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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Med.

Sec. Translational Medicine

Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1703759

This article is part of the Research TopicMetabolic and Epigenetic Dynamics in Shaping Tumor MicroenvironmentView all articles

Unraveling the Genetic Links Between Obesity or Insulin-Resistance and Breast Cancer through the Impact of CD295 and ITLN1 SNPs with DNA Damage in a Case-Controlled Study with Bioinformatics Analysis #

Provisionally accepted
Nadia  M HamdyNadia M Hamdy1*Yasser  O. MosaadYasser O. Mosaad2,3Reham  ElshimyReham Elshimy4Ahmed  A HadyAhmed A Hady5Queran  LinQueran Lin6Zayd  JastaniahZayd Jastaniah7Razan  AmjadRazan Amjad7Huda  AltoukhiHuda Altoukhi7Hatim  AlmarzoukiHatim Almarzouki7Dr. med. Ahmed  Abdelsamad. MD. M.Sc. MHBADr. med. Ahmed Abdelsamad. MD. M.Sc. MHBA8Hekmat  M El MagdoubHekmat M El Magdoub9Doaa  FathiDoaa Fathi10
  • 1Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
  • 2Future University in Egypt, New Cairo City, Egypt
  • 3Faculty of Pharmacy, New Cairo, Egypt
  • 4National Cancer Institute, Cairo, Egypt
  • 5Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt
  • 6Imperial College London Institute of Global Health Innovation, London, United Kingdom
  • 7King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Medicine, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • 8Klinikum Vest GmbH Behandlungszentrum Knappschaftskrankenhaus Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany
  • 9Misr International University Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo, Egypt
  • 10Alexandria University Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria, Egypt

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Background: Mutations in the cluster of differentiation (CD) 295 gene, encoding class I cytokine receptor, are associated with obesity and breast cancer (BC). SNPs in the adipocyte-inferred novel cytokine intelectin 1 (ITLN1) remain understudied in connection to CD295 polymorphisms and diabetes mellitus (DM) or a pre-diabetic state, as well as to DNA damage seen in BC. Aim: To explore whether CD295 (rs6700986) and ITLN1 (rs952804) SNPs impact BC with or without DM, insulin resistance (IR) or obesity. Effects of ITLN1 or CD295 polymorphism(s) on DNA damage in BC were also examined. All of these to be confirmed by bioinformatics/in silico analysis. Subjects and Methods: Blood samples from 170 women with BC (including 33 and 48 with DM and pre-diabetes, respectively) and from 108 age-matched women in the control group were collected. Plasma insulin, leptin, CD295, and ITLN1 levels were measured by ELISA. rs6700986 and rs952804 were analyzed by RT-PCR. DNA damage was assessed using alkaline comet assay. Results: BC cases with clinical stage T II and positive LN as well as tumor histologic grade III, presence of obesity, pre-diabetic events, DM or IR were associated with CD295 rs6700986 mutant homozygous (CC) and heterozygous (CT) genotypes and ITLN1 rs952804 mutant heterozygous (CT) genotype (P ≤ 0.05). Tail DNA (%) and tail moment units were significantly associated with CD295 rs6700986 CT and ITLN1 rs952804 TT genotypes. C allele (CT+CC vs. TT) and T allele (TT+CT vs. CC) for CD295 rs6700986 and ITLN1 rs952804, respectively, were associated with BC risk (P ≤ 0.05). Conclusion: CD295 (rs6700986) and ITLN1 (rs952804) SNPs to be considered as BC associated-susceptibility risk factors in obese, insulin-resistant or pre-diabetics.

Keywords: CD295, cytokines/inflammation, breast cancer (BC), polymorphism/mutations, ITLN1, obesity/Insulin resistance (IR)/Diabetes mellitus (DM), Bioinformatics/In Silico

Received: 11 Sep 2025; Accepted: 29 Sep 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Hamdy, Mosaad, Elshimy, Hady, Lin, Jastaniah, Amjad, Altoukhi, Almarzouki, Abdelsamad. MD. M.Sc. MHBA, El Magdoub and Fathi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Nadia M Hamdy, nadia_hamdy@pharma.asu.edu.eg

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