These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed


  • Title: Prognostic significance of germ line polymorphisms of the CYP1A1 and glutathione S-transferase genes in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
    Author: Goto I, Yoneda S, Yamamoto M, Kawajiri K.
    Journal: Cancer Res; 1996 Aug 15; 56(16):3725-30. PubMed ID: 8706015.
    Abstract:
    CYP1A1 is responsible for the metabolic activation of benzo(a)pyrene in cigarette smoke, and high susceptibility to smoking-related lung cancer has been associated with the MspI polymorphism of the CYP1A1 gene. Individuals with a susceptible CYP1A1 genotype have been found to be at remarkably high risk when the genotype is combined with a deficient Mu-class glutathione S-transferase (GSTM1) genotype. In this study, we investigated the relationship between germ line polymorphisms of these genes and clinical characteristics or survival rates in 232 patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Statistical analysis revealed a significant association (P < 0.05) of the MspI polymorphism of the CYP1A1 gene with histological type, performance status (general conditions of patients), and the extent of the primary tumor (T-factor). On the other hand, the GSTM1 polymorphism was significantly associated with performance status, the extent of regional lymph node metastasis (N-factor), and the extent of distant metastasis (M-factor). NSCLC patients with at least one susceptible allele of the MspI polymorphism of the CYP1A1 gene [heterozygous genotype B or a rare homozygous genotype C; n = 131; median survival time (MST) = 24.2 months] were associated with a shortened survival compared with those with nonsusceptible homozygous alleles (genotype A; n = 101; MST = 65.2 months; P = 0.005 by log-rank test). Smokers with susceptible genotypes (n = 104; MST = 18.2 months) were markedly associated with a shortened survival compared with those with genotype A (n = 76; MST = 69.2 months; P = 0.024); such an association was not found among nonsmokers by genotypes. Genotype-dependent survival was also observed in patients at an advanced stage of disease (P = 0.010), but not in those at an early stage of disease (P = 0.382). Patients with the susceptible CYP1A1 genotype had remarkably shortened survivals when the genotype was combined with a deficient genotype GSTM1(-) (P = 0.017; degree of freedom = 3). Multivariate analysis by the Cox proportional hazards model also revealed that the CYP1A1 polymorphism was an independent prognostic factor in patients at a nonresectable advanced stage of NSCLC (P = 0.005; hazard ratio = 1.98; 95% confidence interval, 1.24-3.17).
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]