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- Title
Variations in mismatch repair genes and colorectal cancer risk and clinical outcome.
- Authors
Vymetalkova, Veronika; Pardini, Barbara; Rosa, Fabio; Di Gaetano, Cornelia; Novotny, Jan; Levy, Miroslav; Buchler, Tomas; Slyskova, Jana; Vodickova, Ludmila; Naccarati, Alessio; Vodicka, Pavel
- Abstract
DNA mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency is one of the best understood forms of genetic instability in colorectal cancer (CRC). CRC is routinely cured by 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-based chemotherapy, with a prognostic effect and resistance to such therapy conferred by MMR status. In this study, we aimed to analyse the effect of genetic variants in classical coding regions or in less-explored predicted microRNA (miRNA)-binding sites in the 3′ untranslated region (3′UTR) of MMR genes on the risk of CRC, prognosis and the efficacy of 5-FU therapy. Four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in MMR genes were initially tested for susceptibility to CRC in a case–control study (1095 cases and 1469 healthy controls). Subsequently, the same SNPs were analysed for their role in survival on a subset of patients with complete follow-up. Two SNPs in MLH3 and MSH6 were associated with clinical outcome. Among cases with colon and sigmoideum cancer, carriers of the CC genotype of rs108621 in the 3′UTR of MLH3 showed a significantly increased survival compared to those with the CT + TT genotype (log-rank test, P = 0.05). Moreover, this polymorphism was also associated with an increased risk of relapse or metastasis in patients with heterozygous genotype (log-rank test, P = 0.03). Patients carrying the CC genotype for MSH6 rs1800935 (D180D) and not undergoing 5-FU-based chemotherapy showed a decreased number of recurrences (log-rank test, P = 0.03). No association with CRC risk was observed. We provide the first evidence that variations in potential miRNA target-binding sites in the 3′UTR of MMR genes may contribute to modulate CRC prognosis and predictivity of therapy.
- Subjects
COLON cancer; HEALTH outcome assessment; CANCER chemotherapy; MICRORNA; SINGLE nucleotide polymorphisms; CASE-control method
- Publication
Mutagenesis, 2014, Vol 29, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
0267-8357
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/mutage/geu014