Pooley, K. A., McGuffog, L., Barrowdale, D., Frost, D., Ellis, S. D., Fineberg, E., Platte, R., Izatt, L., Adlard, J., Bardwell, J., Brewer, C., Cole, T., Cook, J., Davidson, R., Donaldson, A., Dorkins, H., Douglas, F., Eason, J., Houghton, C., Kennedy, M. J., McCann, E., Miedzybrodzka, Z., Murray, A., Porteous, M. E., Rogers, M. T., Side, L. E., Tischkowitz, M., Walker, L., Hodgson, S., Eccles, D. M., Morrison, P. J., Evans, D. G., Eeles, R. A., Antoniou, A. C., Easton, D. F., Dunning, A. M., Embrace (2014) Lymphocyte Telomere Length Is Long in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers Regardless of Cancer- ffected Status. CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION, 23 (6). pp. 1018-1024. ISSN 1055-9965

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Abstract

Background: Telomere length has been linked to risk of common diseases, including cancer, and has previously been proposed as a biomarker for cancer risk. Germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations predispose to breast, ovarian, and other cancer types. Methods: We investigated telomere length in BRCA mutation carriers and their non-carrier relatives and further examined whether telomere length is a modifier of cancer risk in mutation carriers. We measured mean telomere length in DNA extracted from whole blood using high-throughput quantitative PCR. Participants were from the EMBRACE study in United Kingdom and Eire (n = 4,822) and comprised BRCA1 (n = 1,628) and BRCA2 (n = 1,506) mutation carriers and their non-carrier relatives (n = 1,688). Results: We find no significant evidence that mean telomere length is associated with breast or ovarian cancer risk in BRCA mutation carriers. However, we find mutation carriers to have longer mean telomere length than their non-carrier relatives (all carriers vs. non-carriers, P-trend = 0.0018), particularly in families with BRCA2 mutations (BRCA2 mutation carriers vs. all non-carriers, Ptrend = 0.0016). Conclusions: Our findings lend little support to the hypothesis that short mean telomere length predisposes to cancer. Conversely, our main and unexpected finding is that BRCA mutation carriers (regardless of cancer status) have longer telomeres than their non-mutation carrier, non-cancer-affected relatives. The longer telomere length in BRCA2 mutation carriers is consistent with its role in DNA damage response. Overall, it seems that increased telomere length may be a consequence of these mutations, but is not itself directly related to the increased cancer risk in carriers. Impact: The finding that mutation carriers have longer mean telomere lengths than their non-carrier relatives is unexpected but biologically plausible and could open up new lines of research into the functions of the BRCA proteins. To our knowledge, this is the largest study of telomere length in BRCA mutation carriers and their relatives. The null cancer-risk association supports recent large prospective studies of breast and ovarian cancer and indicates that mean telomere length would not be a useful biomarker in these cancers. (C) 2014 AACR.

Item Type:	Article
Authors (ICR Faculty only):	Eeles, Ros
All Authors:	Pooley, K. A., McGuffog, L., Barrowdale, D., Frost, D., Ellis, S. D., Fineberg, E., Platte, R., Izatt, L., Adlard, J., Bardwell, J., Brewer, C., Cole, T., Cook, J., Davidson, R., Donaldson, A., Dorkins, H., Douglas, F., Eason, J., Houghton, C., Kennedy, M. J., McCann, E., Miedzybrodzka, Z., Murray, A., Porteous, M. E., Rogers, M. T., Side, L. E., Tischkowitz, M., Walker, L., Hodgson, S., Eccles, D. M., Morrison, P. J., Evans, D. G., Eeles, R. A., Antoniou, A. C., Easton, D. F., Dunning, A. M., Embrace
Additional Information:	ISI Document Delivery No.: AT9UD Times Cited: 0 Cited Reference Count: 43 Pooley, Karen A. McGuffog, Lesley Barrowdale, Daniel Frost, Debra Ellis, Steve D. Fineberg, Elena Platte, Radka Izatt, Louise Adlard, Julian Bardwell, Julian Brewer, Carole Cole, Trevor Cook, Jackie Davidson, Rosemarie Donaldson, Alan Dorkins, Huw Douglas, Fiona Eason, Jacqueline Houghton, Catherine Kennedy, M. John McCann, Emma Miedzybrodzka, Zosia Murray, Alex Porteous, Mary E. Rogers, Mark T. Side, Lucy E. Tischkowitz, Marc Walker, Lisa Hodgson, Shirley Eccles, Diana M. Morrison, Patrick J. Evans, D. Gareth Eeles, Rosalind A. Antoniou, Antonis C. Easton, Douglas F. Dunning, Alison M. Cancer Research UK [c1287/A12014, c12292/A11174, C1287/ A9540, C1287/A11990, C1287/A10118, C1287/A9540, C8197/A10123, C8197/A10865]; NIH [1U19CA148965-01, 1U19CA148537-01]; IsaacNewton Trust The following authors have received grant funding relevant to this publication: EMBRACE authors received funding from Cancer Research UK (Grant Number c1287/A12014); A. C. Antoniou received funding from Cancer Research UK (Grant Number c12292/A11174); D. F. Easton received funding from Cancer Research UK (Grant Numbers C1287/ A9540, C1287/A11990, and C1287/A10118) and NIH (Grant Numbers 1U19CA148965-01 and 1U19CA148537-01); and A. M. Dunning and K. A. Pooley received funding from Cancer Research UK (Grant Numbers C1287/A9540, C8197/A10123, and C8197/A10865) and The IsaacNewton Trust. 0 AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH PHILADELPHIA CANCER EPIDEM BIOMAR
Uncontrolled Keywords:	INCIDENT COLORECTAL-CARCINOMA OVARIAN-CANCER CELL-LINES DYSKERATOSIS-CONGENITA MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION SUSCEPTIBILITY GENES HUMAN FIBROBLASTS RISK BREAST DISEASE Oncology Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Research teams:	ICR divisions > Genetics and Epidemiology > Oncogenetics ICR divisions > Radiotherapy and Imaging > Oncogenetics
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Date Deposited:	19 Dec 2014 12:46
Last Modified:	19 Dec 2014 12:46
URI:	http://publications.icr.ac.uk/id/eprint/13777

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