein, human; D056921:Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 3