FANCM mutation c.5791C>T is a risk factor for triple-negative breast cancer in the Finnish population
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EPIDEMIOLOGY
FANCM mu a ion c.5791C>T is a isk ac o o iple-nega i e
b eas cance in he Finnish popula ion
Johanna I. Kiiski
1
•Anna Te asma
¨ki
2,3
•Liisa M. Pel a i
1
•So ia Khan
1
•
Tuomo Man e e
2,3
•Ka i Pylka
¨s
2,3
•A o Manne maa
4,5
•Ma ia Tengs o
¨m
6,7
•
Ande s K is
8
•A
˚ke Bo g
8
•Veli-Ma i Kosma
4,5
•Anne Kallioniemi
9
•
Johanna Schleu ke
10,11
•Ral Bu
¨ zow
1,12
•Ca l Blomq is
13
•K is iina Ai oma
¨ki
14
•
Robe Winq is
2,3
•Heli Ne anlinna
15
Recei ed: 21 Feb ua y 2017 / Accep ed: 7 July 2017 / Published online: 12 July 2017
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Abs ac
Pu pose The FANCM c.5101C[T nonsense mu a ion was
p e iously ound o associa e wi h b eas cance in he
Finnish popula ion, especially among iple-nega i e cases.
He e, we s udied he p e alence o h ee o he FANCM
a ian s: c.5791C[T, which has been epo ed o p edis-
pose o amilial b eas cance , and he c.4025_4026delCT
and c.5293dupA a ian s ecen ly iden i ied in Finnish
cance pa ien s.
Me hods We geno yped he FANCM c.5791C[T mu a ion
in 4806 in asi e b eas cance pa ien s, including BRCA1/2
mu a ion nega i e amilial cases and unselec ed cases, and
in 2734 heal hy popula ion con ols om ou di e en
geog aphical a eas o Finland. The associa ion o he
mu a ion wi h b eas cance isk among pa ien subg oups
was s a is ically e alua ed. We u he analyzed he com-
bined isk associa ed wi h c.5101C[T and c.5791C[T
mu a ions. We also geno yped 526 unselec ed o a ian
&Heli Ne anlinna
[email p o ec ed]
Johanna I. Kiiski
[email p o ec ed]
Anna Te asma
¨ki
[email p o ec ed]
Liisa M. Pel a i
[email p o ec ed]
So ia Khan
[email p o ec ed]
Tuomo Man e e
[email p o ec ed]
Ka i Pylka
¨s
[email p o ec ed]
A o Manne maa
[email p o ec ed]
Ma ia Tengs o
¨m
[email p o ec ed]
Ande s K is
[email p o ec ed]
A
˚ke Bo g
[email p o ec ed]
Veli-Ma i Kosma
[email p o ec ed]
Anne Kallioniemi
[email p o ec ed]
Johanna Schleu ke
[email p o ec ed]
Ral Bu
¨ zow
[email p o ec ed]
Ca l Blomq is
[email p o ec ed]
K is iina Ai oma
¨ki
[email p o ec ed]
Robe Winq is
[email p o ec ed]
1
Depa men o Obs e ics and Gynecology, Uni e si y o
Helsinki and Helsinki Uni e si y Hospi al, Helsinki, Finland
2
Labo a o y o Cance Gene ics and Tumo Biology, Cance
and T ansla ional Medicine Resea ch Uni , Biocen e Oulu,
Uni e si y o Oulu, Oulu, Finland
3
Labo a o y o Cance Gene ics and Tumo Biology, No he n
Finland Labo a o y Cen e, No dLab, Oulu, Finland
4
School o Medicine, Ins i u e o Clinical Medicine, Pa hology
and Fo ensic Medicine, and Cance Cen e o Eas e n
Finland, Uni e si y o Eas e n Finland, Kuopio, Finland
5
Imaging Cen e , Clinical Pa hology, Kuopio Uni e si y
Hospi al, Kuopio, Finland
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DOI 10.1007/s10549-017-4388-0
cance pa ien s o he c.5791C[T mu a ion and 862
amilial b eas cance pa ien s o he c.4025_4026delCT
and c.5293dupA a ian s.
Resul s The equency o he FANCM c.5791C[T mu a-
ion was highe among b eas cance cases han in con ols
(OR 1.94, 95% CI 0.87–4.32, P=0.11), wi h a s a is i-
cally signi ican associa ion wi h iple-nega i e b eas
cance (OR 5.14, 95% CI 1.65–16.0, P=0.005). The
combined analysis o c.5101C[T and c.5791C[T ca ie s
con i med a s ong associa ion wi h b eas cance (OR 1.86,
95% CI 1.32–2.49, P=0.0002), especially among he
iple-nega i e pa ien s (OR 3.08, 95% CI 1.77–5.35,
P=0.00007). Fo he o he a ian s, only one addi ional
c.4025_4026delCT ca ie and no c.5293dupA ca ie s
we e obse ed.
Conclusions These esul s suppo he ole o FANCM as a
b eas cance suscep ibili y gene, pa icula ly o iple-
nega i e b eas cance .
