Abstract
Glucuronidation, catalyzed by UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGT) and sulfation, catalyzed by sulfotransferases (SULT), are pathways through which sex steroids are metabolized to less active compounds. These enzymes are highly polymorphic and genetic variants frequently result in higher or lower activity. The phenotypic effects of these polymorphisms on circulating sex steroids in premenopausal women have not yet been investigated. One hundred and seventy women ages 40-45 years had a blood sample drawn during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle for sex steroid measures and to obtain genomic DNA. Urine was collected for 2-hydroxy (OH) estrone (E1) and 16α-OH E1 measures. Generalized linear regression models were used to assess associations between sex steroids and polymorphisms in the UGT1A and UGT2B families, SULT1A1, and SULT1E1. Women with the UGT1A1(TA7/TA7) genotype had 25% lower mean estradiol (E2) concentrations compared to the wildtype (TA6/TA6) (p = 0.02). Similar associations were observed between SULT1A1(R213/H213) and E1 (13% lower mean E1 concentration vs. wildtype; p-value = 0.02) and UGT2B4(E458/E458) and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) (20% lower mean DHEA vs. wildtype; p-value = 0.03). The SULT1E1(A/C) and the UGT1A1(TA7)-UGT1A3(R11) haplotypes were associated with reduced estrogen concentrations. Further study of UGT and SULT polymorphisms and circulating sex steroid measures in larger populations of premenopausal women is warranted.
Keywords: Uridine diphosphoglucuronosyltransferases, sulfotransferases, estrogens, androgens, premenopausal women
Introduction
Circulating sex steroids are implicated in the etiology of certain cancers (e.g., breast, ovary, and endometrium) and other conditions with high morbidity (e.g., endometriosis and polycystic ovarian syndrome) arising in hormone-sensitive tissues [1-3]. Thus, the determinants of circulating concentrations of estrogens and androgens, and of estrogen metabolism, may be associated with risk of a number of hormone-dependent conditions. Conjugation of sex steroids via glucuronidation [catalyzed by UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGT)] [4] and sulfation [catalyzed by sulfotransferases (SULT)] [5] is a major pathway for estrogen and androgen clearance in humans. Steroid hormone conjugation may therefore represent an important regulator of sex steroid activity. UGT(1A1, 1A3, 2B4, 2B7) [6], and SULT(1A1, 1E1) [7] have been shown to be involved in the biotransformation of estrogens and their oxidative metabolites, and UGT2B15 and UGT2B17 have been implicated in androgen metabolism [8, 9]. The genes for many UGT and SULT enzymes that are capable of contributing to the conjugation of estrogens and catechol estrogens, as well as androgens, harbor common and functionally significant genetic polymorphisms [10]. Such polymorphisms may ultimately affect the clearance of, and exposure to, endogenous and exogenous estrogens and androgens.
The functional relevance of UGT and SULT polymorphisms to steroid hormone concentrations in vivo has only been studied in postmenopausal women and men; these studies have shown that UGT and SULT polymorphisms influence estrogen and androgen concentrations [11, 12]. Further, several studies also suggest that these polymorphisms influence risk of hormone-dependent cancers such as breast and prostate cancer [11-17]. To date, no studies have examined the relationship between UGT and SULT polymorphisms and serum steroid hormone concentrations and urinary catechol estrogen metabolites in premenopausal women. Specifically, there is a lack of studies that evaluate associations between circulating estrogens and UGT1A haplotypes, despite strong linkage disequilibrium between functional polymorphisms in multiple UGT1A family genes. Similarly, even though SULT1E1 shows the highest affinity for estrogens among members of the known human SULT enzymes [7] and is highly expressed in normal human mammary epithelial cells [18], no studies have yet investigated the association between SULT1E1 polymorphisms and sex hormone concentrations in premenopausal women. Other UGTs and SULTs also have been shown to catalyze the glucuronidation of estrogens and androgens, but some of these enzymes are expressed exclusively in extrahepatic tissues, including the small intestine, biliary tract, esophagus, and colon (e.g., 1A7, 1A8, 1A10) [19] or the genetic polymorphisms in them are rare. In the selection of the UGT and SULT genetic variants for our study, data from in vitro kinetic studies were considered [20-22]. For example, Nagar et al. [23] described the differences in sulfation activity toward estrogens, including estradiol, 2-hydroxyestradiol, and 2-methoxyestradiol, of the His/Arg213 alleles, with Arg213 showing greater catalytic activity compared to His213.
We hypothesized that alleles that code for enzymes with higher conjugating activity resulting in increased clearance of endogenous sex steroids [UGT1A3(R11), UGT1A3 (V47), UGT2B7(Y268), and UGT2B15(Y85)] would be associated with lower circulating hormone concentrations. Likewise, alleles that code for enzymes with lower conjugating activity resulting in lower clearance of endogenous sex steroids [UGT1A1(TA7), UGT2B17(null), and SULT1A1(H213)] would be associated with higher circulating hormone concentrations.
Materials and methods
Study population
As described in detail elsewhere [24], women were recruited from within Group Health (GH), a large integrated health plan in Washington State. Premenopausal women ages 40-45 years who had undergone a screening mammogram in the previous 10 months, and who were not using exogenous hormones, were identified from the GH Breast Cancer Screening Program [25] and recruited based on the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS®) density score [26] assigned to their most recent screening mammogram. Our aim was to recruit approximately similar numbers of women with a BI-RADS® density score of 1 or 2 (combined as one group, where 1 = almost entirely fat and 2 = scattered fibroglandular densities), 3 (heterogeneously dense), and 4 (extremely dense). We established eligibility criteria to include only premenopausal women who 1) were not perimenopausal, defined as skipped ≥1 periods in the previous 12 months, 2) were not currently taking exogenous sex steroids, 3) had not used sex steroids at all in the six months prior to the screening mammogram, and 4) had not used sex steroids for a month or more in the 6-12 months prior to the screening mammogram. A history of sex steroid hormone use in our study population was defined as the use of oral contraceptives, or sex steroid hormone patches, injections, or implants, or intrauterine devices containing progesterone at any time prior to the six-month period before the screening mammogram. All study procedures were approved by the Institutional Review Boards of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) and GH, and all study participants provided written informed consent.
