Investigating a pathogenic role for TXNDC5 in tumors

  • Authors:
    • Xiaotian Chang
    • Bing Xu
    • Lin Wang
    • Yao Wang
    • Yuejian Wang
    • Suhua Yan
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  • Published online on: October 3, 2013     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2013.2123
  • Pages: 1871-1884
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Abstract

The expression of TXNDC5, which is induced by hypoxia, stimulates cell proliferation and angiogenesis. The increased cell proliferation, angiogenesis and hypoxia are main features of tumor tissues. The present study aimed to characterize the expression of TXNDC5 in various tumor types and to investigate the role of TXNDC5 in the growth, proliferation and migration of tumor cells. The study also determined susceptibility of TXNDC5 gene on tumor risk. The expression of TXNDC5 in tumor tissues was determined by immunohistochemistry using a tissue array that contained various types of tumor tissues. The expression levels of TXNDC5 in tumor tissues and healthy tissues were quantitatively analyzed using western blotting. Furthermore, HeLa cells and U2OS cells were treated with anti-TXNDC5 siRNA to knockdown the expression levels of TXNDC5 to study its role in cell proliferation and migration. The cell proliferation and migration of the transfected tumor cells were determined by MTT and Transwell migration assays, respectively. Ninety-six tag SNPs across the TXNDC5 locus were genotyped using custom‑designed Illumina 384-SNP VeraCode microarrays. Our immunohistochemical staining revealed significant expression of TXNDC5 in breast invasive ductal carcinomas, cervical squamous cell carcinomas, esophageal squamous cell carcinomas, gastric carcinomas, hepatocellular carcinomas, ovarian papillary serous carcinomas, prostate cancers and undifferentiated cell carcinomas of the lung. Western blot analysis also detected significantly higher TXNDC5 expression in tumor tissues of breast cancers, gastric adenocarcinomas and rectal cancers compared to the adjacent healthy tissues. Decreased growth and invasive potential were observed in cultured HeLa cells and U2OS cells when TXNDC5 gene expression was knocked down. The case-control analysis showed a significant difference in allele frequency and genotype frequency for rs9505298, rs7771314, rs2815128, rs13210097 and rs9392182 between cervical carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma and liver cancer patients and controls. These results suggest that TXNDC5 has increased expression in many tumors that is involved in the proliferation and migration of tumor cells, acting as a tumor-enhancing gene. The study also suggests that TXNDC5 gene is susceptible to cervical carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma and liver cancer risk.

Introduction

Thioredoxin domain containing 5 (TXNDC5) protein, also named ERp46, has a protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) domain that exhibits a high sequence similarity to thioredoxin, a catalyst of the rate limiting reaction of disulfide bond formation, isomerization and reduction (1,2). Yeast complementation tests showed that TXNDC5 can conduct PDI functions in vivo (3). Indirect immunofluorescence microscopy and subcellular fractionation studies have shown that TXNDC5 is present both in the endoplasmic reticulum and in the plasma membrane (4). TXNDC5 is highly expressed in endothelial cells during hypoxic conditions, and it plays important roles in anti-oxidative injury, anti-anoxia-induced apoptosis and the promotion of cell proliferation (1,2).

Recent studies reported that TXNDC5 is overexpressed in some tumors including the cervix, uterus, stomach and lung cancers (5). Wang et al also found that TXNDC5 was significantly upregulated in colorectal cancer tissues compared with normal mucosa (6). Vincent et al demonstrated that 62% of non-small cell lung carcinomas exhibit an increase in TXNDC5 expression compared with normal lung tissue (7). TXNDC5 has been reported to be involved in cancer progression. Zhang et al inserted TXNDC5 cDNA into the gastric cell line HFE145. They demonstrated that TXNDC5 promotes growth, proliferation and invasion of gastric cells (8). Thus, TXNDC5 can be thought of as a tumor-enhancing gene. However, there is no comprehensive investigation reported on TXNDC5 expression in various tumor types, and not much is known about the functional roles of the TXNDC5 in the tumorigenic process.

In the present study, we investigated the expression of TXNDC5 in various tumors. We also investigated the role of TXNDC5 in cell proliferation and migration of cultured tumor cell lines using small interfering RNAs. In addition, we determined whether common polymorphisms in TXNDC5 are associated with various tumors using microarray. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine this potential association of the genes with tumors.

Materials and methods

Western blot analysis

Breast cancer (n=4), gastric adenocarcinoma (n=4) and rectal cancer (n=4) tissue samples were collected during excision surgery in Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital (Jinan, China). Parallel healthy tissues 5 cm from the tumors were also collected during the excision surgery. The tumor diagnosis was verified by histological methods, and pathological categorization was performed according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification system. All patients signed informed consents, and this study was approved by the ethics committee of Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital.

Two hundred micrograms of the tumor tissues from gastric adenocarcinoma, rectal cancer, breast cancer and their parallel healthy tissues were homogenized in Cell Lysis Solution (Sigma) and centrifuged at 16,000 × g for 5 min at 4˚C. The total protein was separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacryl-amide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and trans-blotted onto nitrocellulose membranes (Amersham, Piscataway, NJ, USA). Western blot analysis was conducted using antibodies against human TXNDC5 at a 2,000-fold dilution overnight at 4˚C. The anti-TXNDC5 antibodies that were used were raised in goats using the oligopeptide SLHRFVLSQAKDEL from TXNDC5. The western signals were visualized using the Protein Detector BCIP/NBT Western Blot kit (Beyotime, Haimen, China) following the manufacturer’s instructions. A separate membrane that was prepared by the same protocol was probed with an anti-GAPDH antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA, USA) to normalize the sample loading.

Immunohistochemistry

Tissue arrays were obtained commercially from Chaoying Bioscience (Shanxi, China). The array slides contained tumor and normal samples from each of the following tissues: breast (n=208), cervical (n=33), colon carcinoma (n=50), esophageal cancer (n=76), gastric carcinoma (n=84), hepatocellular (n=73), ovarian (n=46), pancreatic cancer (n=24), prostate cancer (n=54), rectal (n=29) and small cell lung (n=100). Clinical data, including the age, sex, clinical pathological diagnosis, and origin of every participant, were provided by the manufacturer. Tissue sections were de-paraffinized and re-hydrated by standard procedures. Before the anti-TXNDC5 antibodies were applied, the tissue sections were heated at 95˚C for 10 min in citrate buffer solution (Sigma) for antigen recovery followed by incubation with an endogenous peroxidase inhibitor (Maixin-Bio, Fuzhou, China) for 30 min at room temperature. After washing with PBS buffer (NaCl 0.132 M, K2HPO4 0.0066 M, KH2PO4 0.0015 M in distilled water, pH 7.6), the sections were incubated with an antibody directed against TXNDC5 (Abcam) overnight at 4˚C. Immunoreactions were processed using the UltraSensitive™ S-P kit (Maixin-Bio) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Immunoreactive signals were visualized using the DAB substrate, which stains the target protein yellow. Cell structures were counterstained with hematoxylin.

