Institute of Digestive Disease and Department of Meddicine and Therapeutics, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
BMC Gastroenterol. 2010 Feb 5;10:15. doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-10-15.
Nuclear factor of kappa B inhibitor alpha (I kappaB alpha) protein is implicated in regulating a variety of cellular process from inflammation to tumorigenesis. The objective of this study was to investigate the susceptibility of rs2233408 T/C genotype in the promoter region of I kappaB alpha to gastric cancer and the association of this polymorphism with clinicopathologic variables in gastric cancer patients.
A population-based case-control study was conducted between 1999 and 2006 in Guangdong Province, China. A total of 564 gastric cancer patients and 566 healthy controls were enrolled in this study. rs2233408 genotypes in I kappaB alpha were analyzed by TaqMan SNP genotyping assay.
Both rs2233408 T homozygote (TT) and T heterozygotes (TC and TT) had significantly reduced gastric cancer risk (TT: OR = 0.250, 95% CI = 0.069-0.909, P = 0.035; TC and TT: OR = 0.721, 95% CI = 0.530-0.981, P = 0.037), compared with rs2233408 C homozygote (CC). rs2233408 T heterozygotes were significantly associated with reduced risk of intestinal-type gastric cancer with ORs of 0.648 (95% CI = 0.459-0.916, P = 0.014), but not with the diffuse or mix type of gastric cancer. The association between rs2233408 T heterozygotes and gastric cancer appeared more apparent in the older patients (age>40) (OR = 0.674, 95% CI = 0.484-0.939, P = 0.02). rs2233408 T heterozygotes was associated with non-cardiac gastric cancer (OR = 0.594, 95% CI = 0.411-0.859, P = 0.006), but not with cardiac gastric cancer. However, rs2233408 polymorphism was not associated with the prognosis of gastric cancer patients.
I kappaB alpha rs2233408 T heterozygotes were associated with reduced risk of gastric cancer, especially for the development of certain subtypes of gastric cancer in Chinese population.
核因子 kappa B 抑制剂 alpha(I kappaB alpha)蛋白参与调控从炎症到肿瘤发生等多种细胞过程。本研究旨在探讨 I kappaB alpha 启动子区 rs2233408 T/C 基因型与胃癌易感性的关系,并分析该多态性与胃癌患者临床病理变量的相关性。
本研究为 1999 年至 2006 年在中国广东省进行的基于人群的病例对照研究。共纳入 564 例胃癌患者和 566 例健康对照者。采用 TaqMan SNP 基因分型检测技术分析 I kappaB alpha 中的 rs2233408 基因型。
与 rs2233408 C 纯合子(CC)相比,rs2233408 T 纯合子(TT)和 T 杂合子(TC 和 TT)均显著降低了胃癌的发病风险(TT:OR=0.250,95%CI=0.069-0.909,P=0.035;TC 和 TT:OR=0.721,95%CI=0.530-0.981,P=0.037)。rs2233408 T 杂合子与肠型胃癌的发病风险降低显著相关,OR 值为 0.648(95%CI=0.459-0.916,P=0.014),但与弥漫型或混合型胃癌无关。rs2233408 T 杂合子与胃癌的相关性在年龄较大的患者(>40 岁)中更为明显(OR=0.674,95%CI=0.484-0.939,P=0.02)。rs2233408 T 杂合子与非贲门胃癌相关(OR=0.594,95%CI=0.411-0.859,P=0.006),但与贲门胃癌无关。然而,rs2233408 多态性与胃癌患者的预后无关。
I kappaB alpha rs2233408 T 杂合子与胃癌发病风险降低相关,尤其是在中国人群中,与某些特定类型的胃癌发生相关。