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Exon 5 Polymorphisms in the O⁶-Alkylguanine DNA Alkyltransferase Gene and Lung Cancer Risk in Non–Smokers Exposed to Second-Hand Smoke

¹ International Agency of Research on Cancer, Lyon, France; ² Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; ³ Institute of Carcinogenesis, Moscow, Russia; ⁴ National Research Center for Environment and Health (GSF), Munich, Germany; ⁵ National Institute of Public Health, Bucharest, Romania; ⁶ National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale) and Evry University, Evry, France

Purpose: The objective of the study was to examine the association of three exon 5 variants in the O⁶-alkylguanine DNA alkyltransferase (AGT) gene involved in the repair of the mutagenic DNA lesion O⁶-alkylguanine formed by nitrosamines, with lung cancer risk in never-smokers.

Experimental Design: Exon 5 of the AGT gene was sequenced in genomic DNA from 136 cases and 133 hospital- or population-based controls for whom questionnaire information on second-hand smoke and diet was available to determine the frequencies of the Gly¹⁶⁰Arg, Ile¹⁴³Val, and Lys¹⁷⁸Arg variant alleles.

Results: No codon ¹⁶⁰Arg variant alleles were found in the study population. The codon ¹⁴³Val and ¹⁷⁸Arg variant alleles, present at allele frequencies of 0.07, showed 100% linkage. The odds ratio (OR) of lung cancer for these variant carriers was 2.05 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.03–4.07]. The risk varied between the different lung cancer pathologies with an increased risk for adenocarcinoma (OR 2.67, 95% CI 1.21–5.87) or small cell carcinoma (OR 4.83, 95% CI 0.91–25.7) but not for squamous cell carcinoma (OR 1.07, 95% CI 0.27–4.18). Compared with individuals carrying the mutant alleles unexposed to second-hand smoke, the OR for exposed variant carriers was 1.95 (95% CI 0.53–1.15); a similar interaction, although not significative, was observed for low consumption of cruciferous vegetables and for green vegetables and tomatoes.

Conclusions: These results point toward a role of AGT polymorphisms in lung cancer susceptibility among never-smokers, in particular among subjects exposed to environmental carcinogens.

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