Transforming growth factor-β1 29T>C genetic polymorphism is associated with lymph node metastasis in patients with adenocarcinoma of the lung.

Abstract

Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) is known to suppress antitumor immune responses, and its overexpression is closely associated with a poor prognosis in patients with malignant tumors. Moreover, TGF-β1 29T>C genetic polymorphism is known to affect survival among breast cancer patients. The relationship between TGF-β1 polymorphism and the clinicopathological characteristics of non-small cell lung cancer remains unknown, however. The study participants were 91 Japanese patients who underwent curative surgery for adenocarcinoma of the lung. DNA was extracted from tumor samples, and TGF-β1 29T>C genetic polymorphism was investigated using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method, after which genotype was correlated with clinicopathological factors. There were no differences between the TGF-β1 29TT and 29TC+CC genotypes with respect to age, sex, histological differentiation grade, tumor size, or pathological stage. However, the frequency of nodal metastasis was significantly greater in the TGF-β1 29TC+CC group than the TGF-β1 29TT group. Multivariate logistic regression analysis of lymph node metastasis revealed that male, tumor size, differentiation grade, and TGF-β1 29TC+CC genotypes (hazard ratio, 5.26; 95% CI, 1.03-40.0; P = 0.045) are factors associated with a significantly greater likelihood of developing lymph node metastasis. TGF-β1 29T>C genetic polymorphism is an independent factor associated with lymph node metastasis in adenocarcinoma of the lung.

• Authors: Yoshihiro Minamiya, Masatomo Miura, Yudai Hinai, Hajime Saito, Manabu Ito, Takashi Ono, Hiroshi Toda, Satoru Motoyama, Jun-ichi Ogawa
• Journal: Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine (Tumour Biol) Vol. 31 Issue 5 Pg. 437-41 (Oct 2010) ISSN: 1423-0380 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 20506050 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• TGFB1 protein, human
• Transforming Growth Factor beta1

Topics

• Adenocarcinoma (genetics, pathology)
• Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung (genetics, pathology)
• Female
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Genotype
• Humans
• Lung Neoplasms (genetics, pathology)
• Lymphatic Metastasis (genetics)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Neoplasm Staging
• Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
• Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Sex Factors
• Transforming Growth Factor beta1 (genetics)