title: Prostate cancer and polymorphism D85Y in gene for dihydrotestosterone degrading enzyme UGT2B15: Frequency of DD homozygotes increases with Gleason Score.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Although, a functional rationale for influence of polymorphism D85Y in gene UGT2B15 on prostate cancer (PCa) exists (different V(max) of enzyme), conflicting results have been reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  DNA from 178 controls and 206 PCa patients with known Gleason score were genotyped using a newly developed RFLP assay, which allowed the detection of both alleles in an individual after single PCR amplification.
  
  
  RESULTS
  
  
  
  METHODS
  16% DD, 52% DY; PCa patients: 23% DD, 49% DY. Subgroups of PCa: well differentiated: 11% DD, 37% DY; moderately differentiated: 22% DD, 50% DY; poorly differentiated: 34% DD, 50% DY. Correlation was confirmed between Gleason score and number of D alleles (P = 0.018) and persisted after age adjustment. When comparing controls to patients with a Gleason score of 7 or more, difference for the frequency of homozygosity DD was significant between the groups (P = 0.032, OR = 2.04).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Polymorphism D85Y in gene UGT2B15 correlates with differentiation of PCa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Maribor Teaching Hospital, Maribor, Slovenia. tine_hajdinjak@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Tine
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hajdinjak
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zagradisnik
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase; C472000:UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 2B15, human