Although none of the NT5C3 polymorphisms was associated with a complete remission rate, a common single nucleotide polymorphism, rs3750117, showed a significant association with induction rate after the first course of chemotherapy (Pcorr=0.004 and odds ratio=11.28) in AML patients.
We analyzed the expression of deoxycytidine kinase (dCK), UMP/CMP-kinase (UMP/CMP-K), nucleotide diphosphokinase (NDPK-B) and 5'-nucleotidases cN-II, cN-III, cdN and mdN by quantitative polymerase chain reaction at diagnosis in leukemic blasts from 96 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treated with ara-C. Our results show that high mRNA levels of cN-II and low mRNA levels of cN-III are correlated with a worse clinical outcome and suggest that these enzymes may have a role in sensitivity to ara-C in AML patients.
The presence of 1p abnormalities in AML and other malignancies is reviewed, as are candidate tumor suppressor genes in the 1p34 approximately p36 region.