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Bouhniz OE, Kenani A. Potential role of genetic polymorphisms in neoadjuvant chemotherapy response in breast cancer. J Chemother 2024:1-15. [PMID: 38511398 DOI: 10.1080/1120009x.2024.2330241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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Chemoresistance leads to treatment failure, which can arise through different mechanisms including patients' characteristics. Searching for genetic profiles as a predictor for drug response and toxicity has been extensively studied in pharmacogenomics, thus contributing to personalized medicine and providing alternative treatments. Numerous studies have demonstrated significant evidence of association between genetic polymorphisms and response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in breast cancer. In this review, we explored the potential impact of genetic polymorphisms in NAC primary resistance through selecting a specific clinical profile. The genetic variability within pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, DNA synthesis and repair, and oncogenic signaling pathways genes could be predictive or prognostic markers for NAC resistance. The clinical implication of these results can help provide individualized treatment plans in the early stages of breast cancer treatment. Further studies are needed to determine the genetic hosts of primary chemoresistance mechanisms in order to further emphasize the implementation of genotypic approaches in personalized medicine.
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- Om Elez Bouhniz
- Research Laboratory "Environment, Inflammation, Signaling and Pathologies" (LR18ES40), Faculty of Medicine of Monastir, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Research Laboratory "Environment, Inflammation, Signaling and Pathologies" (LR18ES40), Faculty of Medicine of Monastir, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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Stoehr R, Weisser R, Wendler O, Giedl J, Daifalla K, Gaisa NT, Richter G, Campean V, Burger M, Wullich B, Hartmann A. P53 Codon 72 Polymorphism and Risk for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Penis: A Caucasian Case-Control Study. J Cancer 2018; 9:4234-4241. [PMID: 30519324 PMCID: PMC6277628 DOI: 10.7150/jca.26050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Accepted: 07/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Squamous cell carcinoma of the penis is a rare but often aggressive disease. A large proportion of penile cancers are associated with HPV infection, mainly with HPV high-risk subtypes 16 and 18. From other HPV-related malignancies a link between a functional SNP in the p53 gene (rs1042522, p.Arg72Pro) and a higher disease risk in the presence of HPV is documented. The p53 p.Arg72 variant was described as a risk factor for developing a malignancy in combination with the presence of HPV as the p.72Arg variant is more prone to HPV E6 protein-mediated degradation than the p.72Pro variant. For penile carcinoma there are only sparse data available on this topic. We therefore analyzed the distribution of this p53 codon 72 SNP in a cohort of 107 penile cancer patients and a healthy control group (n=194) using Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. After DNA isolation a PCR amplicon including the variant nucleotide was generated. Based on the variant nucleotide this amplicon can be cleaved into two parts or remain unaffected by a restriction enzyme. Subsequent electrophoresis allowed the discrimination of SNP alleles in the investigated sample. Comparison of the allelic variants revealed no significant differences in the distribution of this SNP between cases and controls (p=0,622). There was also no difference in SNP distribution between cases with/without HPV infection (p=0,558) or histologic variants (p=0.339). In order to strengthen the impact of our data we performed a combined analysis of all published data on this topic with our results. This ended up in SNP distribution data from 177 cases and 1149 controls. Overall, there were also no significant differences in the allelic distribution of the p53 codon 72 SNP between either cases and controls (p=0,914) or HPV-positive and HPV-negative cases (p=0,486). From this most comprehensive data available to date we conclude that there is no influence of the p53 codon 72 SNP on the risk of development of penile carcinoma in Caucasians even in the presence of HPV.
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- Robert Stoehr
- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.,Institute of Pathology, Ansbach, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Caritas St. Josef Medical Center, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Loo LWM, Gao C, Shvetsov YB, Okoro DR, Hernandez BY, Bargonetti J. MDM2, MDM2-C, and mutant p53 expression influence breast cancer survival in a multiethnic population. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2018; 174:257-269. [PMID: 30470976 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-018-5065-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 11/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to examine the association between expression of mutant p53 (mtp53), full-length MDM2 (MDM2), and MDM2 isoform C (MDM2-C) and survival in multiethnic breast cancer patients. METHODS A total of 787 invasive breast tumors included in a clinically annotated multiethnic population-based tissue microarray (TMA) were screened utilizing commercially available antibodies to p53 and MDM2, and a newly developed monoclonal antibody recognizing MDM2-C. RESULTS Mutant p53 (mtp53) was more common in younger (< 50 years) breast cancer patients. Among the 787 cases included in the study, mtp53, MDM2, and MDM2-C expression were not significantly associated with risk of overall or breast cancer-specific mortality. However when associations within individual racial/ethnic groups (White, Japanese, and Native Hawaiian) were examined, expression of MDM2-C was found to be associated with lower risk of breast cancer-specific mortality exclusively for White patients HR 0.32, 95% CI 0.15-0.69 and mtp53 expression was associated with higher overall mortality in Japanese patients (HR 1.63, 95% CI 1.02-2.59). Also, Japanese patients positive for the joint expression of MDM2-C and mtp53 had a greater than twofold risk of overall mortality (HR 2.15, 95% CI 1.04-4.48); and White patients with positive MDM2-C and wild-type p53 expression (HR 0.28, 95% CI 0.08-0.96) were at lower risk of mortality when compared to patients with negative MDM2-C and wild-type p53 expression in their respective racial/ethnic group. CONCLUSION Racial/ethnic differences in expression profiles of mtp53, MDM2, and MDM2-C and associations with breast cancer-specific and overall mortality. MDM2-C may have a positive or negative role in breast tumorigenesis depending on mtp53 expression.
