Abstract
Background: Folates, including folic acid, may play a dual role in colorectal cancer development. Folate is suggested to be protective in early carcinogenesis but could accelerate growth of premalignant lesions or micrometastases. Whether circulating concentrations of folate and folic acid, measured around time of diagnosis, are associated with recurrence and survival in colorectal cancer patients is largely unknown. Methods: Circulating concentrations of folate, folic acid, and folate catabolites p-aminobenzoylglutamate and p-acetamidobenzoylglutamate were measured by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry at diagnosis in 2024 stage I-III colorectal cancer patients from European and US patient cohort studies. Multivariable-adjusted Cox proportional hazard models were used to assess associations between folate, folic acid, and folate catabolites concentrations with recurrence, overall survival, and disease-free survival. Results: No statistically significant associations were observed between folate, p-aminobenzoylglutamate, and p-acetamidobenzoylglutamate concentrations and recurrence, overall survival, and disease-free survival, with hazard ratios ranging from 0.92 to 1.16. The detection of folic acid in the circulation (yes or no) was not associated with any outcome. However, among patients with detectable folic acid concentrations (n = 296), a higher risk of recurrence was observed for each twofold increase in folic acid (hazard ratio = 1.31, 95% confidence interval = 1.02 to 1.58). No statistically significant associations were found between folic acid concentrations and overall and disease-free survival. Conclusions: Circulating folate and folate catabolite concentrations at colorectal cancer diagnosis were not associated with recurrence and survival. However, caution is warranted for high blood concentrations of folic acid because they may increase the risk of colorectal cancer recurrence.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 051 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | JNCI Cancer Spectrum |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2020 |
Keywords
- TANDEM MASS-SPECTROMETRY
- DIHYDROFOLATE-REDUCTASE
- HUMAN SERUM
- METABOLISM
- PLASMA
- CATABOLITES
- BIOMARKERS
- NUTRITION
- VITAMINS
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Circulating Folate and Folic Acid Concentrations
T2 - Associations With Colorectal Cancer Recurrence and Survival
AU - Geijsen, Anne J. M. R.
AU - Ulvik, Arve
AU - Gigic, Biljana
AU - Kok, Dieuwertje E.
AU - van Duijnhoven, Franzel J. B.
AU - Holowatyj, Andreana N.
AU - Brezina, Stefanie
AU - van Roekel, Eline H.
AU - Baierl, Andreas
AU - Bergmann, Michael M.
AU - Bohm, Jurgen
AU - Bours, Martijn J. L.
AU - Brenner, Hermann
AU - Breukink, Stephanie O.
AU - Bronner, Mary P.
AU - Chang-Claude, Jenny
AU - de Wilt, Johannes H. W.
AU - Grady, William M.
AU - Gruenberger, Thomas
AU - Gumpenberger, Tanja
AU - Herpel, Esther
AU - Hoffmeister, Michael
AU - Huang, Lyen C.
AU - Jedrzkiewicz, Jolanta D.
AU - Keulen, Eric T. P.
AU - Kiblawi, Rama
AU - Koelsch, Torsten
AU - Koole, Janna L.
AU - Kosma, Katharina
AU - Kouwenhoven, Ewout A.
AU - Kruyt, Flip M.
AU - Kvalheim, Gry
AU - Li, Christopher
AU - Lin, Tengda
AU - Ose, Jennifer
AU - Pickron, T. Bartley
AU - Scaife, Courtney L.
AU - Schirmacher, Peter
AU - Schneider, Martin A.
AU - Schrotz-King, Petra
AU - Singer, Marie C.
AU - Swanson, Eric R.
AU - van Duijvendijk, Peter
AU - van Halteren, Henk K.
AU - van Zutphen, Moniek
AU - Vickers, Kathy
AU - Vogelaar, F. Jeroen
AU - Wesselink, Evertine
AU - Habermann, Nina
AU - Ulrich, Alexis B.
