Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes have been shown to influence DNA repair processes and to modifycancer susceptibility. Here we conducted a case-control study to assess the role of potential SNPs of DNA repairgenes on the risk of glioma and meningioma. We included 297 cases and 458 cancer-free controls. Genotypingof XRCC1 Gln399Arg, XRCC1 Arg194Trp, XRCC2 Arg188His, XRCC3 Thr241Met, XRCC4 Ala247Ser,ERCC1 Asn118Asp, ERCC2 Lys751Gln and ERCC5 Asp1558His were performed in a 384-well plate formaton the Sequenom MassARRAY platform. XRCC1 Arg194Trp (rs1799782) and ERCC2 Asp312Asn rs1799793did not follow the HWE in control group, and genotype distributions of XRCC1 Gln399Arg rs25487, XRCC2Arg188His rs3218536 and ERCC2 Asp312Asn rs1799793 were significantly different between cases and controls(P<0.05). We found XRCC1 399G/G, XRCC1 194 T/T and XRCC3 241T/T were associated with a higher riskwhen compared with the wild-type genotype. For ERCC5 Asp1558His, we found G/G genotype was associatedwith elevated susceptibility. In conclusion, our study has shown that XRCC1 Gln399Arg, XRCC1 Arg194Trp,XRCC3 Thr241Met and ERCC5 Asp1558His are associated with risk of gliomas and meningiomas. This findingcould be useful in identifying the susceptibility genes for these cancers.
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