Influence of SULT1A1 genetic variation on age at menopause, estrogen levels, and response to hormone therapy in recently postmenopausal white women

OBJECTIVE: Onset and symptoms of menopause, and response to hormone therapy (HT) show large interindividual variability. SULT1A1 encodes for a highly expressed enzyme that metabolizes estrogens. We evaluated the relationship between genetic variation in SULT1A1, menopause age, symptoms, and response to HT.

METHODS: Women enrolled in the Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study at Mayo Clinic were randomized to 48 months of treatment with oral conjugated equine estrogen (n = 34), transdermal 17β-estradiol (E2) (n = 33), or placebo (n = 35). Linear regression models and ANOVA were used to test for association of SULT1A1 copy number, rs3760091, rs750155, and rs9282861 (SULT1A12), with age at menopause and symptoms, levels of estrogens (estrone [E1], estrone sulfate [E1S], E2, and estradiol sulfate [E2S]), before and after HT.

RESULTS: SULT1A1 gene copy number affected the minor allele frequency for each single nucleotide polymorphisms tested. Before administration of exogenous hormones, increasing number of G alleles at rs9282861 was associated with earlier age at menopause (P = 0.014), lower frequency of night sweats (P = 0.009), and less severe insomnia (P = 0.046). After 48 months of treatment, SULT1A1 genotype was not associated with the presence of menopausal symptoms. In women randomized to oral conjugated equine estrogen, increasing number of the A allele at rs750155 was associated with lower E1S and E2S (P = 0.004 and 0.017), whereas increasing number of the C allele at rs3760091 was associated with lower E2S/E2 (P = 0.044).

CONCLUSIONS: Interindividual variability in onset of menopause and symptoms before initiation of HT is explained in part by genetic variation in SULT1A1 and may represent a step toward individualizing HT treatment decisions.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Menopause (New York, N.Y.) - 23(2016), 8 vom: 14. Aug., Seite 863-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Moyer, Ann M [VerfasserIn]
de Andrade, Mariza [VerfasserIn]
Weinshilboum, Richard M [VerfasserIn]
Miller, Virginia M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Arylsulfotransferase
EC 2.8.2.1
Estrogens
Estrogens, Conjugated (USP)
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
SULT1A1 protein, human

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Date Completed 12.02.2018

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/GME.0000000000000648

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM261378813