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DNA repair and cell cycle control play an important role in the repair of DNA damage caused by cigarette smoking. Given this role, functionally relevant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes in these pathways may well affect the risk of smoking-related lung cancer. We examined the relationship between 240 SNPs in DNA repair and cell cycle control pathway genes and lung cancer risk in a case-control study of white current and ex-cigarette smokers (722 cases and 929 controls). Additive, dominant, and recessive genetic models were evaluated for each SNP. A genetic risk summary score was also constructed. Odds ratios (OR) for lung cancer risk and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were estimated using logistic regression models. Thirty-eight SNPs were associated with lung cancer risk in our study population at P < 0.05. The strongest associations were observed for rs2074508 in GTF2H4 (P(additive) = 0.003), rs10500298 in LIG1 (P(recessive) = 2.7 × 10(-4)), rs747658 and rs3219073 in PARP1 (rs747658: P(additive) = 5.8 × 10(-5); rs3219073: P(additive) = 4.6 × 10(-5)), and rs1799782 and rs3213255 in XRCC1 (rs1799782: P(dominant) = 0.006; rs3213255: P(recessive) = 0.004). Compared to individuals with first quartile (lowest) risk summary scores, individuals with third and fourth quartile summary score results were at increased risk for lung cancer (OR: 2.21, 95% CI: 1.66-2.95 and OR: 3.44, 95% CI: 2.58-4.59, respectively; P(trend) < 0.0001). Our data suggests that variation in DNA repair and cell cycle control pathway genes is associated with smoking-related lung cancer risk. Additionally, combining genotype information for SNPs in these pathways may assist in classifying current and ex-cigarette smokers according to lung cancer risk.
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Pontos de Checagem do Ciclo Celular/genética , Reparo do DNA/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/etiologia , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Fumar/efeitos adversos , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Feminino , Interação Gene-Ambiente , Variação Genética , Haplótipos/genética , Humanos , Modelos Logísticos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Razão de Chances , Fatores de RiscoRESUMO
The efficiency of drug metabolism by a single enzyme can be measured as the fractional metabolic clearance which can be used as a measure of whole body activity for that enzyme. Measurement of activity of multiple enzymes simultaneously is feasible using a cocktail approach, however, analytical approach using different assays for drug probes can be cumbersome. A quantitative ultra-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) based method for the rapid measurement of six cytochrome P450 (CYP) probe drugs and their relevant metabolites is described. The six specific probe substrates/metabolites are caffeine/paraxanthine (CYP1A2), flurbiprofen/4'-hydroxyflurbiprofen (CYP2C9), mephenytoin/4'-hydroxymephenytoin (CYP2C19), debrisoquine/4-hydroxydebrisoquine (CYP2D6), chlorzoxazone/6'-hydroxychlorzoxazone (CYP2E1) and dapsone/N-monoacetyldapsone (NAT2). These probes were quantified by stable isotope dilution from plasma and urine. The present workflow provides a robust, fast and sensitive assay for the "Pittsburgh cocktail", and has been successfully applied to a clinical phenotyping study of liver disease. A representative group of 17 controls and patients with chronic liver disease were administered orally caffeine (100 mg), chlorzoxazone (250 mg), debrisoquine (10 mg), mephenytoin (100 mg), flurbiprofen (50 mg) and dapsone (100 mg). Urine (0 through 8 h) and plasma (4 and 8 h) samples were analyzed for drug/metabolite amounts by stable isotope dilution UPLC-MS/MS. The phenotypic activity of drug metabolizing enzymes was investigated with 17 patient samples. Selected reaction monitoring (SRM) was optimized for each drug and metabolite. In the method developed, analytes were resolved by reversed-phase by development of a gradient using a water/methanol solvent system. SRM of each analyte was performed in duplicate on a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer utilizing an 8 min analytical method each, one with the source operating in the positive mode and one in the negative mode, using the same solvent system. This method enabled quantification of each drug (caffeine, chlorzoxazone, debrisoquine, mephenytoin, flurbiprofen, and dapsone) and its resulting primary metabolite in urine or plasma in patient samples. The method developed and the data herein demonstrate a robust quantitative assay to examine changes in CYP enzymes both independently or as part of a cocktail. The clinical use of a combination of probe drugs with UPLC-MS/MS is a highly efficient tool for the assessment of CYP enzyme activity in liver disease.