Keywo ds FANCM B eas cance T iple-nega i e
b eas cance Familial b eas cance DNA epai
Abb e ia ions
FA Fanconi anemia
ICL In e s and c osslink
OR Odds a io
CI Con idence in e al
TNBC T iple-nega i e b eas cance
ER Es ogen ecep o
PR P oges e one ecep o
HNPCC He edi a y non-polyposis colo ec al cance
In oduc ion
Fanconi Anemia complemen a ion g oup M (FANCM) is a
mul i unc ional p o ein, in e ac ing wi h se e al pa ne s o
ac i a e he Fanconi anemia (FA) epai pa hway. The
pa hway includes 19 associa ed p o eins, which o m
mul ip o ein complexes o epai damaged DNA, especially
s alled eplica ion o ks induced by in e s and c oss-link-
ing (ICL) agen s [1,2]. FA i sel is a a e, ecessi ely
inhe i ed gene ic diso de causing congeni al de ec s,
hema ologic abno mali ies, and cance p edisposi ion [1].
Despi e he nomencla u e, FANCM does no appea o
ha e a ole in he FA disease, as he ini ial case, which led
o he FANCM associa ion wi h FA, also ca ied biallelic
FANCA mu a ions. Fu he mo e, homozygous loss-o -
unc ion mu a ions in FANCM ha e been iden i ied in
indi iduals wi hou any FA symp oms [3,4]. Howe e ,
FANCM has an undeniable ole in he FA pa hway, as i
ec ui s o he DNA damage esponse p o eins o he si es o
DNA lesions [4]. Se e al FA genes (FANCD1/BRCA2,
FANCN/PALB2,FANCJ/BRIP1,FANCO/RAD51C, and
FANCS/BRCA1)[5–11] a e high- o mode a e- isk b eas
o o a ian cance suscep ibili y genes and p e ious s udies
ha e connec ed also he e ozygous FANCM mu a ions wi h
b eas cance p edisposi ion [12–14].
We p e iously iden i ied he FANCM c.5101C[T non-
sense mu a ion ( s147021911, p.Gln1701*) in exon 20 by
exome sequencing o ge mline DNA samples om 24
BRCA1/2-nega i e b eas cance pa ien s and u he geno-
yped i in a la ge se ies o Finnish b eas cance pa ien s and
heal hy popula ion con ols [12]. The mu a ion was ound o
be associa ed wi h b eas cance wi h an odds a io (OR) o
1.86 [95% con idence in e al (CI) 1.26–2.75, P=0.0018],
especially among iple-nega i e b eas cance [TNBC;
es ogen (ER) and p oges e one (PR) ecep o and HER2
nega i e] cases (OR 3.56, 95% CI 1.81–6.98, P=0.0002).
Acco ding o he ExAC [15] da abase his mu a ion is mo e
common in Finland (ca ie equency *1.8%) han in o he
Eu opean popula ions (ca ie equency *0.3%).
Ano he , ye mo e a e FANCM mu a ion, c.5791C[T
( s144567652, p.A g1931*) in exon 22, has been iden i ied
wi h exome sequencing o b eas cance pa ien s [16].
Fu he analysis o amilial b eas cance cases and heal hy
con ols om se e al popula ions showed an associa ion
be ween he mu a ion and amilial b eas cance (OR 3.93,
95% CI 1.28–12.11, P=0.017) [13]. A ecen s udy in a
Ge man popula ion p oduced simila esul s, whe e he
loss-o - unc ion mu a ions in he FANCM gene we e
associa ed wi h bo h amilial b eas cance and TNBC [14].
6
School o Medicine, Ins i u e o Clinical Medicine,
Oncology, Kuopio, Finland
7
Cance Cen e , Kuopio Uni e si y Hospi al, Kuopio, Finland
8
Di ision o Oncology and Pa hology Depa men o Clinical
Sciences Lund, Lund Uni e si y, Medicon Village, Lund,
Sweden
9
BioMediTech Ins i u e and Facul y o Medicine and Li e
Sciences, Uni e si y o Tampe e, and Fimlab Labo a o ies,
Tampe e, Finland
10
Depa men o Medical Biochemis y and Gene ics, Ins i u e
o Biomedicine, Uni e si y o Tu ku, Tu ku, Finland
11
Depa men o Medical Gene ics, Tyks Mic obiology and
Gene ics, Tu ku Uni e si y Hospi al, Tu ku, Finland
12
Depa men o Pa hology, Uni e si y o Helsinki and
Helsinki Uni e si y Hospi al, Helsinki, Finland
13
Depa men o Oncology, Uni e si y o Helsinki and Helsinki
Uni e si y Hospi al, Helsinki, Finland
14
Depa men o Clinical Gene ics, Uni e si y o Helsinki and
Helsinki Uni e si y Hospi al, Helsinki, Finland
15
Depa men o Obs e ics and Gynecology, Helsinki
Uni e si y Cen al Hospi al (HUS), PO Box 700,
00029 Helsinki, Finland
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c.5791C[T mu a ion has also been iden i ied in wo
colo ec al cance pa ien s [17], and since FANCM is
unc ionally connec ed wi h he misma ch epai genes
MSH2/MSH6, i has p e iously been conside ed as a
po en ial candida e gene o he edi a y non-polyposis col-
o ec al cance (HNPCC) [17,18]. Howe e , a combined
analysis o la ge da ase s did no e eal s a is ically sig-
ni ican associa ion be ween FANCM mu a ions and he
disease [19].
