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Smith DA, Sadler MC, Altman RB. Promises and challenges in pharmacoepigenetics. CAMBRIDGE PRISMS. PRECISION MEDICINE 2023; 1:e18. [PMID: 37560024 PMCID: PMC10406571 DOI: 10.1017/pcm.2023.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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Pharmacogenetics, the study of how interindividual genetic differences affect drug response, does not explain all observed heritable variance in drug response. Epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation, and histone acetylation may account for some of the unexplained variances. Epigenetic mechanisms modulate gene expression and can be suitable drug targets and can impact the action of nonepigenetic drugs. Pharmacoepigenetics is the field that studies the relationship between epigenetic variability and drug response. Much of this research focuses on compounds targeting epigenetic mechanisms, called epigenetic drugs, which are used to treat cancers, immune disorders, and other diseases. Several studies also suggest an epigenetic role in classical drug response; however, we know little about this area. The amount of information correlating epigenetic biomarkers to molecular datasets has recently expanded due to technological advances, and novel computational approaches have emerged to better identify and predict epigenetic interactions. We propose that the relationship between epigenetics and classical drug response may be examined using data already available by (1) finding regions of epigenetic variance, (2) pinpointing key epigenetic biomarkers within these regions, and (3) mapping these biomarkers to a drug-response phenotype. This approach expands on existing knowledge to generate putative pharmacoepigenetic relationships, which can be tested experimentally. Epigenetic modifications are involved in disease and drug response. Therefore, understanding how epigenetic drivers impact the response to classical drugs is important for improving drug design and administration to better treat disease.
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- Delaney A Smith
- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- University Center for Primary Care and Public Health, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Li C, Li J, Han C, Wang T, Zhang L, Wang Z, Wang T, Xu L, Qi G, Qin G, Li X, Zheng L. Novel and recurrent genetic variants of VHL, SDHB, and RET genes in Chinese pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma patients. Front Genet 2023; 14:959989. [PMID: 36936415 PMCID: PMC10020357 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.959989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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Background: Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL) are rare neuroendocrine tumors arising from chromaffin cells in the adrenal medulla and extra-adrenal ganglia, respectively. The study was aimed to investigate the clinical and genetic characteristics of 22 individuals from six families. Methods: The medical records of six PPGL probands who presented to our hospital between 2016 and 2021 were retrospectively studied. DNA isolated from the probands was analyzed using whole exome sequencing. The identified genetic variants were confirmed by Sanger sequencing and undergone bioinformatic analysis. Results: Six different genetic variants in the six probands were identified, respectively, of which three were novel. A novel von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) variant, c.602T>C (p.L201P), in exon 3 was found. Two novel genetic variants in SDHB (succinate dehydrogenases subunit B), c.423 + 1 G>T and c.662A>G (p.D221G), were identified. Two recurrent genetic variants of VHL, c.C284G (p.P95R) and c.558_560AGAdel (p.186Edel), and one in RET (ret proto-oncogene), c.1901G>A (p.C634Y), were also found. The ClinVar accession number for the present variants are SCV002028348, and SCV002028352 to SCV002028361. Conclusion: Genetic variants in VHL, SDHB and RET were identified in Chinese PPGL patients, which contributed to the knowledge of the genetic etiology and clinical outcome of these tumors.