To determine the antibody specificity and optimize the antibody dilution, the tissue samples were incubated with goat pre-immune serum (Maixin-Bio) or treated with the modification buffer without addition of antibody.

Inhibiting TXNDC5 expression in cultured tumor cell lines with siRNAs

HeLa cells (originally from human cervical cancer) and U2OS cells (originally from human osteosarcoma) were cultured in McCoy's 5A medium (Gibco-BRL, Carlsbad, CA, USA) supplemented with 100 U/ml penicillin, 100 mg/ml streptomycin (Gibco-BRL) and 15% (v/v) fetal bovine serum (Gibco-BRL). siRNA oligonucleotides targeting TXNDC5 (target mRNA sequence: 5′-CACATACAGGCTTAAGCTCTA-3′) were designed and synthesized by Qiagen (Hilden, Germany). Cultured tumor cells were transfected with 100 nM of the siRNA using the HiPerFect transfection reagent (Qiagen) according to the manufacturer's protocol. The cells were harvested for analysis 48 h following the transfection. Mm/Hs-MAPK1 siRNA (AATGCTGACTCCAAAGCTCTG) and AllStars Negative Control siRNA, which were provided with the kit, were used as positive and negative controls, respectively, in parallel transfections. Mm/Hs_MAPK1 Control siRNA is a positive control targeting both the human and mouse MAPK1 genes. AllStars Negative Control siRNA is the most thoroughly tested and validated negative control siRNA.

Cell proliferation assay

U2OS and HeLa cells were seeded onto 96-well culture plates and incubated until they reached 80% confluence. The cultures were then treated with TXNDC5 siRNA as described above. An MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide] assay was performed 48 h later by adding 100 μl of 1 mg/ml MTT (Amresco, Solon, OH, USA) mixed with culture media into each well and incubating for 4 h at 37˚C in the dark. The MTT solution was then removed, and the cells were washed twice in PBS followed by air drying. The resulting MTT-formazan products were extracted with 100 μl DMSO in the dark at room temperature, and their absorbance was measured at 490 nm with a spectrophotometer. The data were obtained from three independent experiments.

Cell migration assay

A cell migration assay was conducted in a Transwell apparatus (Costar Corning, Corning, NY, USA). Cells were seeded in the upper compartment of the Transwell apparatus while the lower compartment was filled with DMEM with 10% FBS, and the plates were incubated at 37˚C for 24 h until the cells reached 80% confluence. At this point, the cells were transfected with 100 nM of TXNDC5 siRNA, and the cells were incubated for an additional 48 h in the incubator. The upper surface of the insert was wiped with cotton swabs to remove non-invading cells, and the bottom surface of the insert was stained with Giemsa. The number of cells that invaded through the membrane was counted in 5 random fields at ×100 magnification. The data were obtained from three independent experiments.

Statistical analysis of the data was performed using the SPSS V.16 software (SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA). Multiple comparisons were conducted with ANOVA, and a t-test was used to assess significant differences between two groups. P-values that were <0.05 were considered significant. The errors in the data are shown as standard deviation (SD).

Genomic DNA isolation, SNP selection

Genomic DNA was extracted from whole blood samples with the Omega E-Z 96 Blood DNA kit (Omega Bio-Tek, Norcross, GA, USA) according to the manufacturer's protocol. After extraction, the genomic DNA was diluted to a final concentration of 15–20 ng/μl for the genotyping assays.

Tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (tagSNPs) across the TXNDC5 gene were determined by searching the HapMap database. Only SNPs with minor allele frequency greater (MAF) than 5% with a pair-wise r2 ≥0.8 were considered. Ninty-six SNPs that span 185,000 bases of the chromosome 6 were selected. The SNP information including locus name, gene symbol, coordinate, location and coding status is shown in Table I.

Table I.

SNPs selected for illumina microarray.

Table I.

SNPs selected for illumina microarray.

Locus nameGene symbolCoordinateLocationCoding status
rs1044104BMP6/TXNDC57881311COMPLEX
rs9505298BMP6/TXNDC57881449COMPLEX
rs41302895TXNDC5/BMP67881754COMPLEX
rs1043784TXNDC5/BMP67881931COMPLEX
rs7764128BMP6/TXNDC57882205COMPLEX
rs8643BMP6/TXNDC57883073COMPLEX
rs9502656TXNDC57883386CODINGNONSYN
rs35264740TXNDC57883865INTRON
rs35871461TXNDC57884291INTRON
rs2277105TXNDC57884652CODINGNONSYN
rs35126514TXNDC57885048INTRON
rs1225936TXNDC57885184INTRON
rs1225937TXNDC57885302INTRON
rs11758961TXNDC57885797INTRON
rs1225938TXNDC57886534INTRON
rs454654TXNDC57886639INTRON
rs11962800TXNDC57886905INTRON
rs9505301TXNDC57887131INTRON
rs372578TXNDC57887223INTRON
rs7740689TXNDC57888066INTRON
rs89715TXNDC57888168INTRON
rs7745225TXNDC57888251INTRON
rs378963TXNDC57888328INTRON
rs45441296TXNDC57889033CODINGNONSYN
rs34782746TXNDC57889254INTRON
rs7746818TXNDC57889466INTRON
rs71559189TXNDC57889796CODINGNONSYN
rs60084141TXNDC57889894INTRON
rs1225947TXNDC57890121INTRON
rs13873TXNDC57891160INTRON
rs73365786TXNDC57891230INTRON
rs7771314TXNDC57891403INTRON
rs34599679TXNDC57891514INTRON
rs1225949TXNDC57891673INTRON
rs3734589TXNDC57891775INTRON
rs9502658TXNDC57891947CODINGSYNON
rs35365768TXNDC57892037INTRON
rs1225950TXNDC57892143INTRON
rs11759946TXNDC57892360INTRON
rs72829238TXNDC57892575INTRON
rs7749719TXNDC57894695INTRON
rs58711083TXNDC57895348CODINGNONSYN
rs443861TXNDC57896491INTRON
rs369086TXNDC57898875INTRON
rs408014TXNDC57899394INTRON
rs13218143TXNDC57899573INTRON
rs383084TXNDC57899657INTRON
rs1225954TXNDC57900028INTRON
rs1225955TXNDC57900709INTRON
rs6933089TXNDC57900856INTRON
rs13209404TXNDC57909967INTRON
rs13210097TXNDC5/MUTED7911345INTERGENIC
rs9502663TXNDC5/MUTED7911474INTERGENIC
rs3812162TXNDC5/MUTED7911702INTERGENIC
rs34066135MUTED/TXNDC57911855INTERGENIC
rs72829251TXNDC5/MUTED7911982INTERGENIC
rs1632346TXNDC5/MUTED7913546INTERGENIC
rs1743634TXNDC5/MUTED7916207INTERGENIC
rs9505309MUTED/TXNDC57917528INTERGENIC
rs6922018MUTED/TXNDC57918311INTERGENIC
rs6923488MUTED/TXNDC57918405INTERGENIC
rs1594467TXNDC5/MUTED7920361INTERGENIC
rs419588MUTED/TXNDC57920808INTERGENIC
rs365936MUTED/TXNDC57920904INTERGENIC
rs1237879TXNDC5/MUTED7932261INTERGENIC
rs627957MUTED/TXNDC57936475INTERGENIC
rs155487MUTED/TXNDC57938773INTERGENIC
rs10484327TXNDC5/MUTED7942566INTERGENIC
rs7764884MUTED/TXNDC57970540INTERGENIC
rs7763447MUTED/TXNDC57973380INTERGENIC
rs4959462MUTED/TXNDC57975135INTERGENIC
rs6597292TXNDC5/MUTED7975259INTERGENIC
rs197119TXNDC5/MUTED7976745INTERGENIC
rs6597293TXNDC5/MUTED7987883INTERGENIC
rs11754300TXNDC5/MUTED7988766INTERGENIC
rs7744601TXNDC5/MUTED7988910INTERGENIC
rs2567226MUTED/TXNDC57993977INTERGENIC
rs12204273TXNDC5/MUTED8002705INTERGENIC
rs9392182MUTED/TXNDC58009035INTERGENIC
rs2207720MUTED8019197INTRON
rs9392189MUTED8021532INTRON
rs2815128MUTED8023462INTRON
rs2815142MUTED8043546INTRON
rs2743992MUTED8054722INTRON
rs2294436MUTED8057688INTRON
rs2743991MUTED8060175INTRON
rs12663430MUTED8060534INTRON
rs7763203MUTED8061872INTRON
rs9405369MUTED8062437INTRON
rs12207627MUTED8062532INTRON
rs2743989MUTED8064035INTRON
rs2743987MUTED8064303INTRON
rs35991100EEF1E1/MUTED8064677INTERGENIC
rs9328453MUTED/EEF1E18065127INTERGENIC
rs2815155MUTED/EEF1E18065230INTERGENIC
rs12660697EEF1E1/MUTED8065707INTERGENIC
rs7751386MUTED/EEF1E18066414INTERGENIC
Genotyping using Illumina 384-SNP VeraCode microarray

