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. 2024 Mar 16;13(3):191.
doi: 10.3390/biology13030191.

PTCH1 Gene Variants, mRNA Expression, and Bioinformatics Insights in Mexican Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients

Marianela Zambrano-Román  1   2 , Jorge R Padilla-Gutiérrez  1 , Yeminia Valle  1 , José Francisco Muñoz-Valle  1 , Elizabeth Guevara-Gutiérrez  3 , Patricia Aidé López-Olmos  3 , Laura Cristina Sepúlveda-Loza  4 , Luis Alberto Bautista-Herrera  5 , Emmanuel Valdés-Alvarado  1
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PTCH1 Gene Variants, mRNA Expression, and Bioinformatics Insights in Mexican Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients

Marianela Zambrano-Román et al. Biology (Basel). .

Abstract

Background: Skin cancer is one of the most frequent types of cancer, and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) constitutes 20% of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) cases. PTCH1, a tumor suppressor gene involved in the Sonic hedgehog signaling pathway, plays a crucial role in neoplastic processes.

Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study, encompassing 211 cSCC patients and 290 individuals in a control group (CG), was performed. A subgroup of samples was considered for the relative expression analysis, and the results were obtained using quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) with TaqMan® probes. The functional, splicing, and disease-causing effects of the proposed variants were explored via bioinformatics.

Results: cSCC was predominant in men, especially in sun-exposed areas such as the head and neck. No statistically significant differences were found regarding the rs357564, rs2236405, rs2297086, and rs41313327 variants of PTCH1, or in the risk of cSCC, nor in the mRNA expression between the cSCC group and CG. A functional effect of rs357564 and a disease-causing relation to rs41313327 was identified.

Conclusion: The proposed variants were not associated with cSCC risk in this Mexican population, but we recognize the need for analyzing larger population groups to elucidate the disease-causing role of rare variants.

Keywords: PTCH1; bioinformatics; cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma; genetic variants; mRNA; non-melanoma skin cancer; skin cancer.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1
Comparison of the PTCH1 mRNA expression in cSCC patients and the CG using (a) the 2−ΔΔCq method and (b) the 2−ΔCq method. cSCC: cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, CG: control group.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Consurf conserved residues for the PTCH1 protein. The residues affected by the variants rs357564 (P1315L), rs2236405 (T1195S), and rs41313327 (D850N) are highlighted in boxes.
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