He e, we ha e in es iga ed he associa ion o he
FANCM c.5791C[T mu a ion wi h b eas cance isk in
amilial and unselec ed b eas cance cases among 4806
in asi e b eas cance pa ien s and 2734 heal hy popula-
ion con ols om ou di e en geog aphical a eas o
Finland. We u he e alua ed he b eas cance isk by
subg oups o pa ien s as well as o a ian cance isk among
526 o a ian cance pa ien s. Also, he ecen ly iden i ied
c.4025_4026delCT (p.Se 1342*) and c.5293dupA
(p.Th 1765Asn s*3) a ian s in he FANCM gene we e
s udied among 862 amilial b eas cance pa ien s om he
Helsinki a ea.
Mo eo e , o u he s udy he isk associa ed wi h
unca ing C- e minal FANCM mu a ions, we analyzed he
cu en esul s o he c.5791C[T mu a ion and isk es i-
ma es o he c.5101C[T mu a ion, including he p e iously
published esul s om Helsinki and Tampe e a ea [12] and
geno yping esul s om Oulu and Kuopio.
Me hods
Subjec s
Helsinki b eas cance se ies
The FANCM c.5791C[T mu a ion was geno yped in 2391
b eas cance cases (including unselec ed and amilial
pa ien s) and 1258 heal hy emale popula ion con ols om
he Helsinki a ea. Unselec ed b eas cance pa ien samples
we e collec ed a he Helsinki Uni e si y Cen al Hospi al
in wo phases. Du ing 1997–1998 and 2000, 884 samples
we e collec ed a he Depa men o Oncology. These
samples include 79% o all consecu i e, newly diagnosed
b eas cance cases du ing he collec ion pe iods [20,21].
Du ing 2001–2004, 986 samples, including 87% o all
consecu i e, newly diagnosed b eas cance cases we e
collec ed a he Depa men o Su ge y [21]. Only in asi e
cases we e included in his s udy.
The amilial cases we e collec ed a he Helsinki
Uni e si y Cen al Hospi al Depa men s o Oncology and
Clinical Gene ics [22,23]. O hese, 523 pa ien s had a
s ong amily his o y wi h a leas h ee b eas o o a ian
cance s among i s - o second-deg ee ela i es (including
he p oband), and 555 pa ien s had a leas one i s -deg ee
ela i e a ec ed wi h b eas o o a ian cance . All he
amilial coho pa ien s wi h a leas h ee b eas o o a ian
cance s among i s - o second-deg ee ela i es we e es ed
nega i e o BRCA1/2 mu a ions and he pa ien s wi h one
a ec ed ela i e we e es ed nega i e o he Finnish
BRCA1/2 ounde mu a ions as p e iously desc ibed
[24–26]. Eigh hund ed and six y wo amilial cases we e
geno yped o he c.4025_4026delCT and c.5293dupA
a ian s and 1078 amilial cases we e geno yped o he
FANCM c.5791C[T mu a ion.
The samples a e genomic DNA isola ed om pe iphe al
blood. The pa ien genealogies we e con i med om he
popula ion egis ies o hospi al eco ds and cance diag-
noses om he hospi al eco ds o he Finnish Cance
Regis y. Ho mone ecep o s a us was collec ed om
pa hology epo s as desc ibed ea lie [27]. The 1258
geno yped popula ion con ols we e heal hy emale blood
dono s om he Helsinki a ea.
The unselec ed o a ian cance coho was collec ed a
he Helsinki Uni e si y Cen al Hospi al Depa men o
Obs e ics and Gynecology in 1998 as p e iously desc ibed
[28]. Blood samples we e collec ed om in asi e epi helial
o a ian ca cinoma ea ed pa ien s du ing ou ine ollow-
up isi s o he clinic. Addi ional samples we e also col-
lec ed be ween 1998 and 2006. Ou o he 526 independen
samples included in he analysis in his s udy, 408 we e
genomic DNA isola ed om blood and 118 samples we e
umo -DNA. O he genomic samples, 171 we e se ous, 64
mucinous, and 43 endome ioid sub ype. 129 samples we e
o he o a ian cance sub ypes, o one sample he sub ype
is no known. Ou o he umo samples, 104 we e se ous
and wo we e o he sub ypes, 12 samples we e o unknown
sub ype.
Tampe e b eas cance se ies
The unselec ed b eas cance pa ien sample se om he
Tampe e a ea was collec ed a he Tampe e Uni e si y
Hospi al as p e iously desc ibed [20,22]. Addi ional 336
inciden cases we e collec ed in 1996–2004 a he Tam-
pe e Uni e si y Hospi al. Two hund ed and o y nine
cases had also amilial backg ound. Ho mone ecep o
s a us in o ma ion was ob ained om pa ien pa hology
epo s. Only in asi e cases we e included in his s udy.
All samples a e genomic DNA isola ed om pe iphe al
blood. The con ol coho o he Tampe e da ase consis s
o 808 heal hy emale blood dono s om he Tampe e
a ea.
