SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES AND FIGURES

Table S1. CRC and extracolonic cancers in the families included in the linkage analysis.

FAMILY / NUMBER AND TYPE OF CANCER
93C / 6 CRC - 1 Pancreas – 1 Digestive
95C / 7 CRC - 1 Gastric– 1 Pancreas – 3 Polyps
174C / 7 CRC - 3 Lung – 2 Breast – 1 Digestive – 1 Lymphoma NH
177C / 3 CRC - 1 Peritoneum
191C / 4 CRC - 1 Polyp
192C / 4 CRC - 2 Lung – 1 Breast – 1 Leukemia
200C / 5 CRC
263C / 4 CRC - 2 Ovary – 1 Lung – 2 Lymphoma – 1 Prostate
266C / 4 CRC - 1 CNS
274C / 5 CRC
381C / 4 CRC - 1 Breast – 4 Polyps
474C / 4 CRC - 1 CNS
558C / 5 CRC - 4 Polyps
603C / 4 CCR - 1 Skin – 1 Polyp
874C / 4 CRC - 2 Endometrial
1081C / 2 CRC - 1 Ovary – 1 Polyp
1084C / 2 CRC - 1 Prostate – 1 Pancreas – 1 Polyp
1111C / 4 CRC - 1 Prostate – 1 Polyp
1113C / 3 CRC - 2 Breast
1069C / 3 CRC - 3 Breast – 2 Gastric – 1 Skin
1089C / 2 CRC - 1 Uterus
1110C / 5 CRC - 1 Lung – 1 Skin – 1 Prostate – 1 Gastric – 1 Tongue – 1 Polyp

Table S2. Characteristics of the microsatellites used in the fine-mapping analysis

Marker / cM / Heterozygosity / Size (range) / Position / Forward Primer / Reverse Primer
D12S92 / 84.2 / 0.75 / 188-204 / Ch 12: 74133886-74134061 / TGCCCAAGTTGCAGATG / GTCAGGATTCCCCAGAAAA
D12S1660 / 84.7 / 0.89 / 196-226 / Ch 12: 76462424-76462624 / GTTTGACACAAGTACACCAAGTCAC / AAGTACCAGCCTATTTTTTTGGACC
D12S1684 / 87.6 / 0.90 / 226-256 / Ch 12: 77263237-77263478 / GCCTCAGTTATGAGCCAATAAATTC / GTAAGCCTGCTAACATTTGTGGAC
D12S326 / 87.6 / 0.79 / 237-261 / Ch 12: 77973840-77974092 / CCCAGCAGTGCTAGTGTTGA / GGGCTAGGGTGGAGAATCAA
D12S1708 / 92.6 / 0.72 / 167-175 / Ch 12: 82,405,262-82,405,430 / GGGAACTTATGTCAAGGCTAGGA / GATCTAGTGCTCAAGAGGTTTTCAA
D12S1667 / 94.2 / 0.77 / 94-112 / Ch 12: 83,730,951-83,731,054 / CCCAGGATATGTAAGTAAATCCAA / TCCCCATTTTTTAATCAGGT
D12S311 / 96.5 / 0.57 / 199-207 / Ch 12: 92,707,048-92,707,252 / CCAAACATTAACTGTTCCC / GTGCCCTGAGCAACTG
D12S1345 / 97.6 / 0.75 / 214-236 / Ch 12: 93,070,072-93,070,305 / GCTCTGAAAAGCACATGACC / AGCTACTCTAAGGGAAAAGACAG

Table S3. Antibodies used in the tissue microarray.

PROTEIN / CLONE / SUPPLIER
Mlh1 / ES05 / Dako
Msh2 / FE11 / Oncogene
Msh6 / 44 / BD Transduction Lab
Hes 1 / Polyclonal / Santa Cruz
SMAD4 / B8 / Santa Cruz
E-CADHERIN/CDH1 / 4A2C7 / Zymed
PTEN / 138G6 / Cell Signaling
PI3KCA / C73F8 Rabbit Monoclonal / Cell Signaling
MUC-1 / E29 / Dako
Bcl-2 / 124 / DAKO
CDk2 Ab-2 / 8D4 / Neo Markers
Ciclina D1 / SP4 Rabbit / Dako
p21 (WAF1) / EA10 / CALBIOCHEM
p53 / DO-7 / Dako
RB-P / G3-245 / BD PharMingen
COX2/ PTGS2 / SP21 Rabbit Monoclonal / Neomarkers
EGFR / EGFR.113 / Novocastra
B-CATHENIN / Β-Catenin-1 / Dako
P16/ CDKN2A / E6H4 / Mtm
hTERT / 44F12 / Novocastra
NTS / NA 1230 / Enzo
NTSR1 / Rabbit Polyclonal / GenWay

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Table S4. Characteristics of the candidate regions identified by nonparametric linkage (NPL) analysis.

