ERCC1 and ERCC2 Polymorphisms Predict the Efficacy and Toxicity of Platinum-Based Chemotherapy in Small Cell Lung Cancer

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Title: ERCC1 and ERCC2 Polymorphisms Predict the Efficacy and Toxicity of Platinum-Based Chemotherapy in Small Cell Lung Cancer
Authors: Andrés Barba, Laura López-Vilaró, Malena Ferre, Margarita Majem, Sergio Martinez-Recio, Olga Bell, María J. Arranz, Juliana Salazar, Ivana Sullivan
Source: Pharmaceutics, Vol 16, Iss 9, p 1121 (2024)
Publisher Information: MDPI AG, 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Pharmacy and materia medica
Subject Terms: ERCC1, ERCC2, platinum-based chemotherapy, small cell lung cancer, pharmacogenomics, Pharmacy and materia medica, RS1-441
More Details: Standard first-line chemotherapy in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is based on the platinum plus etoposide combination. Despite a high objective response rate, responses are not durable and chemotherapy-induced toxicity may compromise treatment. Genetic variants in genes involved in the DNA-repair pathways and in etoposide metabolization could predict treatment efficacy and safety and help personalize platinum-based chemotherapy. Germline polymorphisms in XRCC1, ERCC1, ERCC2, ABCB1, ABCC3, UGT1A1 and GSTP1 genes were investigated in 145 patients with SCLC. The tumor expression of ERCC1 was determined using immunohistochemistry, and the tumor expression of ERCC1-XPF was determined via a proximity ligation assay. Survival analyses showed a statistically significant association between the ERCC1 rs11615 variant and median progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with limited-stage (LS) SCLC (multivariate: hazard ratio 3.25, [95% CI 1.38–7.70]; p = 0.007). Furthermore, we observed differences between the ERCC1-XPF complex and median PFS in LS-SCLC, although statistical significance was not reached (univariate: positive expression 10.8 [95% CI 4.09–17.55] months versus negative expression 13.3 [95% CI 7.32–19.31] months; p = 0.06). Safety analyses showed that the ERCC2 rs1799793 variant was significantly associated with the risk of grade ≥ 3 thrombocytopenia in the total cohort (multivariate: odds ratio 3.15, [95% CI 1.08–9.17]; p = 0.04). Our results provide evidence that ERCC1 and ERCC2 variants may predict the efficacy and safety of platinum-based chemotherapy in SCLC patients. LS-SCLC patients may benefit most from ERCC1 determination, but prospective studies are needed.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1999-4923
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/16/9/1121; https://doaj.org/toc/1999-4923
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics16091121
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/531645fcd5b949e6bab2494a8cfc6895
Accession Number: edsdoj.531645fcd5b949e6bab2494a8cfc6895
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ISSN:19994923
DOI:10.3390/pharmaceutics16091121
Published in:Pharmaceutics
Language:English