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Published on: February 17, 2011
Mutations in exon region of BRCA1-related RING domain 1 gene and risk of breast cancer
Jun Wu1, Alibiati Aini1, Binlin Ma2
1Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, P.R. China.
Background:
BRCA1-associated RING Domain 1 (BARD1) is an important gene related to breast cancer development. However, the role of BARD1 mutations in breast cancer remains inconclusive. This study is to investigate the relationship between exon mutations of BARD1 gene and the risk of early-onset breast cancer.
Methods:
Totally, 60 cases of early-onset breast cancer patients (age 30-40 years) and 240 healthy women (age 30-40 years) were enrolled. Exon mutations of BARD1 were detected and analyzed by direct sequencing and SNaPshot.
Results:
The risk of breast cancer was increased by 3.475 times in carriers with deletion mutation at rs28997575 site of BARD1 (aOR1 = 3.475, 95%CI = 1.302-9.276) (p = 0.013). The risk of breast cancer in carriers with GC genotype at rs2229571 site of BARD1 was reduced by 72.6% (aOR1 = 0.274, 95%CI = 0.134-0.562) (p = 0.001), and that in carriers with CC genotype was reduced by 82.8% (aOR1 = 0.172, 95%CI = 0.076-0.392) (p = 0.001). After stratification with family history, the difference of rs2229571 site mutation genotype was statistically significant (OR = -2.169, 95%CI = 0.016-0.828, p = 0.032). Additionally, the frequency distribution of breast cancer family history in the case group (15%) was significantly more than that in the control group (6.7%) (p = 0.037).
Conclusion:
The deletion mutation at rs28997575 locus of the BARD1 gene can significantly increase the risk of breast cancer. The mutation genotype of rs2229571 locus can significantly reduce the risk of breast cancer. Family history is associated with BARD1 gene polymorphism. A family history of breast cancer may be a risk factor for breast cancer.
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