Blood and urine sample collection
Clinic visits were scheduled to occur during the follicular phase (days 5 through 9) of the menstrual cycle. At the clinic visit, an early morning blood sample was drawn following an overnight fast and participants also provided a spot urine sample. Collection, storage, and transportation of samples are described in detail elsewhere [27].
Serum steroid hormone and SHBG concentration analyses
Estrone (E1), estradiol (E2), testosterone (T), androstenedione (A), and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) were quantified by sensitive and specific radioimmunoassays with preceding organic solvent extraction and Celite column partition chromatography steps [28, 29]. The assay sensitivities were 14.8 pmol/L, 7.3 pmol/L, 0.05 nmol/L and 0.10 nmol/L for E1, E2, T and A, respectively. The interassay coefficients of variation ranged from 8% to 13%.
Urinary estrogen metabolite concentration analyses
Urinary 2-hydroxyestrone (2-OH E1) and 16α-hydroxyestrone (16α-OH E1) were measured using a commercially available competitive, solid-phase enzyme-linked immunoassay (ESTRAMET, ImmunaCare, Corp., Bethlehem, PA). Intra-assay and inter-assay coefficients of variation for 2-OHE1 were 4.4% and 8.8%, respectively; for 16!-OHE1, they were 5.1% and 9.2%, respectively.
Genotyping of UGT1A, UGT2B, SULT1A1, and SULT1E1 polymorphisms
A total of 11 polymorphisms were genotyped from DNA extracted from the buffy coat fraction: UGT1A1(TA6/TA7) – rs8175347, UGT1A3(W11R) – rs3821242, UGT1A3(V47A) – rs6431625, UGT2B4(D458E) – rs13119049, UGT2B7(H268Y) – rs7439366, UGT2B15(D85Y) – rs1902023, SULT1A1(R213H) – rs9282861, SULT1E1: I169A>G – rs3775768, I1(−73)G>C – rs4149530, and (−10)C>G – rs1220702, and a deletion in UGT2B17 using a variety of polymerase chain reaction-based methods, including size dependent-separation, restriction fragment length polymorphism, sequencing, and fluorescent allelic discrimination (TaqMan™) as described in detail elsewhere [14].
Data analysis
Chi square tests were used to assess Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for each of the genotypes. Measures of central tendency and categorical distributions were calculated to describe the characteristics of the study population, and initial comparisons of hormone concentrations among genotypes were done using non-model based approaches including simple means and t-test. Because the hormone and urinary catechol estrogen metabolite measures were highly skewed, log-transformations of these values were performed.
As described previously [14], we inferred two-locus haplotypes involving UGT1A1(TA6/TA7), UGT1A3(W11R), and UGT1A3(V47A); our sample size was too small to obtain stable estimates for a three-locus haplotype analysis. For SULT1E1, we selected three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SULT1E1(I169A>G), SULT1E1[I1(−73)G>C], and SULT1E1[I5(−10)C>G]) found by Adjei et al. to distinguish the most common haplotypes (>5% allele frequency) in a Caucasian-American population [21]. Of the three SULT1E1 single nucleotide polymorphisms genotyped, SULT1E1[I5(−10)C>G]) did not occur as frequently relative to the other two [minor allele frequency (MAF) = 11%] and did not contribute to the delineation of any common haplotype. Among the two remaining SULT1E1 single nucleotide polymorphisms, SULT1E1(I169A>G), MAF=0.27%; SULT1E1[I1(−73)G>C], MAF=22%), we identified three haplotypes in our study population.
For each gene (UGT1A, SULT1E1), we performed a global test of all the haplotypes versus no haplotypes using a likelihood-ratio test for each hormone. We then fit a generalized linear model with additive haplotype effects under Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium to test for an association between each of the inferred UGT1A1-UGT1A3 and SULT1E1 haplotypes and hormone measure [30].
For our models, characteristics were selected as covariates if they were associated with both genotypes and sex steroids. Previous studies have reported ethnicity to be associated with UGT and SULT genotypes [31-33]. Lampe et al. [31] showed that both allele and genotype frequencies of the UGT1A1(TA6/TA7) genotypes varied by race (i.e., Caucasians vs. Asians). Race/ethnicity has also been shown to be associated with hormone concentrations [34]; thus, this characteristic (categorized as Asian, Caucasian, Other) was included in our final model.
Genotypes were coded on an ordinal scale [homozygous wildtype (wt/wt) = 0, heterozygous (wt/v) = 1, and homozygous variant (v/v) = 2] to model allele dosage effects with the wt/wt genotype as the reference category. If no gene dosage effect was observed, genotype was evaluated by using a dichotomous variable to indicate whether the participant was a carrier (i.e., wt/v or v/v) of the variant allele. Adjusted generalized linear regression models were fit and the mean estimates were back-transformed to obtain the geometric mean values and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of the sex steroids and urinary catechol estrogen metabolites by genotype. A test for trend was conducted using adjusted linear regression between the ordinal genotype measures and hormone and estrogen metabolite measures.
All analyses were conducted using STATA/SE (version 9.0; STATACorp LP, College Station, TX), with the exception that haplotypes were inferred and tested using Hapstat (Software for the statistical analysis of haplotype-disease association; Copyright © 2006-2008 Tammy Bailey, Danyu Lin and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) [30]. A two-sided p-value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results
A total of 189 (93%) study participants were willing to have stored biological samples used for future studies. Of these participants, 176 (93%) had a buffy coat available for extracting DNA. Among the 176 women with a buffy coat available, four had E2 concentrations > 1,468 pmol/l. Concentrations at this level are considered periovulatory and not typical of concentrations seen between days 5 and 9 of the menstrual cycle; as such, we excluded these four women from our analyses. Two participants had blood samples that were drawn outside of their follicular phase and were also excluded. Therefore, a total of 170 women were included in our analyses.
The mean age (SD) of the study participants was 42.4 (1.4) y and the majority had had one or more pregnancies, had a history of sex steroid hormone use (i.e., contraceptive hormones provided orally or as patches, injections, and implants, or intrauterine devices containing progesterone), were non-smokers (never or former), white, and highly educated (Table 1). The haplotype frequencies of UGT1A and SULT1E1, which satisfied Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, and all genotype frequencies with nonsignificant chi-square tests at p-value>0.05 for each hormone and urinary catechol estrogen metabolite are presented in Tables 2-4.
Table 1.
Age, y (mean, SD) | 42.4 | (1.4) |
Age at menarche, y (mean, SD) | 12.8 | (1.3) |
Age at first birthb, y (mean, SD) | 28.8 | (5.9) |
BMI, kg/m2 (mean, SD) | 25.7 | (4.5) |
Height, m (mean, SD) | 1.65 | (0.07) |
Weight, kg (mean, SD) | 70.1 | (12.8) |
Waist:Hip ratio (mean, SD) | 0.79 | (0.06) |
Number of pregnancies (n, %) | ||
None | 49 | (28.8) |
1 | 24 | (14.1) |
2+ | 94 | (55.3) |
History of breast-feedingb (n, %) | 97 | (81.5) |
History of hormone use (n, %) (e.g., oral contraceptives, hormone patches, hormone injections, hormone implants, intrauterine devices containing progesterone) |
120 | (70.6) |
Smoking status (n, %) | ||
Current | 8 | (4.7) |
Former | 45 | (26.5) |
Never | 115 | (67.6) |
Race / ethnicity (n, %) | ||
Asian | 13 | (7.6) |
White | 147 | (86.5) |
Other | 8 | (4.7) |
Years of school completed (n, %) | ||
≤ 12 | 12 | (7.1) |
13 – 15 | 45 | (26.5) |
16 | 47 | (27.6) |
≥ 17 years | 64 | (37.6) |
Income (n, %) | ||
≤ $49,999 | 25 | (14.7) |
$50,000 - $75,000 | 41 | (24.1) |
> $75,000 | 81 | (47.6) |
Prefer not to answer | 21 | (12.4) |
Numbers may not add up to 170 for some characteristics due to missing values
Among parous women only (n = 119), number of parous women does not add up to 119 for the variable “Number of pregnancies” due to a missing value for a parous woman
Table 2.
Hormoneb | |||||||||
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E1 (pmol/l) | E2 (pmol/l) | ||||||||
Genotype | n | Geometric mean (95% CI) |
p-value | % diff |
p trend | Geometric mean (95% CI) |
p-value | % diff |
p trend |
UGT1A1 | |||||||||
6/6 | 86 | 255 (237, 274) | Ref | Ref | 0.82 | 378 (338, 421) | Ref | Ref | 0.09 |
6/7 | 69 | 265 (246, 285) | 0.46 | +4.0 | 363 (318, 415) | 0.66 | −3.8 | ||
7/7 | 15 | 234 (195, 282) | 0.40 | −8.1 | 284 (228, 353) | 0.02 | −24.9 | ||
6/7 + 7/7 | 84 | 259 (242, 277) | 0.74 | +1.7 | 348 (309, 391) | 0.31 | −7.9 | ||
| |||||||||
UGT1A3 | |||||||||
W11/W11 | 63 | 248 (228, 269) | Ref | Ref | 0.60 | 364 (323, 411) | Ref | Ref | 0.49 |
W11/R11 | 74 | 268 (248, 289) | 0.17 | +8.2 | 375 (329,429) | 0.75 | +3.0 | ||
R11/R11 | 33 | 252 (225, 281) | 0.84 | +1.5 | 331 (278, 393) | 0.37 | −9.2 | ||
