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. 2016 Sep 19;56(4):317–337. doi: 10.1007/s40262-016-0450-z

Table 2.

Polymorphisms in phase I and phase II metabolic enzymes affecting pharmacokinetics of anticancer drugs

Drugs Gene Mutations dbSNP ID ESP MAF ExAC MAF PK parameters
African American European American
Erlotinib CYP1A2 c.1042+43G>A rs2472304 0.13 0.56 0.46 Plasma concentrations [11]
Tegafur CYP2A6 CYP2A6*1A Increased 5-FU formation [178]
CYP2A6*4A del Decreased 5-FU formation [178]
CYP2A6*4A-H del CL, AUC [13, 14]
CYP2A6*7 (c.1412T>C) rs5031016 nr 9 × 10−4 1.1 × 10−2 CL, AUC [13, 14]
CYP2A6*9 (c.-48T>G) rs28399433 0.08 0.06 0.10 CL, AUC [13, 14, 178]
Cyclofosfamide CYP2B6 CYP2B6*6 CL [1518, 32]
(c.516G>T) rs3745274 0.37 0.25 0.27
(c.785A>G) rs2279343 nr nr 0.06
Busulfan CYP2C9 CYP2C9*2 (c.430C>T) rs1799853 0.03 0.13 0.09 Decreased CL [19]
Cyclophosphamide CYP2C19 CYP2C19*2 (c.681G>A) rs4244285 0.17 0.15 0.19 Reduced CL
[16, 20, 179, 180]
CYP2C19*3 (c.636G>A) rs4986893 5 × 10−4 2 × 10−4 6 × 10−3
Gefitinib
Tamoxifen
CYP2D6 CYP2D6*2xN duplication Endoxifen plasma concentrations [2123, 28]
CYP2D6*3 (c.775delA) rs35742686 4.5 × 10−3 1.7 × 10−2 1.3 × 10−2 Gefitinib plasma concentrations [29, 30]
CYP2D6*4 (c.506-1G>A) rs3892097 0.07 0.19 0.17
CYP2D6*5 del
CYP2D6*6 (c.454delT) rs5030655 2 × 10−3 9 × 10−3 7.9 × 10−3
CYP2D6*9 (c.841_843del) rs5030656 5.9 × 10−3 2.7 × 10−2 1.9 × 10−2
CYP2D6*10 (c.100C>T) rs1065852 0.12 0.22 0.25
CYP2D6*17 (c.320C>T) rs28371706 0.17 1.8 × 10−2 1.8 × 10−2
(c.886C>T) rs16947 0.49 0.34 0.34
Busulfan
Chloorambucil
Melphalan
GSTA1 GSTA1*B (c.-135T>C) rs3957357 nr nr nr Reduced CL busulfan [32, 33]
Thiotepa GSTP1 GSTP1 (c.341C>T) rs1138272 0.02 0.08 0.06 Reduced CL thiotepa and tepa [34]
Irinotecan UGT1A1 UGT1A1*6 (c.211G>A) rs4148323 0.01 0.01 0.02 Reduced CL SN-38 [3638, 42]
UGT1A1*28a rs8175347

AUC area under the curve, CL clearance, ExAc Exome Aggregation Consortium, ESP Exome Sequencing Project, MAF minor allele frequency, nr not reported, PK pharmacokinetic, 5-FU 5-fluorouracil

aUGT1A1*28 occurs with a frequency of 0.26–0.31 in Caucasians, 0.42–0.56 in African Americans, and only 0.09–0.16 in Asian populations [181]