Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS
Volume 78, Issue 5, Pages 1292-1300Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.036
Keywords
Radiation injury; Prostate cancer; Genome-wide association study; African American; Admixture
Funding
- American Cancer Society [RSGT-05-200-01 CCE]
- Department of Defense [PC074201]
- National Institutes of Health [1R01 CA134444]
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Purpose To identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with erectile dysfunction (ED) among African American prostate cancer patients treated with external beam radiation therapy Methods and Materials A cohort of African-American prostate cancer patients treated with external beam radiation therapy was observed for the development of ED by use of the five Item Sexual Health Inventory for Men (SHIM) questionnaire Final analysis included 27 cases (post-treatment SHIM score <= 7) and 52 control subjects (post treatment SHIM score >= 16) A genome-wide association study was performed using approximately 909,000 SNPs genotyped on Affymetrix 6 0 arrays (Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA) Results We identified SNP rs2268363, located in the follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) gene, as sigmficantly associated with ED after correcting for multiple comparisons (unadjusted p = 5 46 x 10(-8), Bonferroni p = 0 028) We identified four additional SNPs that tended toward a significant association with an unadjusted p value < 10(-6) Inference of population substructure showed that cases had a higher proportion of African ancestry than control subjects (77% vs 60%, p = 0 005) A multivariate logistic regression model that incorporated estimated ancestry and four of the top-ranked SNPs was a more accurate classifier of ED than a model that included only clinical variables Conclusions To our knowledge, this is the first genome wide association study to identify SNPs associated with adverse effects resulting from radiotherapy It is important to note that the SNP that proved to be significantly associated with ED is located within a gene whose encoded product plays a role in male gonad development and function Another key finding of this project is that the four SNPs most strongly associated with ED were specific to persons of African ancestry and would therefore not have been identified had a cohort of European ancestry been screened This study demonstrates the feasibility of a genome wide approach to investigate genetic predisposition to radiation injury (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc
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