We performed genotyping using a custom-designed Illumina 384-SNP VeraCode microarray (Illumina). Peripheral blood samples were collected from patients with breast cancer (n=281; 281 female; aged 26–80 years; mean, 49.3 years), cervical carcinoma (n=197; 197 female; aged 29–61 years; mean, 54.4 years), esophageal carcinoma (n=221; 30 female; aged 39–86 years; mean, 60.8 years), gastric carcinoma (n=308; 64 female; aged 31–80 years; mean 58.2 years) and liver cancer (n=202; 30 female; aged 30–79 years; mean, 55.9 years). A total of 374 (125 female, aged 24–58 years) healthy individuals with a mean age of 40.2 years were blood donors. All patients signed informed consents, and this study was approved by the ethics committee of Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital. The genotyping was conducted with the BeadXpress Reader using the Illumina VeraCode GoldenGate Assay kit. A total of 500 ng of sample DNA were used per assay. Genotype clustering and calling were performed using BeadStudio software (Illumina). This study was completed at Beijing Institute of Genomics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, which provided technical service for the genotyping.

The genotyping quality was examined by a detailed quality control procedure consisting of a >95% successful call rate, duplicate calling of the genotypes, internal positive control samples and Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE) testing. The SNPs were analyzed for association by comparing the MAF between the cases and controls. Dominant and recessive models were considered with respect to the minor allele. Associations of the SNPs with the diseases were evaluated using odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Fisher's exact test was used for comparisons between categorical variables. P-values <0.05 were considered to be statistically significant. Genotypic associations were assessed using Plink v1.07 (http://pngu.mgh.harvard.edu/purcell/plink/) and SHEsis (http://analysis.bio-x.cn/myAnalysis.php) software (9,10). Multiple-test correction, including genomic-control correction, Bonferroni single-step correction, Holm step-down correction and Sidak single-step correction, were performed by Plink v1.07. Linkage disequilibrium (LD), coefficient (D' and r2) and haplotype were estimated by software Haploview 4.2 (http://www.broad.mit.edu/mpg/haploview/) software (11).

Results

TXNDC5 expression in various tumor tissues

Western blots revealed a protein with a molecular weight of 50 kDa in each of the tumor tissues and parallel normal tissues. The expression level was normalized using GAPDH as a reference. Compared with the expression in the parallel normal tissues, significantly increased TXNDC5 expression was detected in the gastric adenocarcinoma, rectal cancer and breast cancer tissues. These results were consistently observed in all the samples of these tumor types. The results are shown in Fig. 1.

Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of TXNDC5 in a panel of tumor tissues. TXNDC5 was significantly expressed in the tumor tissues from breast invasive ductal carcinomas (n=170). The immuno-signal was observed in both tumor cells and mesenchymal cells in these tissues. TXNDC5 was not detected in the corresponding normal tissues except in some mesenchymal cells (n=38). TXNDC5 was significantly expressed in the tumor tissues from cervical squamous cell carcinomas (n=22). The immuno-signal was observed in both tumor cells and mesenchymal cells in these tissues. TXNDC5 was not detected in the parallel normal tissues (n=6) and tissues from cervical adenocarcinomas (n=2) except in some mesenchymal cells. The expression of TXNDC5 was also observed in mesenchymal cells from the chronically inflamed mucosa of the uterus, but the signal density was relative low (n=3). TXNDC5 was significantly expressed in the tumor tissues from colon carcinomas (n=18) and rectal cancers (n=23). Normal tissue from the colon (n=32) and the rectum (n=6) also showed TXNDC5 expression. The protein was expressed in both the tumor cells and mesenchymal cells, but the number of TXNDC5-positive mesenchymal cells was relatively low in the normal tissues. TXNDC5 expression was detected in tissues from esophageal squamous cell carcinomas (n=38) but not in healthy esophageal tissue (n=28). Its expression was also very strong in mesenchymal cells from the chronically inflamed mucosa of the esophagus (n=10). TXNDC5 expression was detected in gastric carcinoma (n=43). The expression was present in both the tumor cells and mesenchymal cells of the tumor tissues. TXNDC5 expression was also detected in mesenchymal cells from the inflamed gastric mucosa (n=23). TXNDC5 was not detected in healthy gastric tissues except in some mesenchymal cells (n=18). TXNDC5 was detected in hepatocellular carcinomas (n=51), but it was not present in samples from patients with chronic hepatitis cirrhosis (n=22). TXNDC5 was significantly expressed in tissues from ovarian papillary serous carcinomas (n=14), ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinomas (n=6) and ovarian clear cell carcinomas (n=2). Expression was detected in both tumor cells and mesenchymal cells of these tumor tissues. TXNDC5 was also detected in some mesenchymal cells of normal ovary tissues (n=24). TXNDC5 was significantly expressed in tumor cells and mesenchymal cells from carcinomas of the prostate (n=48). TXNDC5 expression was also detected in some mesenchymal cells and endothelial cells from prostates undergoing hyperplasia (n=6). TXNDC5 was expressed in tumor cells and mesenchymal cells from pancreatic cancers (n=12). The expression was also detected in cells of the normal pancreatic tissues (n=12). TXNDC5 showed strong expression in tumor cells and mesenchymal cells from undifferentiated cell carcinomas of the lung (n=80). TXNDC5 expression was also detected in some mesenchymal cells of normal lung tissues (n=20). Immunostaining of TXNDC5 was observed in the cytoplasm of tumor cells and mesenchymal cells of both tumor tissues and the health tissues. These immunohistochemical results are shown in Fig. 2.

