Journal of Jilin University Medicine Edition ›› 2015, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (02): 369-373.doi: 10.13481/j.1671-587x.20150232

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Associations between polymorphisms of DNMT3b gene and itsexpression level in gastric cancer tissue and gastric cancer

WANG Chuan1, JIA Zhifang1, CAO Donghui1, WU Xing1, CAO Xueyuan2, JIANG Jing1   

  1. 1. Department of Clinical Epidemiology, First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China;
    2. Department of Gastric and Colorectal Surgery, First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
  • Received:2014-07-08 Online:2015-03-28 Published:2015-04-04

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs)of DNA methyltransferase 3b(DNMT3b) gene and the risk of gastric cancer in the Han population from North China,and to clarify whether DNMT3b gene is the susceptible gene of gastric cancer.Methods 447 patients with gastric cancer were selected as case group and 961 healthy controls were used as control group.The distribution of genotypic frequencies of five SNPs(rs6119954,rs1569686,rs4911107,rs4911259,and rs8118663)in two groups were detected by TaqMan assay.The expression levels of DNMT3b protein in 104 cases of cancer tissue from the patients with gastric cancer and 85 cases of tumor-adjacent tissue from the patients with gastric cancer were analyzed by immunohistochemistry method.Results The distributions of genotypic frequencies of five SNPs in case group and control group were similar.No significant association was found between the five SNPs and the risk of gastric cancer(P>0.05).Compared with the tumor-adjacent tissue,the expression level of DNMT3b protein in the gastric cancer tissue was increased(P<0.05).There were no siginificant differences between the genotypes of the five SNPs and the expression levels of DNMT3b protein(P>0.05).Conclusion There is no association between the polymorphisms of DNMT3b and the occurrence of gastric cancer in Han population from North China.DNMT3b gene may not be the susceptible gene of gastric cancer.

Key words: DNA methyltransferase 3b, stomach neoplasms, sigle nucleotide polymorphisms

CLC Number: 

  • R735.2