Abstract

Since surgical resection is the principal treatment of gastric cancer, early detection is the only effective strategy against this disease at present. Recently, a new polymorphic gene family, the major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related (MIC) genes located about 40 kb centromeric to HLA-B gene has been proposed. This family consists of five genes (A, B, C, D and E). Among them, MICA has five various alleles (A4, A5, A5.1, A6 and A9), which can be used as a polymorphic marker for genetic mapping and for disease susceptibility. The MICA polymorphism was studied in our gastric cancer patients to see if there is any possible correlation with genetic predisposition and clinicopathological factors. Genomic DNA was extracted from fresh or frozen peripheral blood leukocytes in 107 patients with gastric adenocarcinoma who underwent gastrectomy in our hospital and 351 noncancer controls. MICA polymorphism was analysed by using PCR-based technique. The results showed both phenotypic and allele frequencies of allele A9 in patients with gastric cancer were significantly higher than controls (33 vs 17.6%, P=0.005; 17 vs 9.9%, P=0.02). Gastric adenocarcinoma with allele A9 was associated with less schirrous change than those without (P=0.014). MICA gene A9 allele might confer the risk of gastric cancer and associate with less schirrous change. The mechanisms among them deserve further investigation.

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