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Kuopio b eas cance se ies
430 pa ien s wi h in asi e b eas cance om he Kuopio
a ea we e geno yped o he FANCM c.5791C[T and
c.5101C[T mu a ions. These pa ien s belong o p ospec-
i e popula ion-based case–con ol s udy, The Kuopio
B eas Cance P ojec (KBCP), which was conduc ed in
be ween 1990 and 1996. Samples we e collec ed om
women en e ing he Kuopio Uni e si y Hospi al due o
b eas symp oms and who we e e en ually diagnosed as
ha ing b eas cance . All samples a e genomic DNA iso-
la ed om pe iphe al blood. In o ma ion abou ho monal
ecep o s a us was ob ained om hospi al egis ies
[29,30]. The con ol coho consis s o 158 heal hy blood
dono s om he Kuopio a ea.
Oulu b eas cance se ies
The FANCM c.5791C[T and c.5101C[T mu a ions we e
sc eened among 1323 b eas cance cases (1147 unselec ed,
153 amilial, and 56 young b eas cance pa ien s) and 510
heal hy emale con ols om he Oulu a ea. The unselec ed
b eas cance samples we e collec ed om pa ien s ope -
a ed a he Oulu Uni e si y Hospi al du ing 2000–2014,
and hey we e unselec ed o age a disease onse and a
amily his o y o cance . Only in asi e cases we e included
in his s udy. The amilial b eas cance cases we e a ec ed
index indi iduals o No he n Finnish b eas o b eas and
o a ian cance amilies, and he young coho consis ed o
b eas cance pa ien s unselec ed o amily his o y o
cance bu wi h ea ly disease onse (B40 yea s), which
sugges s a plausible he edi a y p edisposi ion ega dless o
he amily his o y [31–33]. Only BRCA1/2 mu a ion neg-
a i e amilial and young cases we e included in his s udy.
Ho mone ecep o s a us was collec ed om pa hology
epo s as desc ibed ea lie [34]. The con ol coho con-
sis ed o 510 heal hy emale blood dono s om he Oulu
a ea. All samples we e genomic DNA isola ed om
pe iphe al blood.
This s udy was pe o med wi h in o med consen om
all he pa ien s and pe mission om he e hics commi ees
o Uni e si y o Helsinki, Tampe e Uni e si y Hospi al,
Oulu Uni e si y Hospi al, Uni e si y o Eas e n Finland,
and Kuopio Uni e si y Hospi al Boa d on Resea ch E hics.
Iden i ica ion o he mu a ions
The FANCM c.5791C[T mu a ion has been ound o
associa e wi h amilial b eas cance and TNBC [13,14]. I
has also been epo ed in he Finnish popula ion as an
en iched loss-o - unc ion mu a ion [3] and iden i ied in
gene panel sequencing o Finnish amilial b eas cance
pa ien s [35].
The c.4025_4026delCT a ian was iden i ied a Lund
Uni e si y in one pa ien om 100 Finnish high- isk b eas
cance cases wi h panel sequencing, in which also wo
ca ie s o he p e iously published c.5101C[T mu a ion
we e iden i ied. Su eselec XT Cus om 3-5.9 Mb lib a y ki
(Agilen Technology) was used o cap u e DNA agmen s
om he a ge genes. Sequencing was pe o med on he
Illumina HiSeq 2500 wi h 2 994 o 2 9101 bp pai ed-
end eads.
The c.5293dupA a ian was iden i ied by exome
sequencing o genomic DNA samples om 44 Finnish
cance pa ien s wi h amilial his o y o b eas cance .
Exome sequencing was execu ed a he Genome Quebec
Inno a ion Cen e. To cap u e he exomic egions, Roche
Nimblegen SeqCap EZ Exome 3 ki was used. The
sequencing was pe o med on Illumina HiSeq 2000
sequence wi h 100 bp pai ed-end eads.
The c.5101C[T mu a ion was iden i ied by exome
sequencing as p e iously desc ibed [12].
Geno yping
Geno yping o he FANCM c.5791C[T mu a ion o he
Helsinki and Tampe e sample se s was pe o med wi h
Sequenom MassARRAY sys em using iPLEX Gold assays
(Sequenom) a FIMM (Uni e si y o Helsinki). Va ian s
c.4025_4026delCT and c.5293dupA we e geno yped wi h
TaqMan eal- ime PCR. 7500 Fas Real Time sys em was
u ilized by using TaqMan SNP Geno yping Cus om assays
and TaqMan Geno yping Mas e Mix (Applied Biosys-
ems). Geno ype calling was pe o med wi h 7500 Real-
Time PCR Sys em and 7500 so wa e ( e sion 2.06,
Applied Biosys ems). Geno yping o he FANCM
c.5101C[T mu a ion was pe o med as p e iously desc i-
bed [12]. Posi i e con ols we e used in all analyses and all
mu a ions we e con i med wi h Sange sequencing. I is o
be no ed ha one pa ien om he Helsinki da ase (coun ed
as one in he analysis) ca ies bo h c.5101C[T and
c.5791C[T mu a ions. Un o una ely, we we e no able o
de e mine whe he he mu a ions a e in cis o in ans;
howe e , i hey we e in cis, his geno ype would be
ex emely a e.
FANCM c.5791C[T and c.5101C[T sc eening o Oulu
and Kuopio sample se s was pe o med using High Reso-
lu ion Mel analysis (CFX96, Bio-Rad) wi h Type-i HRM
eagen s (Qiagen). Posi i e con ol DNA was included in
all analyses, and samples wi h posi i e-like o di e ing
mel ing cu es we e alida ed by Sange sequencing
(ABI3130xl, Applied Biosys ems).