W11/R11 + R11/R11 | 107 | 263 (247, 280) | 0.27 | +6.0 | 361 (325, 401) | 0.91 | −1.0 | ||
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UGT1A3 | |||||||||
V47/V47 | 75 | 248 (229, 269) | Ref | Ref | 0.61 | 363 (324, 407) | Ref | Ref | 0.53 |
V47/A47 | 71 | 271 (253, 290) | 0.10 | +9.1 | 376 (329, 430) | 0.69 | +3.6 | ||
A47/A47 | 24 | 249 (216, 286) | 0.91 | −0.9 | 321 (261, 396) | 0.32 | −11.4 | ||
V47/A47 + A47/A47 | 95 | 264 (248, 281) | 0.22 | +6.5 | 362 (323, 405) | 0.96 | −0.4 | ||
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UGT2B4 | |||||||||
D458/D458 | 94 | 260 (242, 281) | Ref | Ref | 0.45 | 374 (335, 418) | Ref | Ref | 0.67 |
D458/E458 | 67 | 254 (237, 274) | 0.68 | −2.2 | 340 (298, 388) | 0.28 | −9.2 | ||
E458/E458 | 9 | 240 (204, 281) | 0.36 | −8.0 | 415 (322, 535) | 0.47 | +10.9 | ||
D458/E458 + E458/E458 | 76 | 253 (236, 270) | 0.57 | −2.9 | 348 (308, 392) | 0.39 | −7.0 | ||
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UGT2B7 | |||||||||
H268/H268 | 45 | 268 (244, 296) | Ref | Ref | 0.05 | 356 (307, 413) | Ref | Ref | 0.19 |
H268/Y268 | 85 | 262 (244, 283) | 0.70 | −2.3 | 397 (354, 445) | 0.24 | +11.6 | ||
Y268/Y268 | 40 | 234 (214, 257) | 0.05 | −12.7 | 304 (258, 358) | 0.17 | −14.6 | ||
H268/Y268 + Y268/Y268 | 125 | 253 (239, 268) | 0.32 | −5.6 | 365 (332, 401) | 0.74 | +3.0 | ||
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UGT2B15 | |||||||||
D85/D85 | 34 | 255 (231, 281) | Ref | Ref | 0.10 | 336 (280, 404) | Ref | Ref | 0.60 |
D85/Y85 | 92 | 272 (253, 291) | 0.31 | +6.5 | 394 (357, 434) | 0.14 | +17.0 | ||
Y85/Y85 | 44 | 230 (210, 253) | 0.15 | −9.5 | 322 (268, 386) | 0.73 | −4.4 | ||
D85/Y85 + Y85/Y85 | 136 | 258 (243, 273) | 0.83 | +1.2 | 369 (338, 403) | 0.36 | +9.9 | ||
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UGT2B17 | |||||||||
Not null/Not null | 70 | 254 (234, 276) | Ref | Ref | 0.52 | 352 (307, 402) | Ref | Ref | 0.46 |
Not null/Null | 73 | 256 (236, 276) | 0.91 | +0.6 | 363 (323, 409) | 0.72 | +3.3 | ||
Null/Null | 27 | 270 (243, 298) | 0.37 | +6.1 | 389 (315, 482) | 0.43 | +10.7 | ||
Not null/Null + Null/Null | 100 | 259 (243, 276) | 0.74 | +1.8 | 370 (334, 408) | 0.58 | +4.8 | ||
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SULT1A1 | |||||||||
R213/R213 | 80 | 274 (254, 295) | Ref | Ref | 0.08 | 390 (344, 444) | Ref | Ref | 0.16 |
R213/H213 | 64 | 239 (219, 260) | 0.02 | −12.8 | 335 (294, 383) | 0.11 | −14.2 | ||
H213/H213 | 26 | 253 (227, 282) | 0.24 | −7.6 | 348 (295, 410) | 0.29 | −11.0 | ||
R213/H213 + H213/H213 | 90 | 243 (227, 260) | 0.02 | −11.4 | 339 (305, 376) | 0.10 | −13.2 |
adjusted for ethnicity
E1 – estrone, E2 – estradiol
Table 4.
Hormoneb | ||||||||
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log(E1) (pmol/l) |
log(E2) (pmol/l) |
log(A) (nmol/l) |
log(T) (nmol/l) |
log(DHEA) (nmol/l) |
log(2-OH E1) (nmol/mmol cr) |
log(16α-OH E1) (nmol/mmol cr) |
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Haplotype | Frequency | Coefficient (95% CI) p-value |
Coefficient (95% CI) p-value |
Coefficient (95% CI) p-value |
Coefficient (95% CI) p-value |
Coefficient (95% CI) p-value |
Coefficient (95% CI) p-value |
Coefficient (95% CI) p-value |
UGT1A1(TA6/TA7)-UGT1A3(W11R) | ||||||||
| ||||||||
TA6-W11 | 0.58 | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| ||||||||
TA6-R11 | 0.13 | 0.18 (−0.18, 0.59) 0.34 |
0.22 (−0.40, 0.84) 0.49 |
−0.17 (−0.49, 0.17) 0.34 |
−0.002 (−0.006, 0.001) 0.23 |
−0.03 (−0.52, 0.48) 0.94 |
−0.17 (−0.10, 0.06) 0.67 |
−0.03 (−0.09, 0.02) 0.26 |
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TA7-R11 | 0.29 | 0 (−0.30, 0.30) 0.99 |
−0.33 (−0.77, 0.15) 0.16 |
0.07 (−0.14, 0.35) 0.48 |
0 (−0.003, 0.002) 0.73 |
0.03 (−0.35, 0.38) 0.89 |
−0.04 (−0.10, 0.02) 0.17 |
−0.46 (−0.09, 0) 0.04 |
| ||||||||
UGT1A1(TA6/TA7)-UGT1A3(V47A) | ||||||||
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TA6-V47 | 0.65 | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| ||||||||
