Liu Zhi-Ming, Li Le-Qun, Peng Min-Hao, Liu Tang-Wei, Qin Zhong, Guo Ya, Xiao Kai-Yin, Ye Xin-Ping, Mo Xin-Shao, Qin Xue, Li Shan, Yan Lu-Nan, Shen Han-Ming, Wang LianWen, Wang Qiao, Wang Kai-bo, Liang Ren-xiang, Wei Zong-liang, Ong Choon Nam, Santella Regina M, Peng Tao
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021 Guangxi Province, China.
Cancer Lett. 2008 May 18;263(2):212-22. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2008.01.006. Epub 2008 Feb 15.
Biomarkers of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) exposure and oxidative stress were detected in 71 hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients and 694 controls from southern China. Plasma level of AFB1-albumin-adducts (AAA) and protein carbonyl content (PCC) were significantly higher in the 71 HCC cases than in any age/gender matched HBV sero-status groups (p<0.001). HCC patients positive for the p53-249 G-T mutation had a marginally higher level of PCC than those negative for the mutation (p=0.077). HBV infection had a prominent influence on the association between AFB1 exposure and oxidative stress biomarkers in the controls. Our study indicates a significant contribution from HBV infection to oxidative stress in a population with AFB1 exposure which might substantially increase risk for HCC in this region.