Cell proliferation, migration and invasion in the presence of TXNDC5 siRNA

Cultured HeLa and U2OS cells were transfected with 100 nM siRNA. TXNDC5 expression in transfected U2OS was decreased considerably compared with untransfected cells. TXNDC5 expression was also mildly decreased in the siRNA-transfected HeLa cells. TXNDC5 levels were not significantly changed in the positive controls, negative controls or untransfected cells. The result is seen in Fig. 3.

A cell proliferation assay was performed using the U2OS cells and HeLa cells that were transfected with TXNDC5 siRNA. U2OS cells transfected with 100 nM TXNDC5 targeted siRNA exhibited a significant decrease in cell proliferation when compared with the positive and negative controls. Cell proliferation was mildly decreased in HeLa cells transfected with TXNDC5 targeted siRNA compared with untransfected cells. The data shown were obtained from three independent experiments. The result is shown in Fig. 4.

The migratory ability of U2OS cells and HeLa cells was examined using a 2-compartment Transwell system. Migration of both cell lines was significantly decreased when TXNDC5 expression was suppressed by TXNDC5 siRNA transfection. The data shown here were obtained from three independent experiments. The result is shown in Fig. 5.

Genotyping SNPs located in TXNDC5

Ninety-seven SNPs across TXNDC5 gene were genotyped using illumina micro-array. All of the SNPs yielded genotypic data, and the study sample success rate was 98.1%. SNPs except rs1225938, rs408014, rs1225954, rs2207720 and rs2743989 were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (P>0.05) within the health samples. SNPs rs9502656, rs35264740, rs35871461, rs2277105, rs35126514, rs11758961, rs7740689, rs34782746, rs7746818, rs73365786, rs34599679, rs9502658, rs35365768, rs7749719, rs13218143, rs6933089, rs9502663, rs34066135, rs35991100, rs9328453 and rs7751386 did not show polymorphisms in the studied subjects. The differences in allele and genotype frequencies between the cases and controls were compared. The case-control analysis showed a significant difference in allele frequency and genotype frequency for rs41302895 between breast cancer patients and health controls. The allele frequency and genotype frequency for rs9505298, rs41302895, rs7771314 and rs155487 provided statistically significant evidence for an association with cervical carcinoma. The case-control analysis showed a significant difference in allele frequency and genotype frequency for rs1225950 and rs2815128 between esophageal carcinoma patients and health controls. The analysis also showed a significant difference in allele frequency and genotype frequency for rs13210097 and rs9392182 between liver cancer patients and the controls. In addition, the allele frequency for rs383084, rs1632346, rs1237879 and rs11754300 provided statistically significant evidence for an association with cervical carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, gastric carcinoma and liver cancer, respectively. The genotype frequency for rs13873, rs1632346, rs9505309, rs1594467 and rs2815142 provided statistically significant evidence for an association with esophageal carcinoma, gastric carcinoma and breast cancer. Following multiple-test correction, these SNPs rs9505298 and rs7771314 still had significant difference in allelic frequency and genotypic frequency between cervical carcinoma patients and the controls; SNPs rs1632346, rs9505309, rs2815128 and rs2815142 still had significant difference in allelic frequency and genotypic frequency between esophageal carcinoma patients and the controls; SNPs rs13210097, rs11754300, rs9392182 and rs2815128 still had significant difference in allelic frequency and genotypic frequency between liver cancer patients and the controls. The above result is shown in Table II. The Illumina microarray data has been submitted to NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), a public functional genomics data repository supporting MIAME-compliant data submissions. The record was approved and assigned GEO accession number (GSE39428).

Table II.

Allele and genotype frequencies in a case control (n=384) cohort of patients with various tumors.

Table II.

Allele and genotype frequencies in a case control (n=384) cohort of patients with various tumors.

Breast cancer (n=281)Cervical carcinoma (n=197)Esophageal carcinoma (n=221)Gastric carcinoma (n=308)Liver cancer (n=202)
rs9505298
AlleleAGAGAGAGAG
Allele case (frequency)0 (0.000)420 (1.000)16 (0.049)312 (0.951)0 (0.000)316 (1.000)0 (0.000)498 (1.000)0 (0.000)348 (1.000)
Allele control (frequency)1 (0.002)565 (0.998)1 (0.002)565 (0.998)1 (0.002)565 (0.998)1 (0.002)565 (0.998)1 (0.002)565 (0.998)
Odds ratio [95% CI]28.974360 [3.824260–219.523117]
Fisher’s p-value0.3888067.27E-070.4547240.3480590.432756
GenotypeA/GG/GA/GG/GA/GG/GA/GG/GA/GG/G
Genotype case (frequency)0 (0.000)210 (1.000)16 (0.098)148 (0.902)0 (0.000)158 (1.000)0 (0.000)249 (1.000)0 (0.000)174 (1.000)
Genotype control (frequency)1 (0.004)282 (0.996)1 (0.004)282 (0.996)1 (0.004)282 (0.996)1 (0.004)282 (0.996)1 (0.004)282 (0.996)
Odds ratio [95% CI]30.486486 [4.003584–232.148453]
Fisher’s p-value0.3885655.66E-070.4544680.3478320.432504
HWE for case (Fisher’s p-value)10.511384111
HWE for control (Fisher’s p-value)0.9762480.9762480.9762360.9762360.976236

rs41302895
AlleleATATATATAT
Allele case (frequency)3 (0.005)551 (0.995)2 (0.006)326 (0.994)1 (0.002)415 (0.998)606 (1.000)1 (0.003)397 (0.997)
Allele control (frequency)0 (0.000)746 (1.000)0 (0.000)746 (1.000)0 (0.000)746 (1.000)746 (1.000)0 (0.000)746 (1.000)
Odds ratio [95% CI]
Fisher’s p-value0.044250.0328280.1804020.17085
GenotypeA/TT/TA/TT/TA/TT/TA/TT/TA/TT/T
Genotype case (frequency)3 (0.011)274 (0.989)2 (0.012)162 (0.988)1 (0.005)207 (0.995)303 (1.000)1 (0.005)198 (0.995)
Genotype control (frequency)0 (0.000)373 (1.000)0 (0.000)373 (1.000)0 (0.000)373 (1.000)373 (1.000)0 (0.000)373 (1.000)
Odds ratio [95% CI]
Fisher’s p-value0.0440040.0326650.1802140.170662
HWE for case (Fisher’s p-value)0.9278010.9373810.9722790.971656
HWE for control (Fisher’s p-value)1111

