TY - JOUR
T1 - In vitro benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide-induced DNA damage and chromosomal aberrations in primary lymphocytes, smoking, and risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
AU - Xiong, Ping
AU - Hu, Zhibin
AU - Li, Chunying
AU - Wang, Li E.
AU - El-Naggar, Adel K.
AU - Sturgis, Erich M.
AU - Wei, Qingyi
PY - 2007/11/15
Y1 - 2007/11/15
N2 - Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN), but only a fraction of those exposed to cigarette smoke develops SCCHN, suggesting variation in individual susceptibility. Tobacco smoke contains a number of carcinogens that cause various kinds of damage to DNA. In this study, we simultaneously measured benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide-induced DNA damage and chromosomal aberrations by the comet assay and the mutagen sensitivity assay, respectively, in cultured primary lymphocytes from newly recruited 123 patients with SCCHN and 136 age- and sex-matched controls. Using the control median as the cut-off, the elevated risk of SCCHN was 2.35 (95% CI, 1.37-4.03), 2.28 (95% CI, 1.34-3.98) and 3.25 (95% CI, 1.85-5.07) for high levels of tail extension, tail length and Oliver tail moment of the comet assay, respectively, and 1.75 (95% CI, 1.04-2.94) for high levels of chromosomal aberrations of the mutagen sensitivity assay. The effects of these 2 types of measurements were additive; subjects with high levels of both DNA damage and chromosomal aberrations had a 4.77-fold increased risk (95% CI, 2.73-8.36) of SCCHN. Cigarette smoking further elevated this risk to more than 20-fold (OR 23.6; 95% CI, 8.92-62.3). These data support our previous finding that suboptimal repair contributed to susceptibility to SCCHN and the new data further suggests a possible gene-environment interaction that may play an important role in the etiology of SCCHN. Further validation studies are warranted.
AB - Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN), but only a fraction of those exposed to cigarette smoke develops SCCHN, suggesting variation in individual susceptibility. Tobacco smoke contains a number of carcinogens that cause various kinds of damage to DNA. In this study, we simultaneously measured benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide-induced DNA damage and chromosomal aberrations by the comet assay and the mutagen sensitivity assay, respectively, in cultured primary lymphocytes from newly recruited 123 patients with SCCHN and 136 age- and sex-matched controls. Using the control median as the cut-off, the elevated risk of SCCHN was 2.35 (95% CI, 1.37-4.03), 2.28 (95% CI, 1.34-3.98) and 3.25 (95% CI, 1.85-5.07) for high levels of tail extension, tail length and Oliver tail moment of the comet assay, respectively, and 1.75 (95% CI, 1.04-2.94) for high levels of chromosomal aberrations of the mutagen sensitivity assay. The effects of these 2 types of measurements were additive; subjects with high levels of both DNA damage and chromosomal aberrations had a 4.77-fold increased risk (95% CI, 2.73-8.36) of SCCHN. Cigarette smoking further elevated this risk to more than 20-fold (OR 23.6; 95% CI, 8.92-62.3). These data support our previous finding that suboptimal repair contributed to susceptibility to SCCHN and the new data further suggests a possible gene-environment interaction that may play an important role in the etiology of SCCHN. Further validation studies are warranted.
KW - Benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide
KW - Cancer susceptibility
KW - Comet assay
KW - Gene-environment interaction
KW - Mutagen sensitivity
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U2 - 10.1002/ijc.23054
DO - 10.1002/ijc.23054
M3 - Article
C2 - 17724733
AN - SCOPUS:36248942485
SN - 0020-7136
VL - 121
SP - 2735
EP - 2740
JO - International journal of cancer
JF - International journal of cancer
IS - 12
ER -