Association of Gene Polymorphisms and Its Regulatory miRNAs with Methotrexate Toxicity in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

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Pediatric & Adolescent Hematology Oncology Unit, 2nd Pediatric Department Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, S. Kiriakidi 1, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Published: October 2024


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Methotrexate (MTX) is an anti-folate chemotherapeutic agent that is considered to be a gold standard in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) therapy. Nevertheless, toxicities induced mainly due to high doses of MTX are still a challenge for clinical practice. MTX pharmacogenetics implicate various genes as predictors of MTX toxicity, especially those that participate in MTX intake like (). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between polymorphisms and its regulatory miRNAs with MTX toxicity in children with ALL. A total of 86 children with ALL were included in this study and were all genotyped for rs2838958, rs1051266 and rs1131596 polymorphisms as well as the rs56292801 polymorphism of miR-5189. Patients were followed up (48, 72 and 96 h) after treatment with MTX in order to evaluate the presence of MTX-associated adverse events. Our results indicate that there is a statistically significant correlation between the rs1131596 polymorphism and the development of MTX-induced hepatotoxicity ( = 0.03), but there is no significant association between any of the studied polymorphisms and mucositis or other side effects, such as nausea, emesis, diarrhea, neutropenia, skin rash and infections. In addition, when genotype TT of rs1131596 and genotype AA of rs56292801 are both present in a patient then there is a higher risk of developing severe hepatotoxicity ( = 0.0104).

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