rs13873
AlleleACACACACAC
Allele case (frequency)317 (0.574)235 (0.426)184 (0.571)138 (0.429)262 (0.633)152 (0.367)359 (0.594)245 (0.406)242 (0.611)154 (0.389)
Allele control (frequency)436 (0.586)308 (0.414)436 (0.586)308 (0.414)436 (0.586)308 (0.414)436 (0.586)308 (0.414)436 (0.586)308 (0.414)
Odds ratio [95% CI]0.952918 [0.762409–1.191032]0.941896 [0.722936–1.227174]1.217649 [0.950749–1.559474]1.035125 [0.832102–1.287682]1.110092 [0.865227–1.424254]
Fisher’s p-value0.6717330.6574390.1186350.7566310.411361
GenotypeA/AA/CC/CA/AA/CC/CA/AA/CC/CA/AA/CC/CA/AA/CC/C
Genotype case (frequency)89 (0.322)139 (0.504)48 (0.174)52 (0.323)80 (0.497)29 (0.180)78 (0.377)106 (0.512)23 (0.111)108 (0.358)143 (0.474)51 (0.169)74 (0.374)94 (0.475)30 (0.152)
Genotype control (frequency)134 (0.360)168 (0.452)70 (0.188)134 (0.360)168 (0.452)70 (0.188)134 (0.360)168 (0.452)70 (0.188)134 (0.360)168 (0.452)70 (0.188)134 (0.360)168 (0.452)70 (0.188)
Odds ratio [95% CI]
Fisher’s p-value0.4194880.6124230.0487810.770250.547495
HWE for case (Fisher’s p-value)0.6185170.8541050.1424980.7544690.986746
HWE for control (Fisher’s p-value)0.1818880.1818880.1818880.1818880.181888

rs7771314
AlleleAGAGAGAGAG
Allele case (frequency)512 (0.931)38 (0.069)297 (0.905)31 (0.095)386 (0.928)30 (0.072)559 (0.925)45 (0.075)377 (0.938)25 (0.062)
Allele control (frequency)704 (0.944)42 (0.056)704 (0.944)42 (0.056)704 (0.944)42 (0.056)704 (0.944)42 (0.056)704 (0.944)42 (0.056)
Odds ratio [95% CI]0.803828 [0.510832–1.264876]0.571573 [0.352441–0.926951]0.767614 [0.472762–1.246359]0.741098 [0.479720–1.144890]0.899659 [0.539883–1.499189]
Fisher’s p-value0.3443690.0219730.2837530.175680.684758
GenotypeA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/G
Genotype case (frequency)237 (0.862)38 (0.138)0 (0.000)133 (0.811)31 (0.189)0 (0.000)180 (0.865)26 (0.125)2 (0.010)259 (0.858)41 (0.136)2 (0.007)177 (0.881)23 (0.114)1 (0.005)
Genotype control (frequency)334 (0.895)36 (0.097)3 (0.008)334 (0.895)36 (0.097)3 (0.008)334 (0.895)36 (0.097)3 (0.008)334 (0.895)36 (0.097)3 (0.008)334 (0.895)36 (0.097)3 (0.008)
Odds ratio [95% CI]
Fisher’s p-value0.0898540.0065480.5515740.2766540.734752
HWE for case (Fisher’s p-value)0.2184640.1813880.3413880.7870790.787742
HWE for control (Fisher’s p-value)0.0765510.0765510.0765510.0765510.076551

rs1225950
AlleleCGCGCGCGCG
Allele case (frequency)306 (0.732)112 (0.268)184 (0.697)80 (0.303)254 (0.804)62 (0.196)368 (0.736)132 (0.264)258 (0.741)90 (0.259)
Allele control (frequency)414 (0.734)150 (0.266)414 (0.734)150 (0.266)414 (0.734)150 (0.266)414 (0.734)150 (0.266)414 (0.734)150 (0.266)
Odds ratio [95% CI]0.989907 [0.743747–1.317538]0.833333 [0.603818–1.150090]1.484339 [1.062199–2.074244]1.010101 [0.768917–1.326936]1.038647 [0.766316–1.407758]
Fisher’s p-value0.9445590.267080.0203070.9424430.806914
GenotypeC/CC/GG/GC/CC/GG/GC/CC/GG/GC/CC/GG/GC/CC/GG/G
Genotype case (frequency)110 (0.526)86 (0.411)13 (0.062)65 (0.492)54 (0.409)13 (0.098)101 (0.639)52 (0.329)5 (0.032)133 (0.532)102 (0.408)15 (0.060)94 (0.540)70 (0.402)10 (0.057)
Genotype control (frequency)157 (0.557)100 (0.355)25 (0.089)157 (0.557)100 (0.355)25 (0.089)157 (0.557)100 (0.355)25 (0.089)157 (0.557)100 (0.355)25 (0.089)157 (0.557)100 (0.355)25 (0.089)
Odds ratio [95% CI]
Fisher’s p-value0.3144430.4710770.0453020.2739120.354813
HWE for case (Fisher’s p-value)0.4796110.717250.5851190.4301450.517263
HWE for control (Fisher’s p-value)0.1232890.1232890.1232890.1232890.123289

rs383084
AlleleAGAGAGAGAG
Allele case (frequency)337 (0.677)161 (0.323)138 (0.595)94 (0.405)234 (0.718)92 (0.282)305 (0.657)159 (0.343)233 (0.685)107 (0.315)
Allele control (frequency)389 (0.668)193 (0.332)389 (0.668)193 (0.332)389 (0.668)193 (0.332)389 (0.668)193 (0.332)389 (0.668)193 (0.332)
Odds ratio [95% CI]1.038512 [0.804736–1.340201]0.728382 [0.532190–0.996899]1.261931 [0.938074–1.697597]0.951723 [0.735335–1.231786]1.080388 [0.811125–1.439038]
Fisher’s p-value0.7714980.0474350.1238740.7069350.597015
GenotypeA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/G
Genotype case (frequency)109 (0.438)119 (0.478)21 (0.084)37 (0.319)64 (0.552)15 (0.129)80 (0.491)74 (0.454)9 (0.055)92 (0.397)121 (0.522)19 (0.082)75 (0.441)83 (0.488)12 (0.071)
Genotype control (frequency)128 (0.440)133 (0.457)30 (0.103)28 (0.440)133 (0.457)30 (0.103)128 (0.440)133 (0.457)30 (0.103)128 (0.440)133 (0.457)30 (0.103)128 (0.440)133 (0.457)30 (0.103)
Odds ratio [95% CI]
Fisher’s p-value0.7311390.0804890.1844640.3166140.480111
HWE for case (Fisher’s p-value)0.1455610.1193920.1236610.0163080.085421
HWE for control (Fisher’s p-value)0.5966990.5966990.5966990.5966990.596699

