title: Prevalence of CYP1A1 and GST polymorphisms in the population of northeastern India and susceptibility of oral cancer.
abstract: Individual cancer susceptibility is the result of several host factors, including differences in lifestyle habits and genetic susceptibility. There is a correlation between CYP1A1 polymorphism (MspI) and oral cancer susceptibility. Individuals carrying the deletions of GSTM1 and GSTT1 are at high risk of developing oral cancers. In the present study on healthy tribal and nontribal individuals of Assam, we found that the genetic variation of GSST polymorphisms is evident (p = 0.20) with differential dose of toxic exposure. Prevalence of different polymorphic alleles of CYP1A1 also proves the same result. A mini-case-control study with very small sample size showed no marked increase in the risk of developing oral cancer as the frequencies of the studied GST genotypes did not show any statistical significance. But GSTT1-null genotypes were found to have higher risk of developing leukoplakia (OR 1.94, 95% CI 2.61-18.54). CYP1A1 genotype m2 allele was also not found to be associated with the risk of developing leukoplakias in the population.
authors.affiliation: Thalassaemia Research Unit, Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan, West Bengal, India. chatterjeesumana@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sumana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Sila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakrabarti
authors.forename: Bani
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Poddar
authors.forename: Debolina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: Sarthak
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.forename: Geeta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Talukder
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007971:Leukoplakia / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; C413545:glutathione S-transferase T1