TA6-A47 | 0.06 | 0.30 (−0.18, 0.81) 0.23 |
0.51 (−0.29, 1.32) 0.21 |
−0.10 (−0.56, 0.31) 0.60 |
−0.002 (−0.007, 0.002) 0.35 |
0.07 (−0.59, 0.76) 0.80 |
0.07 (−0.29, 0.17) 0.17 |
0.02 (−0.05, 0.10) 0.53 |
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TA7-A47 | 0.29 | 0 (−0.30, 0.30) 0.98 |
−0.33 (−0.77, 0.15) 0.16 |
0.10 (−0.14, 0.35) 0.42 |
0 (−0.003, 0.002) 0.81 |
0.03 −0.31, 0.07) 0.84 |
−0.03 (−0.09, 0.02) 0.27 |
−0.04 (−0.08, 0) 0.08 |
| ||||||||
SULT1E1 c : (A/G), (G/C) | ||||||||
| ||||||||
A-G | 0.57 | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| ||||||||
A-C | 0.05 | −0.96 (−1.55, −0.33) 0.003 |
−1.06 (−2.09, 0) 0.05 |
−0.31 (−0.87, 0.28) 0.30 |
0 (−0.007, 0.006) 0.82 |
0.24 (−0.66, 1.14) 0.59 |
−0.08 (−0.21, 0.06) 0.29 |
−0.01 (−0.10, 0.08) 0.81 |
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G-C | 0.26 | 0.15 (−0.15, 0.44) 0.32 |
0.11 (−0.37, 0.59) 0.68 |
0.01 (−0.24, 0.28) 0.93 |
0 (−0.003, 0.003) 0.91 |
−0.28 (−0.69, 0.10) 0.15 |
−0.03 (−0.10, 0.03) 0.29 |
−0.04 (−0.08, 0.01) 0.10 |
adjusted for ethnicity
E1 – estrone, E2 – estradiol, A – androstenedione, T – testosterone, DHEA – dehydroepiandrosterone, OH – hydroxyl cr - creatinine
refer to Adjei et al. [21]
After adjusting for ethnicity, inverse associations were observed between estrogens and polymorphisms in UGT1A1 and SULT1A1 (Table 2). Individuals with the UGT1A1(TA7/TA7) genotype had a 25% lower E2 concentration compared to the wildtype (TA6/TA6) (p-value = 0.02; p trend = 0.09). For individuals carrying the H213 allele of SULT1A1 (R213/H213 + H213/H213), an 11% lower E1 concentration compared to the wildtype was observed (p-value = 0.02). A trend for lower E1 concentrations with increasing number of H213 alleles was not significant.
Individuals with the UGT2B4(E458/E458) genotype had a 20% lower DHEA concentration compared to the wildtype (p-value = 0.03; p trend = 0.08) [Table 3]. No association was observed between the UGT2B17(null/null) genotype and circulating T concentrations. A 10% lower T concentration was observed for women with the SULT1A1(R213/H213) genotype compared to the SULT1A1(R213/R213) genotype (p-value = 0.04). However, there was no indication of a linear trend (p-trend = 0.94).
Table 3.
Hormoneb | |||||||||||||
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A (nmol/l) | T (nmol/l) | DHEA (nmol/l) | |||||||||||
Genotype | n | Geometric mean (95% CI) |
p- value |
% diff |
p trend |
Geometric mean (95% CI) |
p- value |
% diff |
p trend |
Geometric mean (95% CI) |
p- value |
% diff |
p trend |
UGT1A1 | |||||||||||||
6/6 | 86 | 3.21 (3.00, 3.42) |
Ref | Ref | 0.30 | 0.88 (0.81, 0.95) |
Ref | Ref | 0.90 | 12.6 (11.4, 14.0) |
Ref | Ref | 0.85 |
6/7 | 69 | 3.24 (3.04, 3.49) |
0.76 | +1.5 | 0.83 (0.77, 0.89) |
0.30 | −5.4 | 12.0 (10.8, 13.4) |
0.50 | −4.9 | |||
7/7 | 15 | 3.49 (3.14, 3.91) |
0.15 | +9.6 | 0.93 (0.81, 1.07) |
0.44 | +6.3 | 13.9 (12.1, 16.1) |
0.26 | +10.3 | |||
6/7 + 7/7 | 84 | 3.28 (3.11, 3.49) |
0.53 | +2.9 | 0.85 (0.79, 0.90) |
0.49 | −3.5 | 12.4 (11.3, 13.5) |
0.73 | −2.3 | |||
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UGT1A3 | |||||||||||||
W11/W11 | 63 | 3.24 (2.97, 3.52) |
Ref | Ref | 1.00 | 0.88 (0.81, 0.96) |
Ref | Ref | 0.38 | 12.4 (11.0, 14.1) |
Ref | Ref | 0.96 |
W11/R11 | 74 | 3.28 (3.07, 3.49) |
0.87 | +0.9 | 0.87 (0.81, 0.94) |
0.86 | −1.0 | 12.6 (11.3, 13.9) |
0.90 | +1.0 | |||
R11/R11 | 33 | 3.21 (2.93, 3.56) |
0.96 | −0.3 | 0.82 (0.74, 0.91) |
0.32 | −6.4 | 12.4 (11.0, 14.2) |
0.99 | +0.1 | |||
W11/R11 + R11/R11 | 107 | 3.24 (3.97, 3.42) |
0.92 | +0.5 | 0.85 (0.81, 0.91) |
0.61 | −2.8 | 12.5 (11.6, 13.6) |
0.92 | +0.7 | |||
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UGT1A3 | |||||||||||||
V47/V47 | 75 | 3.21 (2.97, 3.46) |
Ref | Ref | 0.68 | 0.88 (0.81, 0.96) |
Ref | Ref | 0.56 | 12.4 (11.2, 13.8) |
Ref | Ref | 0.78 |
V47/A47 | 71 | 3.28 (3.07, 3.49) |
0.66 | +2.2 | 0.85 (0.79, 0.91) |