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- Lenora W M Loo
- Cancer Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences Hunter College, The Graduate Center Departments of Biology and Biochemistry, City University of New York, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Hunter College, The Graduate Center Departments of Biology and Biochemistry, City University of New York, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Hunter College, The Graduate Center Departments of Biology and Biochemistry, City University of New York, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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Hong A, Zhang X, Jones D, Veillard AS, Zhang M, Martin A, Lyons JG, Lee CS, Rose B. Relationships between p53 mutation, HPV status and outcome in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Radiother Oncol 2016; 118:342-9. [PMID: 26952933 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2016.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2015] [Revised: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This study aimed to examine the rate and type of p53 mutation in oropharyngeal cancer (OSCC). Relationships were sought between human papillomavirus (HPV) status and p53 mutation. The role of p53 mutation as a prognostic factor independent of HPV status and as a modifier of the effect of HPV on outcomes was also examined. METHODS The HPV status of 202 cases was determined by HPV DNA by RT-PCR and p16 immunohistochemistry. P53 mutation in exon 5-8 was determined by pyrosequencing. Findings were correlated with known clinicopathological factors and outcomes. RESULTS 48% of the cases were HPV positive and they were significantly less likely to have a p53 mutation than HPV-negative OSCCs (25.8% vs 46.7%, p=0.0021). Mutation was most common in exon 5. Among patients with HPV-positive OSCC, there was no significant difference in p53 mutation by smoking status (22.2% for never smokers and 30.8% for current or ex-smokers). Patients with p53 mutant OSCC had significantly worse overall survival (p=0.01). There was no statistical evidence that p53 mutation modified the effect of HPV status on outcomes. In the multivariate analysis, positive HPV status remained the strongest predictor of outcomes. p53 mutation status was not a significant predictor of outcome after adjusting for age, gender, T stage, N stage and HPV status. CONCLUSIONS In summary, HPV-positive OSCC are less likely to have mutant p53 than HPV-negative OSCC. Our study did not show any evidence that p53 mutation could modify the effect of HPV status on outcomes.
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- Angela Hong
- Central Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Australia; Department of Radiation Oncology, Lifehouse, Australia.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia
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- Central Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Australia; Department of Radiation Oncology, Lifehouse, Australia
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- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, The University of Sydney, Australia
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- Central Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Australia
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- Cancer Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia
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- Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia
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Wu GC, Zhang ZT. Genetic association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in P53 pathway with gastric cancer risk in a Chinese Han population. Med Oncol 2014; 32:401. [PMID: 25479941 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-014-0401-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 11/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The tumor suppressor gene P53 plays an important role in carcinogenesis, and the P53 pathway is central both in reducing cancer frequency and in mediating the response of cancer therapies. MDM2, MDM4 and Hausp genes are all critical regulators of the tumor suppressor P53. Many studies have evaluated the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in P53 pathway with the risk of common cancers. However, the results are still inconclusive. In this work, we analyzed the association of SNPs in P53 (rs1042522), MDM2 (rs2279744), MDM4 (rs1380576) and Hausp (rs1529916) genes with gastric cancer in a hospital-based Chinese Han population (642 cases and 720 cancer-free controls). We found that the polymorphisms of P53 (rs1042522) and MDM2 (rs2279744) are associated with gastric cancer risk, whereas no significant association was observed between variant genotype of other two polymorphisms (MDM4 rs1380576 and Hausp rs1529916) and gastric cancer risk.
