Metabolizer phenotype prediction in different Peruvian ethnic groups through CYP2C9 polymorphisms
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Published on: March 28, 2017
Edward Valencia Ayala1,2, Mylenka Chevarría Arriaga2, Eduardo Barbosa Coelho3
1Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Centro de Investigación en Infectología e Inmunología-Instituto de Investigación, La Molina, Lima, Peru.
Objectives:
The CYP2C9 gene have three common alleles, CYP2C9*1, CYP2C9*2 and CYP2C9*3, associated with different homozygous (*1/*1, *2/*2 and *3/*3) and heterozygous (*1/*2 and *1/*3) genotypes, which in turn are related to extensive (gEM), intermediate (gIM) and poor (gPM) metabolizers. Likewise, the inter-ethnic variability was intimately associated with different drug metabolism. Therefore, the aim of the present study was predict the metabolizer phenotypes in different Peruvian ethnic groups from lowland (<2,500 m) and highland (>2,500 m).
Methods:
TaqMan genotyping assays were performed in a group of 174 healthy unrelated Peruvian individuals.
Results:
In this study, the allelic comparison between the three eco-regions showed that the CYP2C9*1 was the most common in Andean (96.32%); the *2 was the most frequent in Coast (7.45%, p<0.05). Regarding the *3 was the most common in Amazonian (6.25%, p<0.05). In a corroborative manner, the gEM was the most common in Andean (94.74%), the gIM in Coast (17.02%) and gPM in Amazonian (6.25%) populations.
Conclusions:
Our study provides a valuable source of information about to metabolizer phenotype drugs in different Peruvian ethnic groups. In this way, it could be established suitable genetic-dosage medicaments for various common diseases in these heterogenetic populations.
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