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Cromatografia Líquida/métodos , Sistema Enzimático do Citocromo P-450/metabolismo , Hepatopatias , Preparações Farmacêuticas , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem/métodos , Calibragem , Cromatografia Líquida/instrumentação , Combinação de Medicamentos , Humanos , Inativação Metabólica , Marcação por Isótopo , Hepatopatias/sangue , Hepatopatias/metabolismo , Hepatopatias/urina , Preparações Farmacêuticas/sangue , Preparações Farmacêuticas/metabolismo , Preparações Farmacêuticas/urina , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem/instrumentaçãoRESUMO
Melanoma is rapidly increasing in incidence throughout the world. Based on American Cancer Society estimates, there will have been approximately 68,720 new cases of invasive melanoma diagnosed in 2009 in the United States. The increase in melanoma incidence has not been paralleled by the development of new therapeutic agents with a significant impact on survival. The promise of targeted therapy has not yet been brought to bear, making chemotherapy with alkylating agents the mainstay of therapy of metastatic melanoma despite the dismally low response rates. The resistance of tumors to these agents is in part due to DNA repair mechanisms that allow cells to survive alkylation damage. Several novel agents targeting the abrogation of DNA repair pathways alone and in combination with cytotoxic agents have been developed with varying measures of success. This review summarizes the current knowledge of the dysregulation of DNA repair pathways as mechanisms of resistance to chemotherapy in melanoma and their potential as targets for novel developmental therapeutics.
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Melanoma/tratamento farmacológico , Melanoma/secundário , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Reparo de Erro de Pareamento de DNA , Metilases de Modificação do DNA/antagonistas & inibidores , Metilases de Modificação do DNA/fisiologia , Reparo do DNA , Enzimas Reparadoras do DNA/antagonistas & inibidores , Enzimas Reparadoras do DNA/fisiologia , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos , Humanos , Proteínas Supressoras de Tumor/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Supressoras de Tumor/fisiologiaRESUMO
Personalized cancer therapy relies on identifying patient subsets that benefit from a therapeutic intervention and suggest alternative regimens for those who don't. A new data integrative approach, based on graphical models, was applied on our multi-modal -omics, and clinical data cohort of metastatic melanoma patients. We found that response to chemotherapy is directly linked to ten gene expression, four methylation variables and PARP1 SNP rs1805407. PARP1 is a DNA repair gene critical for chemotherapy response and for which FDA-approved inhibitors are clinically available (olaparib). We demonstrated that two PARP inhibitors (ABT-888 and olaparib) make SNP carrier cancer cells of various histologic subtypes more sensitive to alkylating agents, but they have no effect in wild-type cells. Furthermore, PARP1 inhibitors act synergistically with chemotherapy in SNP carrier cells (especially in ovarian cancer for which olaparib is FDA-approved), but they are additive at best in wild-type cancer cells. Taken together, our results suggest that the combination of chemotherapy and PARP1 inhibition may benefit the carriers of rs1805407 in the future and may be used in personalized therapy strategies to select patients that are more likely to respond to PARP inhibitors.
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Melanoma , Proteínas de Neoplasias , Neoplasias Ovarianas , Ftalazinas/farmacologia , Piperazinas/farmacologia , Poli(ADP-Ribose) Polimerase-1 , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Células HCT116 , Células HT29 , Humanos , Células MCF-7 , Masculino , Melanoma/tratamento farmacológico , Melanoma/enzimologia , Melanoma/genética , Melanoma/patologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Proteínas de Neoplasias/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas de Neoplasias/genética , Proteínas de Neoplasias/metabolismo , Neoplasias Ovarianas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Ovarianas/enzimologia , Neoplasias Ovarianas/genética , Neoplasias Ovarianas/patologia , Poli(ADP-Ribose) Polimerase-1/antagonistas & inibidores , Poli(ADP-Ribose) Polimerase-1/genética , Poli(ADP-Ribose) Polimerase-1/metabolismo , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: A total of 967 patients with unresectable and untransplantable, biopsy-proven hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were prospectively evaluated at baseline and followed up till death. METHODS: Survival was the end-point for all analyses. RESULTS: We found in our overall analysis, that male gender, ascites, cirrhosis, portal vein thrombosis (PVT), elevated alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) or bilirubin or alkaline phosphatases were each statistically significant adverse prognostic factors. Patients with normal AFP survived longer than those with elevated AFP, in the presence of PVT, large or bilobar tumors or cirrhosis. We used a bivariate analysis to separate patient subgroups based on poor liver function and aggressive tumor characteristics. In subgroup analysis based on these subsets, there was clear discrimination in survival between subsets; in addition both cirrhosis and presence of PVT were significant, independent but modest risk factors. The results of this large dataset show that amongst nonsurgical HCC patients, there are clear subsets with longer survival than other subsets. CONCLUSIONS: This data also supports the concept of heterogeneity of HCC.
