Mechanistic hypotheses suggest that vitamin D and the closely related parathyroid hormone (PTH) may be involved in prostate carcinogenesis. However, epidemiological evidence is lacking for PTH and inconsistent for vitamin D.
Our objectives were to prospectively investigate the association between vitamin D status, vitamin D-related gene polymorphisms, PTH and prostate cancer risk. A total of 129 cases diagnosed within the Supplémentation en Vitamines et Minéraux Antioxydants cohort were included in a nested case-control study and matched to 167 controls (13 years of follow-up). 25-Hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and PTH concentrations were assessed from baseline plasma samples. Conditional logistic regression models were computed. Higher 25(OH)D concentration was associated with decreased risk of prostate cancer (ORQ4 v. Q1 0·30; 95 % CI 0·12, 0·77; P trend=0·007). PTH concentration was not associated with prostate cancer risk (P trend=0·4) neither did the studied vitamin D-related gene polymorphisms. In this prospective study, prostate cancer risk was inversely associated with 25(OH)D concentration but not with PTH concentration. These results bring a new contribution to the understanding of the relationship between vitamin D and prostate cancer, which deserves further investigation.
The British journal of nutrition. 2015 Nov 16 [Epub ahead of print]
Mélanie Deschasaux, Jean-Claude Souberbielle, Paule Latino-Martel, Angela Sutton, Nathalie Charnaux, Nathalie Druesne-Pecollo, Pilar Galan, Serge Hercberg, Sigrid Le Clerc, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Khaled Ezzedine, Mathilde Touvier
1Sorbonne Paris Cité Epidemiology and Statistics Research Center,Inserm U1153,INRA U1125,Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM),Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN),Paris 13 University,93017 Bobigny,France. , 2Physiology Department,Necker Hospital,Inserm U845,75015 Paris,France. , 1Sorbonne Paris Cité Epidemiology and Statistics Research Center,Inserm U1153,INRA U1125,Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM),Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN),Paris 13 University,93017 Bobigny,France. , 3Biochemistry Department,Jean Verdier Hospital,Inserm U698,Paris 13 University,93140 Bondy,France. , 3Biochemistry Department,Jean Verdier Hospital,Inserm U698,Paris 13 University,93140 Bondy,France. , 1Sorbonne Paris Cité Epidemiology and Statistics Research Center,Inserm U1153,INRA U1125,Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM),Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN),Paris 13 University,93017 Bobigny,France. , 1Sorbonne Paris Cité Epidemiology and Statistics Research Center,Inserm U1153,INRA U1125,Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM),Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN),Paris 13 University,93017 Bobigny,France. , 1Sorbonne Paris Cité Epidemiology and Statistics Research Center,Inserm U1153,INRA U1125,Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM),Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN),Paris 13 University,93017 Bobigny,France. , 5Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM),Genomics,Bioinformatics and Applications Team (EA4627),75003 Paris,France. , 1Sorbonne Paris Cité Epidemiology and Statistics Research Center,Inserm U1153,INRA U1125,Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM),Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN),Paris 13 University,93017 Bobigny,France. , 1Sorbonne Paris Cité Epidemiology and Statistics Research Center,Inserm U1153,INRA U1125,Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM),Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN),Paris 13 University,93017 Bobigny,France. , 1Sorbonne Paris Cité Epidemiology and Statistics Research Center,Inserm U1153,INRA U1125,Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM),Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN),Paris 13 University,93017 Bobigny,France.