rs13210097
AlleleACAAAAC
Allele case (frequency)553 (0.998)1 (0.002)328 (1.000)416 (1.000)606 (1.000)399 (0.993)3 (0.007)
Allele control (frequency)748 (1.000)0 (0.000)748 (1.000)748 (1.000)748 (1.000)748 (1.000)0 (0.000)
Odds ratio [95% CI]
Fisher’s p-value0.2451210.018032
GenotypeA/AA/CA/AA/AA/AA/AA/C
Genotype case (frequency)276 (0.996)1 (0.004)164 (1.000)208 (1.000)303 (1.000)198 (0.985)3 (0.015)
Genotype control (frequency)374 (1.000)0 (0.000)374 (1.000)374 (1.000)374 (1.000)374 (1.000)0 (0.000)
Odds ratio [95% CI]
Fisher’s p-value0.2449390.017882
HWE for case (Fisher’s p-value)0.9759790.915087
HWE for control (Fisher’s p-value)11

rs1632346
AlleleAGAGAGAGAG
Allele case (frequency)395 (0.721)153 (0.279)219 (0.672)107 (0.328)262 (0.639)148 (0.361)399 (0.661)205 (0.339)272 (0.680)128 (0.320)
Allele control (frequency)527 (0.706)219 (0.294)527 (0.706)219 (0.294)527 (0.706)219 (0.294)527 (0.706)219 (0.294)527 (0.706)219 (0.294)
Odds ratio [95% CI]1.072850 [0.840343–1.369689]0.850538 [0.642966–1.125122]0.735653 [0.569595–0.950123]0.808821 [0.642219–1.018643]0.883065 [0.679109–1.148273]
Fisher’s p-value0.572580.2565730.0185340.0712540.35326
GenotypeA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/G
Genotype case (frequency)138 (0.504)119 (0.434)17 (0.062)71 (0.436)77 (0.472)15 (0.092)82 (0.400)98 (0.478)25 (0.122)139 (0.460)121 (0.401)42 (0.139)87 (0.435)98 (0.490)15 (0.075)
Genotype control (frequency)183 (0.491)161 (0.432)29 (0.078)183 (0.491)161 (0.432)29 (0.078)183 (0.491)161 (0.432)29 (0.078)183 (0.491)161 (0.432)29 (0.078)183 (0.491)161 (0.432)29 (0.078)
Odds ratio [95% CI]
Fisher’s p-value0.7391210.4890060.0558880.0356560.396877
HWE for case (Fisher’s p-value)0.1907170.3631690.6041890.0642180.074958
HWE for control (Fisher’s p-value)0.4322680.4322680.4322680.4322680.432268

rs9505309
AlleleACACACACAC
Allele case (frequency)416 (0.754)136 (0.246)228 (0.695)100 (0.305)285 (0.688)129 (0.312)428 (0.709)176 (0.291)297 (0.739)105 (0.261)
Allele control (frequency)541 (0.727)203 (0.273)541 (0.727)203 (0.273)541 (0.727)203 (0.273)541 (0.727)203 (0.273)541 (0.727)203 (0.273)
Odds ratio [95% CI]1.147766 [0.892090–1.476719]0.855527 [0.643295–1.137777]0.828999 [0.637147–1.078620]0.912494 [0.718952–1.158136]1.061368 [0.806301–1.397124]
Fisher’s p-value0.2836550.2832410.1623810.4514720.671045
GenotypeA/AA/CC/CA/AA/CC/CA/AA/CC/CA/AA/CC/CA/AA/CC/C
Genotype case (frequency)155 (0.562)106 (0.384)15 (0.054)81 (0.494)66 (0.402)17 (0.104)103 (0.498)79 (0.382)25 (0.121)148 (0.490)132 (0.437)22 (0.073)111 (0.552)75 (0.373)15 (0.075)
Genotype control (frequency)191 (0.513)159 (0.427)22 (0.059)191 (0.513)159 (0.427)22 (0.059)191 (0.513)159 (0.427)22 (0.059)191 (0.513)159 (0.427)22 (0.059)191 (0.513)159 (0.427)22 (0.059)
Odds ratio [95% CI]
Fisher’s p-value0.4771050.1869310.0307670.7057910.406832
HWE for case (Fisher’s p-value)0.569720.5176160.1121830.3100540.637994
HWE for control (Fisher’s p-value)0.1367280.1367280.1367280.1367280.136728

rs1594467
AlleleAGAGAGAGAG
Allele case (frequency)499 (0.907)51 (0.093)307 (0.936)21 (0.064)392 (0.947)22 (0.053)564 (0.940)36 (0.060)377 (0.938)25 (0.062)
Allele control (frequency)700 (0.941)44 (0.059)700 (0.941)44 (0.059)700 (0.941)44 (0.059)700 (0.941)44 (0.059)700 (0.941)44 (0.059)
Odds ratio [95% CI]0.615014 [0.404372–0.935382]0.918912 [0.537166–1.571952]1.120000 [0.661541–1.896179]0.984762 [0.625265–1.550952]0.947886 [0.571136–1.573159]
Fisher’s p-value0.0220610.7574860.6729910.9471740.83595
GenotypeA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/G
Genotype case (frequency)225 (0.818)49 (0.178)1 (0.004)144 (0.878)19 (0.116)1 (0.006)185 (0.894)22 (0.106)0 (0.000)265 (0.883)34 (0.113)1 (0.003)176 (0.876)25 (0.124)0 (0.000)
Genotype control (frequency)330 (0.887)40 (0.108)2 (0.005)330 (0.887)40 (0.108)2 (0.005)330 (0.887)40 (0.108)2 (0.005)330 (0.887)40 (0.108)2 (0.005)330 (0.887)40 (0.108)2 (0.005)
Odds ratio [95% CI]
Fisher’s p-value0.034870.9546560.5708470.900880.490036
HWE for case (Fisher’s p-value)0.3280210.6693450.4194050.9347110.347133
HWE for control (Fisher’s p-value)0.5148970.5148970.5148970.5148970.514897

rs419588
AlleleAGAGAGAGAG
Allele case (frequency)329 (0.600)219 (0.400)197 (0.601)131 (0.399)269 (0.659)139 (0.341)393 (0.653)209 (0.347)251 (0.640)141 (0.360)
Allele control (frequency)491 (0.658)255 (0.342)491 (0.658)255 (0.342)491 (0.658)255 (0.342)491 (0.658)255 (0.342)491 (0.658)255 (0.342)
Odds ratio [95% CI]0.780208 [0.620975–0.980273]0.781005 [0.597518–1.020836]1.005070 [0.779177–1.296450]0.976574 [0.779084–1.224125]0.924514 [0.715839–1.194018]
Fisher’s p-value0.032990.0702160.9689450.8370730.547587
GenotypeA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/G
Genotype case (frequency)99 (0.361)131 (0.478)44 (0.161)63 (0.384)71 (0.433)30 (0.183)88 (0.431)93 (0.456)23 (0.113)131 (0.435)131 (0.435)39 (0.130)71 (0.362)109 (0.556)16 (0.082)
Genotype control (frequency)161 (0.432)169 (0.453)43 (0.115)161 (0.432)169 (0.453)43 (0.115)161 (0.432)169 (0.453)43 (0.115)161 (0.432)169 (0.453)43 (0.115)161 (0.432)169 (0.453)43 (0.115)
Odds ratio [95% CI]
Fisher’s p-value0.1019810.1027030.9951550.8171590.057581
HWE for case (Fisher’s p-value)0.9518020.2112760.832690.4891030.003715
HWE for control (Fisher’s p-value)0.8933460.8933460.8933460.8933460.893346

