Ting WC, Chen LM, Pao JB, Yang YP, You BJ, Chang TY, Lan YH, Lee HZ, Bao BY. Genetic polymorphisms of matrix metalloproteinases and clinical outcomes in colorectal cancer patients.
Int J Med Sci 2013;
10:1022-7. [PMID:
23801889 PMCID:
PMC3691801 DOI:
10.7150/ijms.6686]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Colorectal cancer metastasis is a multistep process involving degradation of extracellular matrix components by proteolytic enzymes. Among them, matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are the principal degrading enzymes and their expressions/activities are also correlated with survival. Much research has showed the associations between genetic polymorphisms in MMPs and risk of colorectal cancer; however, their prognostic significance has not been well determined.
METHODS
We selected and genotyped 4 cancer-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a cohort of 282 colorectal cancer patients. The associations of these SNPs with distant metastasis-free survival and overall survival were evaluated by Kaplan-Meier analysis, Cox regression model, and survival tree analysis.
RESULTS
The relative risks of developing distant metastasis after curative surgery were higher in individuals with minor homozygote AA genotype than in those with GG/GA genotypes at MMP2 rs243866 (P = 0.012). Survival tree analysis also identified a higher-order genetic interaction profile consisting of MMP2 rs243866 and MMP2 rs2285053 that was significantly associated with distant metastasis-free survival (P trend = 0.016). After adjusting for possible confounders, the genetic interaction profile remained significant (P trend = 0.050).
CONCLUSIONS
These results suggest that genetic variations in the MMP2 might be potential predictors of distant metastasis-free survival after curative surgery.
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