Genetic variants in cytosolic 5'-nucleotidase II are associated with its expression and cytarabine sensitivity in HapMap cell lines and in patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

ABSTRACT: Cytosolic 5'-nucleotidase II (NT5C2) is involved in the development of 1-β-d-arabinofuranosylcytosine (ara-C) resistance and has been associated with clinical outcome in patients receiving ara-C-based chemotherapy. NT5C2 inactivates ara-C by dephosphorylating ara-C monophosphate to ara-C. In this study, we sequenced NT5C2 in genomic DNA samples from International HapMap project panels with European [Centre d'Etude du Polymorphisme Humain (CEU); n = 90] or African [Yoruba people in Ibadan, Nigeria (YRI); n = 90] ancestry. We identified 41 genetic variants [one insertion-deletion and 40 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)], including three nonsynonymous SNPs (Y3A, K47R, and Q136R). Twenty-five SNPs were novel and 16 overlapped with the HapMap data. Subjects with African ancestry had NT5C2

SUBMITTER: Mitra AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3186292 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature