Genome-wide interaction analysis of long-term trihalomethane exposure in drinking water and colorectal cancer risk in a Spanish Multicenter Case-Control Study (MCC-Spain)

We conducted a genome-wide interaction analysis between long-term exposure to trihalomethanes in drinking water and colorectal cancer (CRC) risk in a multicenter case-control study in Spain, including 1037 CRC cases and 2100 controls. Exposure categories were estimated based on sex-specific median a...

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Autores: Moratalla Navarro, Ferran, Obón Santacana, Mireia, Rius Sansalvador, Blanca, Guinó, Elisabet, Moragas, Núria, Donat Vargas, Carolina, Fernández de Larrea-Baz, Nerea, Molina Barceló, Ana, Guevara, Marcela, Morón-Duran, Francisco D, Dierssen Sotos, Trinidad, Tardón, Adonina, Castaño-Vinyals, Gemma, Cabrera Castro, Natalia, Molina, Antonio J., Aizpurua Atxega, Amaia, Morales Suárez Varela, María M., Martín, Vicente, Fernández Navarro, Pablo, Villanueva, Cristina M., Moreno Aguado, Víctor
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:recercat____::225974fe292f85bade08c50d13b13ff3
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/228965
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Aigua potable
Contaminants orgànics de l'aigua
Càncer colorectal
Drinking water
Organic water pollutants
Colorectal cancer
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Resumo:We conducted a genome-wide interaction analysis between long-term exposure to trihalomethanes in drinking water and colorectal cancer (CRC) risk in a multicenter case-control study in Spain, including 1037 CRC cases and 2100 controls. Exposure categories were estimated based on sex-specific median and quartile values of total trihalomethanes (TTHM), chloroform (CHCl3), and brominated trihalomethanes (Br-THMs) among controls. In addition, TTHM exposure was assessed relative to the WHO guideline thresholds. Gene-environment interaction models were computed with the GxEScanR package. To explore biological plausibility, relevant results were inspected in search of expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) in two independent resources: BarcUVaSeq and the Genome Tissue Expression (GTEx) v8. Finally, we searched the Comparative Toxicogenomics Database to identify candidate genes previously linked to trihalomethane exposure, retrieved their eQTLs, and evaluated gene-environment interactions with TTHM levels. We found three variants that modulated CRC risk in relation to CHCl3 and TTHM exposure: rs77985109 near LRRC8B, chr15:28997737 near WHAMMP2, and rs7890183 near MAGEB2. Two additional variants were specifically found for women and one for rectal cancer. Functional assessment suggested a regulatory role of rs77985109 in LRRC8B expression. Moreover, eQTL analysis of candidate genes revealed an additional variant associated with CCL2 which could modulate CRC risk under different TTHM exposure levels. The present study identified novel loci potentially influencing CRC susceptibility under THM exposure, highlighting the importance of integrating environmental and genetic data to better understand environmental driven cancer risks. Further research is needed to confirm these results and clarify underlying mechanisms.

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