Polymorphism in the tumor necrosis factor-? promotor region and in the heat shock protein 70 genes associated with malignant tumors

Autor: Sami Baccouche, Slim Ben Ahmed, Lotfi Chouchane, Sami Remadi
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Cancer. 80:1489-1496
ISSN: 1097-0142
0008-543X
Popis: BACKGROUND Tumor necrosis factors (TNFs) and heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) are determining factors in immunologic mechanisms to tumor cells. The authors designed a case-controlled study to investigate the potential association of the polymorphisms of TNF-α and of hsp70-2 and hsp70-hom genes with malignant tumors. METHODS The authors used an allele specific polymerase chain reaction to characterize the variation of the TNF-α promotor region in 124 unrelated Tunisian patients with malignant tumors (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, breast carcinoma, and other tumors) and 106 healthy control subjects. Using polymerase chain reaction and restriction enzyme digestion, polymorphic analysis of hsp70-2 and hsp70-hom genes was performed in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, in those with breast carcinoma, and in control subjects. RESULTS Analysis of TNF-α polymorphism in patients with malignant tumors and in control subjects demonstrated a high relative frequency of the TNF2 allele in the cancer patients. The relative risk (RR) of lymphoma was especially high in association with TNF1/TNF2 heterozygotes (RR = 6.7; P ≤ 0.0001). Polymorphism analysis of the hsp70-2 and hsp70-hom genes in patients with lymphoma and in those with breast carcinoma revealed that these patients had highly significant differences in the genotypic distribution of these biallelic loci compared with the control subjects. Homozygosity for one hsp70-2 allele was significantly associated with lymphoma (RR = 18.2; P ≤ 0.0001) and with breast carcinoma (RR = 16.3; P ≤ 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Tunisian persons carrying the TNF2 allele may have an increased risk of cancer. In this study, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and breast carcinoma were significantly associated with polymorphism in hsp70 genes. Cancer 1997; 80:1489-96. © 1997 American Cancer Society.
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