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Identification of hepatoblastoma susceptibility loci in the TRMT6 gene from a seven-center case-control study

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.18006

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hepatoblastoma; m(1)A modification; polymorphism; susceptibility; TRMT6

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This study identified three susceptibility loci in the TRMT6 gene that are significantly associated with the risk of hepatoblastoma, and children with high-risk genotypes are more likely to develop hepatoblastoma compared to those without risk genotypes.
Hepatoblastoma, the most frequently diagnosed primary paediatric liver tumour, bears the lowest somatic mutation burden among paediatric neoplasms. Therefore, it is essential to identify pathogenic germline genetic variants, especially those in oncogenic genes, for this disease. The tRNA methyltransferase 6 noncatalytic subunit (TRMT6) forms a tRNA methyltransferase complex with TRMT61A to catalyse adenosine methylation at position N1 of RNAs. TRMT6 has displayed tumour-promoting functions in several cancer types. However, the contribution of its genetic variants to hepatoblastoma remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the association between four TRMT6 polymorphisms (rs236170 A > G, rs451571 T > C, rs236188 G > A and rs236110 C > A) and the risk of hepatoblastoma in a cohort of 313 cases and 1446 healthy controls. Germline DNA was subjected to polymorphism genotyping via the TaqMan qPCR method. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were used to determine hepatoblastoma susceptibility variants. The rs236170 A > G, rs236188 G > A and rs236110 C > A polymorphisms were significantly associated with hepatoblastoma risk. Combination analysis of the four polymorphisms revealed that children bearing 1-4 risk genotypes were at significantly enhanced hepatoblastoma risk compared to those without risk genotype (adjusted OR = 1.52, 95% CI = 1.19-1.95, p = 0.0008). We also conducted stratification analyses by age, sex and clinical stage. Ultimately, we found that the rs236110 C > A was significantly associated with the downregulation of MCM8, a neighbouring gene of TRMT6. In conclusion, we identified three susceptibility loci in the TRMT6 gene for hepatoblastoma. Our findings warrant further validation by extensive case-control studies across different ethnicities.

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