title: Relationship between functional polymorphism in the Aurora A gene and susceptibility of hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: Aurora A is considered a potential cancer susceptibility gene owing to overexpression or amplification of Aurora A gene that causes centrosome dysfunction, chromosome instability, tumourigenic transformation and checkpoint abnormalities. Functional coding region polymorphism F31I in the Aurora A gene has recently been shown to be associated with several human cancers, but its association with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has yet to be investigated. Genetic polymorphism of Aurora A was investigated in 128 confirmed subjects with HCC and 128 cancer-free control subjects matched on age, gender, smoking and alcohol consumption by using a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism assay. Allele and genotype associations of Aurora A F31I polymorphism with HCC susceptibility were observed in comparisons between the patient and control samples (respectively; P = 0.005, P = 0.012). The proportion of the genotypes containing I31 allele in patients with HCC (39.8%) was significantly higher than that in patients without HCC (22.7%) (P = 0.003). The distribution F31I genotype was significantly associated with increased risk of HCC (P = 0.003, odds ratio = 2.26, 95% confidence interval = 1.31-3.90 for FI + II genotypes vs FF genotype). Our results suggest for the first time that the Aurora A F31I polymorphism may be a genetic susceptibility factor for HCC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akkiz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bayram
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bekar
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akgöllü
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ozdil
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution / Q000235:genetics; D064127:Aurora Kinases; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D064127:Aurora Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases