Genetic differences in the metabolism of xenobiotics have recently been suggested as modifiers of individual susceptibility
to bladder cancer (BC). The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between bladder tumor and variants
of cytochrome p450 1A2 (
CYP1A2) 734 C → A, cytochrome p450 2D6 (
CYP2D6)
1934 G →
A, glutathione S-transferase M1, (
GSTM1 null), glutathione S-transferase T1 (
GSTT1 null), and glutathione S-transferase P1 (
GSTP1) I105 V. We investigated the distribution of these polymorphisms in 135 BC patients and in 128 age and sex-matched cancer-free
controls. The polymorphisms were analyzed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)
assay and the multiplex PCR method. Genotype and allele frequencies and their associations with BC risk, demographic factors,
smoking status, and tumor stage were investigated. The prevalence of
GSTT1 null genotype in cases was 23%, compared with 7% in the control group (OR = 3.94, 95% CI = 1.70–9.38,
P = 0.001). There was no association between the studied polymorphisms of
CYP1A2,
CYP2D6,
GSTM1, and
GSTP1 genes and BC. There was an association between smoking status and BC. These data seem to indicate that
GSTT1 gene polymorphism may be associated with BC in the Turkish population studied. Further studies will be needed to clarify
the role of such variation in determining susceptibility to BC.
Keywords Bladder cancer -
CYP1A2
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CYP2D6
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GSTM1
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GSTP1
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GSTT1 polymorphism