Effect of folylpolyglutamate synthase A22G polymorphism on the risk and survival of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

ABSTRACT: Folylpolyglutamate synthase (FPGS) is the key enzyme that converts the chemotherapeutic agent, methotrexate (MTX), into MTX polyglutamate. An A22G polymorphism has been found in the FPGS gene. This study aimed to evaluated whether the A22G polymorphism in the FPGS gene is associated with an increased risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and whether it plays a role in increasing the survival of patients with ALL. In this study, a total of 70 patients with ALL and 100 healthy individuals were genotyped by polymerase chain reaction and sequencing methods. The homozygous variant, 22G/G [odds ratio (OR)=3.88; 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.50-6.03] and the heterozygous variant, 22A/G (OR=1.37; 95% CI: 1.26-48.95) were risk factors for ALL. Patients with the 22A/G genotype had an OR of 1.

SUBMITTER: Gomez-Gomez Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4081359 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature