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Mol Carcinog ; 50(2): 73-9, 2011 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21229604

ABSTRACT

Recent studies refer that amplification/overexpression of the principal negative regulator of p53 (Mdm2) is frequently found in several malignancies. Several studies have associated a polymorphism (SNP309 T/G) in the promoter region of MDM2 with higher levels of this protein, which will favor p53-pathway abolishment, cell-cycle escape, and development of cancer. We aimed to study if MDM2 SNP309 T/G polymorphism contributes to the development of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). We have developed a case-control study with 124 patients with NPC and 509 healthy individuals from the north of Portugal to determine the genetic distribution of the MDM2 SNP309 polymorphism in DNA extracted from peripheral blood samples. Statistical analysis was performed to compare categorical variables adjusted for age and gender by multivariate logistic regression. Genotype-specific distributions according to age of onset were tested by Kaplan-Meier method and analyzed by Cox-regression proportional hazard model adjusted for gender. This study revealed that MDM2 SNP309 GG homozygous represent an increased risk adjusted for age and gender to develop NPC (OR = 2.15), with particular effect in undifferentiated types (OR = 2.46) and early clinical stages (OR = 3.32). We also found that median age of onset of NPC was significantly different (55.2 vs. 61.6) with increased effect in undifferentiated types (55.2 vs. 61.9) and early clinical stages (55.3 vs. 65.3). Our study suggests that MDM2 SNP309 can be considered a risk marker for the development of NPC mainly in early ages probably as an initiation marker for potential cancer development.


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Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms/genetics , Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2/genetics , Adult , Age of Onset , Carcinoma , Case-Control Studies , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma , Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms/epidemiology , Neoplasm Staging , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide , Portugal , Risk , Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism
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