REGION / FROM
(Position bp) / TO
(Position bp) / NPL-SCORE / pVALUE / Size (bp)
2p24.3 / 14751347 / 15625817 / 2.13 / 0.00209 / 874470
4q13.1 / 61686118 / 64954857 / 2.43 / 0.005197 / 3268739
4q31.21 / 144896743 / 145879472 / 2.35 / 0.007576 / 982729
12q21.2 – 12q21.31 / 85789974 / 96450337 / 2.47 / 0.002389 / 10660363

Table S5. Genes contained in the region 12q21.2 – 12q21.31.

ENSEMBL ID / GENE / LOCATION
ENSG00000201942 / 5S_rRNA / q21.2
ENSG00000244015 / AC079595.1 / q21.31
ENSG00000243714 / AC027288.1 / q21.2
ENSG00000238769 / snoU13 / q21.2
ENSG00000221148 / SNORA3 / q21.31
ENSG00000238842 / U7 / q21.31
ENSG00000252220 / U6 / q21.31
ENSG00000249929 / AC128707.1 / q21.2
ENSG00000213272 / RP11-613M5.1 / q21.2
ENSG00000243071 / RP11-613M5.2 / q21.2
ENSG00000241045 / RP11-613M5.3 / q21.2
ENSG00000213271 / AC068993.1 / q21.2
ENSG00000239473 / RP1-170B16.1 / q21.31
ENSG00000230291 / RP11-244J10.1 / q21.31
ENSG00000213270 / RP11-87P13.1 / q21.31
ENSG00000179941 / BBS10 / q21.2
ENSG00000091039 / OSBPL8 / q21.2
ENSG00000186908 / ZDHHC17 / q21.2
ENSG00000175183 / CSRP2 / q21.2
ENSG00000165891 / E2F7 / q21.2
ENSG00000231121 / AC073528.1 / q21.2
ENSG00000067798 / NAV3 / q21.2
ENSG00000067715 / SYT1 / q21.2
ENSG00000235796 / AC027288.2 / q21.2
ENSG00000177425 / PAWR / q21.2
ENSG00000058272 / PPP1R12A / q21.31
ENSG00000165899 / C12orf64 / q21.31
ENSG00000139304 / PTPRQ / q21.31
ENSG00000111046 / MYF6 / q21.31
ENSG00000111049 / MYF5 / q21.31
ENSG00000111052 / LIN7A / q21.31
ENSG00000111058 / ACSS3 / q21.31
ENSG00000139220 / PPFIA2 / q21.31
ENSG00000133773 / CCDC59 / q21.31
ENSG00000127720 / C12orf26 / q21.31
ENSG00000179104 / TMTC2 / q21.31
ENSG00000072041 / SLC6A15 / q21.31
ENSG00000231738 / TSPAN19 / q21.31
ENSG00000133640 / LRRIQ1 / q21.31
ENSG00000180318 / ALX1 / q21.31
ENSG00000198774 / RASSF9 / q21.31
ENSG00000133636 / NTS / q21.31
ENSG00000182050 / MGAT4C / q21.31
ENSG00000238890 / AC078917.1 / q21.2
ENSG00000221788 / hsa-mir-1252 / q21.2
ENSG00000207763 / hsa-mir-617 / q21.31
ENSG00000208022 / hsa-mir-618 / q21.31
ENSG00000221121 / AC083811.1 / q21.31
ENSG00000212029 / AC079595.2 / q21.31
ENSG00000223273 / 7SK / q21.2
ENSG00000222880 / 7SK / q21.31

Table S6. Proteins with different immunohistochemical expression in groups A and B.

MARKER / P-VALUE
MLH1 / <0.001
MSH2 / <0.001
MSH6 / <0.001
E-CADHERIN / <0.001
CDK2 / <0.001
CICLINA D1 / <0.001
RB-P / <0.001
P21 / 0.001
BCL2 / 0.001
EGFR / 0.002
PI3KCA / 0.005
COX2 / 0.018
SMAD4 / 0.020
BETA CATENIN / 0.024
P53 / 0.035

Table S7. Proteins with different immunohistochemical expression between sub-clusters A1 and A2.

