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Association between SNPs and hepatotoxicity in patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma on high-dose
Qing Zhao1,2, Yong Cui3, Chun Zeng3
1Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China.
Objectives:
This study aims to evaluate the association between polymorphisms of methotrexate pathway genes and high-dose methotrexate-related hepatotoxicity in Chinese patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma.
Methods:
Sixty-five patients in 411 treatment courses were enrolled and their toxicities were evaluated. The association between 30 candidate SNPs from 20 methotrexate pathway genes and high-dose methotrexate-related hepatotoxicity was analysed by PLINK and logistic regression.
Key Findings:
TYMS 6 bp DI + II (rs151264360; OR, 0.41; 95% CI, 0.25-0.66; P = 0.00029), MTHFD1 1958 GA + AA (rs2236225; OR, 0.55; 95% CI, 0.33-0.91; P = 0.020) and CCND1 870 GA + GG (rs9344; OR, 0.42; 95% CI, 0.24-0.73; P = 0.0024) had less risk of hepatotoxicity compared with their homozygotes (DD, GG and AA, respectively), while ABCC2 intron 29 GA + GG (rs3740065; OR, 3.14; 95% CI, 1.89-5.20; P = 0.00001) was more prevalent in patients with hepatotoxicity than TT.
Conclusions:
TYMS 6 bp DI + II, MTHFD1 1958 GA + AA, CCND1 870 GA + GG genotypes were associated with a lower probability of hepatotoxicity in patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma on high-dose methotrexate therapy, and ABCC2 intron 29 GA + GG was correlated with increased risk of hepatotoxicity.
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