Journal
JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY
Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages 712-725Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.12.023
Keywords
Esophageal squamous cell cancer; Polymorphisms; Alcohol; Case-control study; Risk factors
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Funding
- National Nature Science Foundation of China [81502870, 31600673, 81573229, 81273151]
- International S&T Cooperation Program of China [2015DFE32790]
- Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [16JC1400500]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFC0907002, 2017YFC0907501, 2016YFF0202301]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2016M601511, 2017T100272]
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Introduction: Studies have reported alcohol consumption and genetic variants as major contributing factors for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). However, the complicated interactions between alcohol and genetic factors involved in alcohol metabolism have not been well elucidated with respect to augmented risk of ESCC. Methods: We performed a large population-based casecontrol study in a Chinese city with a high ESCC incidence by enrolling 1190 case patients and 1883 controls. We integrated candidate single-nucleotide polymorphism data, detailed alcohol consumption records, gene-alcohol interactions, and single-nucleotide polymorphism functional information to untangle the complicated relationship between alcohol, variants of genes encoding alcohol metabolism enzymes, and ESCC risk. The gene-alcohol interaction was tested by including their product term in a multivariable logistic regression model. Synergy index and ratio of ORs were calculated to assess interaction on additive and multiplicative scale, respectively. Results: We confirmed two ESCC susceptibility loci, rs671 in aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 family member gene (ALDH2) and rs1042026 in alcohol dehydrogenase 1B (class I), beta polypeptide gene (ADH1B), that significantly altered alcohol consumption behavior and subsequently modified the association between alcohol consumption and ESCC risk. The rs671(A) allele was associated with ESCC risk in alcohol drinkers (adjusted odds ratio = 1.98, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.51-2.60) but not in nondrinkers. Healthy individuals who carry different ALDH2 and ADH1B genotypes exhibit diversified drinking behavior, with the proportion of drinkers varying between 23.7% and 54.3%. Among individuals with a fast ethanol oxidization rate, we observed a strong interaction between heavy alcohol consumption and ethanal oxidization rate on both the additive scale (synergy index 4.80 [95% CI: 1.82-12.68]) and the multiplicative scale (ratio of ORs 2.93, 95% CI: 1.39-6.35). Conclusions: Our observation highlights the need for preventing excessive use of alcohol, especially in individuals harboring active alcohol dehyrogenase and inactive ALDH2 variants.(C) 2019 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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