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Carcinoma Hepatocelular/patologia , Neoplasias Hepáticas/patologia , Fígado/patologia , Idoso , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/mortalidade , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/cirurgia , Estudos de Coortes , Feminino , Humanos , Neoplasias Hepáticas/mortalidade , Neoplasias Hepáticas/cirurgia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prognóstico , Estudos Prospectivos , Análise de SobrevidaRESUMO
Nearly 100% of melanomas have a defect in the p16(INK4A):cyclin D-CDK4/6:RB pathway, leading to abnormal cell cycle control and unregulated cellular proliferation. Here, we report that P1446A-05, a novel multi-CDK inhibitor has significant inhibitory activity against cutaneous and uveal melanoma. Mechanistic studies revealed that P1446A-05 inhibits phosphorylation targets of CDK members, and induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis irrespective of melanoma genotype or phenotype. Additionally, we show preclinical evidence that P1446A-05 can synergize with other small molecule inhibitors previously studied in melanoma. Collectively, these data demonstrate that targeting cell cycle and transcriptional CDKs with a small molecule multi-CDK inhibitor is a viable approach for developing novel anti-melanoma therapeutics.
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Ciclo Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Melanoma/tratamento farmacológico , Proteínas Quinases Ativadas por Mitógeno/antagonistas & inibidores , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Melanoma/genética , Proteínas Quinases Ativadas por Mitógeno/genética , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Células Tumorais CultivadasRESUMO
The analysis of gene expression is an integral part of any research characterizing gene function. A wide variety of techniques have been developed for this purpose, each with their own advantages and limitations. This chapter seeks to provide an overview of some of the most recent as well as conventional methods to quantitate gene expression. These approaches include Northern blot analysis, ribonuclease protection assay (RPA), reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, expressed sequence tag (EST) sequencing, differential display, cDNA arrays, and the serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE). Current applications of the information derived from gene expression studies require assays to be adaptable for the quantitative analysis of a large number of samples and end points within a short period coupled with cost effectiveness. A comparison of some of these features of each analytical approach as well as their advantages and disadvantages has also been provided.
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Biotransformação/genética , Enzimas/genética , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica/métodos , Animais , Northern Blotting , Enzimas/biossíntese , Etiquetas de Sequências Expressas , Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Análise de Sequência com Séries de Oligonucleotídeos , RNA Mensageiro/análiseRESUMO
Pharmacogenomics encompasses several major areas: the study of polymorphic variations in drug response and disease susceptibility, identification of the effects of drugs/xenobiotics at the genomic level, and genotype/phenotype associations. The most common type of human genetic variations is single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Several novel approaches to detection of SNPs are currently available. The range of new methods includes modifications of several conventional techniques, such as PCR, mass spectrometry (ms), and sequencing, as well as more innovative technologies such as fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and microarrays. The application of each of these techniques is largely dependent on the number of SNPs to be screened and sample size. The current chapter presents an overview of the general concepts of a variety of genotyping technologies, with an emphasis on the recently developed methodologies, including a comparison of the advantages, applicability, cost efficiency, and limitations of these methods.
