title: ERCC1 polymorphism, expression and clinical outcome of oxaliplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy in gastric cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the influence of excision repair cross complementing group 1 (ERCC1) codon 118 polymorphism and mRNA level on the clinical outcome of gastric cancer patients treated with oxaliplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-nine gastric cancer patients treated with oxalipatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy were included in this study. ERCC1 codon 118 C/T polymorphism was tested by polymerase chain reaction-ligation detection reaction (PCR-LDR) method in peripheral blood lymphocytes of those patients; and the intratumoral ERCC1 mRNA expression was measured using reverse transcription PCR in 62 patients whose tumor tissue specimens were available.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant relationship was found between ERCC1 codon 118 polymorphism and ERCC1 mRNA level. The median relapse-free and overall survival period was 20.1 mo and 28.4 mo, respectively. The relapse-free and overall survivals in patients with low levels of ERCC1 mRNA were significantly longer than those in patients with high levels (P<0.05), while there was no significant association found between ERCC1 118 genotypes and the disease prognosis. Multivariate analysis also showed that ERCC1 mRNA level was a potential predictor for relapse and survival in gastric cancer patients treated with oxaliplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ERCC1 codon 118 polymorphism has no significant impact on ERCC1 mRNA expression, and the intratumoral ERCC1 mRNA level but not codon 118 polymorphism may be a useful predictive parameter for the relapse and survival of gastric cancer patients receiving oxaliplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Wuxi Oncology Institute, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University, 200 Huihe Road, Wuxi, 214062, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Zhao-Hui
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Li-Hua
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Zhi-Hui
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ming-Xu
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Xi-Ke
authors.initials: XK
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003062:Codon; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D004720:Endonucleases / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000077150:Oxaliplatin; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000077150:Oxaliplatin; C071447:ERCC1 protein, human; D004720:Endonucleases