TY - JOUR
T1 - Nitric oxide synthase variants and disease-free survival among treated and untreated breast cancer patients in a southwest oncology group clinical trial
AU - Choi, Ji Yeob
AU - Barlow, William E.
AU - Albain, Kathy S.
AU - Hong, Chi Chen
AU - Blanco, Javier G.
AU - Livingston, Robert B.
AU - Davis, Warren
AU - Rae, James M.
AU - Yeh, I. Tien
AU - Hutchins, Laura F.
AU - Ravdin, Peter M.
AU - Martino, Silvana
AU - Lyss, Alan P.
AU - Osborne, C. Kent
AU - Abeloff, Martin D.
AU - Hayes, Daniel F.
AU - Ambrosone, Christine B.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2009/8/15
Y1 - 2009/8/15
N2 - Purpose: Numerous chemotherapeutic agents are cytotoxic through generation of reactive species, and variability in genes related to oxidative stress may influence disease-free survival (DFS). We examined relationships between DFS and variants in NOS3, as well as NQO1, NQO2, and CBR3, among treated and untreated breast cancer patients in a Southwest Oncology Group clinical trial (S8897). Experimental Design: In the parent trial, women were assigned according to prognostic features; the high-risk group was randomized to cyclophosphamide, i.v. methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil or to cyclophosphamide, i.v. doxorubicin, and 5-fluorouracil ± tamoxifen, and the low-risk group did not receive adjuvant therapy. We extracted DNA from normal lymph node tissue and examined functional polymorphisms in NOS3, NQO1, NQO2, and CBR3, in relation to DFS, using Cox proportional hazard model. Results: There were significant interactions between DFS, adjuvant therapy, and NOS3 Glu298Asp and -786 polymorphisms, alone and in combination (P for interaction = 0.008). When NOS3 genotypes were combined, women with genotypes encoding for lower nitric oxide who received chemotherapy had a >2-fold increase in hazard of progression (hazard ratio, 2.32; 95% confidence interval, 1.26-4.25), whereas there was reduced risk for those who did not receive adjuvant therapy (hazard ratio, 0.42; 95% confidence interval, 0.19-0.95). There were no associations between the other genotypes and DFS in either group. Conclusion: Variants encoding lower activity of NOS3 may affect outcomes in breast cancer patients, with the direction of risk differing depending on chemotherapy status. These results may mirror the known dual functions of nitric oxide and nitric oxide synthase, depending on oxidative environment.
AB - Purpose: Numerous chemotherapeutic agents are cytotoxic through generation of reactive species, and variability in genes related to oxidative stress may influence disease-free survival (DFS). We examined relationships between DFS and variants in NOS3, as well as NQO1, NQO2, and CBR3, among treated and untreated breast cancer patients in a Southwest Oncology Group clinical trial (S8897). Experimental Design: In the parent trial, women were assigned according to prognostic features; the high-risk group was randomized to cyclophosphamide, i.v. methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil or to cyclophosphamide, i.v. doxorubicin, and 5-fluorouracil ± tamoxifen, and the low-risk group did not receive adjuvant therapy. We extracted DNA from normal lymph node tissue and examined functional polymorphisms in NOS3, NQO1, NQO2, and CBR3, in relation to DFS, using Cox proportional hazard model. Results: There were significant interactions between DFS, adjuvant therapy, and NOS3 Glu298Asp and -786 polymorphisms, alone and in combination (P for interaction = 0.008). When NOS3 genotypes were combined, women with genotypes encoding for lower nitric oxide who received chemotherapy had a >2-fold increase in hazard of progression (hazard ratio, 2.32; 95% confidence interval, 1.26-4.25), whereas there was reduced risk for those who did not receive adjuvant therapy (hazard ratio, 0.42; 95% confidence interval, 0.19-0.95). There were no associations between the other genotypes and DFS in either group. Conclusion: Variants encoding lower activity of NOS3 may affect outcomes in breast cancer patients, with the direction of risk differing depending on chemotherapy status. These results may mirror the known dual functions of nitric oxide and nitric oxide synthase, depending on oxidative environment.
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U2 - 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-0685
DO - 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-0685
M3 - Article
C2 - 19671875
AN - SCOPUS:69349095566
VL - 15
SP - 5258
EP - 5266
JO - Clinical Cancer Research
JF - Clinical Cancer Research
SN - 1078-0432
IS - 16
ER -