Prognostic implications of thymidylate synthase gene polymorphisms in patients with advanced small bowel adenocarcinoma treated with first-line fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy

Author： Yhim Ho-Young Cho Sang-Hee Kim Sam Yong Cho In Sung Lee Kyu Taek Lee Won Sup Lee Soon Il Park Moo Rim Park Sang-Gon Han Hye-Suk Choi Yoon Seok Chung Ik-Joo Shim Hyun-Jeong Lee Na-Ri Song Eun-Kee Kim Hee Sun Yim Chang-Yeol

Publisher： Spandidos Publications

E-ISSN： 1791-2431|34|1|155-164

ISSN： 1021-335X

Source： Oncology Reports, Vol.34, Iss.1, 2015-07, pp. : 155-164

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Abstract

Thymidylate synthase (TS) gene polymorphisms such as tandem repeat (TR) polymorphisms and single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) affect transcriptional efficiency of the TS gene and may be prognostic markers for fluoropyrimidine-based therapy in various gastrointestinal cancers. However, data for TS polymorphisms on clinical outcomes in advanced small bowel adenocarcinoma (SBA) are limited. We retrospectively enrolled 58 locally advanced/metastatic SBA patients treated with first-line fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy and analyzed the relationship between TS genotypes and clinical outcomes in 30 patients who were available for tumor tissue. Based on TR polymorphisms and a G>C SNP in the promoter region of the TS gene, 74% of patients had high TS expression genotypes (2R/3RG, 3RG/3RC, 3RG/3RG); the remainder had low TS expression genotypes (2R/2R, 2R/3RC, 3RC/3RC). After a median follow-up of 48.8 months, median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in all patients were 6.0 and 11.3 months, respectively. However, patients with low TS expression genotypes had better median PFS (12.8 vs. 4.3 months, P=0.027) and OS (28.8 vs. 8.9 months, P=0.025) than those with high TS expression genotypes. In multivariate analysis, poor Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status [hazard ratio (HR), 2.85; 95% CI, 1.02-7.93] and high TS expression genotypes (HR, 3.49; 95% CI, 1.13-10.78) were independent prognostic factors for worse OS. Therefore, TS genotypes, based on a G>C SNP in the TR sequence of the TS gene, may be a useful biomarker for predicting outcomes for fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced/metastatic SBA.