Abstract:
Association between ERCC2 Gene Polymorphisms and the Risk of Lung Cancer in Non-smokersBiyun QIAN, Xiaoying ZHOU, Huan ZHANG, Lina ZHANG, Hong ZHENG, He YU, Kexin CHENCorrespondence to: Kexin CHEN , E-mail: chenkexin1963@yahoo.comDepartment of Cancer Epidemiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Key Laboratory of Cancer Preventionand Therapy, Tianjin 300060, ChinaThis work was supported by Tianjin Natural Science Funding (No. 08JCYBJC05200) and National Natural Science Foundation of Chi-na (No. 81071914)Abstract Objective: To evaluate the influence of single nucleotide polymorphisms in ERCC2 on susceptibility to non-smalllung cancer among non-smokers. Methods: A case-control study in Tianjin was conducted. Genotypes were determined by TaqMan re-al-time PCR, and a test was used to compare the distribution of the genotypes between cases and controls in the different smoking statussubgroups. Unconditional logistic regression was used to analyze the OR and adjusted OR by covariates. Then we performed a me-ta-analysis extracted from the published data within a non-smoking population. Results: No significant differences in ERCC2 genotypedistribution were found between 549 lung cancer cases and 577 healthy controls. The results showed that in the subgroup of nonsmok-ers, the individuals with the ERCC2 312A (rs1799793) genotype had a 2.1 fold (OR = 2.10; 95%CI: 1.22-3.64) higher risk of lung can-cer, and a specific 1.2-fold increased risk of adenocarcinoma ( OR = 2.20; 95% CI: 1.20-4.05), compared to those with the 312GG geno-type. Also among the non-smokers, individuals with the ERCC2 751C (rs13181) genotype had a 1.7-fold (OR = 1.72; 95% CI:1.01-2.95) higher risk of lung cancer compared to those with the wild type genotype after adjusting for the relevant covariates. Me-ta-analyses of rs1799793 and rs13181 extracted from published data, including 1550 smokers and 1645 nonsmokers, showed that ER-CC2 variant alleles were associated with the risk of lung cancer in the Caucasian and Asian population. Conclusion: Non-smokers whohave the ERCC2 312A or ERCC2 751C allele may have a high risk of lung cancer.Keywords Lung neoplasm; Non-smokers; ERCC2 gene; Polymorphism; Meta-analysis