title: Polymorphisms of STK15 (Aurora-A) gene and lung cancer risk in Caucasians.
abstract: STK15/Aurora-A is a centrosome-localized serine/threonine kinase that functions primarily in centrosome maturation and mitotic spindle assembly. In a large lung cancer case-control study of 1401 cases and 1397 controls including three ethnic groups, we examined the associations between two non-synonymous SNPs (Phe31Ile and Val57Ile) of the STK15 gene and lung cancer risk. There were statistically significant differences in the distribution of the genotypes (P<0.0001) and haplotypes (P<0.0001) by ethnicity for the Phe31Ile, but not the Val57Ile variant. Caucasians with the homozygous variant Phe31Ile genotype (Ile/Ile) were at a significantly reduced risk for lung cancer [odds ratio (OR)=0.63, 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.41-0.96]. The variant allele of Val57Ile was not associated with lung cancer risk overall. However, men with the homozygous variant genotype (Ile/Ile) had a reduced lung cancer risk as compared with men with the wild-type genotype (Val/Val) (OR=0.42, 95% CI=0.19-0.94). When we performed joint analysis of these two polymorphisms, compared with the reference group (TT+GG, 40.99% of controls), homozygous Ile31 allele/wild-type Val57 allele (AA+GG) carriers (5.45% of controls) exhibited a reduced lung cancer risk (OR=0.78, 95% CI=0.63-0.97). This is the first epidemiological study to report significant associations between STK15 polymorphisms and lung cancer risk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Yubo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Maosheng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Margaret R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Spitz
authors.forename: Xifeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D064096:Aurora Kinase A; D064127:Aurora Kinases; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D012307:Risk Factors; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; C576917:AURKA protein, human; D064096:Aurora Kinase A; D064127:Aurora Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases