Ars Pharmaceutica (Nov 2023)

Impact of the homozygous mutation in Nudix hydrolase 15 on myelosuppression with 6-mercaptopurine in a European girl with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a case report

  • Laura Elena Pineda-Lancheros,
  • María del Mar Sánchez-Suárez,
  • Luciana María Marangoni-Iglecias,
  • Ricardo García-Fumero,
  • Susana Rojo-Tolosa,
  • Noelia Moreno-Toro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.30827/ars.v64i3.27769
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 64, no. 3
pp. 286 – 291

Abstract

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Abstract A 6-year-old girl diagnosed with intermediate-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) presented with severe myelotoxicity and multiple infections during phase IB induction treatment with 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP). In the subsequent treatment phases, which included 6-MP, the patient continued to show bone marrow aplasia and neutropenia, necessitating numerous dose adjustments and interruptions. The recommended dose was eventually reduced to 5 %. A pharmacogenetic analysis, conducted in induction phase IB, detected three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the thiopurine S-methyltransferase (TPMT) gene, and the phenotype of a normal metabolizer was observed. As a result of a second pharmacogenetic analysis, pathological polymorphisms were revealed in Nudix hydrolase 15 (NUDT15), which may explain the patient’s myelotoxicity. Hence, a pharmacogenetic analysis performed in advance would have been able to prevent her from suffering severe toxicity and/or treatment failure.

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