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Biotransformação/genética , Enzimas/genética , Farmacogenética/métodos , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único/genética , Técnicas Genéticas , Testes Genéticos/métodos , Genótipo , HumanosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Carboplatin/paclitaxel (CP), with or without sorafenib, result in objective response rates of 18-20 % in unselected chemotherapy-naïve patients. Molecular predictors of survival and response to CP-based chemotherapy in metastatic melanoma (MM) are critical to improving the therapeutic index. Intergroup trial E2603 randomized MM patients to CP with or without sorafenib. Expression data were collected from pre-treatment formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor tissues from 115 of 823 patients enrolled on E2603. The selected patients were balanced across treatment arms, BRAF status, and clinical outcome. We generated data using Nanostring array (microRNA (miRNA) expression) and DNA-mediated annealing, selection, extension and ligation (DASL)/Illumina microarrays (HT12 v4) (mRNA expression) with protocols optimized for FFPE samples. Integrative computational analysis was performed using a novel Tree-guided Recursive Cluster Selection (T-ReCS) [1] algorithm to select the most informative features/genes, followed by TargetScan miRNA target prediction (Human v6.2) and mirConnX [2] for network inference. RESULTS: T-ReCS identified PLXNB1 as negatively associated with progression-free survival (PFS) and miR-659-3p as the primary miRNA associated positively with PFS. miR-659-3p was differentially expressed based on PFS but not based on treatment arm, BRAF or NRAS status. Dichotomized by median PFS (less vs greater than 4 months), miR-659-3p expression was significantly different. High miR-659-3p expression distinguished patients with responsive disease (complete or partial response) from patients with stable disease. miR-659-3p predicted gene targets include NFIX, which is a transcription factor known to interact with c-Jun and AP-1 in the context of developmental processes and disease. CONCLUSIONS: This novel integrative analysis implicates miR-659-3p as a candidate predictive biomarker for MM patients treated with platinum-based chemotherapy and may serve to improve patient selection.
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The activity of cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, which determine the rate of elimination of lipid-soluble drugs, demonstrates considerable interindividual variability. The extent to which age and sex influence CYP activity remains unclear in humans. Our objectives were to determine whether in vivo activity of selected CYP enzymes is affected by age or sex and to evaluate sex bioequivalence in a large sample size. METHODS: We have assessed in vivo activity of the CYP1A2, 2C19, 2D6, 2E1, and 3A4 enzymes in 161 normal subjects (51% female subjects and 40% aged >50 years). After simultaneous administration of a cocktail of selective probes (caffeine, mephenytoin, debrisoquin [INN, debrisoquine], chlorzoxazone, and dapsone, respectively), phenotypic indices for metabolism of these drugs were used as measures of individual CYP activity. Sex bioequivalence analysis used the bootstrap method. RESULTS: There were no sex differences associated with CYP1A2 activity. A significant negative correlation (r = -0.572, P < .01) between enzyme activity and age was observed for CYP2C19, but there were no sex differences. CYP2D6 activity showed no dependence on age or sex. In contrast, CYP2E1 activity showed an age-associated increase (r = 0.393, P < .01), which developed earlier in life in male subjects compared with female subjects. These results were further supported by the sex bioequivalence analysis of CYP phenotypic activity, which revealed that sexes were equivalent with respect to CYP2C19 (90% confidence interval [CI], 0.874-1.04), CYP3A4 (90% CI, 0.95-1.176), and CYP2D6 (90% CI, 0.928-1.09) phenotype and just exceeded the 0.8 to 1.25 limits to be equivalent with respect to CYP2E1 (90% CI, 0.785-1.08) and CYP1A2 (90% CI, 0.736-1.03) phenotype. CONCLUSION: These observations suggest that the presence of selective mechanisms of regulation for individual CYP enzymes can be influenced by age and sex. However, we suggest that sex has a limited ability to explain intersubject variation of activity for these phenotypic measures of CYP enzyme activity.
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Envelhecimento/metabolismo , Sistema Enzimático do Citocromo P-450/metabolismo , Equivalência Terapêutica , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Algoritmos , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Sistema Enzimático do Citocromo P-450/genética , Feminino , Genótipo , Humanos , Isoenzimas/genética , Isoenzimas/metabolismo , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Modelos Estatísticos , Fenótipo , Caracteres SexuaisRESUMO
The analysis of gene expression is an integral part of any gene function research. A wide variety of techniques have been developed for this purpose, each with its own advantages and limitations. The following chapter seeks to provide an overview of some of the most recent as well as conventional methods to study gene expression. These approaches include Northern blot analysis, ribonuclease protection assay, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, expressed tag sequencing, differential display, cDNA arrays, serial analysis of gene expression, and transcriptome sequencing. The current applications of the information derived from gene expression studies require most of the assays to be adaptable for the quantitative analysis of a large number of samples and endpoints within a short period of time coupled with cost-effectiveness. A comparison of some of these features of each analytical approach as well as their advantages and disadvantages has also been provided.
