Irinotecan pathway (WP229)

Homo sapiens

This pathway shows the biotransformation of the chemotherapy prodrug irinotecan to form the active metabolite SN-38, an inhibitor of DNA topoisomerase I. SN-38 is primarily metabolized to the inactive SN-38 glucuronide by UGT1A1, the isoform catalyzing bilirubin glucuronidation. Irinotecan is used in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer, small cell lung cancer and several other solid tumors. There is large interpatient variability in response to irinotecan, as well as severe side effects such as diarrhea and neutropenia, which might be explained in part by genetic variation in the metabolic enzymes and transporters depicted here. Well-known variants to effect this pathway are the promoter polymorphic repeat in UGT1A1 (UGT1A1*28) and the 1236C>T polymorphism in ABCB1. While UGT1A1*28 genotype has been associated with toxicity, further evidence is needed to describe the roles of ABCB1 variants in toxicity. Source: [http://www.pharmgkb.org/search/pathway/irinotecan/liver.jsp PharmGkb] Proteins on this pathway have targeted assays available via the [https://assays.cancer.gov/available_assays?wp_id=WP229 CPTAC Assay Portal]

Authors

Thomas Kelder , Alex Pico , Kristina Hanspers , Martijn Van Iersel , Daniela Digles , Egon Willighagen , Denise Slenter , and Eric Weitz

Activity

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Organisms

Homo sapiens

Communities

CPTAC

Annotations

Disease Ontology

cancer neutropenia diarrhea

Cell Type Ontology

enterocyte hepatocyte

Pathway Ontology

irinotecan drug pathway

Participants

Label Type Compact URI Comment
SN-38G Metabolite chebi:8990
Irinotecan Metabolite chebi:80630
SN-38 Metabolite chebi:8988
NPC Metabolite pubchem.compound:11756356 AKA 7-ethyl-10-(4-amino-1-piperidino) carbonyloxycamptothecin (NPC)]
APC Metabolite pubchem.compound:10077584
UGT1A10 GeneProduct ncbigene:54575
ABCC2 GeneProduct ncbigene:1244
CES2 GeneProduct ncbigene:8824
CES1 GeneProduct ncbigene:1066
CYP3A4 GeneProduct ncbigene:1576
BCHE GeneProduct ncbigene:590
ABCC1 GeneProduct ncbigene:4363
UGT1A9 GeneProduct ncbigene:54600
UGT1A1 GeneProduct ncbigene:54658
CYP3A5 GeneProduct ncbigene:1577
ABCG2 GeneProduct ncbigene:9429
SLCO1B1 GeneProduct ncbigene:10599

References

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