Association of estrogen receptor-alpha A908G (K303R) mutation with breast cancer risk

Genetic mutations in premalignant breast lesions may have a role in malignancy progression or influence the behavior of subsequent disease. A point mutation in estrogen receptor-alpha (ER-&ALPHA) as A908G (Lys303 -> Arg) was originally involved to hypersensitive to estrogen breast hyperplasia. We detected this mutation among Iranian women with invasive breast cancer. A population-based case-control study was conducted in 150 newly diagnosed invasive breast cancer and 147 healthy control individuals controls to screen for presence of the ER-alpha A908G mutation by using single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis and 33Pcycle DNA sequencing. We detected the 10.7% ER-alpha A908G mutation in the form of heterozygote genotype only among cancer patients (chi(2)=22.752, P=0.00). The allelic frequency of mutant allele AGG in codon 303 was significantly (chi(2)=29.709, P=0.001) higher in patients with the family history of breast cancer (28.9%) than those without the family history of breast cancer (1.9%). Our data suggest that ER-alpha codon 303 mutation is correlated with various aspects of breast cancer in Iran. ER-alpha genotype might represent a surrogate marker for predicting breast cancer developing later in life.

Rasouli, Mina (författare)
Nouri, MehrnazLund University,Lunds universitet,Funktionell zoologi,Biologiska institutionen,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Functional zoology,Department of Biology,Faculty of Science(Swepub:lu)med-mnu (författare)
Kalbasi, Samira (författare)
Funktionell zoologiBiologiska institutionen (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine6:1, s. 39-491940-5901

Av författaren/redakt...: Abbasi, Sakineh; Rasouli, Mina; Nouri, Mehrnaz; Kalbasi, Samira

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