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Association Between MALAT1 and THRIL Polymorphisms and Precancerous Cervical Lesions
Yao Wang1,2, Yang Liu1, Zhongyi Li2,3
11 Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Jinan University , Guangzhou, China .
Background:
The occurrence of cervical cancer is a complex process, for which human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a risk factor, although not all women infected with HPV will develop the disease. Knockout of mammalian lung metastasis associated transcript 1 (MALAT1) is associated with increased risk for several cancer types, whereas the long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) THRIL is essential for induction of tumor necrosis factor-α expression, which plays important roles in HPV infection.
Materials And Methods:
To investigate the effects of polymorphisms in the lncRNAs MALAT1 and THRIL on the susceptibility to precancerous cervical lesions, 12 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were analyzed from 164 cervical precancerous lesion cases and 428 controls. Gene-gene and gene-environment interactions and haplotype associations were also evaluated.
Results:
We found a significantly decreased risk of precancerous cervical lesions for the THRIL rs7133268 AG genotype (odds ratio adjusted = 0.63, 95% confidence interval: 0.42-0.94, p = 0.025). Multifactor dimensionality reduction analysis identified a significant two-locus interaction model involved in HPV infection and THRIL rs7133268 (training balanced accuracy = 0.6957, testing balanced accuracy = 0.6948, cross-validation consistency = 10/10, p = 0.0046). Other SNPs, including the two identified for MALAT1, were not significantly related to the risk of precancerous cervical lesions.
Conclusion:
Our results suggest that the rs7133268 polymorphism of the lncRNA THRIL gene can reduce the genetic susceptibility of precancerous cervical lesions and in turn reduce the risk of HPV infection.
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