Occupational exposure to organic solvents and K-ras mutations in exocrine pancreatic cancer.

Abstract:

:Occupational exposure to hydrocarbon solvents has been found to be associated with an increased risk of exocrine pancreatic cancer (EPC), the human tumor with the highest prevalence of K-ras mutations. Ras genes are critical DNA targets for chemical carcinogens. We analysed the relationship between past occupational exposure to hydrocarbon solvents and mutations in codon 12 of the K-ras gene in 107 incident cases of EPC. Information on occupational factors and life-style was obtained from personal interviews conducted during hospital stay. Occupational exposure to hydrocarbon solvents (aliphatic, aromatic, chlorinated, benzene, other organic solvents) was examined using two methods: expert assessment and the Finnish job-exposure matrix (Finjem). Exposure among K-ras mutated EPC cases (n = 83) was compared with that of K-ras wild-type EPC cases (n = 24). An association between K-ras mutations and solvent exposure was observed with Finjem but barely so with the expert assessment. Over 7-fold increased odds ratios (OR) were found for every group of solvents evaluated with Finjem (all P < 0.05). On the basis of the expert assessment, K-ras mutations were significantly associated only with exposure to benzene in men (OR = 7.07, P < 0.05). When requiring exposure to have occurred according to both the experts and Finjem, over 4-fold risks were obtained for aromatic, aliphatic, and for "any hydrocarbon solvent". A significantly higher proportion of cases with a mutation from glycine to valine (GGT-->GTT) or to aspartic acid (GGT-->GAT) were exposed to a hydrocarbon solvent. The results raise the possibility that hydrocarbon solvents might be involved in the pathogenesis of EPC, possibly through indirect modulation of K-ras activation. Since this is only the first study on occupational exposures and K-ras mutations in EPC, studies able to refute or to confirm the findings are required before public health implications, if any, are assessed.

journal_name

Carcinogenesis

journal_title

Carcinogenesis

authors

Alguacil J,Porta M,Malats N,Kauppinen T,Kogevinas M,Benavides FG,Partanen T,Carrato A,PANKRAS II Study Group.

doi

10.1093/carcin/23.1.101

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-01-01 00:00:00

pages

101-6

issue

1

eissn

0143-3334

issn

1460-2180

journal_volume

23

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