Association of TP53 Arg72Pro polymorphism (rs1042522) with bladder cancer risk in the Ukrainian population

Abstract

Aim. To determine the frequency of TP53 polymorphic variants in bladder cancer patients and define possible association of this polymorphism with a bladder cancer in Ukrainians patients. Methods. The genotypes of TP53 gene at codon 72 were detected by PCR with allele specific primers. We investigated Arg72Pro polymorphism in 114 DNA samples of patients with bladder cancer. The PCR-amplified DNA products were subjected to electrophoresis in 3 % agarose. Results. The distribution of genotypes in group of patients with a bladder cancer was: Arg/Arg – 59.6 % (n=68), Arg/Pro – 40.4 % (n=46), Pro/Pro – 0 % (n=0). Genotype frequencies in patients (χ2=7.28, p=0.0007) weren’t in agreement with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. There were significant differences in the frequency of genotypes between the healthy individuals and the cancer group patients. Our result showed that patients with bladder cancer had a significantly higher frequency of Arg/Arg (F=42.7, p<0.05) and a lower frequency of Pro/Arg (F=40.9, p<0.05) compared to controls. Conclusions. Our study allows us to suggest that Arg/Arg polymorphic variant of TP53 is associated with the higher risk of bladder cancer development in the Ukrainian population (OR = 5,6, 95 % CI = 3.19 to 9.34, p < 0.0001).
 Keywords: TP53 gene, bladder cancer, polymorphism Arg72Pro, Ukrainian population.