Influence of NOS3 rs2070744 genotypes on hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with lenvatinib

Sci Rep. 2020 Oct 13;10(1):17054. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73930-3.

Abstract

We investigated whether or not nitric oxide synthase 3 (NOS3) rs2070744 genotypes can affect the response for lenvatinib treatment in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We evaluated the relation of the NOS3 rs2070744 genotypes to the tumor response, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) as the response for lenvatinib. We also examined the association between fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) gene polymorphisms, a potential feature of lenvatinib, and the response. There were no significant differences between the studies for either PFS or OS, even though patients with the TT genotype had a longer mean PFS (hazard ratio [HR] 0.60; p = 0.069) and mean OS (HR 0.46; p = 0.075) than those with the TC/CC genotypes. However, patients with a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) combination pattern of the NOS3 rs2070744 TC/CC and FGFR4 rs351855 CT/TT genotypes had a significantly shorter mean PFS (HR 2.56; p = 0.006) and mean OS (HR 3.36; p = 0.013) than those with the other genotypes. The NOS3 rs2070744 genotypes did not influence the clinical response. However, the SNP combination pattern of the NOS3 rs2070744 and FGFR4 rs351855 genotypes may be helpful as treatment effect predictors and prognostic factors for HCC patients treated with lenvatinib.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Biomarkers, Pharmacological
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / drug therapy
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / genetics*
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Female
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Liver Neoplasms / genetics
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III / genetics*
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III / metabolism
  • Phenylurea Compounds / pharmacology
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / genetics
  • Prognosis
  • Quinolines / pharmacology
  • Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 4 / genetics
  • Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 4 / metabolism
  • Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / analysis
  • Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / genetics

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Pharmacological
  • Phenylurea Compounds
  • Quinolines
  • Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor
  • NOS3 protein, human
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III
  • FGFR4 protein, human
  • Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 4
  • lenvatinib