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ArticleClinical pharmacology and therapeutics2025

Clinical Actionability of the NUDT15 *4 (p.R139H) Allele and Its Association With Hispanic Ethnicity.

Maud Maillard, Jenny Q Nguyen, Wenjian Yang, Keito Hoshitsuki, Mary V Relling, Kelly E Caudle, Kristine R Crews, Sima Jeha, Hiroto Inaba, Ching-Hon Pui and 6 more

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16 authors.

Maud MaillardDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6615-3136
Jenny Q NguyenPersonalized Care Program, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-7190-1231
Wenjian YangDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7305-5649
Keito HoshitsukiDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6723-0711
Mary V RellingDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3720-9591
Kelly E CaudleDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5663-3793
Kristine R CrewsDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7558-558X
Sima JehaDepartment of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2835-5869
Hiroto InabaDepartment of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0605-7342
Ching-Hon PuiDepartment of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0303-5658
Smita BhatiaDivision of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7755-5683
Seth E KarolDepartment of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8113-8180
Federico G Antillon-KlussmannUnidad Nacional de Oncología Pediátrica, Marroquin University School of Medicine, Guatemala City, Guatemala.ORCID 0000-0001-5424-8958
Cyrine E HaidarDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8998-2551
Deepa BhojwaniCancer and Blood Disease Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7559-7927
Jun J YangDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0770-9659

Funding

NCTN BIQSFP ANBL1531 (NRT)U10CA180886 · NCI · PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE · PI Douglas S. Hawkins · 2014 to 2026
$390.6M
COG FOREIGN ACCRUALU10CA098543 · NCI · NATIONAL CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION · PI ADAMSON, PETER C. · 2003 to 2013
$335.5M
Viral Vector Technology (VVTSR)P30CA021765 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI CHARLES ROBERTS · 1985 to 2026
$166.9M
COG SDMC - Statistics CoreU10CA180899 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI TODD A ALONZO · 2014 to 2026
$132.8M
Children's Oncology Group Statistics &Data Center GrantU10CA098413 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI DEVIDAS, MEENAKSHI · 2003 to 2013
$67.5M
COG U24 Funding 2026-2027U24CA196173 · NCI · RESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP · PI Mignon Lee-Cheun Loh, Nilsa Del Carmen Ramirez Milan · 2015 to 2026
$62.5M
Improving risk allocation and developing novel therapies for children with T-ALL and T-LLR01CA193776 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI Terzah M Horton, ADAM B OLSHEN · 2015 to 2026
$6.2M
Pharmacogenetics of Nucleobase and Nucleoside Analog DrugsR35GM141947 · NIGMS · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI YANG, JUN J. · 2021 to 2025
$2.9M
Ethnic Differences in Survival after Childhood ALLR01CA096670 · NCI · CITY OF HOPE/BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI BHATIA, SMITA · 2004 to 2009
$2.7M
Genetics-guided Individualization of Thiopurine TherapyR01GM118578 · NIGMS · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI YANG, JUN J. · 2017 to 2020
$2.2M
American Lebanese Syrian Associated CharitiesChildren's Oncology Group U10 CA98413Children's Oncology Group U10 CA98543National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01CA096670NCI NIH HHS P30 CA021765NCI NIH HHS R01 CA096670NCI NIH HHS R01 CA193776NCI NIH HHS U10 CA098413NCI NIH HHS U10 CA098543NCI NIH HHS U10 CA180886NCI NIH HHS U10 CA180899NCI NIH HHS U24 CA196173NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM118578NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM141947
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nudix hydrolase 15 (NUDT15) deficiency is strongly associated with thiopurine-induced myelosuppression. Currently, testing for NUDT15 deficiency is based on the genotyping of the most frequent and clinically characterized no-function variants, that is, *2, *3 and *9. The Hispanic/Latino-predominant variant NUDT15 *4 (p.R139H) is classified as "uncertain function" by the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium, because of insufficient data to ascertain its clinical actionability. In this study, we evaluated the association of NUDT15 *4 with mercaptopurine (6-MP) tolerance in a retrospective cohort of 1,399 patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) of diverse ancestries. All patients were wildtype for thiopurine methyltransferase gene. Patients were treated with 6-MP in the context of ALL frontline clinical trials. The tolerated dose of 6-MP was used to assess drug toxicity during the maintenance phase of ALL therapy. Patients with NUDT15 *1/*4 (n = 16, all of whom self-identified as Hispanic/Latino) tolerated a significantly lower dose of 6-MP than did those with NUDT15 *1/*1: median [interquartile range] of 39.0 [21.2-52.8] mg/m

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Antimetabolites, AntineoplasticHispanic or LatinoMercaptopurinePrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaPyrophosphatasesAdolescentAdultAllelesChildFemaleGenotypeHumansMaleMiddle AgedNudix HydrolasesRetrospective StudiesAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticMercaptopurineNudix HydrolasesNUDT15 protein, humanPyrophosphatases

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PMID39688234
PMCPMC11995662

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