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Title: Glutathione S-transferase M1, T1, and P1 polymorphisms as risk factors for renal cell carcinoma: a case-control study.

Authors: Sweeney, C; Farrow, D C; Schwartz, S M; Eaton, D L; Checkoway, H; Vaughan, T L

Published In Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, (2000 Apr)

Abstract: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has known environmental risk factors, notably smoking, and enzymes that biotransform carcinogens have high levels of activity in the kidney. However, a possible role of polymorphisms in these enzymes in RCC etiology has received little study. We investigated glutathione S-transferase (GST) polymorphisms in a population-based case-control study of RCC. Subjects completed a structured interview, and DNA was isolated from pathological material or buccal cells for 130 cases, and from blood for 505 controls. Genotypes for GSTM1 and GSTT1 were determined by multiplex PCR, and for GSTP1 by oligonucleotide ligation assay. The frequency of GSTM1 null genotype was 50.0% in cases and 50.5% in controls, with an adjusted odds ratio (OR) of 1.0 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.6-1.6]. For GSTP1, the frequencies of genotypes AA, AG, and GG representing the Ile104Val variant were: cases, 44.6%, 43.1%, and 12.3%; controls, 43.4%, 44.0%, and 12.6%; OR for AG and GG, 1.0 (95% CI, 0.6-1.6). An excess of the GSTT1 null genotype was observed in cases compared with controls, 28.6% versus 18.5% (OR, 1.9; 95% CI, 1.1-3.4). The association with GSTT1 was present among both smokers and nonsmokers, but was modified by body mass index, a recognized risk factor for RCC; among subjects in the lowest tertile of body mass index, the OR for GSTT1 null was 4.8 (95% CI, 1.8-13.0). The association between GSTT1 null and increased RCC risk in this population-based study suggests that activity of the GSTT1 enzyme protects against RCC. This contrasts with a recent report of reduced risk of RCC associated with GSTT1 null in a cohort of trichloroethene-exposed workers and suggests that specific chemical exposures alter the effect of GSTT1 on cancer risk.

PubMed ID: 10794492 Exiting the NIEHS site

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