Polymorphisms in Turkish population

CYP1A2, CYP2D6, GSTM1, GSTP1, and GSTT1 gene polymorphisms in patients with bladder cancer in a Turkish population.

Department of Medical Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139, Samsun, Turkey.

Genetic differences in the metabolism of xenobiotics have recently been suggested as modifiers of individual susceptibility to bladder cancer (BC). The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between bladder tumor and variants of cytochrome p450 1A2 (CYP1A2) 734 C –> A, cytochrome p450 2D6 (CYP2D6) 1934 G –> A, glutathione S-transferase M1, (GSTM1 null), glutathione S-transferase T1 (GSTT1 null), and glutathione S-transferase P1 (GSTP1) I105 V. We investigated the distribution of these polymorphisms in 135 BC patients and in 128 age and sex-matched cancer-free controls. The polymorphisms were analyzed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assay and the multiplex PCR method. Genotype and allele frequencies and their associations with BC risk, demographic factors, smoking status, and tumor stage were investigated. The prevalence of GSTT1 null genotype in cases was 23%, compared with 7% in the control group (OR = 3.94, 95% CI = 1.70-9.38, P = 0.001). There was no association between the studied polymorphisms of CYP1A2, CYP2D6, GSTM1, and GSTP1 genes and BC. There was an association between smoking status and BC. These data seem to indicate that GSTT1 gene polymorphism may be associated with BC in the Turkish population studied. Further studies will be needed to clarify the role of such variation in determining susceptibility to BC.

Department of Medical Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139, Samsun, Turkey.

Genetic differences in the metabolism of xenobiotics have recently been suggested as modifiers of individual susceptibility to bladder cancer (BC). The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between bladder tumor and variants of cytochrome p450 1A2 (CYP1A2) 734 C –> A, cytochrome p450 2D6 (CYP2D6) 1934 G –> A, glutathione S-transferase M1, (GSTM1 null), glutathione S-transferase T1 (GSTT1 null), and glutathione S-transferase P1 (GSTP1) I105 V. We investigated the distribution of these polymorphisms in 135 BC patients and in 128 age and sex-matched cancer-free controls. The polymorphisms were analyzed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assay and the multiplex PCR method. Genotype and allele frequencies and their associations with BC risk, demographic factors, smoking status, and tumor stage were investigated. The prevalence of GSTT1 null genotype in cases was 23%, compared with 7% in the control group (OR = 3.94, 95% CI = 1.70-9.38, P = 0.001). There was no association between the studied polymorphisms of CYP1A2, CYP2D6, GSTM1, and GSTP1 genes and BC. There was an association between smoking status and BC. These data seem to indicate that GSTT1 gene polymorphism may be associated with BC in the Turkish population studied. Further studies will be needed to clarify the role of such variation in determining susceptibility to BC.

Department of Medical Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139, Samsun, Turkey.

Genetic differences in the metabolism of xenobiotics have recently been suggested as modifiers of individual susceptibility to bladder cancer (BC). The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between bladder tumor and variants of cytochrome p450 1A2 (CYP1A2) 734 C –> A, cytochrome p450 2D6 (CYP2D6) 1934 G –> A, glutathione S-transferase M1, (GSTM1 null), glutathione S-transferase T1 (GSTT1 null), and glutathione S-transferase P1 (GSTP1) I105 V. We investigated the distribution of these polymorphisms in 135 BC patients and in 128 age and sex-matched cancer-free controls. The polymorphisms were analyzed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assay and the multiplex PCR method. Genotype and allele frequencies and their associations with BC risk, demographic factors, smoking status, and tumor stage were investigated. The prevalence of GSTT1 null genotype in cases was 23%, compared with 7% in the control group (OR = 3.94, 95% CI = 1.70-9.38, P = 0.001). There was no association between the studied polymorphisms of CYP1A2, CYP2D6, GSTM1, and GSTP1 genes and BC. There was an association between smoking status and BC. These data seem to indicate that GSTT1 gene polymorphism may be associated with BC in the Turkish population studied. Further studies will be needed to clarify the role of such variation in determining susceptibility to BC.

Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, 06100 Tandogan, Ankara, Turkey.

Intra-ethnic as well as inter-ethnic differences are known to exist in the frequencies of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1A1, glutathione S-transferase (GST) M1, and GSTT1 gene polymorphisms with which associations have been shown for several cancers. In this study, CYP1A1 m2, GSTM1, and GSTT1 gene polymorphisms were determined among 133 healthy individuals of a Turkish population. On the basis of polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR/RFLP) methodology, the frequency of CYP1A1 m2 mutation was determined. The multiplex PCR protocol was used to determine the frequency of the deleted genotypes of both GSTM1 and GSTT1 genes. The frequencies of Ile/Ile (wild type), Ile/Val (heterozygous variant), and Val/Val (homozygous variant) CYP1A1 m2 genotypes were 90.2%, 9.8%, and 0%, respectively. The frequencies of the deleted GSTM1 (null) and GSTT1 (null) genotypes were 51.9% and 17.3%, respectively. These results show that the frequencies of the CYP1A1 m2, GSTM1, and GSTT1 gene polymorphisms in a Turkish population are similar to Caucasian populations.