Risk of chronic pancreatitis in carriers of the c.180C>T (p.Gly60=) CTRC variant: Case-control studies and meta-analysis

Berke, Gergő and Beer, Sebastian and Gede, Noémi and Takáts, Amanda and Szentesi, Andrea Ildikó and Hegyi, Péter and Rosendahl, Jonas and Sahin-Tóth, Miklós and Németh, Balázs and Hegyi, Eszter (2023) Risk of chronic pancreatitis in carriers of the c.180C>T (p.Gly60=) CTRC variant: Case-control studies and meta-analysis. PANCREATOLOGY, 23 (5). pp. 481-490. ISSN 1424-3903

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Abstract

Chymotrypsin C (CTRC) is a digestive serine protease produced by the pancreas that regulates intrapancreatic trypsin activity and provides a defensive mechanism against chronic pancreatitis (CP). CTRC exerts its protective effect by promoting degradation of trypsinogen, the precursor to trypsin. Loss-offunction missense and microdeletion variants of CTRC are found in around 4% of CP cases and increase disease risk by approximately 3-7-fold. In addition, a commonly occurring synonymous CTRC variant c.180C>T (p.Gly60¼) was reported to increase CP risk in various cohorts but a global analysis of its impact has been lacking. Here, we analyzed the frequency and effect size of variant c.180C>T in Hungarian and pan-European cohorts, and performed meta-analysis of the new and published genetic association data. When allele frequency was considered, meta-analysis revealed an overall frequency of 14.2% in patients and 8.7% in controls (allelic odds ratio (OR) 2.18, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.72e2.75). When genotypes were examined, c.180TT homozygosity was observed in 3.9% of CP patients and in 1.2% of controls, and c.180CT heterozygosity was present in 22.9% of CP patients and in 15.5% of controls. Relative to the c.180CC genotype, the genotypic OR values were 5.29 (95% CI 2.63e10.64), and 1.94 (95% CI 1.57e2.38), respectively, indicating stronger CP risk in homozygous carriers. Finally, we obtained preliminary evidence that the variant is associated with reduced CTRC mRNA levels in the pancreas. Taken together, the results indicate that CTRC variant c.180C>T is a clinically relevant risk factor, and should be considered when genetic etiology of CP is investigated.

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