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ArticleClinical oral investigations2017

Retrospective case-control study of correlation between MTHFR gene and OSCC risk in North India.

Hena Naqvi, Mohammad Kaleem Ahmad, Syed Rizwan Hussain, Shalini Gupta, Mohammad Waseem, Abbas Ali Mahdi

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Hena NaqviMolecular Cell Biology Lab, Department of Biochemistry, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226 003, India.
Mohammad Kaleem AhmadMolecular Cell Biology Lab, Department of Biochemistry, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226 003, India. kaleembaksh@gmail.com.
Syed Rizwan HussainMolecular Cell Biology Lab, Department of Biochemistry, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226 003, India.
Shalini GuptaDepartment of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226 003, India.
Mohammad WaseemMolecular Cell Biology Lab, Department of Biochemistry, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226 003, India.
Abbas Ali MahdiMolecular Cell Biology Lab, Department of Biochemistry, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226 003, India.
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Abstract

backgroundOral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) occurrence appears to be the number one among all cancers in India. Folate is a methyl donor during DNA methylation, as it provides substrate for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) to convert 5,10-MTHF to 5-MTHF and subsequently metabolizes it to methionine. The purpose of this study was to identify MTHFR C677T gene polymorphism in patients with OSCC. MATERIALS AND

methodsA total of 350 OSCC cases and 350 healthy controls participated in this study. MTHFR C677T single-nucleotide polymorphism was evaluated by PCR-RFLP.

resultsIn the present study, MTHFR gene 677CC, CT, and TT genotype frequencies of the total OSCC cases were 74.8; 19.4 and 5.71; and 88.5, 9.42, and 2.0 % in controls. The average frequency of the MTHFR 677T allele was 15.4 % in OSCC cases compared to 6.71 % in the controls. The CT genotype occurrence prevailed more in patients than controls in contrast to TT genotype, although both the genotypes were statistically significant for OSCC. Moreover, we found that T allele was significant in cases of smoking and tobacco chewing.

conclusionsIn this study, we found that the homozygous mutant T allele appeared to have significantly higher risk of OSCC especially in late stages and therefore supporting in OSCC susceptibility and its progression.

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Polymorphism, Single NucleotideAdultAllelesCarcinoma, Squamous CellCase-Control StudiesDisease ProgressionFemaleGene FrequencyGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHumansIndiaMaleMethylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)Middle AgedMouth NeoplasmsMethylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)MTHFR protein, humanC677TGenetic polymorphismMTHFROSCCPCR-RFLP

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