0.47 | −4.0 | 12.4 (11.2, 13.8) |
0.98 | +0.2 | |||
A47/A47 | 24 | 3.28 (2.90, 3.70) |
0.76 | +2.1 | 0.86 (0.75, 0.97) |
0.70 | −2.8 | 12.8 (11.0, 15.0) |
0.72 | +3.4 | |||
V47/A47 + A47/A47 | 95 | 3.28 (3.11, 3.46) |
0.65 | +2.2 | 0.85 (0.80, 0.91) |
0.47 | −3.7 | 12.6 (11.5, 13.7) |
0.88 | +1.0 | |||
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UGT2B4 | |||||||||||||
D458/D458 | 94 | 3.28 (3.07, 3.49) |
Ref | Ref | 0.35 | 0.86 (0.81, 0.93) |
Ref | Ref | 0.71 | 13.0 (11.9, 14.2) |
Ref | Ref | 0.08 |
D458/E458 | 67 | 3.21 (2.97, 3.49) |
0.69 | −2.0 | 0.87 (0.80, 0.95) |
0.87 | +0.9 | 12.1 (10.8, 13.6) |
0.33 | −6.8 | |||
E458/E458 | 9 | 3.00 (2.69, 3.32) |
0.12 | −9.2 | 0.78 (0.62, 0.99) |
0.44 | −9.3 | 10.4 (8.61, 12.5) |
0.03 | −20.3 | |||
D458/E458 + E458/E458 | 76 | 3.21 (2.97, 3.42) |
0.54 | −2.9 | 0.86 (0.79, 0.93) |
0.95 | −0.3 | 11.9 (10.7, 13.2) |
0.19 | −8.5 | |||
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UGT2B7 | |||||||||||||
H268/H268 | 45 | 3.24 (2.93, 3.59) |
Ref | Ref | 0.84 | 0.86 (0.77, 0.95) |
Ref | Ref | 0.64 | 12.9 (11.4, 14.5) |
Ref | Ref | 0.84 |
H268/Y268 | 85 | 3.24 (3.07, 3.46) |
0.98 | +0.2 | 0.88 (0.82, 0.95) |
0.69 | +2.7 | 12.2 (11.1, 13.5) |
0.53 | −4.8 | |||
Y268/Y268 | 40 | 3.21 (2.90, 3.56) |
0.84 | −1.5 | 0.82 (0.74, 0.92) |
0.63 | −3.7 | 12.6 (10.8, 14.7) |
0.85 | −1.9 | |||
H268/Y268 + Y268/Y268 | 125 | 3.24 (3.07, 3.42) |
0.96 | −0.3 | 0.86 (0.82, 0.92) |
0.91 | +0.7 | 12.4 (11.4, 13.4) |
0.59 | −3.9 | |||
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UGT2B15 | |||||||||||||
D85/D85 | 34 | 3.32 (3.04, 3.63) |
Ref | Ref | 0.57 | 0.87 (0.78, 0.97) |
Ref | Ref | 1.00 | 13.5 (11.8, 15.6) |
Ref | Ref | 0.46 |
D85/Y85 | 92 | 3.24 (3.04, 3.46) |
0.66 | −2.4 | 0.85 (0.79, 0.92) |
0.73 | −2.2 | 12.1 (11.0, 13.4) |
0.23 | −10.2 | |||
Y85/Y85 | 44 | 3.21 (2.93, 3.49) |
0.56 | −3.6 | 0.87 (0.79, 0.96) |
0.97 | −0.3 | 12.5 (11.0, 14.2) |
0.41 | −7.8 | |||
D85/Y85 + Y85/Y85 | 136 | 3.21 (3.07, 3.42) |
0.58 | −2.8 | 0.86 (0.81, 0.91) |
0.79 | −1.6 | 12.2 (11.3, 13.2) |
0.24 | −9.5 | |||
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UGT2B17 | |||||||||||||
Not null/not null | 70 | 3.35 (3.07, 3.63) |
Ref | Ref | 0.75 | 0.85 (0.79, 0.92) |
Ref | Ref | 0.26 | 13.2 (11.8, 14.7) |
Ref | Ref | 0.57 |
Not null/Null | 73 | 3.07 (2.90, 3.24) |
0.10 | −8.1 | 0.84 (0.77, 0.91) |
0.81 | −1.3 | 11.5 (10.5, 12.6) |
0.06 | −12.8 | |||
Null/Null | 27 | 3.49 (3.11, 3.87) |
0.58 | +4.1 | 0.96 (0.86, 1.08) |
0.07 | +13.3 | 13.6 (11.3, 16.4) |
0.76 | +3.3 | |||
Not null/Null + Null/Null | 100 | 3.18 (3.00, 3.35) |
0.24 | −5.6 | 0.87 (0.81, 0.93) |
0.76 | +1.6 | 12.0 (11.0, 13.0) |
0.14 | −9.6 | |||
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SULT1A1 | |||||||||||||
R213/R213 | 80 | 3.35 (3.14, 3.56) |
Ref | Ref | 0.74 | 0.90 (0.83, 0.96) |
Ref | Ref | 0.94 | 13.0 (11.7, 14.4) |
Ref | Ref | 0.18 |
R213/H213 | 64 | 3.07 (2.86, 3.32) |
0.12 | −7.7 | 0.80 (0.73, 0.87) |
0.04 | −10.8 | 12.6 (11.4, 13.8) |
0.65 | −3.1 | |||
H213/H213 | 26 | 3.38 (3.00, 3.80) |
0.81 | +1.6 | 0.94 (0.82, 1.08) |
0.50 | +5.5 | 11.1 (9.06, 13.5) |
0.16 | −14.8 | |||
R213/H213 + H213/H213 | 90 | 3.18 (2.97, 3.38) |
0.27 | −5.1 | 0.84 (0.78, 0.90) |
0.21 | −6.3 | 12.1 (11.1, 13.2) |
0.32 | −6.7 |
adjusted for ethnicity
A – androstenedione, T – testosterone, DHEA – dehydroepiandrosterone
No statistically significant associations were shown between the urinary catechol estrogen metabolites and any of the individual polymorphisms (data not shown). An inverse association was observed between 16α-OH E1 and the UGT1A1(TA7)-UGT1A3(R11) haplotype (p-value = 0.04) (Table 4). Results from a likelihood ratio test comparing a model with the two-locus haplotype effects of UGT1A (full model) to the model with no haplotypes (reduced model) showed that the model without the haplotypes provided an adequate fit to the data for all the sex steroids.
