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- Title
Pharmacogenetics of ABCG2 and adverse reactions to gefitinib.
- Authors
Cusatis, George; Gregorc, Vanesa; Jing Li; Spreafico, Anna; Ingersoll, Roxann G.; Verweu, Jaap; Ludovini, Vienna; Villa, Eugenio; Hidalgo, Manuel; Sparreboom, Alex; Baker, Sharyn D.; Li, Jing; Verweij, Jaap
- Abstract
Gefitinib is an inhibitor of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase with activity in non-small-cell lung cancer. Diarrhea and skin toxicity are prominent gefitinib-related adverse events that potentially limit its use. Gefitinib is a substrate for ABCG2 (ABCP, BCRP, MXR), a polymorphic efflux transporter protein that is highly expressed in the intestines and liver. Here we investigated associations between allelic variants of EGFR, ABCG2, and the transporter protein ABCB1 with diarrhea and skin toxicity in gefitinib-treated patients. One variant, a common functional single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the ABCG2 gene, was associated with diarrhea in 124 patients treated with oral gefitinib 250 mg once daily; seven (44%) of 16 patients heterozygous for ABCG2 421C>A (Q141K) developed diarrhea, versus only 13 (12%) of 108 patients homozygous for the wild-type sequence (P = .0046). However, this SNP was not associated with skin toxicity (P = .99). The finding suggests that patients with reduced ABCG2 activity due to a common genetic variant are at increased risk for substrate drug-induced diarrhea, with implications for optimizing treatment with such agents.
- Subjects
PHARMACOGENOMICS; EPIDERMAL growth factor; NUCLEOTIDES; GENETIC polymorphisms; SMALL cell lung cancer
- Publication
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2006, Vol 98, Issue 23, p1739
- ISSN
0027-8874
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/jnci/djj469