rs1237879
AlleleAGAGAGAGAG
Allele case (frequency)382 (0.910)38 (0.090)292 (0.896)34 (0.104)278 (0.891)34 (0.109)442 (0.888)56 (0.112)314 (0.902)34 (0.098)
Allele control (frequency)523 (0.924)43 (0.076)523 (0.924)43 (0.076)523 (0.924)43 (0.076)523 (0.924)43 (0.076)523 (0.924)43 (0.076)
Odds ratio [95% CI]0.826507 [0.523909–1.303879]0.706107 [0.440416–1.132084]0.672253 [0.419006–1.078562]0.648935 [0.427617–0.984798]0.759307 [0.474061–1.216188]
Fisher’s p-value0.4121560.1469880.0980480.0410230.250839
GenotypeA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/G
Genotype case (frequency)178 (0.848)26 (0.124)6 (0.029)131 (0.804)30 (0.184)2 (0.012)122 (0.782)34 (0.218)0 (0.000)199 (0.799)44 (0.177)6 (0.024)140 (0.805)34 (0.195)0 (0.000)
Genotype control (frequency)241 (0.852)41 (0.145)1 (0.004)241 (0.852)41 (0.145)1 (0.004)241 (0.852)41 (0.145)1 (0.004)241 (0.852)41 (0.145)1 (0.004)241 (0.852)41 (0.145)1 (0.004)
Odds ratio [95% CI]
Fisher’s p-value0.0574130.2930860.1176190.0628810.275863
HWE for case (Fisher’s p-value)0.0003330.8490410.1266150.0702210.153187
HWE for control (Fisher’s p-value)0.5917450.5917450.5917450.5917450.591745

rs155487
AlleleAGAGAGAGAG
Allele case (frequency)338 (0.790)90 (0.210)251 (0.765)77 (0.235)293 (0.809)69 (0.191)490 (0.809)116 (0.191)314 (0.781)88 (0.219)
Allele control (frequency)614 (0.821)134 (0.179)614 (0.821)134 (0.179)614 (0.821)134 (0.179)614 (0.821)134 (0.179)614 (0.821)134 (0.179)
Odds ratio [95% CI]0.819616 [0.608227–1.104473]0.711409 [0.518442–0.976200]0.926734 [0.671573–1.278841]0.921880 [0.699907–1.214252]0.778724 [0.576112–1.052591]
Fisher’s p-value0.1908430.0344790.6432740.5627270.103376
GenotypeA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/G
Genotype case (frequency)134 (0.626)70 (0.327)10 (0.047)99 (0.604)53 (0.323)12 (0.073)118 (0.652)57 (0.315)6 (0.033)196 (0.647)98 (0.323)9 (0.030)120 (0.597)74 (0.368)7 (0.035)
Genotype control (frequency)251 (0.671)112 (0.299)11 (0.029)251 (0.671)112 (0.299)11 (0.029)251 (0.671)112 (0.299)11 (0.029)251 (0.671)112 (0.299)11 (0.029)251 (0.671)112 (0.299)11 (0.029)
Odds ratio [95% CI]
Fisher’s p-value0.3870120.047140.8963690.7946850.207896
HWE for case (Fisher’s p-value)0.8249190.1979180.7813990.4352160.277603
HWE for control (Fisher’s p-value)0.7244170.7244170.7244170.7244170.724417

rs11754300
AlleleAGAGAGAGAG
Allele case (frequency)522 (0.949)28 (0.051)314 (0.963)12 (0.037)401 (0.964)15 (0.036)583 (0.965)21 (0.035)393 (0.978)9 (0.022)
Allele control (frequency)711 (0.951)37 (0.049)711 (0.951)37 (0.049)711 (0.951)37 (0.049)711 (0.951)37 (0.049)711 (0.951)37 (0.049)
Odds ratio [95% CI]0.970163 [0.586216–1.605578]1.361697 [0.700615–2.646559]1.391186 [0.754162–2.566290]1.444712 [0.836380–2.495510]2.272386 [1.085471–4.757141]
Fisher’s p-value0.9061860.3608360.2886810.1849380.025504
GenotypeA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/G
Genotype case (frequency)248 (0.902)26 (0.095)1 (0.004)152 (0.933)10 (0.061)1 (0.006)193 (0.928)15 (0.072)0 (0.000)281 (0.930)21 (0.070)0 (0.000)192 (0.955)9 (0.045)0 (0.000)
Genotype control (frequency)338 (0.904)35 (0.094)1 (0.003)338 (0.904)35 (0.094)1 (0.003)338 (0.904)35 (0.094)1 (0.003)38 (0.904)35 (0.094)1 (0.003)338 (0.904)35 (0.094)1 (0.003)
Odds ratio [95% CI]
Fisher’s p-value0.9753780.3915450.5070320.3493130.082882
HWE for case (Fisher’s p-value)0.7199590.0852070.5895760.5313540.745435
HWE for control (Fisher’s p-value)0.9255950.9255950.9255950.9255950.925595

rs9392182
AlleleATATATATAT
Allele case (frequency)15 (0.027)539 (0.973)8 (0.024)320 (0.976)11 (0.026)405 (0.974)15 (0.025)591 (0.975)18 (0.045)382 (0.955)
Allele control (frequency)16 (0.022)728 (0.978)16 (0.022)728 (0.978)16 (0.022)728 (0.978)16 (0.022)728 (0.978)16 (0.022)728 (0.978)
Odds ratio [95% CI]1.266234 [0.620566–2.583685]0.137500 [0.481912–2.684941]1.235802 [0.568066–2.688433]1.154822 [0.566214–2.355319]2.143979 [1.081050–4.252019]
Fisher’s p-value0.515640.7686080.5927850.6919960.025692
GenotypeA/TT/TA/TT/TA/TT/TA/TT/TA/TT/T
Genotype case (frequency)15 (0.054)262 (0.946)8 (0.049)156 (0.951)11 (0.053)197 (0.947)1 (0.003)13 (0.043)289 (0.954)18 (0.090)182 (0.910)
Genotype control (frequency)16 (0.043)356 (0.957)16 (0.043)356 (0.957)16 (0.043)356 (0.957)0 (0.000)16 (0.043)356 (0.957)16 (0.043)356 (0.957)
Odds ratio [95% CI]1.273855 [0.618652–2.622972]1.141026 [0.478360–2.721674]1.242386 [0.565451–2.729717]2.200549 [1.096349–4.416858]
Fisher’s p-value0.510420.765990.5883060.5408040.023464
HWE for case (Fisher’s p-value)0.6432630.7488570.6952860.671660.505183
HWE for control (Fisher’s p-value)0.671660.671660.671660.671660.67166