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S a is ical analyses
All s a is ical analyses we e pe o med using R ( e sion
3.02) s a is ical so wa e (h p://www. -p ojec .o g) o IBM
SPSS S a is ics o Windows, e sion 22.0. Fo he isk
analyses, wo-sided P- alues we e calcula ed using Pea -
son
´s
2
- es o Fishe
´s exac es i he expec ed numbe o
cell coun was i e o less. P 0.05 was conside ed s a-
is ically signi ican . Be as and s anda d e o s o he di -
e en s udies we e combined in ‘‘ me a’’-package o
examine he e ogenei y be ween s udies. In he e ogenei y
analysis, P 0.10 was conside ed s a is ically signi ican .
In he combined analyses, all he da ase s we e pooled
and he odds a ios and P- alues we e es ima ed wi h
logis ic eg ession model s a i ied by s udy. Sepa a e
analysis we e conduc ed o he subg oups de ined by
his opa hology and amily his o y o he disease. In he
combined analysis including da ase s o bo h FANCM
c.5791C[T and c.5101C[T mu a ions, pa ien s wi h
geno yping esul s o bo h mu a ions we e included in he
analysis.
Resul s
Geno yping o he FANCM c.5791C>T mu a ion
in he case–con ol sample se s
The FANCM c.5791C[T mu a ion was iden i ied in al o-
ge he 28 b eas cance pa ien s and eigh con ols among
4806 b eas cance pa ien s and 2734 popula ion con ols
om ou di e en geog aphical a eas o Finland (Helsinki,
Tampe e, Kuopio, and Oulu). The popula ion equency
was highes in No he n and Eas e n Finland (Oulu 0.6%
and Kuopio 0.6%) and lowes in Sou he n and Sou h-
wes e n Finland (Helsinki 0.2% and Tampe e 0.1%).
Among he BRCA1/2-nega i e amilial pa ien s om Hel-
sinki and Oulu da ase s (N=1231), eigh mu a ion ca ie s
we e iden i ied, and among he 526 o a ian cance pa ien s
om Helsinki, wo mu a ion ca ie s we e iden i ied
(Table 1).
We e alua ed he b eas cance isk among all geno-
yped pa ien s (all BC) in each da ase sepa a ely (Table 1).
Fu he mo e, geno yped pa ien s we e di ided in o sub-
g oups acco ding o amily his o y o cance , ER s a us,
and iple-nega i e sub ype o s udy he isks by b eas
cance pheno ypes.
B eas cance isk was inc eased among all b eas cance
pa ien s in he Helsinki (OR 2.11, 95% CI 0.59–7.49,
P=0.24), Tampe e (OR 6.14, 95% CI 0.72–52.70,
P=0.10), and Oulu da ase s (OR 1.16, 95% CI 0.31–4.30,
P=1), albei wi h no s a is ically signi ican P- alues. In
he Kuopio da ase , only wo mu a ions ca ie s we e
iden i ied (OR 0.73, 95% CI 0.07–8.15, P=1) (Table 1).
No signi ican he e ogenei y was seen be ween he s udies
(P=0.9).
Howe e , he FANCM c.5791C[T mu a ion associa ed
signi ican ly wi h TNBC in he Helsinki da ase (OR 9.09,
95% CI 1.82–45.49, P=0.02). In he Tampe e and Oulu
da ase s, wo addi ional iple-nega i e cases we e
iden i ied.
The analysis o o a ian cance cases om he Helsinki
da ase sugges ed possibly sligh ly inc eased isk among
c.5791C[T ca ie s (OR 1.60, 95% CI 0.27–9.58,
P=0.64, Table 1); howe e , he e we e only wo mu a-
ion ca ie s iden i ied. One pa ien has se ous o a ian
cance , whe eas he o he mu a ion ca ie has been diag-
nosed wi h mucinous sub ype o he disease.
We u he pe o med a combined analysis o he ou
s udies o e alua e he isk among all s udied b eas cance
pa ien s. An ele a ed b eas cance isk o he c.5791C[T
ca ie s was seen among all b eas cance pa ien s (OR
1.94, 95% CI 0.87–4.32, P=0.11), and pa icula ly in he
TNBC subg oup (OR 5.14, 95% CI 1.65–16.0), wi h a
s a is ically signi ican P alue (0.005) (Table 2).
In addi ion, he b eas cance isk was inc eased also in
he o he subg oups, e.g., ER nega i e (OR 2.34, 95% CI
0.75–7.35, P=0.14) and amilial b eas cance (OR 2.50,
95% CI 0.83–7.51, P=0.10) (Table 2), bu he esul s did
no each s a is ical signi icance.
Combined analyses o he FANCM c.5791C>T
and c.5101C>T mu a ions
We combined he esul s om he cu en analyses o he
FANCM c.5791C[T mu a ion wi h he p e ious isk s udy
o he FANCM c.5101C[T mu a ion in he Helsinki and
Tampe e da ase s [12], and geno yping esul s om Oulu
and Kuopio cases and con ols. Highly signi ican associ-
a ion was seen be ween b eas cance and ca ying ei he o
he mu a ions (OR 1.86, 95% CI 1.32–2.49, P=0.0002).
