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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-10-15
pubmed:abstractText
Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) is the initial enzyme acting in the catabolism of the widely used antineoplastic agent 5-fluorouracil (5FU). DPD deficiency is known to cause a potentially lethal toxicity following administration of 5FU. Here, we report novel genetic mechanisms underlying DPD deficiency in patients presenting with grade III/IV 5FU-associated toxicity. In one patient a genomic DPYD deletion of exons 21-23 was observed. In five patients a deep intronic mutation c.1129-5923C>G was identified creating a cryptic splice donor site. As a consequence, a 44 bp fragment corresponding to nucleotides c.1129-5967 to c.1129-5924 of intron 10 was inserted in the mature DPD mRNA. The deleterious c.1129-5923C>G mutation proved to be in cis with three intronic polymorphisms (c.483 + 18G>A, c.959-51T>G, c.680 + 139G>A) and the synonymous mutation c.1236G>A of a previously identified haplotype. Retrospective analysis of 203 cancer patients showed that the c.1129-5923C>G mutation was significantly enriched in patients with severe 5FU-associated toxicity (9.1%) compared to patients without toxicity (2.2%). In addition, a high prevalence was observed for the c.1129-5923C>G mutation in the normal Dutch (2.6%) and German (3.3%) population. Our study demonstrates that a genomic deletion affecting DPYD and a deep intronic mutation affecting pre-mRNA splicing can cause severe 5FU-associated toxicity. We conclude that screening for DPD deficiency should include a search for genomic rearrangements and aberrant splicing.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1432-1203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
128
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
529-38
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20803296-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:20803296-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20803296-Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:20803296-Comparative Genomic Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:20803296-Dihydrouracil Dehydrogenase (NADP), pubmed-meshheading:20803296-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20803296-Fluorouracil, pubmed-meshheading:20803296-Gene Rearrangement, pubmed-meshheading:20803296-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20803296-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:20803296-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20803296-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20803296-Mutation, Missense, pubmed-meshheading:20803296-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:20803296-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:20803296-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:20803296-RNA Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:20803296-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:20803296-Sequence Deletion
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Intragenic deletions and a deep intronic mutation affecting pre-mRNA splicing in the dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase gene as novel mechanisms causing 5-fluorouracil toxicity.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Center, Emma Children's Hospital, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. a.b.vanKuilenburg@amc.uva.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article