A single-nucleotide polymorphism in the XPG gene, and tumour stage, grade, and clinical course in patients with nonmuscle-invasive neoplasms of the urinary bladder.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate whether the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), Asp1104His (G3507C), in the XPG gene affects malignant phenotypes of nonmuscle-invasive urinary bladder neoplasms (NIBN), by investigating associations between the SNP and clinicopathological variables in patients with NIBN.


METHODS
The 233 patients constituted newly diagnosed cases of primary NIBN in the Stockholm area. The Asp1104His polymorphism in the XPG gene was genotyped using a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism technique.


RESULTS
The GC + CC genotypes were more frequent in stage pT1 tumours at initial diagnosis than pTa (odds ratio 1.9, 95% confidence interval 1.0-3.5, P = 0.048). The difference was larger in the young group (4.6, 1.9-11.8, P = 0.001). In the young group, the GC + CC genotypes were significantly more frequent in high-grade than in low-grade tumours (3.1, 1.5-6.8, P = 0.004) whereas in the older group the genotypes were less frequent in high-grade tumours (0.3, 0.1-0.7, P = 0.007). The XPG genotypes were not associated with tumour recurrence, stage progression or survival.


CONCLUSIONS
These results suggest that the SNP in the XPG gene might be related to tumour invasiveness in NIBN.
Sakano
Shigeru
S
Department of Biosciences at Novum, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
Kumar
Rajiv
R
Larsson
Per
P
Onelöv
Erik
E
Adolfsson
Jan
J
Steineck
Gunnar
G
Hemminki
Kari
K
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D018450:Disease Progression; D004720:Endonucleases / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013548:Sweden; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D000099250:DNA Excision Repair Protein ERCC-5
D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004720:Endonucleases; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000099250:DNA Excision Repair Protein ERCC-5