The isk was consis en ly inc eased in all subg oups o
pa ien s, wi h highes isk and he mos signi ican associ-
a ion seen among he iple-nega i e pa ien s (OR 3.08,
95% CI 1.77–5.35, P=0.00007) (Table 3). No he e o-
genei y was seen be ween mu a ions (P=0.7). All anal-
yses we e s a i ied by s udy.
Geno yping o he FANCM c.4025_4026delCT
and c.5293dupA a ian s
The FANCM c.5293dupA and c.4025_4026delCT a ian s
we e geno yped among 862 amilial b eas cance pa ien s
om he Helsinki a ea. No addi ional mu a ion ca ie s
we e iden i ied o c.5293dupA a ian which may ep e-
sen a unique mu a ion in he amily whe e i was
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iden i ied. The mu a ion was o iginally iden i ied in exome
sequencing o a u e ine cance pa ien wi h a amily his o y
o b eas cance .
One addi ional ca ie was iden i ied o
c.4025_4026delCT, o aling wo ca ie s o his a e
a ian and was no s udied u he . The pa ien s
´ages a
diagnosis we e 42 and 54, espec i ely. One ca ie had
ER-nega i e b eas cance , whe eas he o he had ER-
posi i e disease. Bo h had amily his o y o b eas cance ,
bu no addi ional samples we e a ailable o geno yping
he ela i es. The ExAC popula ion equency o he
c.4025_4026 dele ion in Finland is 0.015%.
Discussion
In his cu en case–con ol s udy, we e alua ed he b eas
and o a ian cance isk o he FANCM c.5791C[T
mu a ion as well as o c.4025_4026delCT and c.5293dupA
a ian s among Finnish popula ion. We u he examined
Table 1 F equency o he
FANCM c.5791C[T mu a ion
in he s udied sample se s by
b eas cance subg oups and in
he popula ion con ols
S udy coho NCC (%) CT (%) OR 95% CI P alue
Helsinki
Con ols 1258 1255 (99.8) 3 (0.2) – – –
All BC 2391 2379 (99.5) 12 (0.5) 2.11 0.59–7.49 0.24
Unselec ed BC 1699 1690 (99.5) 9 (0.5) 2.23 0.60–8.25 0.22
Familial BC 1078 1073 (99.5) 5 (0.5) 1.95 0.46–8.18 0.48
C3 a ec ed 523 520 (99.4) 3 (0.6) 2.41 0.49–12.00 0.37
2 a ec ed 555 553 (99.6) 2 (0.4) 1.51 0.25–9.08 0.64
ER?1795 1786 (99.5) 9 (0.5) 2.11 0.57–7.80 0.25
ER-412 409 (99.3) 3 (0.7) 3.07 0.62–15.26 0.16
TNBC 141 138 (97.9) 3 (2.1) 9.09 1.82–45.49 0.02
Unselec ed OC 526 524 (99.6) 2 (0.4) 1.60 0.27–9.58 0.64
Tampe e
Con ols 808 807 (99.9) 1 (0.1) – – –
All BC 662 657 (99.2) 5 (0.8) 6.14 0.72–52.70 0.10
ER?494 490 (99.2) 4 (0.8) 6.59 0.73–59.11 0.07
ER-122 121 (99.2) 1 (0.8) 6.67 0.41–107.34 0.25
TNBC 68 67 (98.5) 1 (1.5) 12.04 0.74–194.74 0.15
Oulu
Con ols 510 507 (99.4) 3 (0.6) – – –
All BC 1323 1314 (99.3) 9 (0.7) 1.16 0.31–4.30 1
Unselec ed 1147 1141 (99.5) 6 (0.5) 0.89 0.22–3.57 0.87
Familial BC 153 150 (98.0) 3 (2) 3.38 0.68–16.92 0.14
YBR 56 56 (100) 0 (0) – – –
ER?434 432 (99.5) 2 (0.5) 0.78 0.13–4.70 1
ER-109 108 (99.1) 1 (0.9) 1.56 0.16–15.19 0.54
TNBC 69 68 (98.6) 1 (1.4) 2.49 0.25–24.23 0.40
Kuopio
Con ols 158 157 (99.4) 1 (0.6) – – –
All BC 430 428 (99.5) 2 (0.5) 0.73 0.07–8.15 1
ER?318 317 (99.7) 1 (0.3) 0.50 0.03–7.97 1
ER-95 95 (100) 0 (0) – – –
TNBC 47 47 (100) 0 (0) – – –
All BC: all geno yped b eas cance cases in designa ed s udy. C3 a ec ed: amilies wi h h ee o mo e
b eas o o a ian cance cases among i s - o second-deg ee ela i es. 2 a ec ed: amilies wi h wo i s -
deg ee ela i es wi h b eas o o a ian cance
The pa ien subg oups a e o e lapping wi h 386 amilial cases belonging also o he unselec ed coho in he
Helsinki da a se and 33 amilial cases belonging o he unselec ed coho in Oulu da a se . The pa ien s may
also belong o di e en subg oups by umo pheno ype
BC b eas cance , OC o a ian cance , ER es ogen ecep o , TNBC iple-nega i e b eas cance , YBR young
b eas cance pa ien s (age a diagnosis B40 yea s) among Oulu da a se
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he isk associa ed wi h ca ying ei he o he FANCM
mu a ions c.5101C[T and c.5791C[T.
