Poliformismos genéticos no câncer de cabeça e pescoço: análise de risco e evolução clínica / Genetic polymorphisms in head and neck cancer: analysis of risk and clinical evolution

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

The squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC) is considered one of the most prevalent cancers in developing countries, detected nearly always in well-advanced phases with few effective treatment options, which reduce the survival rate to five years in 50% of the patients. The main risk factors associated with it are tobacco and alcohol intake, followed by diet and viral infections. For the moment, there seems not to be vigilance methods, molecular biomarkers or chemioprevention that have been shown to be efficient. The identification of polymorphisms in tobacco and alcohol metabolizing genes has been suggested in the search for markers of individual susceptibility to the HNSCC. Among the enzymes involved in the metabolizing phase I are those belonging to the P450 cytochrome family (CYPs) while in the metabolizing phase II are included the glutathione S-transferases (GSTs). The repair gene polymorphisms which may alter the risk of developing HNSCC, especially in alcohol and tobacco consumers are also included. Polymorphisms in CYPs and GSTs may alter the metabolizing dynamics and carcinogen excretion increasing the risk of mutations like DNA adducts and, as a consequence, the risk of cancer. In the present study, polymorphisms in phase I genes (CYP1A1 MspI, CYP2E1 PstI) and in Phase II genes (GSTM1, GSTT1, GSTP1 BsmA) were evaluated, and the repair gene XRCC1 as well, in 207 HNSCC carriers, 92 of them (44%) with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), and also in 244 controls selected in the same hospital. The identification of polymorphisms from the DNA of peripheral lymphocytes in patients and control subjects (PCR-RFLP) showed greater prevalence of the GSTM1 null genotype which was higher in patients with HNSCC (53.2%) when compared to the controls (37.7%), increasing about five times as much the risk for the disease (OR = 4.75; 95% CI, 3.06-7.40). Similar results for the GSTM1 null genotype were found in the OSCC (OR = 2.15; 95% CI, 1.28-3.6). It was also observed that there was a rise in the risk for OSCC with the XRCC1-194Trp (OR = 2.33; 95% CI, 1.08-4.98) genotype and some protection associated with the XRCC1-399Gln (OR, 0.35; 95% CI, 0.12-0.96) genotype, which was more prevalent in the control subjects than in the OSCC patients. The simultaneous presence of two unfavourable genes (gene-gene association) approximately doubled the risk for OSCC when GSTM1-CYP1A1 (0R=1.93; 95% CI, 1.1-3.3), GSTM1-CYP2E1 (0R=2.2; CI 95%, 1.36-3.87), GSTM1-XRCC1-194 (OR=2.44; CI 95%, 1.44-4.14) and CYP2E1-XRCC1-194 (OR=2.0; CI 95%, 1.1 3.62) were associated. When the interaction gene-environment was considered in the analysis, it was found that OSCC patients who were used to consuming above 39 cigarette packs a year had an increase in the risk of getting cancer associated with the GSTP1 BmsA (OR=5.0; CI 95%, 1.9-12.4) genotypes and above 20 packs a year associated with the CYP1A1MstI (OR = 53.7; CI 95%, 1.0 - 14.2) genotype. On the other hand, the above-30-g/l/d consumption associated with the XRCC1-194 genotype raised eight times as much the risk for ECOC (OR=8,8; CI 95%, 1.3-45.7) and the XRCC1-399 genotype seems to have been a protection factor against ECOC even with alcohol consumption above 5 to 30 g/l/d (OR=0.1; CI 95%, 0.03 0.7). The results obtained seem to suggest a contribution of the genetic polymorphisms of the alcohol-and-tobacco-related metabolizing enzymes to HNSCC and the OSCC. The identification of genetic markers of individual susceptibility to cancer may help the clinician with the indication of prevention and control measures for the medical follow-up of patients or the population at risk of contracting SCCHN, mainly chronic smokers and alcoholics.

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head and neck neoplsms glutathione s-transferase glutationa s-transferase polimorfismo genético mouth neoplasms prognóstico neoplasias bucais neoplasias de cabeça e pescoço genetic polimorphisms prognosis

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