HFE C282Y Mutation as a Genetic Modifier Influencing Disease Susceptibility for Chronic Myeloproliferative Disease

H. Andrikovics, N. Meggyesi, A. Szilvasi, J. Tamaska, G. Halm, S. Lueff, S. Nahajevszky, M. Egyed, J. Varkonyi, G. Mikala, A. Sipos, L. Kalasz (+2 others)
2009 Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention  
Iron metabolism has been implicated in carcinogenesis and several studies assessed the potential role of genetic variants of proteins involved in iron metabolism (HFE C282Y, TFR S142G) in different malignancies. Few reports addressed this issue with relation to chronic myeloproliferative disorders (CMPD). The aims of our study were (a) to examine the potential associations of CMPD development with genetic modifiers of iron metabolism in a large cohort of CMPD patients; (b) to examine
more » ... s of genetic variants of proteins involved in iron metabolism; and acquired JAK2 V617F mutation with clinical characteristics of CMPD. HFE C282Y was genotyped in 328 CMPD patients and 996 blood donors as controls, HFE H63D, and TFR S142G were tested in CMPD patients and 171 first time blood donors. JAK2 V617F mutation was tested in CMPD patients and in 122 repeated blood donors. Decreased C282Y allele frequency (allele frequency F 95% confidence interval) was found in the CMPD group (1.8% F 1.0%) compared with controls (3.4% F 0.8%; P = 0.048). TFR S142G allele frequency was reduced among V617F-negative CMPD patients (34.8% F7.6%) compared with controls (47.8% F 5.4%; P = 0.02). The frequency of JAK2 V617F was 75.9% (249 of 328) in the CMPD group. At presentation, elevated hemoglobin levels were found in V617F-positive patients compared with V617F-negative counterparts (P < 0.000). Vascular complications (26.6% versus 15.2%; P = 0.039) as well as female gender (57.4% versus 41.8%; P = 0.019) were more common in V617F-positive patients. We found that HFE C282Y might be associated with a protective role against CMPD. Because chronic iron deficiency or latent anemia may trigger disease susceptibility for CMPD, HFE C282Y positivity may be a genetic factor influencing this effect. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009;18(3):929 -34) Abbreviations: HET, number of heterozygous individuals (%); HOMO, number of homozygous individuals (%). *P values < 0.05 when patient and total blood donor groups are compared. cP values of <0.05 when patient and first time blood donor groups are compared by m 2 or Fischer's Exact test. In case of TFR S142G, carriers of 142G (heterozygous and homozygous) were grouped and compared with noncarriers (S142 homozygotes) for statistical analyses. Allele frequency values F 95% CI are shown.
doi:10.1158/1055-9965.epi-08-0359 pmid:19258483 fatcat:drzihd5nkndtzpzgvsphb5b27e