Carcinogenesis, Vol 18, 1529-1533, Copyright © 1997 by Oxford University Press
J To-Figueras, M Gene, J Gomez-Catalan, MC Galan, M Fuentes, JM Ramon, M Rodamilans, E Huguet and J Corbella
Several polymorphic genes including those encoding for glutathione S-
transferases (GST) have been reported to be involved in modifying lung
cancer risk in smokers. The gene GSTM1 is frequently deleted in humans and
a possible association between the null genotype and lung cancer risk is
controversial. Another polymorphic gene of the same supergene family,
GSTT1, is also involved in the detoxification of some environmental
carcinogens. Both genes were genotyped in (a) a group of lung cancer
patients (n = 160); (b) a group of healthy smokers (n = 120); (c) a group
of blood donors from the general population (n = 192). All patients and
controls were Northwestern Mediterranean Caucasians. The results show that
the GSTM1 null genotype (GSTM1*0/GSTM1*0) was slightly over represented in
the lung cancer patients (frequency of 58%; OR: 1.40, 95% CI: 0.74-2.61,
referred to healthy smokers). The histological type most clearly modified
was small cell carcinoma (frequency of 62.2%, OR: 1.91, CI: 0.78-4.69). The
subdivision of the patients with one or two copies of the GSTM1 gene
according to a GSTM1*A, GSTM1*B or GSTM1*A/B genotype (frequencies of
28.2%, 11.2%, 2.5% respectively) revealed no significant differences
between the cases and both control groups. The frequency of the deleted
GSTT1 genotype among the lung cancer patients (24%) was not significantly
increased (OR: 1.08, CI: 0.57-2.05, referred to healthy smokers). The
results showed that 14.4% of the patients presented homozygous deletion of
both GSTT1 and GSTM1 (12.5% among healthy smokers) suggesting no
potentiation between null genotypes for lung cancer risk.
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