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- Guo-Cong Wu
- Department of General Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital Affiliated with Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100050, China,
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On the use of pharmacogenetics in cancer treatment and clinical trials. Eur J Cancer 2014; 50:2532-43. [PMID: 25103456 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2014.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2014] [Accepted: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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There are an increasing number of studies devoted to the identification of associations between anticancer drug efficacy and toxicity and common polymorphisms present in the patients' genome. However, many articles presenting the results of such studies do not bring the simple and necessary background information allowing the evaluation of the relevance of the study, its significance and its potential importance for patients' treatment. This position paper first addresses clinical oncologists with the aim of giving them the basic knowledge on pharmacogenetics and on the potential use of gene polymorphisms as predictive biomarkers in routine and clinical research. A secondary objective is to give molecular biologists some recommendations on how to conceive protocols and how to publish their results when they develop pharmacogenetic studies appended to clinical trials or with autonomous goals.
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Le Morvan V, Litière S, Laroche-Clary A, Ait-Ouferoukh S, Bellott R, Messina C, Cameron D, Bonnefoi H, Robert J. Identification of SNPs associated with response of breast cancer patients to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the EORTC-10994 randomized phase III trial. THE PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL 2014; 15:63-8. [PMID: 24958282 DOI: 10.1038/tpj.2014.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2014] [Revised: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Using cell line panels we identified associations between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and chemosensitivity. To validate these findings in clinics, we genotyped a subset of patients included in a neoadjuvant breast cancer trial to explore the relationship between genotypes and clinical outcome according to treatment received and p53 status. We genotyped 384 selected SNPs in the germline DNA extracted from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded non-invaded lymph nodes of 243 patients. The polymorphisms of five selected genes were first studied, and then all 384 SNPs were considered. Correction for multiple testing was applied. CYP1B1 polymorphism was significantly associated with pathological complete response (pCR) in patients who had received DNA-damaging agents. MDM2, MDM4 and TP53BP1 polymorphisms were significantly associated with pCR in patients harboring a p53-positive tumor. In the complete SNP panel, there was a significant association between overall survival (OS) and a SNP of ADH1C, R272Q (P=0.0023). By multivariate analysis, only ADH1C genotype and p53 status were significantly associated with OS.
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- V Le Morvan
- INSERM U916, Institut Bergonié, Université Bordeaux Segalen, Bordeaux, France
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- European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), Brussels, Belgium
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- INSERM U916, Institut Bergonié, Université Bordeaux Segalen, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM U916, Institut Bergonié, Université Bordeaux Segalen, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM U916, Institut Bergonié, Université Bordeaux Segalen, Bordeaux, France
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- European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), Brussels, Belgium
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- INSERM U916, Institut Bergonié, Université Bordeaux Segalen, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM U916, Institut Bergonié, Université Bordeaux Segalen, Bordeaux, France
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Deb SP, Singh S, Deb S. MDM2 overexpression, activation of signaling networks, and cell proliferation. Subcell Biochem 2014; 85:215-34. [PMID: 25201197 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9211-0_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Frequent overexpression of MDM2 in human cancers suggests that the protein confers a survival advantage to cancer cells. However, overexpression of MDM2 in normal cells seems to restrict cell proliferation. This review discusses the cell growth regulatory functions of MDM2 in normal and genetically defective cells to assess how cancer cells evade the growth-restricting consequence of MDM2 overexpression. Similar to oncoproteins that induce a DNA damage response and oncogene induced senescence in non-transformed cells, MDM2 induces G1-arrest and intra-S phase checkpoint responses that control untimely DNA replication in the face of genetic challenges.
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- Swati Palit Deb
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA,
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Huang S, Benavente S, Armstrong EA, Li C, Wheeler DL, Harari PM. p53 modulates acquired resistance to EGFR inhibitors and radiation. Cancer Res 2011; 71:7071-9. [PMID: 22068033 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-11-0128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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There is presently great interest in mechanisms of acquired resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors that are now being used widely in the treatment of a variety of common human cancers. To investigate these mechanisms, we established EGFR inhibitor-resistant clones from non-small cell lung cancer cells. A comparative analysis revealed that acquired resistance to EGFR inhibitors was associated consistently with the loss of p53 and cross-resistance to radiation. To examine the role of p53, we first knocked down p53 in sensitive parental cells and found a reduction in sensitivity to both EGFR inhibitors and radiation. Conversely, restoration of functional p53 in EGFR inhibitor-resistant cells was sufficient to resensitize them to EGFR inhibitors or radiation in vitro and in vivo. Further studies indicate that p53 may enhance sensitivity to EGFR inhibitors and radiation via induction of cell-cycle arrest, apoptosis, and DNA damage repair. Taken together, these findings suggest a central role of p53 in the development of acquired resistance to EGFR inhibitors and prompt consideration to apply p53 restoration strategies in future clinical trials that combine EGFR inhibitors and radiation.
