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Influence of polymorphisms at loci encoding DNA repair proteins on cancer susceptibility and G 2 chromosomal radiosensitivity
Author(s) -
Wilding Craig S.,
Curwen Gillian B.,
Tawn E. Janet,
Sheng Xiaohua,
Winther Jeanette F.,
Chakraborty Ranajit,
Boice John D.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
environmental and molecular mutagenesis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1098-2280
pISSN - 0893-6692
DOI - 10.1002/em.20274
Subject(s) - genetics , biology , single nucleotide polymorphism , xrcc3 , radiosensitivity , dna repair , genotype , allele , snp , gene , nucleotide excision repair , medicine , radiation therapy
Sixteen candidate polymorphisms (13 SNPs and 3 microsatellites) in nine genes from four DNA repair pathways were examined in 83 subjects, comprising 23 survivors of childhood cancer, their 23 partners, and 37 offspring, all of whom had previously been studied for G 2 chromosomal radiosensitivity. Genotype at the Asp148Glu SNP site in the APEX gene of the base excision repair (BER) pathway was associated with childhood cancer in survivors ( P = 0.001, significant even after multiple test adjustment), due to the enhanced frequency of the APEX Asp148 allele among survivors in comparison to that of their partners. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) of G 2 radiosensitivity in the pooled sample, as well as family‐based association test (FBAT) of the family‐wise data, showed sporadic suggestions of associations between G 2 radiosensitivity and polymorphisms at two sites (the Thr241Met SNP site in the XRCC3 gene of the homologous recombinational pathway by ANOVA, and the Ser326Cys site in the hOGG1 gene of the BER pathway by FBAT analysis), but neither of these remained significant after multiple‐test adjustment. This pilot study provides an intriguing indication that DNA repair gene polymorphisms may underlie cancer susceptibility and variation in radiosensitivity. Environ. Mol. Mutagen., 2007. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.