To elucidate the impact of cigarette smoking or bilharzial infection on the p53 gene mutation pattern, 61 cases of urothelial cancer from Japan and 7 cases of bladder cancer with schistosomiasis from Egypt were examined for mutations of the p53 gene.
Samples of bladder tumor and control normal mucosa were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction-single-strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) to detect p53 mutations in exons 5-9.
Despite the limitations, the results of the present meta-analysis suggest that, in the P53 codon 72, Pro/Pro type and dominant mode might increase the susceptibility to bladder cancer in Asians; and there are no association between genotype distribution and the stage of bladder cancer.
We carried out a meta-analysis of published findings for FGFR3 and TP53 mutations in bladder cancer (535 tumours, 6 publications) and additional unpublished data for 382 tumours.
The results of this study suggest that BstUI and Msp1 germ line polymorphisms of the tumor suppressor gene p53 marginally modify the risk of bladder cancer.
Activating mutations of FGFR3 have been observed in up to 70% of non-muscle-invasive bladder tumors, while overexpression of a wild-type receptor, found in approximately 40% of tumors, has been correlated with more invasive disease.
The p15 and p16 genes are known to be juxtaposed on chromosome 9p21 at the locus of a putative tumour-suppressor gene involved in the initiation of bladder cancer.
To study the relationship of tumor genomic heterogeneity with bladder cancer phenotype and p53 gene alterations, 138 primary bladder tumors were examined by dual labeling fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using probes for chromosome 17 centromere (p17H8) and p53 (17p13.1).
Silencing or inhibition of mutant FGFR3 in bladder cancer cell lines is associated with decreased malignant potential, confirming its important driver role in UC.
The most notable findings are: GSTM1 deletion and bladder cancer risk [odds ratio (OR) = 1.60; 95% confidence interval 1.00-2.56]; CYP1A1 and leukemia (2.22, 1.33-3.70; heterozygotes); CYP1B1 and leukemia (0.47, 0.27-0.84; homozygotes); MnSOD and leukemia (1.91, 1.08-3.38; homozygotes) and NQO1 and lung cancer (8.03, 1.73-37.3; homozygotes).
Thus, it is evident from our study that GSTP1 SNP is not implicated overall in bladder cancer, but that the rare, valine-related allele is connected with higher susceptibility to bladder cancer in smokers and also males.
Based on our meta-analysis, we suggest that p53 codon 72 polymorphism is associated with bladder cancer and that genotypic distribution of this polymorphism varies with the stage of bladder cancer.
Among four DNA repair gene polymorphisms, the OGG1 326 Ser/Cys and XPD312 Asp/Asn heterozygous genotypes might be recognized as potential genetic markers modifying susceptibility to bladder cancer in Belarus.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the association of an E-cadherin promoter polymorphism (CDH1c-160a) with the risk of bladder cancer recurrence.
Recent precision medicine has shown that mutations in BC are frequently observed in FGFR3, RAS and PIK3CA genes, all of which correlate with RAS signaling networks.
An example of a TM domain pathogenic mutation is the Ala391-->Glu mutation in fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3), linked to Crouzon syndrome with acanthosis nigricans, as well as to bladder cancer.