Radiation-induced damage to normal tissues after radiotherapy in patients treated for gynecologic tumors: association with single nucleotide polymorphisms in XRCC1, XRCC3, and OGG1 genes and in vitro chromosomal radiosensitivity in lymphocytes.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the association of polymorphisms in XRCC1 (194Arg/Trp, 280Arg/His, 399Arg/Gln, 632Gln/Gln), XRCC3 (5' UTR 4.541A>G, IVS5-14 17.893A>G, 241Thr/Met), and OGG1 (326Ser/Cys) with the development of late radiotherapy (RT) reactions and to assess the correlation between in vitro chromosomal radiosensitivity and clinical radiosensitivity.


METHODS
Sixty-two women with cervical or endometrial cancer treated with RT were included in the study. According to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 3.0, scale, 22 patients showed late adverse RT reactions. Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) assays were performed to examine polymorphic sites, the G2 assay was used to measure chromosomal radiosensitivity, and patient groups were compared using actuarial methods.


RESULTS
The XRCC3 IVS5-14 polymorphic allele was significantly associated with the risk of developing late RT reactions (odds ratio 3.98, p = 0.025), and the XRCC1 codon 194 variant showed a significant protective effect (p = 0.028). Patients with three or more risk alleles in XRCC1 and XRCC3 had a significantly increased risk of developing normal tissue reactions (odds ratio 10.10, p = 0.001). The mean number of chromatid breaks per cell was significantly greater in patients with normal tissue reactions than in patients with no reactions (1.16 and 1.34, respectively; p = 0.002). Patients with high chromosomal radiosensitivity showed a 9.2-fold greater annual risk of complications than patients with intermediate chromosomal radiosensitivity. Combining the G2 analysis with the risk allele model allowed us to identify 23% of the patients with late normal tissue reactions, without false-positive results.


CONCLUSIONS
The results of the present study showed that clinical radiosensitivity is associated with an enhanced G2 chromosomal radiosensitivity and is significantly associated with a combination of different polymorphisms in DNA repair genes.
Department of Anatomy, Embryology, Histology and Medical Physics, Ghent University, Proeftuinstraat 86, Gent B-9000, Belgium. kim.deruyck@UGent.be
Kim
K
De Ruyck
Marc
M
Van Eijkeren
Kathleen
K
Claes
Rudy
R
Morthier
Anne
A
De Paepe
Anne
A
Vral
Leo
L
De Ridder
Hubert
H
Thierens
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000483:Alleles; D045647:DNA Glycosylases / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000235:genetics*; D011836:Radiation Tolerance / Q000235:genetics; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D000076105:X-ray Repair Cross Complementing Protein 1
D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D000076105:X-ray Repair Cross Complementing Protein 1; C110901:X-ray repair cross complementing protein 3; C000619371:XRCC1 protein, human; D045647:DNA Glycosylases; C479058:oxoguanine glycosylase 1, human