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Genetic association between PIK3CA gene and oral squamous cell carcinoma: a case control study conducted in
Xiaoxiao Wan1, Xian Li1, Junyan Yang2
1Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University Chongqing 401147, China.
Abstract:
PIK3CA has been shown to be involved in many malignant tumors. This study was designed to determine the expression level of PIK3CA in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and the association of gene polymorphisms of PIK3CA with OSCC in Chinese population. The expression of PIK3CA was detected by real-time PCR in tumor and pericarcinomatous tissues of 10 OSCC patients. Nine single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of PIK3CA (rs1607237, rs17849079, rs2677764, rs2699887, rs4855094, rs4975596, rs6443624, rs7651265 and rs7736074) in blood of 113 OSCC patients and 184 normal controls were genotyped using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) assay. The gene expression of PIK3CA was significantly higher in tumor tissues of OSCC patients than that in pericarcinomatous tissues (P = 0.012). An increased frequency of the C allele of PIK3CA rs1607237 was observed in OSCC patients as compared with controls; However, the significance was lost after Bonferroni correction (P = 0.048, pc = 0.576). In further stratification analysis, although the frequencies of PIK3CA rs4975596 A allele in male patients and rs1607237 C allele in female patients were increased (P = 0.032, P = 0.020, respectively), the significance was also missing when Bonferroni correction was performed (P c = 0.384, (P c = 0.24, respectively). The prevalence of other SNPs of PIK3CA did not differ between OSCC patients and controls. The expression of PIK3CA was increased in OSCC tumors; however, none of the nine tested SNPs of PIK3CA was associated with susceptibility to OSCC in the studied population.
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