Compared to SULT1E1(A-G), inverse associations were shown between the SULT1E1(A-C) haplotype and E1 and E2. Log(E1) and log E2 concentrations were 0.96 pmol/l (95% CI: −1.55, −0.33, p-value = 0.003) and 1.06 (95% CI: −2.09, 0) pmol/l lower for women with the SULT1E1(A-C) haplotype compared to SULT1E1(A-G) (Table 4). Likelihood ratio tests comparing the full model with all the SULT1E1 haplotypes to the model with no haplotypes showed that the model without the haplotypes provided an adequate fit to the data for all the sex steroids.
Discussion
In this well-characterized population of healthy premenopausal women, we assessed the associations between follicular phase circulating steroid hormone concentrations and urinary catechol estrogen metabolites and polymorphisms and / or haplotypes in the UGT1A, UGT2B, SULT1A1, and SULT1E1 genes. Previous studies of UGT and SULT genotypes and steroid hormone concentrations have been conducted only in postmenopausal women. As such, our study provides unique data on the relation of these functional polymorphisms to circulating steroid hormone concentrations before the menopausal transition.
We observed an inverse association between the UGT1A1(TA7/TA7) genotype and circulating E2 concentrations. UGT1A1 is known to glucuronidate estriol, E2, and catechol estrogens [35, 36]. Findings from functional analyses of the transcriptional promoter activity in breast and liver cells showed that the UGT1A1(TA7) allele has a 30% reduction in gene transcription and reduced UGT1A1 gene expression compared to the wildtype allele [UGT1A1(TA6)] [37-39]. Thus, we hypothesized that carriers of the TA7 allele should have higher concentrations of circulating estrogens. Our finding that E2 concentration was 25% lower in premenopausal women with the UGT1A1(TA7/TA7) genotype compared with those with the UGT(TA6/TA6) genotype appear to contradict this hypothesis. However, strong linkage disequilibrium between the TA7 allele of UGT1A1 and UGT1A6(T181A, R184S) has been previously reported [31, 40], and the UGT1A1(TA7) allele also has been shown to be in linkage disequilibrium with polymorphisms in UGT1A3 [41], as our data demonstrate.
We did not observe strong statistically significant associations between the UGT1A1(TA7)-UGT1A3(R11) and UGT1A1(TA7)-UGT1A3(A47) haplotypes and E2, 2-OH E1, and 16α-OH E1. The magnitude of the differences in these estrogen measures that we observed according to UGT1A3 genotype is consistent with the greater clearance of estrogen expected in women with the R11 and A47 alleles [22]. Similar to our previous findings on the UGT1A1-UGT1A3 haplotypes and mammographic density [14], our results suggest that at the UGT1A locus, the coinheritance of UGT1A3(R11) and / or UGT1A3(V47A), or other variation on the haplotype containing these alleles, has the strongest influence on circulating estrogen concentrations. Because we did not have a large enough sample size to obtain stable estimates for a three-locus haplotype analysis, we were only able to infer two-locus haplotypes between UGT1A1 and UGT1A3 for our study population. Thus, haplotype analysis with UGT1A and hormone measures in a larger population of premenopausal women is warranted as it remains to be determined whether these alleles or others that are in linkage disequilibrium with the TA7 allele most strongly influence serum estrogens and urinary estrogen metabolites.
We also observed an inverse association between carriers of the H213 allele of SULT1A1 and E1 concentrations compared to the wildtype genotype (R213/R213). The H213 allele is consistently associated with both low sulfation activity and low thermostability [42]. In our study, carriers of the H213 allele had 10% lower E1 concentrations compared to the wildtype allele. Given that the SULT1A1(H213/H213) genotype is associated with lower capacity to sulfate E2 and catechol estrogens compared to the wildtype [23], we hypothesized that premenopausal women with the H213 allele would have higher circulating estrogen concentrations. Our results (and those of others [43]), are opposite to what we hypothesized. Alleles for SULT1A1 have been shown to be in linkage disequilibrium with alleles for SULT1A2 [43], and possibly SULT1A3 [44]. In addition, polymorphisms in the 5′-flanking region of the SULT1A1 gene were shown to be in linkage disequilibrium with, and attenuate the effect of, the SULT1A1(H213) allele [45]. These findings suggest that haplotype analysis with SULT1A would shed more light on the association between SULT1A and circulating estrogen concentrations.
We also observed inverse associations between the SULT1E1(A-C) haplotype and E1 and E2. SULT1E1 shows the highest affinity for estrogens among known members of the human SULT enzymes [7], and is highly expressed in normal human mammary epithelial cells [18]. Our findings should be interpreted with caution given that we did not observe all of the expected haplotypes that were identified in Adjei et al. [7], from which we selected our SNPs. To the extent that haplotypes were not observed due to the inclusion of insufficient tagSNPs, individuals with missing haplotypes may have been misclassified as having the measured haplotypes. We were also unable to determine other common polymorphisms in our study population because we did not sequence the SULT1E1 gene in our study. Thus, it is possible that we did not select an optimal set of SNPs for our study population. To our knowledge, this is the first study examining associations between SULT1E1 haplotypes and hormone concentrations in premenopausal women. Additional studies are needed to confirm our findings and investigate the functional implications of SULT1E1 haplotypes on hormone concentrations.
