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Feasibility of Collecting Buccal Cell DNA by Mail in a Cohort Study¹

Etiology Program, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

This study assessed the feasibility of obtaining buccal cell DNA by mail from participants in a large, community-based cohort study in Hawaii. Mouthwash collection kits were sent to a total of 355 randomly selected Japanese, Caucasian, and Hawaiian cohort members. Subjects were requested to swish 10 ml of mouthwash in their mouth for 60 s and expel it into a collection cup, which they mailed back to our laboratory. Half of the subjects were requested to collect a second sample. After up to two mailings and two reminder phone calls, two-thirds of the subjects returned a sample. The participation rate was lower for Hawaiians (59.0%) than for Caucasians (68.1%) and Japanese (76.3%). Participation was not affected by requesting two specimens. Participants did not differ from the total sample in terms of education and smoking status. The mean DNA yield was lower in females (41.7 µg) than males (53.4 µg) and in Japanese (37.8 µg) as compared with Hawaiians (51.9 µg) and Caucasians (54.5 µg). For subjects who returned two samples, the DNA yields were similar when both specimens were extracted in the same batch. All samples were successfully genotyped for polymorphisms in the CYP1A1, CYP2E1, GSTM1, GSTT1, and NQO1 genes by PCR-RFLP. From these and previous data, we conclude that, in situations where blood samples cannot be obtained, mail collection of mouthwash samples should be considered because it yields substantial amounts of high-quality genomic DNA for large numbers of study subjects.

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