Breast cancer risk and common single nucleotide polymorphisms in homologous recombination DNA repair pathway genes XRCC2, XRCC3, NBS1 and RAD51 (original) (raw)
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Background: Sporadic breast cancer might be caused by low-penetrance genes, including genes constituting the DNA repair pathways. Defective DNA repair is a common imprint of cancer that promotes the accretion of DNA errors and genomic instability. The clustering of damage in DNA may stimulate breast carcinogenesis. Aims: The goal of the study is to evaluate the role of single nucleotide polymorphisms in DNA repair genes XRCC1 Arg399Gln, XPD Lys751Gln, RAD51 G135C and XRCC3 Thr241Met as genetic indicators of susceptibility to breast cancer and to evaluate their role in treatment outcome. Methodology: The study included 248 females diagnosed with primary breast cancer and 232 normal healthy females. Patients were clinically followed up for 5 years after completing chemotherapy. Genomic DNA was isolated and the four polymorphisms under investigation were assessed by PCR-RFLP technique. Findings: XRCC1 399Gln, XPD 751Gln and XRCC3 241Met alleles were significantly associated with breast cancer risk (OR = 2.63, 2.17 and 3.21; respectively), with carriers having lower disease free survival (DSF). When grouping patients based on the number of affected genotypes they carry, DFS decreased as the number of affected genotypes increased (P accum <0.001), patients carrying three (HR=4.74, p<0.001) or two (HR=3.35, p=0.005) affected genotypes had significantly worse DFS compared with those carrying zero (reference) or one (HR=1.37, p=0.093) affected genotype. RAD51 5'UTR G135C polymorphism was not associated with breast cancer risk (p=0.932) or with DFS. Conclusion: XRCC1 Arg399Gln, XPD Lys751Gln and XRCC3 Thr241Met polymorphisms may take a significant part in sporadic breast cancer as risk factors and in prognosis, where patients carrying XRCC1 Arg/Arg, XPD Lys/Lys and XRCC3 Thr/Thr genotypes had significantly diminished risk for breast cancer and higher DFS. DFS decreased as the number of affected genotypes increased. But RAD51 5'UTR G135C polymorphism did not associate with either risk or prognosis of breast cancer.
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The DNA repair pathway is known to play a role in the etiology of breast cancer. A number of studies have demonstrated that common germline variants in genes involved in the DNA repair pathway influence breast cancer risk. To assess whether alterations in DNA repair genes contribute to breast cancer, we genotyped 12 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 1,109 Cypriot women with breast cancer and 1,177 age-matched healthy controls. We found significant associations with breast cancer for SNPs in the BRCA2 and MRE11A genes. Carriers of the BRCA2 rs1799944 variant (991 Asp) were found to have an increased risk of breast cancer (OR = 1.41, 95% CI 1.08-1.83, P = 0.01) with P trend = 0.0076. Homozygous carriers of the MRE11A rs601341 A allele had an increased risk of breast cancer (OR = 1.36, 95% CI 1.08-1.71, P = 0.009) with P trend = 0.0087. This study suggests that genetic variants in BRCA2 and MRE11A are associated with breast cancer risk.
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X-ray repair cross complementing group 1 (XRCC1) encodes a protein involved in base excision repair. We examined the association of polymorphisms in XRCC1 (codon 194 Arg-->Trp and codon 399 Arg-->Gln) and breast cancer in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study, a population-based case-control study in North Carolina. No association was observed between XRCC1 codon 194 genotype and breast cancer, and odds ratios (ORs) were not modified by smoking or radiation exposure. A positive association for XRCC1 codon 399 Arg/Gln or Gln/Gln genotypes compared with Arg/Arg was found among African Americans (253 cases, 266 controls; OR = 1.7, 95% confidence interval, 1.1-2.4) but not whites (386 cases, 381 controls; OR =1.0, 95% confidence interval, 0.8-1.4). Among African-American women, ORs for the duration of smoking were elevated among women with XRCC1 codon 399 Arg/Arg genotype (trend test; P < 0.001) but not Arg/Gln or Gln/Gln (P = 0.23). There was no difference in OR for smoking accordi...
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Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology, 2003
Mammalian cells are constantly exposed to genotoxic agents from both endogenous and exogenous sources. Genetic variability in DNA repair contributes to deficient repair and breast cancer risk. Using samples collected in an ongoing, clinic-based, case-control study (253 cases and 268 controls), we tested whether breast cancer risk is associated with four amino acid substitution variants in three DNA repair genes, including XRCC1 Arg194Trp and XRCC1 Arg399Gln in base excision repair, XRCC3 Thr241Met in homologous recombination repair, and ERCC4/XPF Arg415Gln in nucleotide excision repair. Carriers of at least one variant allele of XRCC1 Arg194Trp [Arg/Trp and Trp/Trp versus Arg/Arg, odds ratio (OR) = 1.60, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.89-2.87] or two variant alleles of XRCC3 241Met/Metmay have an increased risk of breast cancer (Met/Met versus Thr/Thr and Thr/Met, OR = 1.54, 95% CI = 0.94-2.52). No association between XRCC1 Arg399Gln Dgenotype and breast cancer risk was observed. ...
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Polymorphisms and mutations in GSTP1, RAD51, XRCC1 and XRCC3 genes in breast cancer patients
The International journal of biological markers, 2017
Genotoxic factors, including ionizing radiation and oxidative stress, are associated with genomic instability and development of breast cancer (BC). The homologous recombination DNA repair (HRR) pathway, base excision repair (BER) mechanism, and antioxidative enzymes are required as defense mechanisms against these DNA damaging agents. GSTP1, XRCC1, XRCC3 and RAD51 proteins are essential components of antioxidation, BER and HRR of DNA, respectively. Deficiencies in BER, HRR and antioxidation pathways are involved in the progression of cancer. Genomic DNA was extracted from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue and blood samples of BC patients of an Italian population. Genomic DNA was also extracted from blood specimens of a control group. DNA sequencing was performed for six single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the GSTP1, RAD51, XRCC1 and XRCC3 genes in BC patients and the control group. Two variants in the 5'-UTR of the XRCC3 (rs1799794 A/G) and RAD51 (rs1801321) genes ...