The s udy e ealed he FANCM c.5791C[T mu a ion
being mo e equen among he s udied b eas cance cases
han in con ols in he Finnish popula ion. I was pa icu-
la ly en iched among he TNBC cases, showing a signi i-
can associa ion in he combined analysis (OR 5.14,
P=0.005). This obse a ion is consis en wi h p e ious
s udies on FANCM and b eas cance isk, as he
c.5101C[T mu a ion has also been ound o associa e wi h
TNBC [12,14]. Consis en esul s we e seen also in he
o he subg oups s udied (Table 2).
We u he combined he esul s o he FANCM
c.5101C[T isk analysis [12] wi h he cu en esul s o
c.5791C[T o s udy he isk associa ed wi h ca ying ei he
o hese C- e minal FANCM mu a ions. The isk was sig-
ni ican ly inc eased in all subg oups o pa ien s, especially
among iple-nega i e cases (OR 3.08, 95% CI 1.77–5.35,
P=0.00007).
S udying he c.5791C[T mu a ion in he o a ian cance
cases showed an ele a ed isk (OR 1.60), bu he
associa ion was no s a is ically signi ican . P e ious s ud-
ies on FANCM mu a ions ha e shown simila esul s
[12,14]; howe e , a e y ecen s udy ound signi ican
associa ion be ween FANCM mu a ions and high g ade
se ous o a ian cance [36].
Sc eening o he o he wo FANCM a ian s exposed
only one addi ional c.4025_4026delCT ca ie and no
c.5293dupA ca ie s among 862 amilial b eas cance
pa ien s, and hese we e no s udied u he . Howe e , hei
iden i ica ion may sugges a wide mu a ion spec um o
e y a e mu a ions in he FANCM gene, po en ially
ela ing o sub ype-speci ic b eas cance p edisposi ion.
O all b eas cance s, abou 10–20% a e ound o be
ho monally iple-nega i e and hese a e usually agg essi e
wi h a poo p ognosis, as his sub ype does no espond o
ho monal he apy. These umo s a e o en highe g ade and
la ge size han he o he umo sub ypes [37]. Ge mline
mu a ions in BRCA1 a e common in TNBC cases, bu
dele e ious changes in o he homologous ecombina ion
DNA epai pa hway genes ha e also been obse ed o
occu ela i ely equen ly in hese pa ien s, including
Table 2 Combined analysis including all he sample se s (Helsinki, Tampe e, Kuopio, and Oulu) in di e en subg oups, wi h numbe o he
c.5791C[T mu a ion ca ie s and non-ca ie s
S udy coho OR P95% CI N Helsinki w /mu N Tampe e w /mu N Oulu w /mu N Kuopio w /mu
All BC 1.94 0.11 0.87–4.32 2379/12 657/5 1314/9 428/2
Familial BC 2.50 0.10 0.83–7.51 1073/5 – 150/3 –
Unselec ed BC 1.87 0.14 0.82–4.26 1690/9 657/5 1141/6 428/2
ER?1.86 0.16 0.78–4.41 1786/9 490/4 432/2 317/1
ER-2.34 0.14 0.75–7.35 409/3 121/1 108/1 95/0
TNBC 5.14 0.005 1.65–16.0 138/3 67/1 68/1 47/0
BC b eas cance , ER es ogen ecep o , TNBC iple-nega i e b eas cance , w wild ype, mu mu a ion ca ie
Table 3 Combined analysis including all he sample se s (Helsinki, Tampe e, Kuopio, and Oulu) in di e en subg oups, wi h he numbe o he
FANCM c.5101C[T and c.5791C[T mu a ion ca ie s (combined) and non-ca ie s
S udy
coho
OR P95% CI N
Helsinki
w /mu
N
Tampe e
w /mu
N
Oulu
w /mu
N
Kuopio
w /mu
N Helsinki
con ols
w /mu
N Tampe e
con ols
w /mu
N Oulu
con ols
w /mu
N Kuopio
con ols
w /mu
All BC 1.86 0.0002 1.32–2.49 2285/81 656/35 1293/
30
419/11 1234/21 782/21 498/12 157/1
Familial
BC
1.99 0.004 1.24–3.19 1020/38 – 148/5 – – – – –
Unselec ed
BC
1.77 0.0006 1.28–2.45 1652/58 656/35 1124/
23
419/11 – – – –
ER?1.64 0.005 1.17–2.32 1721/55 480/22 426/8 292/8 – – – –
ER- 2.02 0.004 1.25–3.25 405/16 114/8 108/1 99/2 – – – –
TNBC 3.08 0.00007 1.77–5.35 130/10 60/5 68/1 58/2 – – – –
BC b eas cance , ER es ogen ecep o , TNBC iple-nega i e b eas cance , w wild ype, mu mu a ion ca ie
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BRCA2,PALB2,BARD1, and RAD51C [38]. The FA
pa hway has also been connec ed o TNBC, as compa ison
o mRNA exp ession in di e en b eas umo ypes
e ealed se e al FA pa hway genes (BRCA1,FANCD2,
FANCF, and PALB2) being signi ican ly less exp essed in
TNBC umo s compa ed o luminal A (ER o PR posi i e)
umo s [39]. This u he suppo s he cu en inding ha
also FANCM deple ion is linked especially wi h TNBC,
bu deepe unde s anding o his connec ion wa an s u -
he in es iga ions. Howe e , as he de elopmen al mech-
anisms o TNBC a e no well known, he iden i ica ion o
addi ional isk ac o s o his b eas cance sub ype is
aluable o unde s anding i s e iology and o he iden i-
ica ion o po en ial he apeu ic a ge s.