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Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Animais , Biotransformação , Sistema Enzimático do Citocromo P-450/genética , Sistema Enzimático do Citocromo P-450/metabolismo , Etiquetas de Sequências Expressas , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala , Humanos , Análise de Sequência com Séries de Oligonucleotídeos , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Análise de Sequência de DNARESUMO
Pharmacogenomics encompasses several major areas: the study of polymorphic variations to drug response and disease susceptibility, identification of the effects of drugs/xenobiotics at the genomic level, and genotype/phenotype associations. The most common type of human genetic variations is single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Several novel approaches to detection of SNPs are currently available. The range of new methods includes modifications of several conventional techniques such as PCR, mass spectrometry, and sequencing as well as more innovative technologies such as fluorescence resonance energy transfer and microarrays. The application of each of these techniques is largely dependent on the number of SNPs to be screened and sample size. The current chapter presents an overview of the general concepts of a variety of genotyping technologies with an emphasis on the recently developed methodologies, including a comparison of the advantages, applicability, cost efficiency, and limitations of these methods.
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Sistema Enzimático do Citocromo P-450/genética , Técnicas de Genotipagem , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Alelos , Biotransformação/genética , Humanos , Análise de Sequência com Séries de Oligonucleotídeos , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Polimorfismo de Fragmento de Restrição , Polimorfismo Conformacional de Fita Simples , Análise de Sequência de DNARESUMO
BACKGROUND: The ATP-binding cassette transporter gene ABCB1 and the glutathione S-transferase gene GSTP1 code for a multidrug resistance protein and for a detoxifying phase II metabolic enzyme, respectively, with substrate specificities that include chemotherapy drugs often used to treat lung cancer. METHODS: We genotyped 11 ABCB1 and eight GSTP1 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 698 white lung cancer patients (all current or former cigarette smokers) and used log-rank test statistics and proportional hazards regression to evaluate associations between SNP genotype and survival. RESULTS: Using data from all 698 cases, one SNP in ABCB1 (rs2235013) was statistically significantly associated with overall survival (p = 0.038, log-rank test). Chemotherapy and stage jointly (p = 0.025) significantly modified the association between rs2235013 and survival, with statistically significant (p = 0.013, log-rank test) association observed in the subgroup of stage III to IV lung cancer patients who received chemotherapy as part of their first course of treatment (n = 160; 93.1% nonsmall cell). Patients who inherited the minor T allele at ABCB1 rs2235013 experienced better overall survival and recurrence-free survival (hazard ratio, per minor T allele, [95% confidence interval]: 0.66 [0.49-0.90] and 0.55 [0.31-0.95], respectively; adjusted for year of diagnosis, sex, age at diagnosis, cigarette pack years, and stage). In addition, in the advanced stage chemotherapy-treated subgroup, four ABCB1 SNPs (rs6949448, rs2235046, rs1128503, and rs10276036) in mutual high linkage disequilibrium with rs2235013 and an independent ABCB1 SNP (rs1045642) showed statistically significant association (p < 0.05) with survival. CONCLUSIONS: Inherited variation in ABCB1 may affect survival specifically in advanced stage lung cancer patients who receive chemotherapy.
