Association of the FCGR3A-158F/V gene polymorphism with the response to rituximab treatment in Spanish systemic autoimmune disease patients - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2012 Dec;31(12):1671-7.

doi: 10.1089/dna.2012.1799. Epub 2012 Oct 17.

Ana Márquez, Cristina Lucía Dávila-Fajardo, Norberto Ortego-Centeno, José Luis Callejas Rubio, Enrique de Ramón Garrido, Julio Sánchez-Román, Francisco J García-Hernández, Raquel Ríos-Fernández, Maria Francisca González-Escribano, Maria Teresa Camps García, Maria Jesús Castillo Palma, Maria Del Mar Ayala, Javier Martín

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Association of the FCGR3A-158F/V gene polymorphism with the response to rituximab treatment in Spanish systemic autoimmune disease patients

Gema Robledo et al. DNA Cell Biol. 2012 Dec.

Abstract

Rituximab is being used as treatment for systemic autoimmune diseases. The objective of this study was to determine whether the genetic variant in the Fc gamma-receptor III a (FCGR3A) gene, 158F/V, contributes to the observed variation in response to rituximab in patients with systemic autoimmune diseases. DNA samples from 132 Spanish patients with different systemic autoimmune diseases receiving rituximab were genotyped for FCGR3A-158F/V (rs396991) gene polymorphism using the TaqMan(®) allelic discrimination technology. Six months after infusion with rituximab we evaluated the response to the drug: 61% of the patients showed a complete response, partial 27% and 12% did not respond to the treatment. A statistically significant difference was observed in V allele frequency between responder (38%) and nonresponder (16%) patients (p=0.01; odds ratio [OR]=3.24, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.17-11.1). Rituximab was also more effective in V allele carriers (94%) than in homozygous FF patients (81%): p=0.02; OR=3.96, 95% CI 1.10-17.68. These results suggest that FCGR3A-158F/V (rs396991) gene polymorphism play a role in the response to rituximab in autoimmune diseases. Validation of these findings in independent cohorts is warranted.

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