{"title":"Defined lifestyle and germline factors predispose Asian populations to gastric cancer","authors":"Akihiro Suzuki, Hiroto Katoh, Daisuke Komura, Miwako Kakiuchi, Amane Tagashira, Shogo Yamamoto, Kenji Tatsuno, Hiroki Ueda, Genta Nagae, Shiro Fukuda, Takayoshi Umeda, Yasushi Totoki, Hiroyuki Abe, Tetsuo Ushiku, Tetsuya Matsuura, Eiji Sakai, Takashi Ohshima, Sachiyo Nomura, Yasuyuki Seto, Tatsuhiro Shibata, Yasushi Rino, Atsushi Nakajima, Masashi Fukayama, Shumpei Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Aburatani","doi":"10.1126/sciadv.aav9778","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div >Germline and environmental effects on the development of gastric cancers (GC) and their ethnic differences have been poorly understood. Here, we performed genomic-scale trans-ethnic analysis of 531 GCs (319 Asian and 212 non-Asians). There was one distinct GC subclass with clear alcohol-associated mutation signature and strong Asian specificity, almost all of which were attributable to alcohol intake behavior, smoking habit, and Asian-specific defective <i>ALDH2</i> allele. Alcohol-related GCs have low mutation burden and characteristic immunological profiles. In addition, we found frequent (7.4%) germline <i>CDH1</i> variants among Japanese GCs, most of which were attributed to a few recurrent single-nucleotide variants shared by Japanese and Koreans, suggesting the existence of common ancestral events among East Asians. Specifically, approximately one-fifth of diffuse-type GCs were attributable to the combination of alcohol intake and defective <i>ALDH2</i> allele or to <i>CDH1</i> variants. These results revealed uncharacterized impacts of germline variants and lifestyles in the high incidence areas.</div>","PeriodicalId":21609,"journal":{"name":"Science Advances","volume":"6 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.7000,"publicationDate":"2020-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1126/sciadv.aav9778","citationCount":"27","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Science Advances","FirstCategoryId":"103","ListUrlMain":"https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aav9778","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Germline and environmental effects on the development of gastric cancers (GC) and their ethnic differences have been poorly understood. Here, we performed genomic-scale trans-ethnic analysis of 531 GCs (319 Asian and 212 non-Asians). There was one distinct GC subclass with clear alcohol-associated mutation signature and strong Asian specificity, almost all of which were attributable to alcohol intake behavior, smoking habit, and Asian-specific defective ALDH2 allele. Alcohol-related GCs have low mutation burden and characteristic immunological profiles. In addition, we found frequent (7.4%) germline CDH1 variants among Japanese GCs, most of which were attributed to a few recurrent single-nucleotide variants shared by Japanese and Koreans, suggesting the existence of common ancestral events among East Asians. Specifically, approximately one-fifth of diffuse-type GCs were attributable to the combination of alcohol intake and defective ALDH2 allele or to CDH1 variants. These results revealed uncharacterized impacts of germline variants and lifestyles in the high incidence areas.
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