title: The polymorphisms of the CYP17 and CYP19 genes in endometrial cancer patients.
abstract: Endogenous estrogen exposure is an important determinant of endometrial cancer risk. The CYP 17 and CYP 19 genes encode 17alphahydroxylase/17,20-lyase and aromatase, respectively, both involved in sex hormone synthesis. The genes CYP17 and CYP19 are polymorphic and gene variability could contribute to the level of protein biosynthesis. In the present work the distribution of genotypes and frequency of alleles of the C/T polymorphism in promoter region of CYP17 and G/A polymorphism at position Val80 in CYP19 in subjects with endometrial cancer were investigated. Paraffin embedded tumor tissues were obtained from 100 women with endometrial cancer. DNA from normal endometrial tissue (n=106) served as control. The polymorphisms were determined by PCR-RFLP. The distribution of the genotypes of the C/T polymorphism of CYP17 and G/A polymorphism of CYP19 in both control and patients did not differ significantly (p>0.05) from those predicted by the Hardy-Weinberg distribution. There were no significant differences (p>0.05) in genotype distributions and allele frequencies between subgroups assigned to histological stage. The results suggest that the C/T polymorphism of CYP17 gene as well as G/A polymorphism of CYP19 may not be linked with appearance and development of endometrial cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Gynecology, Institute of Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital, Lódź.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Szyłło
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smolarz
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Romanowicz-Makowska
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kulig
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D001141:Aromatase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D013254:Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D001141:Aromatase; D013254:Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase