PMID- 38000460 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231216 LR - 20231216 IS - 1873-6351 (Electronic) IS - 0278-6915 (Linking) VI - 182 DP - 2023 Dec TI - Functional polymorphisms in Benzo(a)Pyrene-induced toxicity pathways associated with the risk on laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. PG - 114199 LID - S0278-6915(23)00601-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.fct.2023.114199 [doi] AB - Benzo(a)Pyrene (BaP) is a well-known environmental carcinogen that poses a significant risk to human health. The pivotal genes and toxicity pathways have been identified as key events to construct the mode of action (MOA) of BaP. In this study, we focused on evaluating the association between genetic variants in BaP-disturbed toxicity pathways and the susceptibility of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), based on the data of our previous genome-wide association analysis (GWAS). In addition, we investigated the biological roles of these significant polymorphisms by integrating bioinformatic annotation and experimental validation. Our findings revealed that 15 functional polymorphisms in AHR signaling, p53 signaling, NRF2 signaling, TGF-beta signaling, STAT3 signaling, and IL-8 signaling pathways were significantly associated with susceptibility to LSCC. Our study provides a novel approach for identifying novel risk genetic loci utilizing GWAS data, and suggests potential targets for early detection of LSCC in the future. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Xu, Lin AU - Xu L AD - School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. FAU - Sun, Xueying AU - Sun X AD - School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China; Weifang Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Weifang, Shandong, China. FAU - Wang, Yiyi AU - Wang Y AD - School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. FAU - Zhou, Tao AU - Zhou T AD - School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. FAU - Jia, Jingjing AU - Jia J AD - School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. FAU - Zhang, Mai AU - Zhang M AD - School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. FAU - Zhou, Pengyuan AU - Zhou P AD - School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. FAU - Wang, Yixiao AU - Wang Y AD - School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. FAU - Wang, Youshuo AU - Wang Y AD - School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. FAU - Shou, Yingqing AU - Shou Y AD - School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. FAU - Huo, Xiaoyu AU - Huo X AD - School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. FAU - Ji, Xiaoying AU - Ji X AD - School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. FAU - Chen, Jing AU - Chen J AD - School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. Electronic address: chen.jing@qdu.edu.cn. FAU - Yu, Dianke AU - Yu D AD - School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231123 PL - England TA - Food Chem Toxicol JT - Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association JID - 8207483 RN - 3417WMA06D (Benzo(a)pyrene) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Benzo(a)pyrene/metabolism MH - Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck MH - Genome-Wide Association Study MH - Polymorphism, Genetic MH - *Head and Neck Neoplasms OTO - NOTNLM OT - Benzo(a)Pyrene OT - Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma OT - Single nucleotide polymorphism OT - Toxicity pathway COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/11/25 07:42 MHDA- 2023/12/17 13:19 CRDT- 2023/11/24 19:25 PHST- 2023/09/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/10/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/11/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/12/17 13:19 [medline] PHST- 2023/11/25 07:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/11/24 19:25 [entrez] AID - S0278-6915(23)00601-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.fct.2023.114199 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Food Chem Toxicol. 2023 Dec;182:114199. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2023.114199. Epub 2023 Nov 23.