Association of the Manganese Superoxide Dismutase (Mn-SOD) Gene C47T Polymorphism with Lung Cancer: A Case-Control Study.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine the association between manganese superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) gene C47 T polymorphism and the risk of malignant lung cancer in Iraqi smokers. METHODS: Blood samples were obtained from 260 lung cancer patients (88 females and 172 males) and 295 healthy individuals (91 females and 204 males). DNA was extracted from blood samples and the SOD2 gene was amplified using specific primers. The nucleotide sequences of the SOD2 gene were analyzed by using BLAST server at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and the Raptorx app. RESULTS: TT, CT, and CC genotypes concentrations were 48.1%, 33.2%, and 18.7%, respectively, in the control group. The concentrations of TT, CT, and CC genotypes were 43.5%, 31.5%, and 25%, respectively, in the case group. There were no statistical differences between cases and controls in terms of genotype frequency of SOD2C47T polymorphism. We observed that SOD2C47T polymorphism CT genotype did not increase the risk of lung cancer development compared to those with TT genotype (OR= 0.951, 95% CI = 0.648-1.396; P = 0.798). In addition, it was observed that CC genotype did not increase the risk of lung cancer development in comparison with TT genotype ( OR=0.673, 95% Cl=0.435-1.041: P=0.075). CONCLUSION: These results indicated that there was no association between SOD2C47T polymorphism and the risk of lung cancer development in Iraqi smokers.

Association of CYP1A1 rs1048943 Polymorphism with Prostate Cancer in Iraqi Men Patients.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between CYP1A1 gene rs1048943 polymorphism and the risk of Iraqi men with prostate cancer. METHODS: In this research, we conducted a population-based approach that intersects high-throughput genotype information from  different population of Iraq to estimate the frequency of genotypes associated with prostate cancer responsivenessOur study included a total of 100 patients and 150 healthy controls. rs1048943 genotyping has been investigated in Iraqi men in connection with prostate cancer. RESULTS: We observed that individuals with the rs1048943 GA genotype had an increased risk of prostate cancer relative to those with the AA genotype  ( OR 95% CI of 0.449 :95%CI 0.23-0.90; P = 0.002). We found in the dominant model that the rs1048943 GA and GG genotype displayed an increased risk of prostate cancer relative to the AA genotype   ( OR 95% CI of 0.680 :95%CI 0.4-1.17; P = 0.018). CONCLUSION: Polymorphism RS 1048943 in the CYP1A1 gene is associated with the risk of developing prostate cancer and is possibly one of the most significant factors in its development.
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Pharmacogenetics as Personalized Medicine: Association Investigation of SOD2 rs4880, CYP2C19 rs4244285, and FCGR2A rs1801274 Polymorphisms in a Breast Cancer Population in Iraqi Women.

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women characterized by a high variable clinical outcome among individuals treated with targeted therapies. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this study, we performed a population-based approach intersecting high-throughput genotype data from Iraqi populations with publicly available pharmacogenomics information to estimate the frequency of genotypes correlated with responsiveness to breast cancer treatment thus improving the clinical management of this disease in an efficient and cost effective way. A total of 50 patients and 25 healthy controls were enrolled in our study. Genotyping of rs4880, rs4244285, and rs1801274 were examined in association with breast cancer in Iraqi women. RESULTS: We found that individuals carrying the CT genotype of rs4880 manifested an increased risk of breast cancer compared with those carrying the TT genotype (odds ratio [OR], 0.171; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.053-0.551; P = .002). In the dominant model, we observed that the CT and CC genotype of rs4880 showed an increased risk of breast cancer compared with the TT genotype (OR, 0.248; 95% CI, 0.089-0.690; P = .006). Moreover, subjects with the GA genotype of rs4244285 presented a higher risk of breast cancer than the GG genotype (OR, 0.256; 95% CI, 0.066-0.987; P = .038) and dominant models (OR, 0.025; 95% CI, 0.054-0.775; P = .013). CONCLUSION: The analysis revealed that rs1801274 showed linkage disequilibrium and decreased risk of breast cancer. In conclusion, our study suggests that rs4880 and rs4244285 polymorphisms play an important role in development of breast cancer in an Iraqi population, and no significant association was found between rs1801274 and the risk of breast cancer.

No Evaluation of Serum P53 Levels in Iraqi Female Breast Cancer Patients

Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed and the second leading cause of cancer death among Iraqi women. The population was exposed to high levels of depleted uranium following the first and second Gulf Wars and this might be a risk factor. Protein 53 (p53) or Tumor protein 53 (Tp53) was originally defined as an oncogenic protein. The aim of the study was to evaluate P-53 serum concentrations in fifty Iraqi female breast cancer patients and twenty five healthy volunteers using the ELISA technique. All these patients attended the Teaching Hospital of AL Diwaniyah during the period between June 2016 to March 2017. The mean values for TP53 concentration in patients with breast cancer and apparently healthy groups were 47+33.5 U/ml and 27. 8+12.7 U/ml, respectively. The results showed no significantly difference , in contrast to most studies conducted elsewhere in the world.

Synthesis and characterization of fatty hydroxamic acids from triacylglycerides.

In this study, fatty haydroxamic acids (FHAs), which have biological activities as antibiotics and antifungal, have been synthesized via refluxing of triacylglycrides, palm olein, palm stearin or corn oil with hydroxylamine hydrochloride. The products were characterized using the complex formation test of hydroxamic acid group with zinc(I), copper(II) and iron(III), various technique methods including nuclear magnetic resonance ((1)H NMR) spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and elemental analysis. Parameters that may affect the conversion of oils to FHAs including the effect of reaction time, effect of organic solvent and effect of hydro/oil molar issue were also investigated in this study. Results of characterization indicate that FHAs were successfully produced from triacylglycrides. The conversion percentages of palm stearin, palm olein and corn oil into their fatty hydroxamic acids are 82, 81 and 78, respectively. Results also showed that hexane is the best organic solvent to produce the FHAs from the three oils used in this study. The optimum reaction time to achieve the maximum conversion percentage of the oils to FHAs was found to be 10 hours for all the three oils, while the optimum molar ration of hydro/to oil was found to be 7:1 for all the different three oils.

Chemical synthesis and characterization of palm oil-based difatty acyl thiourea.

Difatty acyl thiourea (DFAT), which has biological activities as antibiotics and antifungal, has been synthesized from palm oil and thiourea using sodium ethoxide as catalyst. Ethyl fatty ester (EFE) and glycerol were produced as by-products. The synthesis was carried out by reflux palm oil with thiourea in ethanol. In this process, palm oil converted to about 81% pure DFAT after 11 hour and molar ratio of thiourea to palm oil was 6.0: 1 at 78 degrees C. Elemental analysis, Fourier transform iInfrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique were used to characterize both DFAT and EFE.