rs2815128
AlleleACACACACAC
Allele case (frequency)521 (0.944)31 (0.056)311 (0.948)17 (0.052)378 (0.913)36 (0.087)566 (0.937)38 (0.063)376 (0.935)26 (0.065)
Allele control (frequency)709 (0.948)39 (0.052)709 (0.948)39 (0.052)709 (0.948)39 (0.052)709 (0.948)39 (0.052)09 (0.948)39 (0.052)
Odds ratio [95% CI]0.924473 [0.569200–1.501494]1.006305 [0.560607–1.806347]0.577574 [0.361025–0.924012]0.819316 [0.517106–1.298143]0.795487 [0.476849–1.327042]
Fisher’s p-value0.7509250.98320.0207540.395420.380029
GenotypeA/AA/CC/CA/AA/CC/CA/AA/CC/CA/AA/CC/CA/AA/CC/C
Genotype case (frequency)246 (0.891)29 (0.105)1 (0.004)148 (0.902)15 (0.091)1 (0.006)176 (0.850)26 (0.126)5 (0.024)266 (0.881)34 (0.113)2 (0.007)179 (0.891)18 (0.090)4 (0.020)
Genotype control (frequency)335 (0.896)39 (0.104)0 (0.000)335 (0.896)39 (0.104)0 (0.000)335 (0.896)39 (0.104)0 (0.000)335 (0.896)39 (0.104)0 (0.000)335 (0.896)39 (0.104)0 (0.000)
Odds ratio [95% CI]
Fisher’s p-value0.5067910.2905250.0071580.2691840.020997
HWE for case (Fisher’s p-value)0.883040.3740240.0026490.4322480.000232
HWE for control (Fisher’s p-value)0.2874090.2874090.2874090.2874090.287409

rs2815142
AlleleAGAGAGAGAG
Allele case (frequency)500 (0.912)48 (0.088)303 (0.924)25 (0.076)368 (0.893)44 (0.107)556 (0.917)50 (0.083)364 (0.915)34 (0.085)
Allele control (frequency)676 (0.909)68 (0.091)676 (0.909)68 (0.091)676 (0.909)68 (0.091)676 (0.909)68 (0.091)676 (0.909)68 (0.091)
Odds ratio [95% CI]1.047830 [0.711458–1.543238]1.219172 [0.755885–1.966408]0.841313 [0.564001–1.254973]1.118580 [0.763431–1.638945]1.076923 [0.699882–1.657084]
Fisher’s p-value0.813020.4159120.3966620.5651760.736049
GenotypeA/AA/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/GA/AA/GG/G
Genotype case (frequency)226 (0.825)48 (0.175)140 (0.854)23 (0.140)1 (0.006)167 (0.811)34 (0.165)5 (0.024)256 (0.845)44 (0.145)3 (0.010)169 (0.849)26 (0.131)4 (0.020)
Genotype control (frequency)304 (0.817)68 (0.183)304 (0.817)68 (0.183)0 (0.000)304 (0.817)68 (0.183)0 (0.000)304 (0.817)68 (0.183)0 (0.000)304 (0.817)68 (0.183)0 (0.000)
Odds ratio [95% CI]1.053180 [0.700601–1.583194]
Fisher’s p-value0.8032540.1601380.0097350.0722230.00756
HWE for case (Fisher’s p-value)0.1121050.9582050.0529350.4769290.02084
HWE for control (Fisher’s p-value)0.0524190.0524190.0524190.0524190.052419

Discussion

In the present study, immunohistochemistry detected significant expression of TXNDC5 in breast invasive ductal carcinoma, cervical squamous cell carcinoma, esophageal squamous cell carcinomas, gastric carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, ovarian papillary serous carcinoma, prostate cancer and undifferentiated cell carcinoma of the lung tissues. TXNDC5 expression was also quantitatively assessed by western blot analysis. In comparison with parallel normal tissues, TXNDC5 expression was significantly increased in the tumor tissues of breast cancers, gastric adenocarcinomas and rectal cancers. This observation is in accordance with the results of immunohistochemistry, showing that TXNDC5 expression is increased in many tumor tissues. This is the first comprehensive investigation of TXNDC5 expression in various tumor types.

Tumors are thought to have decreased supply of oxygen, leading to hypoxia and hypo-perfusion (12,13). TXNDC5 expression is upregulated by hypoxia and has a protective effect on endothelial cells by inducing the activities of chaperones important for protein folding of hypoxia-induced anti-apoptotic molecules (1,2). In this study, HeLa and U2OS cells were treated with anti-TXNDC5 siRNA. Decreased growth and migration of these cells were observed when TXNDC5 expression was knocked down. This result suggests that TXNDC5 is involved in the proliferative and migration of tumor cells. Zhang et al also reported that TXNDC5 had a strong effect on gastric cell proliferation and could enhance the invasive capability of gastric cancer cells (8). We recently cultured synovial fibroblasts from patients with rheumatoid arthritis and incubated the cells with TXNDC5-siRNA or CoCl2, a chemical inducing hypoxia. Increased cell proliferation, cell migration and TXNDC5 expression were observed in the synovial fibroblasts following incubation with 1 μM CoCl2; however, this effect was decreased when TXNDC5 expression was inhibited with 100 nM siRNA (14). Together, these data suggest that hypoxia induces TXNDC5 expression and that inhibition of TXNDC5 expression prevents hypoxia-induced cell proliferation and migration.

TXNDC5 has been genetically mapped to chromo-some 6p24.3. The gene encoding TXNDC5 is approximately 845.2 kbp, and it is divided into 13 exons. By genotyping 97 tagSNPs located in the TXNDC5 region, illumina microarray demonstrated significant association between TXNDC5 DNA polymorphisms and susceptibility to cervical carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma and liver cancer in a Chinese population. This is the first report to demonstrate the genetic effect of TXNDC5 on the tumor risk. To determine whether variations in the TXNDC5 gene contributed to the risk of developing non-segmental vitiligo, Jeong et al conducted a case-control association study within a Korean population. They genotyped seven SNPs and found that three exonic SNPs (rs1043784, rs7764128 and rs8643) were statistically associated with non-segmental vitiligo. The haplotypes AGG and GAA, consisting of rs1043784, rs7764128 and rs8643, demonstrated a significant association with the disease (15). Lin et al reported that SNP rs13873 and haplotype rs1225934-rs13873 of BMP6-TXNDC5 genes were significantly associated with schizophrenia (16). We recently found that rs443861 has an association with rheumatoid arthritis using Taqman SNP assay and illumine microassay (17). In the present study, SNPs rs1043784, rs7764128 and rs8643 did not show significant association with tumors. These reports suggest that TXNDC5 contribute to the risk of many diseases.

In conclusion, the present study showed that the expression of TXNDC5 is increased in many tumors. This study also found that TXNDC5 is involved in the proliferation and migration of tumor cells, acting as a tumor-enhancing gene. Moreover, the genetic effect of TXNDC5 was revealed on cervical carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma and liver cancer risk. The present findings are hopefully useful for understanding further the tumorigenic process.

Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NTFC) (81171990, 81373218) and the Shandong Taishan Scholarship.

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