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Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/genética , DNA de Neoplasias/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Polimorfismo Genético , Subfamília B de Transportador de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP/genética , Subfamília B de Transportador de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP/metabolismo , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Alelos , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/diagnóstico , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/tratamento farmacológico , Feminino , Seguimentos , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Genótipo , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/mortalidade , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Pennsylvania/epidemiologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Taxa de Sobrevida/tendênciasRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: Functional polymorphisms in drug metabolizing enzymes (DMEs) may be determinants of survival in oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OOSCC). METHODS: OOSCC cases (N=159) with a history of either tobacco or alcohol use were genotyped for polymorphisms in eight DMEs. Overall and disease-specific survival were analyzed using Kaplan-Meier plots and the log-rank test. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to calculate hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) in exploratory analyses of patient subgroups. RESULTS: Kaplan-Meier analyses showed N-acteyltransferase-2 (NAT2) fast acetylators experienced a 19.7% higher 5-year survival rate than slow acetylators (P=0.03) and this association was similar in oropharyngeal and oral cancer. After multiple adjustment, including tumor site and stage, the NAT2 fast acetylator phenotype was associated with improved overall survival (vs. slow acetylators) provided chemotherapy or radiation were not used (HR, 0.26; 95% CI, 0.10-0.66). However, NAT2 phenotype was unrelated to survival in patients treated with chemoradiotherapy (HR, 1.21; 95% CI, 0.54-2.73) or radiotherapy (HR, 0.67; 95% CI, 0.31-1.59) (P-for-NAT2/treatment-interaction=0.04). Normal activity GSTP1 was associated with a 19.2% reduction in 5-year disease-specific survival relative to reduced activity GSTP1 (P=0.04) but this association was not modified by treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that functional polymorphisms in NAT2 and GSTP1 are associated with OOSCC survival. Confirmation of these results in larger studies is required.
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Arilamina N-Acetiltransferase/genética , Glutationa S-Transferase pi/genética , Neoplasias Bucais/patologia , Neoplasias Orofaríngeas/patologia , Idoso , Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas/epidemiologia , Quimiorradioterapia/métodos , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias Bucais/genética , Neoplasias Bucais/terapia , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Neoplasias Orofaríngeas/genética , Neoplasias Orofaríngeas/terapia , Fenótipo , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Modelos de Riscos Proporcionais , Fumar/epidemiologia , Taxa de SobrevidaRESUMO
Human lung tumors aberrantly express the 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (1,25(OH)(2)D(3))-catabolizing enzyme, CYP24. We hypothesized that CYP24 reduces 1,25(OH)(2)D(3)-mediated transcription and allows lung cancer cells to escape its growth-inhibitory action. To test this, H292 lung cancer cells and the CYP24-selective inhibitor CTA091 were utilized. In H292 cells, CTA091 reduces 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) catabolism, significantly increases 1,25(OH)(2)D(3)-mediated growth inhibition, and increases 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) effects on induced and repressed genes in gene expression profiling studies. Pathway mapping of repressed genes uncovered cell cycle as a predominant 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) target. In H292 cells, 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) significantly decreases cyclin E2 levels and induces G(0)/G(1) arrest. A broader set of cyclins is down-regulated when 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) is combined with CTA091, and cell cycle arrest further increases. Effects of CTA091 on 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) signaling are vitamin D receptor-dependent. These data provide evidence that CYP24 limits 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) anti-proliferative signaling in cancer cells, and suggest that CTA091 may be beneficial in preserving 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) action in lung cancer.
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Calcitriol/farmacologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/enzimologia , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Esteroide Hidroxilases/antagonistas & inibidores , Calcitriol/metabolismo , Pontos de Checagem do Ciclo Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Ciclinas/antagonistas & inibidores , Ciclinas/genética , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Receptores de Calcitriol/genética , Receptores de Calcitriol/metabolismo , Esteroide Hidroxilases/metabolismo , Vitamina D3 24-HidroxilaseRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Germline variation in DNA damage response may explain variable treatment outcomes in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). By grouping patients according to stage and radiation treatment, we compared SCCHN survival with regard to ERCC2 A35931C (Lys751Gln, rs13181) and CCND1 G870A (Pro241Pro, rs9344) genotypes. METHODS: In a hospital-based SCCHN case series (all white, 24.7% female, mean age 58.4 years), this treatment-outcome cohort study genotyped 275 stage III-IV cases that were initially treated with radiation (with or without chemotherapy) and 80 stage III-IV and 130 stage I-II cases that were initially treated without radiation or chemotherapy and used Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analyses to compare genotype groups on the basis of overall, disease-specific, progression-free, and recurrence-free survival rates. RESULTS: ERCC2 35931 AA predicted worse survival in stage III-IV cases treated with radiation [multiply-adjusted HR = 1.66, 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.15-2.40; HR over the first 3 follow-up years = 1.92; 95% CI, 1.28-2.88] and better survival in stage III-IV cases not treated with radiation (HR = 0.26; 95% CI, 0.11-0.62). Although not associated with survival in stage III-IV cancers treated with radiation (HR = 1.00; 95% CI, 0.67-1.51), CCND1-870 GG predicted better survival in stage III-IV cancers not treated with radiation (HR = 0.14; 95% CI, 0.04-0.50). Survival in stage I-II did not depend on ERCC2 A35931C or CCND1 G870A genotype. CONCLUSIONS: Although promoting tumor progression in untreated patients, germline differences in DNA-repair or cell-cycle control may improve treatment outcome in patients treated with DNA-damaging agents. IMPACT: ERCC2 A35931C may help distinguish advanced stage SCCHN with better outcomes from radiation treatment.
