- Etsuko Iio1,2,
- Kentaro Matsuura1,2,
- Nao Nishida3,4,
- Shinya Maekawa5,
- Nobuyuki Enomoto5,
- Mina Nakagawa6,
- Naoya Sakamoto6,7,
- Hiroshi Yatsuhashi8,
- Masayuki Kurosaki9,
- Namiki Izumi9,
- Yoichi Hiasa10,
- Naohiko Masaki3,
- Tatsuya Ide11,
- Keisuke Hino12,
- Akihiro Tamori13,
- Masao Honda14,
- Shuichi Kaneko14,
- Satoshi Mochida15,
- Hideyuki Nomura16,
- Shuhei Nishiguchi17,
- Chiaki Okuse18,
- Yoshito Itoh19,
- Hitoshi Yoshiji20,
- Isao Sakaida21,
- Kazuhide Yamamoto22,
- Hisayoshi Watanabe23,
- Shuhei Hige7,24,
- Akihiro Matsumoto25,
- Eiji Tanaka25,
- Katsushi Tokunaga4 &
- …
- Yasuhito Tanaka1
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Abstract
Cytopenia during interferon-based (IFN-based) therapy for chronic hepatitis C (CHC) often necessitates reduction of doses of drugs and premature withdrawal from therapy resulting in poor response to treatment. To identify genetic variants associated with IFN-induced neutropenia, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in 416 Japanese CHC patients receiving IFN-based therapy. Based on the results, we selected 192 candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to carry out a replication analysis in an independent set of 404 subjects. The SNP rs2305482, located in the intron region of thePSMD3 gene on chromosome 17, showed a strong association when the results of GWAS and the replication stage were combined (OR = 2.18,P = 3.05 × 10−7 in the allele frequency model). Logistic regression analysis showed that rs2305482 CC and neutrophil count at baseline were independent predictive factors for IFN-induced neutropenia (OR = 2.497,P = 0.0072 and OR = 0.998,P < 0.0001, respectively). Furthermore, rs2305482 genotype was associated with the doses of pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) that could be tolerated in hepatitis C virus genotype 1-infected patients treated with PEG-IFN plus ribavirin, but not with treatment efficacy. Our results suggest that genetic testing for this variant might be useful for establishing personalized drug dosing in order to minimize drug-induced adverse events.
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We thank Ms. Yasuka Uehara-Shibata, Yuko Ogasawara-Hirano, Yoshimi Ishibashi, Natsumi Baba, Megumi Yamaoka-Sageshima, Takayo Tsuchiura, Yoriko Mawatari (Tokyo University), and Dr. Shintaro Ogawa (Nagoya City University) for technical assistance. This work was supported by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan (H25-kanen-ippan-005) to Yasuhito Tanka and Katsushi Tokunaga, KAKENHI (22133008) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas to Katsushi Tokunaga, and KAKENHI (24790728) Grant-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science of Japan for Young Scientists (B) to Nao Nishida.
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The following authors are currently conducting research sponsored by the companies: Yasuhito Tanaka, Keisuke Hino, and Yoshito Itoh by Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp., Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and Bristol-Myers Squibb; Nobuyuki Enomoto, Shuhei Nishiguchi, and Eiji Tanaka by Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp. and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Naoya Sakamoto by Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp., and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Hiroshi Yatsuhashi by Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Akihiro Tamori by Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp.; Satoshi Mochida by Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp., Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Toray Medical Co., Ltd. The other authors have no conflict of interest.
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Department of Virology and Liver Unit, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kawasumi, Mizuho, Nagoya, 467-8601, Japan
Etsuko Iio, Kentaro Matsuura & Yasuhito Tanaka
Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, 467-8601, Japan
Etsuko Iio & Kentaro Matsuura
The Research Center for Hepatitis and Immunology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, 272-8516, Japan
Nao Nishida & Naohiko Masaki
Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
Nao Nishida & Katsushi Tokunaga
First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, 409-3898, Japan
Shinya Maekawa & Nobuyuki Enomoto
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, 113-0034, Japan
Mina Nakagawa & Naoya Sakamoto
Department of Internal Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, 060-0814, Japan
Naoya Sakamoto & Shuhei Hige
Clinical Research Center, National Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, 856-8562, Japan
Hiroshi Yatsuhashi
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Musashino, 180-0023, Japan
Masayuki Kurosaki & Namiki Izumi
Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, 791-0295, Japan
Yoichi Hiasa
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan
Tatsuya Ide
Department of Hepatology and Pancreatology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, 701-0114, Japan
Keisuke Hino
Department of Hepatology, Osaka City Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan
Akihiro Tamori
Department of Gastroenterology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa, 920-0934, Japan
Masao Honda & Shuichi Kaneko
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Iruma, 350-0495, Japan
Satoshi Mochida
The Center for Liver Disease, Shin-Kokura Hospital, Kitakyushu, 803-8505, Japan
Hideyuki Nomura
Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, 663-8131, Japan
Shuhei Nishiguchi
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, 216-8511, Japan
Chiaki Okuse
Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, 602-0841, Japan
Yoshito Itoh
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, 634-8522, Japan
Hitoshi Yoshiji
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, 755-8505, Japan
Isao Sakaida
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-0914, Japan
Kazuhide Yamamoto
Department of Gastroenterology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, 990-9585, Japan
Hisayoshi Watanabe
Department of Gastroenterology, Sapporo Kosei General Hospital, Sapporo, 060-0033, Japan
Shuhei Hige
Department of Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, 390-8621, Japan
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Iio, E., Matsuura, K., Nishida, N.et al. Genome-wide association study identifies aPSMD3 variant associated with neutropenia in interferon-based therapy for chronic hepatitis C.Hum Genet134, 279–289 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-014-1520-7
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