title: Correlation of a single nucleotide polymorphism in the E-cadherin gene promoter with tumorigenesis and progression of gastric carcinoma in Japan.
abstract: A C/A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the E-cadherin gene promoter has been shown to affect transcriptional efficiency in vitro. In this study, we analyzed the C/A SNP in 106 gastric carcinoma cases and 90 cancer-free controls compared with clinicopathological parameters. The genotype of C/C, C/A, and A/A was found in 61 (58%), 34 (32%) and 11 (10%) of 106 gastric carcinoma cases and in 32 (36%), 52 (58%) and 6 (6%) of 90 cancer-free controls, respectively. The genotype of C/C was significantly more frequent in gastric carcinoma cases than in cancer-free controls (p<0.05). The E-cadherin protein expression level in non-neoplastic gastric mucosa was higher in the C/C genotype than in the C/A. In gastric carcinoma cases, the genotype of C/C was significantly more frequent in the cases of poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma (31/44; 70%) than in well differentiated type (30/62; 48%). The C/C genotype was also significantly more frequent in the cases with deep invasion (51/74; 69%) and with lymph node metastasis (38/54; 70%) than in those confined superficially (10/32; 31%) and without lymph node metastasis (23/52; 44%), respectively (p<0.05). These results suggest that the C/A SNP in the E-cadherin promoter may be a good marker for malignancy of gastric carcinomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Pathology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuraoka
authors.forename: Naohide
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oue
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokozaki
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitadai
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yasui
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D015820:Cadherins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D019175:DNA Methylation; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D015820:Cadherins; D004247:DNA