FANCM has a c ucial unc ion in he DNA damage
esponse o ICLs. I ac s as a helicase/ anslocase and
binds adjacen o he c osslink, inducing he ec ui men o
he FA co e complex o he si e. The co e complex
monoubiqui ina es he FANCI–FANCD2 complex which
igge s he accumula ion o mul iple nucleases and ini i-
a es he ac ual DNA epai p ocesses [2]. Deple ion o
FANCM has been epo ed o ha e e ec s on bo h he FA
pa hway e iciency and umo igenesis: FANCM de icien
mouse emb yonic ib oblas s displayed inc eased ch omo-
somal b eakage, esidual FANCD2 monoubiqui ina ion,
and inc eased spon aneous sis e ch oma id exchanges, and
he FANCM knockou mice had educed o e all and
umo - ee su i al [40].
The unc ional e ec o FANCM c.5791C[T has p e-
iously been s udied by Pe e longo e al. [13]. Ins ead o
being a con en ional nonsense mu a ion, i was p oposed o
c ea e a binding si e o a splicing ac o hnRNP A1, which
causes exon 22 skipping in mRNA and in oduces a p e-
ma u e s op codon, leading o loss o 132 amino acids om
he C- e minus o he p o ein. Two domains wi h impo an
oles in binding o DNA, ERCC4 and helix–hai pin–helix
(HhH)2, a e loca ed in he C- e minus o FANCM [41], and
loss o hem likely dis u bs FANCM ac i i y. Suppo ing
his hypo hesis, when he FANCM c.5791C[T mu a ion
was in oduced o mouse emb yonic ib oblas s, he mu an
cells displayed dec eased DNA epai ac i i y and
inc eased ch omosomal b eakage [13]. This is consis en
wi h he e ec o he majo i y o he known b eas cance -
associa ed gene mu a ions [42], u he suppo ing he
impac o FANCM c.5791C[T on genomic ins abili y and
inc eased cance isk.
Al oge he , he c.5791C[T mu a ion has o da e been
connec ed o amilial b eas cance [13], and also o TNBC
[14]. The cu en esul s on FANCM c.5791C[T, oge he
wi h hose o c.5101C[T, suppo a ole o FANCM as a
mode a e- isk b eas cance suscep ibili y gene and u he
emphasize i s connec ion wi h he iple-nega i e b eas
umo s.
Conclusions
The cu en esul s p o ide u he suppo o he p e i-
ously sugges ed associa ion be ween FANCM mu a ions
and iple-nega i e b eas cance . Fu he s udies wi h la -
ge da ase s a e needed o p ecise isk es ima ions. Also,
o he a e a ian s may occu in he FANCM gene and
wa an u he in es iga ions in o he popula ions.
Acknowledgemen s The au ho s wish o hank all he olun ee ed
pa ien s pa icipa ing in his s udy. Helsinki B eas Cance S udy
hanks esea ch nu ses I ja E kkila
¨and Vi pi Palola o hei help wi h
collec ing pa ien da a and samples. Fo he cance diagnos ic da a,
The Finnish Cance Regis y is g a e ully acknowledged. HEBCS
wish also o hank he s a a he Technology Cen e, Ins i u e o
Molecula Medicine Finland (FIMM), o SNV ma ke geno yping.
Oulu b eas cance s udy hanks Annika Va
¨n a
¨nen and Leena
Keski alo o echnical assis ance.
Funding Helsinki b eas cance s udy has been suppo ed by he
Helsinki Uni e si y Cen al Hospi al Resea ch Fund, he Academy o
Finland (266528), he Sig id Juselius Founda ion, he Cance Socie y
o Finland, he Finnish Cul u al Founda ion o LMP, and he Bio-
medicum Helsinki Founda ion o JK. Oulu b eas cance s udy has
been suppo ed by he Academy o Finland (250083) o KP, and by
he Academy o Finland (122715 and Cen e o Excellence 284605),
he Cance Socie y o Finland, he Sig id Juselius Founda ion, he
Uni e si y o Oulu, he Uni e si y o Oulu Suppo Founda ion, and
he special Go e nmen al EVO unds o Oulu Uni e si y Hospi al-
based esea ch ac i i ies o RW. The Kuopio b eas cance s udy was
suppo ed by he special Go e nmen Funding o Kuopio Uni e si y
Hospi al G an s, The Cance Socie y o Finland, and he s a egic
und o he Uni e si y o Eas e n Finland.
Au ho con ibu ions JIK, LMP, and HN designed he s udy. JIK
and AT pe o med he molecula gene ic s udies. JIK analyzed and
pooled he da a. JIK and AT ca ied ou he s a is ical analyses and
d a ed he manusc ip wi h HN. LMP, SK, TM, KP, AM, MT, AK,
A
˚B, V-MK, AK, JS, RB, CB, KA, and RW con ibu ed samples, da a
and pa ien in o ma ion. All au ho s ead and app o ed he inal
manusc ip .
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