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CASP8 promoter polymorphism, mRNA expression and risk of prostate cancer among Chinese men.


ABSTRACT: Caspase-8 (CASP8) plays a key role in apoptosis. We examined by genotyping whether the -652 six-nucleotide insertion-deletion (6N ins/del) polymorphism in the CASP8 promoter region was associated with prostate cancer risk in a hospital-based case-control study of 406 Chinese prostate cancer patients and 408 age-matched cancer-free controls. Additionally, 23 prostate cancer tissues were analyzed for CASP8 mRNA expression. We found a significantly decreased prostate cancer risk for the 6N ins/del genotype [adjusted odds ratio (OR)=0.68; 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.51-0.92] and del/del genotype (OR=0.34; 95% CI=0.19-0.63) compared with the ins/ins genotype. The 6N del allele was associated dose-dependently with decreased prostate cancer risk (P trend = 0.001). RT-PCR showed that individuals with the 6N del allele had lower CASP8 mRNA levels than those with the ins/ins genotype (P = 0.024). These findings suggested that the CASP8-652 6N ins/del polymorphism may affect the susceptibility to prostate cancer and reduce prostate cancer risk among Chinese men.

SUBMITTER: Fu G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3596704 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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CASP8 promoter polymorphism, mRNA expression and risk of prostate cancer among Chinese men.

Fu Guangbo G   Tang Jialin J   Wang Meilin M   Qin Chao C   Yan Fu F   Ding Qi Q   Yin Changjun C   Wang Xinru X   Zhang Zhengdong Z  

Journal of biomedical research 20110301 2


Caspase-8 (CASP8) plays a key role in apoptosis. We examined by genotyping whether the -652 six-nucleotide insertion-deletion (6N ins/del) polymorphism in the CASP8 promoter region was associated with prostate cancer risk in a hospital-based case-control study of 406 Chinese prostate cancer patients and 408 age-matched cancer-free controls. Additionally, 23 prostate cancer tissues were analyzed for CASP8 mRNA expression. We found a significantly decreased prostate cancer risk for the 6N ins/del  ...[more]

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