Genotyping was done by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism method in 190 histologically confirmed PCa patients and 200 unrelated, healthy, age-matched individuals of similar ethnicity.
Patients with MMP2 (-1306) CT genotype as well as T allele were at higher risk of PCa (p聽= 0.018; OR聽= 1.68 and p聽= 0.015; OR聽= 1.52). This effect was even more evident in the case of the T allele carrier (CT聽+ TT) (p聽= 0.011; OR聽= 1.71). MMP2 (735) C>T, TIMP2 (鈭?em>418) G>C and TIMP2 (鈭?03) C>T polymorphism demonstrated no association. However, TIMP2 (鈭?em>418) GC was found to be involved in progression of PCa but not in initiation. Haplotype results demonstrated that MMP2 (1306T-735C) and TIMP2 (418G-303T) were associated with a 1.5- and 1.8-fold increased risk, respectively.
Our data indicated that MMP2-1306C>T gene polymorphism contributes to PCa susceptibility. These findings suggested MMP2 variants as a predictor of PCa progression risk among North Indian men. We assume that analysis of these gene polymorphisms can help identify patient subgroups at high risk of poor disease outcome.