Identification of polymorphisms on the MDR1 gene among Turkish population and their effects on multidrug resistance in acute leukemia patients

2005-09-01
Kaya, P
Gündüz, Ufuk
Arpaci, F
Ural, AU
Guran, S
Multidrug-resistance (MDR) phenotype is a serious limitation to the effective chemotherapeutic treatment of many cancer types, including leukemia. One of the most important proteins, the over-expression of which is responsible for the multidrug-resistance phenotype in many cancer types, is P-glycoprotein. This protein is the product of the MDR1 gene. In previous studies, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) C3435T, G2677T, and T-129C in the MDR1 gene were shown to be correlated with lower P-glycoprotein expression in normal tissues. It was suggested that this might have an advantage in cancer chemotherapy by resulting in a low drug-resistance phenotype. The frequencies of these SNPs were studied in 45 acute leukemia patients (25 of which were primary refractory and 20 of which were drug-sensitive) and 17 healthy individuals, forming a Turkish population of 62 individuals. In the first part of the study, these polymorphisms were compared with other populations. Marked differences were apparent between African and Turkish populations for the C3435T polymorphism. On the other hand, similarities were found between other Caucasian/Asian and Turkish populations (P < 0.001). However, for the G2677T polymorphism, the Turkish population is different than Japanese and German populations (P < 0.001). For the T-129C polymorphism, all individuals in the studied population were homozygous for the T/T genotype. In the second part of this study, drug-resistant and drug-sensitive acute leukemia patients were compared for these SNPs. These polymorphisms did not seem to have a significant effect on P-glycoprotein-mediated drug resistance in the patients studied.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY

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Citation Formats
P. Kaya, U. Gündüz, F. Arpaci, A. Ural, and S. Guran, “Identification of polymorphisms on the MDR1 gene among Turkish population and their effects on multidrug resistance in acute leukemia patients,” AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY, pp. 26–34, 2005, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/30403.