title: Determination of ancestral allele for possible human cancer-associated polymorphisms.
abstract: To determine ancestral allele in possible cancer-associated polymorphisms, DNA samples from 10 chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) were sequenced for alleles corresponding to 17 polymorphisms: 8 short tandem repeats [IL1RN (alias IL-1RA) variable number tandem repeat (VNTR); TYMS (previously TS) VNTR; AR CAG repeat; dinucleotide repeats of UGT1A1, IGF1, IFNG (alias IFN-gamma), ESR1 (alias ER-alpha), and EGFR] and 9 single nucleotide polymorphisms (MMP1-1607 1G/2G, MMP3-1171 5A/6A, OGG1 Ser326Cys, ALDH2 Gly487Lys, TP53 Arg72Pro, ABCG2 Gln141Lys, MGMT Leu84Phe, SOD2 Ala-9Val, and MTHFR Ala222Val). No chimpanzee polymorphism corresponded to human IL1RN VNTR; the ancestral allele was a repeat lost in humans. Dinucleotide repeat polymorphisms of IGF1, IFNG, ESR1, and EGFR were shared by chimpanzees, but the length of repeats tended to be longer in humans than in chimpanzees. This tendency was particularly evident for IGF1. All of the SNPs tested are human-specific nucleotide changes. The ancestral allele 7A was shown to be lost in MMP3-1171 5A/6A. Thus, all of the possible cancer-associated polymorphisms tested have human-specific alleles, and the ancestral allele is lost in three polymorphisms (IL1RN VNTR, UGT1A1 CA repeat, and MMP3-1171 5A/6A), suggesting a possible involvement of human-specific alleles in cancer susceptibility.
authors: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1, Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505 Japan.
authors: Yuichi
authors: Y
authors: Maruta
authors: Naoko
authors: N
authors: Okayama
authors: Mikako
authors: M
authors: Hiura
authors: Yutaka
authors: Y
authors: Suehiro
authors: Hirohisa
authors: H
authors: Hirai
authors: Yuji
authors: Y
authors: Hinoda
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences