- Title
- Association of zinc level and polymorphism in MMP-7 gene with prostate cancer in Polish population
- Creator
- Bialkowska, Katarzyna; Marciniak, Wojciech; Cybulski, Cezary; Huzarski, Tomasz; Gronwald, Jacek; Debniak, Tadeusz; Scott, Rodney J.; Lubinski, Jan; Jakubowska, Anna; Muszynska, Magdalena; Baszuk, Piotr; Gupta, Satish; Jaworska-Bieniek, Katarzyna; Sukiennicki, Grzegorz; Durda, Katarzyna; Gromowski, Tomasz; Prajzendanc, Karolina
- Relation
- PLOS ONE Vol. 13, Issue 7, no. e0201065
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201065
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- Introduction: Prostate cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed malignancies among men in Western populations. Evidence reported in the literature suggests that zinc may be related to prostate cancer. In this study we evaluated the association of serum zinc levels and polymorphisms in genes encoding zinc-dependent proteins with prostate cancer in Poland. Methods: The study group consisted of 197 men affected with prostate cancer and 197 healthy men. Serum zinc levels were measured and 5 single nucleotide polymorphisms in MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-7, MMP-13, MT2A genes were genotyped. Results: The mean serum zinc level was higher in prostate cancer patients than in healthy controls (898.9±12.01 μg/l vs. 856.6±13.05 μg/l, p<0.01). When compared in quartiles a significant association of higher zinc concentration with the incidence of prostate cancer was observed. The highest OR (OR = 4.41, 95% CI 2.07–9.37, p<0.01) was observed in 3rd quartile (>853.0–973.9 μg/l). Among five analyzed genetic variants, rs11568818 in MMP-7 appeared to be correlated with 2-fold increased prostate cancer risk (OR = 2.39, 95% CI = 1.19–4.82, p = 0.015). Conclusion: Our results suggest a significant correlation of higher serum zinc levels with the diagnosis of prostate cancer. The polymorphism rs11568818 in MMP-7 gene was also associated with an increased prostate cancer risk in Poland.
- Subject
- prostate cancer; Poland; serum zinc levels; cancer risk
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1402804
- Identifier
- uon:35067
- Identifier
- ISSN:1932-6203
- Rights
- © 2018 Białkowska et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
- Language
- eng
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