MARKER / P-VALUE
MLH1 / <0.001
MSH2 / <0.001
MSH6 / <0.001
P53 / <0.001
E-CADHERIN / <0.001
SMAD4 / <0.001
PI3KCA / 0.001
P21 / 0.002
MUC1 / 0.003
EGFR / 0.003
hTERT / 0.010
NTS / 0.011
CDK2 / 0.015
RBP / 0.015
CYCLIN D1 / 0.024

Table S8. SNPs associated with CRC risk in GWAS studies.

SNP / REGION / GEN / CHROMOSOME / OR / P-VALUE / STUDY
rs11903757 / intronic / NABP1 / Chr2 / 1.15 (1.09–1.22) / 1.38×10-6 / Peters et al. 20131
rs10911251 / intronic / LAMC1 / Chr1 / 1.10 (1.06–1.14) / 1.34×10-6
rs3217810 / intronic / CCND2 / Chr12 / 1.19 (1.11–1.28) / 3.40×10-7
rs3217901 / intronic / CCND2 / Chr12 / 0.41 (0.43–0.39) / 1.71×10-6
rs59336 / intronic / TBX3 / Chr12 / 1.10 (1.06–1.14) / 7.64×10-7
rs4779584 / intergenic / SCG5-GREM1 / Chr15 / 1.18 (1.11-1.24) / 2.00×10-8 / Peters et al.
20112
rs4939827 / Intronic / SMAD7 / Chr18 / 1.14 (1.08-1.18) / 1.00×10-7
rs16892766 / intergenic / EIF3H / Chr8 / 1.24 (1.14-134) / 4.00×10-7
rs7315438 / intergenic / med13l / Chr12 / 1.11 (1.06-1.15) / 6.00×10-6
rs7758229 / Intronic / slo22a3 / Chr6 / 1.28 (1.18-1.39) / 8.00×10-9 / Cui et al. 20113
rs6983267 / Intergenic / pou5f1b / Chr8 / 1.18 (1.11-1.25) / 2.00×10-8
rs11169552 / intergenic / atf1 / Chr12 / 1.09 (1.05-1.11) / 2.00×10-10 / Houlston et al. 20104
rs4925386 / Intronic / lama5 / Chr20 / 1.08 (1.05-1.10) / 2.00×10-10
rs6691170 / Intergenic / dusp10 / Chr1 / 1.06 (1-03-1.09) / 1.00×10-19
rs6687758 / intergenic / dusp10 / Chr1 / 1.09 (1.06-1.12) / 2.00×10-9
rs10936599 / cds-symon / MYNN / Chr3 / 1.04 (1.04-1.10) / 3.00×10-8
rs961253 / Intergenic / bmp2 / Chr20 / 1.12 (1.08-1.16) / 2.00×10-10 / Houlston et al. 20085
rs4444235 / Intergenic / bmp4 / Chr14 / 1.11 (1.08-1.15) / 8.00×10-10
rs10411210 / Intronic / rhpn2 / Chr19 / 1.15 (1.10-1.20) / 5.00×10-9
rs9929218 / Intronic / cdh1 / Chr16 / 1.1 (1.06_1.12) / 1.00×10-8
rs7014346 / Intergenic / POU5FIP1 / Chr8 / 1.19 (1.15-1.23) / 9.00×10-26 / Tenesa et al. 20086
rs3802842 / Intronic / c11orf93 / Chr11 / 1.11 (1.08-1.15) / 6.00×10-10
rs10795668 / Intergenic / SFTA1P / Chr10 / 1.12 (1.10-1.16) / 3.00×10-13
rs16892766- / intergenic / TRPS1
EIF3H / Chr8 / 1.27 (1.20-1.34) / 1.00×10-18 / Tomlinson et al. 20087
rs10795668- / intergenic / KRT8P16
TCEB1P3 / Chr10 / 1.12 (1.10-1.16) / 1.00×10-13
rs6983267 / intergenic / SRRM1P1
POU5F1B / Chr24 / 1.24 (1.17-1.33) / 1.00×10-11
rs4779584 / intergenic / SCG5
GREM1 / Chr15 / 1.23 (1.14-1.34) / 1.00×10-7
rs4939827 / intronic / SMAD7 / Chr18 / 1.18 (1.10-1.25) / 1.00×10-6
rs10505477 / Intergenic / POU5F1B / Chr8 / 1.17 (1.12-1.23) / 3.00×10-11 / Zanke et al. 20078
rs4939827 / Intronic / SMAD7 / Chr18 / 1.16 (1.09-1.27) / 1.00×10-12 / Broderick et al. 20079
rs6983267 / Intergenic / SRRM1P1
POU5F1B / Chr8 / 1.27 (1.16-1.39) / 1.00×10-14 / Tomlinson et al. 200710

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