Circulating amino acids and amino acid-related metabolites and risk of breast cancer among predominantly premenopausal women

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Title: Circulating amino acids and amino acid-related metabolites and risk of breast cancer among predominantly premenopausal women
Authors: Oana A. Zeleznik, Raji Balasubramanian, Yibai Zhao, Lisa Frueh, Sarah Jeanfavre, Julian Avila-Pacheco, Clary B. Clish, Shelley S. Tworoger, A. Heather Eliassen
Source: npj Breast Cancer, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
Publisher Information: Nature Portfolio, 2021.
Publication Year: 2021
Collection: LCC:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Subject Terms: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
More Details: Abstract Known modifiable risk factors account for a small fraction of premenopausal breast cancers. We investigated associations between pre-diagnostic circulating amino acid and amino acid-related metabolites (N = 207) and risk of breast cancer among predominantly premenopausal women of the Nurses’ Health Study II using conditional logistic regression (1057 cases, 1057 controls) and multivariable analyses evaluating all metabolites jointly. Eleven metabolites were associated with breast cancer risk (q-value < 0.2). Seven metabolites remained associated after adjustment for established risk factors (p-value < 0.05) and were selected by at least one multivariable modeling approach: higher levels of 2-aminohippuric acid, kynurenic acid, piperine (all three with q-value < 0.2), DMGV and phenylacetylglutamine were associated with lower breast cancer risk (e.g., piperine: ORadjusted (95%CI) = 0.84 (0.77–0.92)) while higher levels of creatine and C40:7 phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) plasmalogen were associated with increased breast cancer risk (e.g., C40:7 PE plasmalogen: ORadjusted (95%CI) = 1.11 (1.01–1.22)). Five amino acids and amino acid-related metabolites (2-aminohippuric acid, DMGV, kynurenic acid, phenylacetylglutamine, and piperine) were inversely associated, while one amino acid and a phospholipid (creatine and C40:7 PE plasmalogen) were positively associated with breast cancer risk among predominately premenopausal women, independent of established breast cancer risk factors.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2374-4677
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2374-4677
DOI: 10.1038/s41523-021-00262-4
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/364911554b85499280a193b48fdf7611
Accession Number: edsdoj.364911554b85499280a193b48fdf7611
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:23744677
DOI:10.1038/s41523-021-00262-4
Published in:npj Breast Cancer
Language:English