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Background  Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer death in developed countries. Familial aggregation in CRC is also important outside syndromic forms and, in this case, a polygenic model with several common low-penetrance alleles contributing to CRC genetic predisposition could be hypothesized. Mucins and GALNTs (N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase) are interesting candidates for CRC genetic susceptibility and have not been previously evaluated. We present results for ten genetic variants linked to CRC risk in previous studies (previously identified category) and 18 selected variants from the mucin gene family in a case-control association study from the Spanish EPICOLON consortium.    Methods  CRC cases and matched controls were from EPICOLON, a prospective, multicenter, nationwide Spanish initiative, comprised of two independent stages. Stage 1 corresponded to 515 CRC cases and 515 controls, whereas stage 2 consisted of 901 CRC cases and 909 controls. Also, an independent cohort of 549 CRC cases and 599 controls outside EPICOLON was available for additional replication. Genotyping was performed for ten previously identified SNPs in  ADH1C ,  APC ,  CCDN1 ,  IL6 ,  IL8 ,  IRS1 ,  MTHFR ,  PPARG ,  VDR  and  ARL11 , and 18 selected variants in the mucin gene family.    Results  None of the 28 SNPs analyzed in our study was found to be associated with CRC risk. Although four SNPs were significant with a  P -value < 0.05 in EPICOLON stage 1 [rs698 in  ADH1C  (OR = 1.63, 95% CI = 1.06-2.50,  P -value = 0.02, recessive), rs1800795 in  IL6  (OR = 1.62, 95% CI = 1.10-2.37,  P -value = 0.01, recessive), rs3803185 in  ARL11  (OR = 1.58, 95% CI = 1.17-2.15,  P -value = 0.007, codominant), and rs2102302 in  GALNTL2  (OR = 1.20, 95% CI = 1.00-1.44,  P -value = 0.04, log-additive 0, 1, 2 alleles], only rs3803185 achieved statistical significance in EPICOLON stage 2 (OR = 1.34, 95% CI = 1.06-1.69,  P -value = 0.01, recessive). In the joint analysis for both stages, results were only significant for rs3803185 (OR = 1.12, 95% CI = 1.00-1.25,  P -value = 0.04, log-additive 0, 1, 2 alleles) and borderline significant for rs698 and rs2102302. The rs3803185 variant was not significantly associated with CRC risk in an external cohort (MCC-Spain), but it still showed some borderline significance in the pooled analysis of both cohorts (OR = 1.08, 95% CI = 0.98-1.18,  P -value = 0.09, log-additive 0, 1, 2 alleles).    Conclusions   ARL11 ,  ADH1C ,  GALNTL2  and  IL6  genetic variants may have an effect on CRC risk. Further validation and meta-analyses should be undertaken in larger CRC studies.

Case-control study for colorectal cancer genetic susceptibility in EPICOLON: previously identified variants and mucins