TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-Homologous End-Joining Pathway Genotypes Significantly Associated with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Susceptibility
AU - Tsai, Chia Wen
AU - Shih, Liang Chun
AU - Chang, Wen Shin
AU - Hsu, Che Lun
AU - He, Jie Long
AU - Hsia, Te Chun
AU - Wang, Yun Chi
AU - Gu, Jian
AU - Bau, Da Tian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 by the authors.
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - Defects in the non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) DNA repair pathway lead to genomic instability and carcinogenesis. However, the roles of individual NHEJ genes in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) etiology are not well-understood. The aim of this study was to assess the contribution of NHEJ genotypes, including XRCC4 (rs6869366, rs3734091, rs28360071, rs28360317, rs1805377), XRCC5 (rs828907, rs11685387, rs9288518), XRCC6 (rs5751129, rs2267437, rs132770, rs132774), XRCC7 rs7003908, and Ligase4 rs1805388, to NPC risk, with 208 NPC patients and 416 controls. Genotype–phenotype correlations were also investigated by measuring mRNA and protein expression in adjacent normal tissues and assessing the NHEJ repair capacity in blood lymphocytes from 43 NPC patients. The results showed significant differences in the distributions of variant genotypes at XRCC4 rs3734091, rs28360071, and XRCC6 rs2267437 between the cases and controls. The variant genotypes of these three polymorphisms were associated with significantly increased NPC risks. NPC patients with the risk genotypes at XRCC6 rs2267437 had significantly reduced expression levels of both mRNA and protein, as well as a lower NHEJ repair capacity, than those with the wild-type genotype. In conclusion, XRCC4 rs3734091, rs28360071, and XRCC6 rs2267437 in the NHEJ pathway were associated with NPC susceptibility. XRCC6 rs2267437 can modulate mRNA and protein expression and the NHEJ repair capacity.
AB - Defects in the non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) DNA repair pathway lead to genomic instability and carcinogenesis. However, the roles of individual NHEJ genes in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) etiology are not well-understood. The aim of this study was to assess the contribution of NHEJ genotypes, including XRCC4 (rs6869366, rs3734091, rs28360071, rs28360317, rs1805377), XRCC5 (rs828907, rs11685387, rs9288518), XRCC6 (rs5751129, rs2267437, rs132770, rs132774), XRCC7 rs7003908, and Ligase4 rs1805388, to NPC risk, with 208 NPC patients and 416 controls. Genotype–phenotype correlations were also investigated by measuring mRNA and protein expression in adjacent normal tissues and assessing the NHEJ repair capacity in blood lymphocytes from 43 NPC patients. The results showed significant differences in the distributions of variant genotypes at XRCC4 rs3734091, rs28360071, and XRCC6 rs2267437 between the cases and controls. The variant genotypes of these three polymorphisms were associated with significantly increased NPC risks. NPC patients with the risk genotypes at XRCC6 rs2267437 had significantly reduced expression levels of both mRNA and protein, as well as a lower NHEJ repair capacity, than those with the wild-type genotype. In conclusion, XRCC4 rs3734091, rs28360071, and XRCC6 rs2267437 in the NHEJ pathway were associated with NPC susceptibility. XRCC6 rs2267437 can modulate mRNA and protein expression and the NHEJ repair capacity.
KW - DNA repair
KW - genotype
KW - nasopharyngeal carcinoma
KW - non-homologous end-joining
KW - polymorphism
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U2 - 10.3390/biomedicines11061648
DO - 10.3390/biomedicines11061648
M3 - Article
C2 - 37371742
AN - SCOPUS:85163798619
SN - 2227-9059
VL - 11
JO - Biomedicines
JF - Biomedicines
IS - 6
M1 - 1648
ER -