Modest significant and non-significant associations between polymorphisms in the UGT2B genes and circulating androgen concentrations were also shown. UGT2B4 is expressed in a wide range of tissues and was reported to conjugate 4-OH E1, androstane-3α, 17β-diol (3α-diol), and androsterone (ADT) [46]. The effect of the UGT2B4(E458) polymorphism has not previously been studied in vivo, despite the location of the single amino acid change in the putative cosubstrate binding domain [10]. In vitro studies using bile acids, phenol derivatives, and catechol estrogens as substrates suggest no functional impact of this variation on gene product function [46]; however the impact of this polymorphism on androgen glucuronidation and properties such as enzyme stability has not been evaluated. Our results suggest that in vivo the UGT2B4(E458/E458) genotype is associated with higher glucuronidation activity, thereby leading to reduced concentrations of circulating androgen metabolites.
We did not find a statistically significant association between the androgens and polymorphisms in UGT2B7, UGT2B15 and UGT2B17, which have been shown to conjugate testosterone and androgen metabolites in the liver and several extrahepatic tissues [8, 47]. Results from Lazarus et al. [48] suggest that the UGT2B17 deletion, which results in the absence of a 150kb genomic interval spanning the entire gene, is significantly associated with lower glucuronidation activities in human liver microsomes. Furthermore, Jakobsson et al. [32] showed that the UGT2B17 deletion is strongly associated with no or negligible amounts of urinary testosterone glucuronide concentrations in men. In our study, women with the UGT2B17(null/null) genotype had a borderline significantly higher testosterone concentration of 13.3% compared to women with the UGT2B17(not null/not null) genotype. This is in the direction hypothesized based on the in vitro and in vivo studies mentioned above. A potential explanation for our non-significant findings could be the lower concentrations of androgens in women compared to men [total serum testosterone concentration: 0.5-2.5 nmol/l versus 9-25 nmol/l, respectively [49]]. Against this background of low androgen concentrations, the polymorphisms in UGT2B7, 2B15, and 2B17 may not sufficiently reduce activity to a minimal threshold that would affect circulating androgen concentrations. Another possible explanation implicates the link between the deletion polymorphism in UGT2B17 and production of UGT2B15 [50]. Jakobsson et al. [51] showed that individuals with the UGT2B17(null/null) genotype had 4.5 times more UGT2B15 mRNA compared to individuals with the UG2B17(not null/not null) genotype, suggesting that the lack of the UGT2B17 enzyme may be compensated for by an increase in UGT2B15 transcription.
Our study has some limitations. It can be argued that follicular phase hormone measures may not be representative of sex steroid concentrations for premenopausal women throughout the menstrual cycle. However, it has been shown that a reasonable characterization of inter-individual differences in premenopausal E2 concentrations can be obtained with single blood samples taken between days 5 and 9 (i.e., early to mid-follicular phase of the menstrual cycle) [52]. Further, it has been suggested that among premenopausal women, a single blood measurement can reliably categorize average concentrations of androgens and estrone sulfate over at least a 3-y period [53].
It is often difficult to extrapolate results of in vitro cell- or tissue-specific UGT kinetic studies to genotype-phenotype associations in vivo. Furthermore, given the complexity and challenges of studying these associations in vivo, we also are limited in our ability to assess whether supposed small changes in activity or expression by the variants in vitro translate to changes in physiological hormone concentrations. It is possible that the lack of an association is not because the polymorphism does not change enzyme function, but because the effect of the single enzyme variant may be too small to detect in vivo where functional redundancy in UGT and SULT enzymes compensates for the less active variant enzyme.
Because most women were white and well-educated and all were members of a health plan, our findings may be generalizable only to similar populations of women. Another limitation is our small sample size, which restricted our ability to explore potential interactions between genotypes. Given that many comparisons were made, it is possible that some of the statistically significant findings may have occurred by chance. The associations between SULT1A1 and circulating E1 and T concentrations for example, were significant only with the heterozygote genotypes with non-significant p trend values. Thus, these results were very likely to have occurred by chance. Adjustment for multiple testing using the Holm step-down procedure [54] showed no statistically significant results, suggesting that further study in larger population samples of premenopausal women is warranted.
Measuring all the polymorphisms involved in steroid hormone metabolism was beyond the scope of this study. Nonetheless, to date, no studies have evaluated relationships between UGT and SULT polymorphisms and circulating sex steroids in healthy, premenopausal women, and results from our study can be used as important preliminary data for determining approaches for future, larger-scale molecular epidemiologic studies that aim to capture variation in all the relevant sex-hormone metabolizing enzymes.
In summary, in this population of premenopausal women, E2, E1, and DHEA were associated with polymorphisms in UGT1A1, SULT1A1 and UGT2B4. The estrogens were also shown to be inversely associated with SULT1E1 haplotypes. More studies in larger population samples of premenopausal women examining the role of polymorphisms and haplotypes in steroid hormone pathway genes as predictive markers of circulating sex steroids and urinary catechol estrogen metabolites are needed to confirm these genotype-phenotype relationships and improve the generalizability of these findings.
Acknowledgements
We wish to thank Kelly Ehrlich, Kathy Plant, and the Group Health Research Institute for screening interviews, clinic visits, and study coordination, Christine Rimorin for technical assistance, and all of the study participants.
This work was supported by the National Institute of Health grants R03CA121872 and R01CA097366, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Interdisciplinary Training Funds.
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