Clinical Implications of the BIM Deletion Polymorphism in Advanced Lung Adenocarcinoma Treated With Gefitinib

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BACKGROUND: Proapoptotic protein Bcl-2-like 11 (BIM) is a crucial tumor suppressor gene in lung cancer development. A 2903-bp genomic deletion polymorphism is present in BIM intron 2, which alters RNA splicing and impairs the generation of the death-inducing isoform of BIM and resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). In the present study, we investigated the clinical implications of this genetic polymorphism in patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma treated with gefitinib.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: After genotyping the BIM deletion polymorphism in 111 patients with stage IIIB or IV lung adenocarcinoma receiving gefitinib, the hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for progression-free survival and overall survival were estimated using Cox proportional hazards models.

RESULTS: Possession of ≥ 1 deletion allele of the BIM polymorphism was observed in 18.02% of the patients. The BIM deletion polymorphism was an independent indicator of a shorter PFS (7.5 months vs. 11.3 months; HR, 2.38; 95% CI, 1.30-4.34; P = .005) and shorter OS (9.9 months vs. 27.5 months; HR, 2.53; 95% CI, 1.37-4.65; P = .003). Additionally, patients carrying the BIM deletion allele were more likely to experience acquired gefitinib-resistant disease.

CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that the BIM deletion polymorphism might be a promising germline biomarker for gefitinib treatment in Chinese patients with lung adenocarcinoma.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

Clinical lung cancer - 19(2018), 4 vom: 15. Juli, Seite e431-e438

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yuan, Jupeng [VerfasserIn]
Li, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Nasha [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Liqing [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Li [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Ming [VerfasserIn]

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Antineoplastic Agents
Apoptosis
Bcl-2-Like Protein 11
Drug resistance
EGFR-TKI
Gefitinib
Genetic variant
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
S65743JHBS
Survival

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Date Completed 07.03.2019

Date Revised 07.03.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cllc.2018.02.007

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM282360115