AU - Ueland, Per M.
AU - Weijenberg, Matty P.
AU - Gsur, Andrea
AU - Ulrich, Cornelia M.
AU - Kampman, Ellen
N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by Wereld Kanker Onderzoek Fonds (WKOF) and World Cancer Research Fund International (WCRF International); the World Cancer Research Fund International Regular Grant Programme (WKOF/WCRF, the Netherlands, project no. 2014/1179); Alpe d’Huzes/Dutch Cancer Society (KWF Kankerbestrijding, the Netherlands, project no. UM 2010-4867, UM 2012-5653, UW 2013-5927, UW 2015-7946); ERA-NET on Translational Cancer Research (TRANSCAN/Dutch Cancer Society, the Netherlands, project no. UW 2013-6397, UM 2014-6877); the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw, the Netherlands); the Austrian Science Fund (FWF, Austria; project no. I 2104-B26); the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF, Germany; project no. 01KT1503); The Research Council of Norway (RCN, Norway; project no. 246402/H10); the National Cancer Institute (NCI, United States; project no. R01 CA189184, U01 CA206110, R01 CA207371); the Huntsman Cancer Foundation (HCI, U.S.); the National Institutes of Health (NIH, United States; grant no. P30 CA015704, P30 CA042014, U01 CA152756, R01 CA194663, and R01 CA220004) coordinated by the ERA-NET, JTC 2013 call on Translational Cancer Research (TRANSCAN). In addition, D. E. Kok is supported by a Veni grant (grant no. 016.Veni.188.082) of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. W. M. Grady is funded by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, the Seattle Translational Tumor Research Program, and the Cottrell Family. A. N. Holowatyj was supported by the National Institutes of Health under Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Human Genome Research Institute (grant no. T32 HG008962). E. H. van Roekel was financially supported by Wereld Kanker Onderzoek Fonds (WKOF) as part of the World Cancer Research Fund International grant program (grant no. 2016/ 1620). J. L. Koole and M. J. L. Bours were financially Funding Information: This work was supported by Wereld Kanker Onderzoek Fonds (WKOF) and World Cancer Research Fund International (WCRF International); the World Cancer Research Fund International Regular Grant Programme (WKOF/WCRF, the Netherlands, project no. 2014/1179); Alpe d'Huzes/Dutch Cancer Society (KWF Kankerbestrijding, the Netherlands, project no. UM 2010-4867, UM 2012-5653, UW 2013-5927, UW 2015-7946); ERA-NET on Translational Cancer Research (TRANSCAN/Dutch Cancer Society, the Netherlands, project no. UW 2013-6397, UM 2014-6877); the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw, the Netherlands); the Austrian Science Fund (FWF, Austria; project no. I 2104-B26); the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF, Germany; project no. 01KT1503); The Research Council of Norway (RCN, Norway; project no. 246402/H10); the National Cancer Institute (NCI, United States; project no. R01 CA189184, U01 CA206110, R01 CA207371); the Huntsman Cancer Foundation (HCI, U.S.); the National Institutes of Health (NIH, United States; grant no. P30 CA015704, P30 CA042014, U01 CA152756, R01 CA194663, and R01 CA220004) coordinated by the ERA-NET, JTC 2013 call on Translational Cancer Research (TRANSCAN). In addition, D. E. Kok is supported by a Veni grant (grant no. 016.Veni.188.082) of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. W. M. Grady is funded by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, the Seattle Translational Tumor Research Program, and the Cottrell Family. A. N. Holowatyj was supported by the National Institutes of Health under Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Human Genome Research Institute (grant no. T32 HG008962). E. H. van Roekel was financially supported by Wereld Kanker Onderzoek Fonds (WKOF) as part of the World Cancer Research Fund International grant program (grant no. 2016/ 1620). J. L. Koole and M. J. L. Bours were financially supported by Kankeronderzoekfonds Limburg as part of Health Foundation Limburg (grant no. 00005739). Funding Information: supported by Kankeronderzoekfonds Limburg as part of Health Foundation Limburg (grant no. 00005739). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - Background: Folates, including folic acid, may play a dual role in colorectal cancer development. Folate is suggested to be protective in early carcinogenesis but could accelerate growth of premalignant lesions or micrometastases. Whether circulating concentrations of folate and folic acid, measured around time of diagnosis, are associated with recurrence and survival in colorectal cancer patients is largely unknown. Methods: Circulating concentrations of folate, folic acid, and folate catabolites p-aminobenzoylglutamate and p-acetamidobenzoylglutamate were measured by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry at diagnosis in 2024 stage I-III colorectal cancer patients from European and US patient cohort studies. Multivariable-adjusted Cox proportional hazard models were used to assess associations between folate, folic acid, and folate catabolites concentrations with recurrence, overall survival, and disease-free survival. Results: No statistically significant associations were observed between folate, p-aminobenzoylglutamate, and p-acetamidobenzoylglutamate concentrations and recurrence, overall survival, and disease-free survival, with hazard ratios ranging from 0.92 to 1.16. The detection of folic acid in the circulation (yes or no) was not associated with any outcome. However, among patients with detectable folic acid concentrations (n = 296), a higher risk of recurrence was observed for each twofold increase in folic acid (hazard ratio = 1.31, 95% confidence interval = 1.02 to 1.58). No statistically significant associations were found between folic acid concentrations and overall and disease-free survival. Conclusions: Circulating folate and folate catabolite concentrations at colorectal cancer diagnosis were not associated with recurrence and survival. However, caution is warranted for high blood concentrations of folic acid because they may increase the risk of colorectal cancer recurrence.
AB - Background: Folates, including folic acid, may play a dual role in colorectal cancer development. Folate is suggested to be protective in early carcinogenesis but could accelerate growth of premalignant lesions or micrometastases. Whether circulating concentrations of folate and folic acid, measured around time of diagnosis, are associated with recurrence and survival in colorectal cancer patients is largely unknown. Methods: Circulating concentrations of folate, folic acid, and folate catabolites p-aminobenzoylglutamate and p-acetamidobenzoylglutamate were measured by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry at diagnosis in 2024 stage I-III colorectal cancer patients from European and US patient cohort studies. Multivariable-adjusted Cox proportional hazard models were used to assess associations between folate, folic acid, and folate catabolites concentrations with recurrence, overall survival, and disease-free survival. Results: No statistically significant associations were observed between folate, p-aminobenzoylglutamate, and p-acetamidobenzoylglutamate concentrations and recurrence, overall survival, and disease-free survival, with hazard ratios ranging from 0.92 to 1.16. The detection of folic acid in the circulation (yes or no) was not associated with any outcome. However, among patients with detectable folic acid concentrations (n = 296), a higher risk of recurrence was observed for each twofold increase in folic acid (hazard ratio = 1.31, 95% confidence interval = 1.02 to 1.58). No statistically significant associations were found between folic acid concentrations and overall and disease-free survival. Conclusions: Circulating folate and folate catabolite concentrations at colorectal cancer diagnosis were not associated with recurrence and survival. However, caution is warranted for high blood concentrations of folic acid because they may increase the risk of colorectal cancer recurrence.
KW - TANDEM MASS-SPECTROMETRY
KW - DIHYDROFOLATE-REDUCTASE
KW - HUMAN SERUM
KW - METABOLISM
KW - PLASMA
KW - CATABOLITES
KW - BIOMARKERS
KW - NUTRITION
KW - VITAMINS
U2 - 10.1093/jncics/pkaa051
DO - 10.1093/jncics/pkaa051
M3 - Article
C2 - 33134831
SN - 2515-5091
VL - 4
JO - JNCI Cancer Spectrum
JF - JNCI Cancer Spectrum
IS - 5
M1 - 051
ER -