Genetics of ancestry-specific risk for relapse in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2017
Institution/Department
Pediatrics
Journal Title
Leukemia
MeSH Headings
Adult, Biomarkers, Tumor, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genotype, Humans, Male, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, Neoplasm Staging, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, Prognosis, Risk Factors
Abstract
The causes of individual relapses in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) remain incompletely understood. We evaluated the contribution of germline genetic factors to relapse in 2225 children treated on Children's Oncology Group trial AALL0232. We identified 302 germline single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with relapse after adjusting for treatment and ancestry and 715 additional SNPs associated with relapse in an ancestry-specific manner. We tested for replication of these relapse-associated SNPs in external data sets of antileukemic drug pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and an independent clinical cohort. 224 SNPs were associated with rapid drug clearance or drug resistance, and 32 were replicated in the independent cohort. The adverse risk associated with black and Hispanic ancestries was attenuated by addition of the 4 SNPs most strongly associated with relapse in these populations (for blacks: model without SNPs hazard ratio (HR)=2.32, P=2.27 × 10
ISSN
1476-5551
First Page
1325
Last Page
1332
Recommended Citation
Karol, S E; Larsen, E; Cheng, C; Cao, X; Yang, W; Ramsey, L B; Fernandez, C A; McCorkle, J R; Paugh, S W; Autry, R J; Lopez-Lopez, E; Diouf, B; Jeha, S; Pui, C-H; Raetz, E A; Winick, N J; Carroll, W L; Hunger, S P; Loh, M L; Devidas, M; Evans, W E; Yang, J J; and Relling, M V, "Genetics of ancestry-specific risk for relapse in acute lymphoblastic leukemia." (2017). MaineHealth Maine Medical Center. 630.
https://knowledgeconnection.mainehealth.org/mmc/630