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. 2022 Mar:63:32-36.
doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2022.01.002. Epub 2022 Jan 12.

Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation and risk of glioma

Claudine M Samanic  1 , Jamie K Teer  2 , Zachary J Thompson  2 , Jordan H Creed  1 , Brooke L Fridley  2 , L Burt Nabors  3 , Sion L Williams  4 , Kathleen M Egan  1
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Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation and risk of glioma

Claudine M Samanic et al. Mitochondrion. 2022 Mar.

Abstract

Background: Malignant gliomas are the most common primary adult brain tumors, with a poor prognosis and ill-defined etiology. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variation has been linked with certain cancers; however, research on glioma is lacking.

Methods: We examined the association of common (minor allele frequency ≥ 5%) germline mtDNA variants and haplogroups with glioma risk in 1,566 glioma cases and 1,017 controls from a US case-control study, and 425 glioma cases and 1,534 matched controls from the UK Biobank cohort (UKB). DNA samples were genotyped using the UK Biobank array that included a set of common and rare mtDNA variants. Risk associations were examined separately for glioblastoma (GBM) and lower grade tumors (non-GBM).

Results: In the US study, haplogroup W was inversely associated with glioma when compared with haplogroup H (OR = 0.43, 95%CI: 0.23-0.79); this association was not demonstrated in the UKB (OR = 1.07, 95%CI: 0.47-2.43). In the UKB, the variant m.3010G > A was significantly associated with GBM (OR = 1.32; 95%CI: 1.01-1.73; p = 0.04), but not non-GBM (1.23; 95%CI: 0.78-1.95; p = 0.38); no similar association was observed in the US study. In the US study, the variant m.14798 T > C, was significantly associated with non-GBM (OR = 0.72; 95%CI: 0.53-0.99), but not GBM (OR = 0.86; 95%CI: 0.66-1.11), whereas in the UKB, a positive association was observed between this variant and GBM (OR = 1.46; 95%CI: 1.06-2.02) but not non-GBM (OR = 0.92; 95%CI: 0.52-1.63). None of these associations were significant after adjustment for multiple testing.

Conclusion: The association of inherited mtDNA variation, including rare and singleton variants, with glioma risk merits further study.

Keywords: Glioblastoma; Glioma; Mitochondrial DNA; UK Biobank.

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