ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: The infertile women have an increased risk of developing benign and malignant tumors, in particular, breast cancer. Most studies have examined the role of gene variants in the risk of developing breast cancer, but there is little evidence of genetic risk factors for benign tumors. AIM: To assess the combined genetic risk of developing mastopathy in women with FSHR (rs6165, rs6166) and ESR1 (rs9340799, rs2234693) gene variants. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 87 infertile women (45 with concomitant fibrocystic mastopathy and 42 without mastopathy). RESULTS: For rs9340799 and rs2234693 variants of the ESR1 gene, we did not find any significant differences in the distribution of genotypes in infertile women with or without mastopathy. In patients with mastopathy, there was a reliable increase in the frequency of 307Ala/Ala and 680Ser/Ser genotypes of FSHR gene (χ2 = 6.39, p = 0.012, OR = 4.49 (1.48-13.65)) as compared to patients without mastopathy. In the presence of 307Thr/Thr and 680Asn/Asn genotypes of the FSHR gene, a 4.88-fold reduction of mastopathy risk (χ2 = 8.06, p = 0.005, OR = 0.21(0.07-0.59)) was observed. The frequency of the FSHR and the ESR1 genotypes combinations - 307Thr/Thr+680Asn/Asn+351AG+397TC was significantly decreased in patients with mastopathy. CONCLUSIONS: Our study did not find an association of ESR1 gene variants with the risk of developing of mastopathy in infertile women although heterozygous variants of the ESR1 gene enhanced the "protective" effect of FSHR gene variants and reduced the risk of mastopathy.
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Estrogen Receptor alpha/genetics , Fibrocystic Breast Disease/pathology , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Infertility, Female/complications , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide , Receptors, FSH/genetics , Female , Fibrocystic Breast Disease/etiology , Fibrocystic Breast Disease/metabolism , Follow-Up Studies , Genotype , Humans , Middle Aged , PrognosisABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Uterine leiomyoma (UL) is the most common benign neoplasm of the uterus. It is still unknown surely what exactly initiates transformation of the uterine myometrial cells into UL. AIM: To study the effect of the TP53 gene variants on the risk of development and clinical features of UL. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Case-control study was performed using molecular genetic analyses of variants rs1042522 (119 G>C) and rs1625895 (13494G>A) of TP53 gene in patients with UL and comparison group of healthy women. RESULTS: Investigated TP53 gene variants were not associated with the risk of UL development. The patients with the 13494GG genotype (rs1625895) had significantly more often subserous UL (Ñ < 0.05). In patients with heterozygous variant of TP53 - 13494GA genotype (rs1625895) intramural UL was observed (Ñ < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The rs1625895 (13494G>A) variant of TP53 gene was associated with UL localization. The identified dependence of the UL localization on the TP53 gene variant could be useful for personalized approach to treatment.