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- Shyhmin Huang
- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA
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Rogler A, Rogenhofer M, Borchardt A, Lunz JC, Knoell A, Hofstaedter F, Tannapfel A, Wieland W, Hartmann A, Stoehr R. P53 codon 72 (Arg72Pro) polymorphism and prostate cancer risk: association between disease onset and proline genotype. Pathobiology 2011; 78:193-200. [PMID: 21778786 DOI: 10.1159/000326767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2010] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The tumor suppressor gene p53 plays an important role in the stress response of the cell and is mutated in 50% of all human tumors. The p53 Arg72Pro single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) was found to be associated with an increased risk of various malignancies. Biochemical and biological differences between the 2 polymorphic variants of wild-type P53 might lead to distinct susceptibility to HPV- and non-HPV-induced tumors. For prostate cancer, only limited data are available, especially in the Caucasian population. Therefore, we determined the distribution of the Arg72Pro SNP in a Caucasian case-control study including 118 prostate cancer patients and 194 male controls without any malignancy using restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. A subset of 33 tumors was tested for HPV infection, and no HPV DNA was found. Cases and controls showed similar distributions of alleles in the SNP (p = 0.720). Regarding the onset of the disease, patients diagnosed at ≤60 years of age and older patients (>60 years of age) showed a significant difference in genotype distribution (p = 0.035); there was also an increased occurrence of risk allele Pro72 in cases aged ≤60 years (p = 0.045). A subset of 64 prostate tumors was stained immunohistochemically for P53. 5 of 64 prostate tumors (7.8%) were positive for P53 expression, indicating integrity of the protein in the majority of cases. Genotype distribution showed no association with the Gleason score or additional histopathological characteristics. This study shows that the overall risk of prostate cancer was not associated with Arg72Pro SNP and HPV infection in our cohort. However, disease onset might be modulated by the p53 Pro72 allele, suggesting an important role of apoptosis regulation in prostate carcinogenesis.
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- Anja Rogler
- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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van den Broek AJ, Broeks A, Horlings HM, Canisius SVM, Braaf LM, Langerød A, Van't Veer LJ, Schmidt MK. Association of the germline TP53 R72P and MDM2 SNP309 variants with breast cancer survival in specific breast tumor subgroups. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2011; 130:599-608. [PMID: 21667122 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-011-1615-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2011] [Accepted: 05/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The tumor suppressor gene TP53 and its regulator MDM2 are both important players in the DNA-damage repair "TP53 response pathway". Common germline polymorphisms in these genes may affect outcome in patients with tumors characterized by additional somatic changes in the same or a related pathway. To evaluate this hypothesis, we determined the effect of the common germline TP53 R72P and MDM2 SNP309 polymorphisms on breast cancer survival in a consecutive cohort of breast cancer patients (age at diagnosis <53 years, n = 295) with gene expression data available. Patients were classified in subgroups according to their tumor TP53 mutation status and three gene expression profiles; a TP53 mutation status expression signature, a PTEN/PI3K pathway signature and the 70-gene prognosis profile. Survival analyses were performed using Cox regression models adjusting for clinico-pathological characteristics and treatment. An increase in breast cancer-specific mortality was observed for carriers of the germline MDM2 SNP309 rare GG-genotype (range hazard ratios: 2-3) or TP53 R72P heterozygous GC-genotype (range hazard ratios: 1-2) compared to those having the common genotypes within subgroups of tumors displaying a "more aggressive phenotype" gene expression profile. There was no evidence of such an effect on survival within the TP53-mutated tumor group for TP53 R72P carriers but a suggestion of an effect for MDM2 SNP309 carriers (GG vs. TT-genotype HR 2.99, P = 0.06). These results indicate that common polymorphisms in specific pathways may add to the worse prognosis of patients with tumors in which these pathways are affected by somatic alterations.
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- Alexandra J van den Broek
- Division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Cancers can be considered as gene diseases. A number of mechanisms leading to cancer have been identified through the discovery of structural alterations of genes called 'oncogenes' and 'tumour suppressor genes'. Somatic and germinal mutations are rare but play a determinant role in the emergence of cancer, while common and frequent variations (polymorphisms) play a role in cancer susceptibility and in the effects of anticancer drugs (efficacy and toxicity). After a general overview on the structural and functional organisation of the human genome, we present here some of the techniques aimed at the identification of structural DNA variations. We present afterwards some examples of the role that play polymorphic constitutive variations of the genome in the occurrence of cancer (molecular epidemiology) and the activity of anticancer drugs (pharmacogenetics).
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Cytochrome P450 1B1 Gene Polymorphisms as Predictors of Anticancer Drug Activity: Studies with In vitro Models. Mol Cancer Ther 2010; 9:3315-21. [DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-10-0673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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