PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL ›› 2015, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (6): 492-496.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2015.06.003

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Related research of male breast cancer and CAG repeat polymorphism of AR gene

CUI Jialin1, HUANG Rui2, JIANG Yongdong3, HAN Jiguang3, NIU Ming3, WEI Wei3, ZHENG Wei3, SONG Yanni3   

  1. 1.Clinical Laboratory,The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University,Harbin 150081,China;
    2.Department of Surgery,The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University;
    3.Department of Breast Surgery,The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University
  • Received:2015-07-08 Online:2015-12-28 Published:2015-12-28

Abstract: Objective To investigate the correlation between(CAG)n repeat polymorphism of androgen receptor(AR)gene and male breast cancer.Methods 40 cases of male breast cancer and 40 controls were collected.DNA was extracted from peripheral blood and the AR gene CAG coding exon sequences for PCR amplification,sequencing and calculated the number of CAG repeats frquency.χ2 test and Logistic regression analysis were used assess the AR gene CAG repeat length frequency affect the number of male breast cancer risk.Results There was statistically significant difference in male breast cancer cases and controls the number of CAG repeat length frequency.Man for whom the(CAG)n≥22 repeat sequence had 3.52 times risk of male breast compared(CAG)n≤22(OR=3.52,P=0.036).Conclusion AR gene CAG repeat length is a predictor of the frequency of male breast cancer risk.Longer CAG repeats can increase the risk of male breast cancer.

Key words: Male breast cancer, Androgen receptor, CAG repeat sequence, Polymorphic

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