Selected polymorphisms of base excision repair genes and pancreatic cancer risk in Japanese

J Epidemiol. 2012;22(6):477-83. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20120010. Epub 2012 Jul 28.

Abstract

Background: Although several reports have described a possible association between DNA repair genes and pancreatic cancer (PC) in smokers, this association has not been fully evaluated in an Asian population. We assessed the impact of genetic polymorphisms in the base excision repair (BER) pathway on PC risk among Japanese.

Methods: This case-control study compared the frequency of 5 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of BER genes, namely rs1052133 in OGG1, rs1799782 and rs25487 in XRCC1, rs1130409 in APE1, and rs1136410 in PARP1. SNPs were investigated using the TaqMan assay in 185 PC cases and 1465 controls. Associations of PC risk with genetic polymorphisms and gene-environment interaction were examined with an unconditional logistic regression model. Exposure to risk factors was assessed from the results of a self-administered questionnaire. We also performed haplotype-based analysis.

Results: We observed that the minor allele of rs25487 in XRCC1 was significantly associated with PC risk in the per-allele model (odds ratio = 1.29, CI = 1.01-1.65; trend P = 0.043). Haplotype analysis of XRCC1 also showed a statistically significant association with PC risk. No statistically significant interaction between XRCC1 polymorphisms and smoking status was seen.

Conclusions: Our findings suggest that XRCC1 polymorphisms affect PC risk in Japanese.

【背景】: 喫煙者においてDNA修復遺伝子と膵臓がんリスクの関連性がいくつかの研究で報告されているが、アジア人集団においてはまだ十分に検討されていない。本研究では、塩基除去修復系の遺伝子多型が膵臓がんリスクに与える影響について日本人集団で検討した。

【方法】: 塩基除去修復系遺伝子の5個の一塩基多型(SNPs)、rs1052133(OGG1)、rs1799782およびrs25487(XRCC1)、rs1130409(APE1)、rs11364101(PARP1)、について症例対照研究で検討した。185人の膵臓がん患者と1465人の非がん患者において、TaqMan法によるSNPs解析を行った。膵臓がんリスクと遺伝子多型および遺伝子‐環境交互作用については、unconditional logistic解析で評価した。またハプロタイプに基づいた解析も行った。

【結果】: rs25487(XRCC1)のマイナーアレルは、per-alleleモデルにおいて、有意に膵臓がんリスクと関連していた(オッズ比:1.29、95%CI:1.01-1.65;trend P=0.043)。XRCC1のハプロタイプ解析においても、膵臓がんリスクと統計学的に有意な関連を認めた。XRCC1遺伝子多型と喫煙状況については、統計学的に有意な交互作用を認めなかった。

【結論】: XRCC1遺伝子多型が、日本人集団において膵臓がんリスクに影響を与えることが示唆された。

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Asian People / genetics*
  • Asian People / statistics & numerical data
  • Case-Control Studies
  • DNA Glycosylases / genetics
  • DNA Repair / genetics*
  • DNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) Lyase / genetics
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics*
  • Female
  • Gene Frequency
  • Gene-Environment Interaction
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease / ethnology*
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / ethnology*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1
  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / genetics
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / genetics*
  • Risk Factors
  • Smoking / ethnology
  • Smoking / genetics
  • X-ray Repair Cross Complementing Protein 1

Substances

  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • X-ray Repair Cross Complementing Protein 1
  • XRCC1 protein, human
  • PARP1 protein, human
  • Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1
  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases
  • DNA Glycosylases
  • oxoguanine glycosylase 1, human
  • APEX1 protein, human
  • DNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) Lyase