Abstract:
Objective: To investigate the relationship between the fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGFR2) gene polymor -phism rs 2981582 and the susceptibility of breast cancer in Chinese women. Methods:A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of rs 2981582 loci in FGFR 2 gene (C/T) was detected using Tm-shifting real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR. DNA in the specimen was labeled by the fluorescent dye SYBR Green I. By adding tails of different lengths in the5’-end of specific primers, the peaks of different genotypes in the solubility curve could be varied. The criterion was defined as fol-lows: a Tm lower than or equivalent to 84.6℃meant a homozygote CC, a Tm higher than or equivalent to 87.5℃meant a homozygote TT, and a Tm between the two thresholds meant a heterozygote TC. Using this method, 936 patients with breast cancer and471 patients with benign breast diseases were tested to analyze the relationship between this SNP and carcinogenesis of the breast cancer. Results: The frequencies of the genotypes CC, CT, and TT were respectively 426 (44.56%),400 (41.84%) and130 (13.60%) in the breast cancer group and234 (49.68%),181 (38.43%) and56(11.89%) in the control group. There was no statistical significance in the differences between the two groups (P=0.183 ). Further strati -fied analysis demonstrated that the frequencies of the genotypes CC, CT and TT were respectively 189 (41.27% ), 202 (46.12%) and67(14.63%) in the positive ER subgroup of breast cancer, with a significant difference when compared with the control group ( P=0.035 ). However, the frequencies of the three genotypes were 237 (47.59% ), 198 (39.75% ) and63 (12.65%), respectively, in the negative ER subgroup of breast cancer, without a significant difference when compared with the control group ( P=0.802 ). Conclusion:There is a significant correlation between the SNP rs2981582 of intron 2 in FG -FR2 gene and ER-positive breast cancer. Our paper also demonstrates this new detection method is suitable for SNP typ-ing a large number of samples because it is cheap, easy and simple to use.