Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Increased DNA-incorporated thiopurine metabolite as a possible mechanism for leukocytopenia through cell apoptosis in inflammatory bowel disease patients with NUDT15 mutation. |
| Authors: |
Toyonaga, Takahiko, Kobayashi, Taku, Kuronuma, Satoshi, Ueno, Aito, Kiyohara, Hiroki, Okabayashi, Shinji, Takeuchi, Osamu, Redfern, Christopher P. F., Terai, Hideki, Ozaki, Ryo, Sagami, Shintaro, Nakano, Masaru, Coulthard, Sally A., Tanaka, Yoichi, Hibi, Toshifumi |
| Source: |
Journal of Gastroenterology; Nov2021, Vol. 56 Issue 11, p999-1007, 9p |
| Subject Terms: |
INFLAMMATORY bowel diseases, MONONUCLEAR leukocytes, PYROPTOSIS, ERYTHROCYTES, LEUCOPENIA, CELL death |
| Abstract: |
Background and Aims: Polymorphisms in the nucleotide diphosphate-linked moiety X-type motif 15 (NUDT15) gene are associated with thiopurine-induced leukopenia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). NUDT15-associated subcellular thiopurine metabolism has not been investigated in primary lymphocytes. We hypothesized that NUDT15 mutation increases DNA-incorporated deoxythioguanosine (dTG) and induces apoptosis in lymphocytes. Methods: DNA-incorporated dTG in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and 6-thioguanine nucleotides (6-TGN) in red blood cells were measured in patients with IBD undergoing thiopurine treatment. The association of a single nucleotide polymorphism for NUDT15 (rs116855232) with dTGPBMC was examined. The pro-apoptotic effect of DNA-incorporated dTG was examined ex vivo in association with NUDT15 genotypes by co-culturing patient-derived peripheral CD4+ T lymphocytes with 6-thioguanine (6-TG). Results: dTGPBMC was significantly higher in NUDT15 variants than in non-variants. dTGPBMC, but not 6-TGNRBC, negatively correlated with peripheral lymphocyte counts (r = – 0.31 and – 0.12, p = 0.012 and 0.173, respectively). DNA-incorporated dTG significantly accumulated to a greater extent in lymphocytes from NUDT15 variants when co-cultured with 6-TG ex vivo than in those from non-variants and was associated with decreased proliferation and increased apoptosis. Conclusion: Increased DNA-incorporated dTG may be responsible for thiopurine-induced leukocytopenia through cell apoptosis in IBD patients with NUDT15 mutation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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