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Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/genética , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/radioterapia , Ciclina D1/genética , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/genética , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/radioterapia , Proteína Grupo D do Xeroderma Pigmentoso/genética , Adulto , Idoso , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/tratamento farmacológico , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/patologia , Estudos de Coortes , Terapia Combinada , Dano ao DNA , Reparo do DNA , Feminino , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Genótipo , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/patologia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Cabeça e Pescoço , Análise de Sobrevida , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
PURPOSE: Tumor-specific biomarkers that predict resistance to DNA damaging agents may improve therapeutic outcomes by guiding the selection of effective therapies and limiting morbidity related to ineffective approaches. XPF (ERCC4) is an essential component of several DNA repair pathways and XPF-deficient cells are exquisitely sensitive to DNA damaging agents. The purpose of this study was to determine whether XPF expression levels predict clinical response to DNA damaging agents in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Quantitative immunohistochemistry was used to measure XPF expression in tumors from a cohort of 80 patients with newly diagnosed HNSCC treated with radiation therapy with or without platinum-based chemotherapy; samples were collected prospectively. Genomic DNA isolated from blood samples was analyzed for nine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in the XPF gene by using a custom array. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS). RESULTS: XPF expression was higher in tumors from the oral cavity than from the other sites (P < 0.01). High XPF expression correlated with early time to progression both by univariate (HR = 1.87, P = 0.03) and multivariate analysis (HR = 1.83, P = 0.05). The one year PFS for high expressers was 47% (95% CI = 31-62) compared with 72% (95% CI = 55-83) for low expressers. In addition, we identified four XPF SNPs that showed marginal association with treatment failure. CONCLUSIONS: Expression level of XPF in HNSCC tumors correlates with clinical response to DNA damaging agents. XPF has potential to guide next generation personalized cancer therapy.
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Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/terapia , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/metabolismo , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/terapia , Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/metabolismo , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/patologia , Linhagem Celular , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Quimioterapia Adjuvante , Cisplatino/uso terapêutico , Estudos de Coortes , Terapia Combinada , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Progressão da Doença , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/metabolismo , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/patologia , Humanos , Immunoblotting , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Análise Multivariada , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Radioterapia , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Interindividual variation in genetic background may influence the response to chemotherapy and overall survival for patients with advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS: To identify genetic variants associated with poor overall survival in these patients, we conducted a genome-wide scan of 307,260 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 327 advanced-stage NSCLC patients who received platinum-based chemotherapy with or without radiation at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (the discovery population). A fast-track replication was performed for 315 patients from the Mayo Clinic followed by a second validation at the University of Pittsburgh in 420 patients enrolled in the Spanish Lung Cancer Group PLATAX clinical trial. A pooled analysis combining the Mayo Clinic and PLATAX populations or all three populations was also used to validate the results. We assessed the association of each SNP with overall survival by multivariable Cox proportional hazard regression analysis. All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS: SNP rs1878022 in the chemokine-like receptor 1 (CMKLR1) was statistically significantly associated with poor overall survival in the MD Anderson discovery population (hazard ratio [HR] of death = 1.59, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.32 to 1.92, P = 1.42 × 10(-6)), in the PLATAX clinical trial (HR of death = 1.23, 95% CI = 1.00 to 1.51, P = .05), in the pooled Mayo Clinic and PLATAX validation (HR of death = 1.22, 95% CI = 1.06 to 1.40, P = .005), and in pooled analysis of all three populations (HR of death = 1.33, 95% CI = 1.19 to 1.48, P = 5.13 × 10(-7)). Carrying a variant genotype of rs10937823 was associated with decreased overall survival (HR of death = 1.82, 95% CI = 1.42 to 2.33, P = 1.73 × 10(-6)) in the pooled MD Anderson and Mayo Clinic populations but not in the PLATAX trial patient population (HR of death = 0.96, 95% CI = 0.69 to 1.35). CONCLUSION: These results have the potential to contribute to the future development of personalized chemotherapy treatments for individual NSCLC patients.
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/genética , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/mortalidade , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/mortalidade , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Receptores de Quimiocinas/genética , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Área Sob a Curva , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/tratamento farmacológico , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/patologia , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/radioterapia , Quimioterapia Adjuvante , Feminino , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Genótipo , Humanos , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Desequilíbrio de Ligação , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/radioterapia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Análise Multivariada , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Compostos Organoplatínicos/administração & dosagem , Modelos de Riscos Proporcionais , Curva ROC , Radioterapia Adjuvante , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Fumar/efeitos adversos , Fumar/epidemiologia , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Sequence variants located at 15q25 have been associated with lung cancer and propensity to smoke. We recently reported an association between rs16969968 and risk of upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) cancers (oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, and esophagus) in women (OR = 1.24, P = 0.003) with little effect in men (OR = 1.04, P = 0.35). METHODS: In a coordinated genotyping study within the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology (INHANCE) consortium, we have sought to replicate these findings in an additional 4,604 cases and 6,239 controls from 10 independent UADT cancer case-control studies. RESULTS: rs16969968 was again associated with UADT cancers in women (OR = 1.21, 95% CI = 1.08-1.36, P = 0.001) and a similar lack of observed effect in men [OR = 1.02, 95% CI = 0.95-1.09, P = 0.66; P-heterogeneity (P(het)) = 0.01]. In a pooled analysis of the original and current studies, totaling 8,572 UADT cancer cases and 11,558 controls, the association was observed among females (OR = 1.22, 95% CI = 1.12-1.34, P = 7 × 10(-6)) but not males (OR = 1.02, 95% CI = 0.97-1.08, P = 0.35; P(het) = 6 × 10(-4)). There was little evidence for a sex difference in the association between this variant and cigarettes smoked per day, with male and female rs16969968 variant carriers smoking approximately the same amount more in the 11,991 ever smokers in the pooled analysis of the 14 studies (P(het) = 0.86). CONCLUSIONS: This study has confirmed a sex difference in the association between the 15q25 variant rs16969968 and UADT cancers. IMPACT: Further research is warranted to elucidate the mechanisms underlying these observations.
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Cromossomos Humanos Par 15 , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/genética , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , América/epidemiologia , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Europa (Continente)/epidemiologia , Feminino , Genótipo , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/epidemiologia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fatores Sexuais , Fumar/epidemiologia , Fumar/genéticaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Intrahepatic arterial yttrium 90 ((90)Y) microspheres have been proposed as a less toxic, less invasive therapeutic option to transhepatic arterial chemoembolization (TACE) for patients with surgically unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). TACE has demonstrated the ability to prolong survival. However, long-term survival remains uncertain. METHODS: In a 2-cohort experience in the treatment of North American patients who had advanced, unresectable, biopsy-proven HCC, 691 patients received repetitive, cisplatin-based chemoembolization; and a separate cohort of 99 patients who had similar treatment criteria received a planned, single dose of (90)Y. Over the study period, an additional 142 patients were followed without treatment (total, 932 patients). RESULTS: Overall survival was slightly better in the (90)Y group compared with the TACE group (median survival, 11.5 months vs 8.5 months). However, the selection criteria indicated a small but significant bias toward milder disease in the (90)Y group. By using stratification into a 3-tier model with patients dichotomized according to bilirubin levels <1.5 mg/dL, the absence of portal vein thrombosis (PVT), and low alpha-fetoprotein plasma levels (<25 U/dL), an analysis of survival in clinical subgroups indicated that the 2 treatments resulted in similar survival. In addition, patients who had PVT or high alpha-fetoprotein levels also had similar survival in both treatment groups. CONCLUSIONS: Given the current evidence of therapeutic equivalence in survival, (90)Y and TACE appeared to be equivalent regional therapies for patients with unresectable, nonmetastatic HCC.