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- Chong Li
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Guangzhao Qi, ; Xialian Li, ; Lili Zheng,
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Guangzhao Qi, ; Xialian Li, ; Lili Zheng,
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Guangzhao Qi, ; Xialian Li, ; Lili Zheng,
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Alvarado AT, Saravia M, Losno R, Pariona R, Muñoz AM, Ybañez-Julca RO, Loja B, Bendezú MR, García JA, Surco-Laos F, Laos-Anchante D, Chávez H, Aguilar P, Pineda M. CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 Genes Associated with Tricontinental and Latin American Ancestry of Pe-ruvians. DRUG METABOLISM AND BIOANALYSIS LETTERS 2022; 16:DMBL-EPUB-128245. [PMID: 36518034 PMCID: PMC10436705 DOI: 10.2174/1872312815666221213151140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Precision medicine seeks to individualize the dose from the beginning of phar-macological therapy based on the characteristics of each patient, genes involved in the metabolic phenotype, ethnicity or miscegenation, with the purpose to minimize adverse effects and optimize drug efficacy. The objective was to re-view studies that describe the association of the CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 genes with the tricontinental and Latin American ancestry of Peruvians. A biblio-graphic search was carried out in PubMed/Medline and SciELO, with various descriptors in Spanish and English. The results of this review confirm that the ethnic origin of Peruvians is triconti-nental due to European (mainly Spanish), African and Asian migration, in addi-tion to Latin American migration, being 60.2% mixed, 25.8% Amerindian, 5.9% white, 3.6% African descent, 1.2% Chinese and Japanese descent, and 3.3% unspecified. Studies on CYP2C19*3, CYP2D6*2, *3 and *6 have been reported in Peruvians, and the frequency is similar to that studied in Ecuadori-ans and Colombians. The CYP2C19*3, CYP2D6*3, and CYP2D6*6 alleles found in Peruvians are common in Europeans, Africans, and Asians; while CYP2D6*4 in Africans and CYP2D6*2 related to Asians. In some studies, the ethnic/gene association has not been demonstrated; while others have shown a significant association, which is why further investigation is warranted. It is concluded that the studies on CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 genes associated with the tricontinental and Latin American ancestry of Peruvians are little, and ac-cording to what has been investigated, the CYP2C19*3, CYP2D6*2, *3, *4 and *6 alleles have more related to their ancestry.
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- Angel T. Alvarado
- International Research Network in Pharmacology and Precision Medicine, Human Medicine School, San Ignacio de Loyola University, USIL, Lima, 15024, Peru
- Latin American Network for the Implementation and Validation of Clinical Pharmacogenomics Guidelines (RELIVAF-CYTED), Madrid, 28001, Spain
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- International Research Network in Pharmacology and Precision Medicine, Human Medicine School, San Ignacio de Loyola University, USIL, Lima, 15024, Peru
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- International Research Network in Pharmacology and Precision Medicine, Human Medicine School, San Ignacio de Loyola University, USIL, Lima, 15024, Peru
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- International Research Network in Pharmacology and Precision Medicine, Human Medicine School, San Ignacio de Loyola University, USIL, Lima, 15024, Peru
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- Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, ICAN, San Ignacio de Loyola University, USIL, Lima, 15024, Peru
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, National University of Trujillo, Trujillo, 13001, Peru
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- International Research Network in Pharmacology and Precision Medicine, Human Medicine School, San Ignacio de Loyola University, USIL, Lima, 15024, Peru
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, San Luis Gonzaga National University of Ica, Ica, 11001, Peru
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, San Luis Gonzaga National University of Ica, Ica, 11001, Peru
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, San Luis Gonzaga National University of Ica, Ica, 11001, Peru
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, San Luis Gonzaga National University of Ica, Ica, 11001, Peru
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, San Luis Gonzaga National University of Ica, Ica, 11001, Peru
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- Pharmacy and Biochemistry, FCS, Scientific of the South University, UCSUR, Lima, 15067, Peru
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Tian J, Zhang J, Yang Z, Feng S, Li S, Ren S, Shi J, Hou X, Xue X, Yang B, Xu H, Guo J. Genetic Epidemiology of Medication Safety and Efficacy Related Variants in the Central Han Chinese Population With Whole Genome Sequencing. Front Pharmacol 2022; 12:790832. [PMID: 35280256 PMCID: PMC8906509 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.790832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Medication safety and efficacy-related pharmacogenomic research play a critical role in precision medicine. This study comprehensively analyzed the pharmacogenomic profiles of the central Han Chinese population in the context of medication safety and efficacy and compared them with other global populations. The ultimate goal is to improve medical treatment guidelines. We performed whole-genome sequencing in 487 Han Chinese individuals and investigated the allele frequencies of pharmacogenetic variants in 1,731 drug response-related genes. We identified 2,139 (81.18%) previously reported variants in our population with annotations in the PharmGKB database. The allele frequencies of these 2,139 clinical-related variants were similar to those in other East Asian populations but different from those in other global populations. We predicted the functional effects of nonsynonymous variants in the 1,731 pharmacogenes and identified 1,281 novel and 4,442 previously reported deleterious variants. Of the 1,281 novel deleterious variants, five are common variants with an allele frequency >5%, and the rest are rare variants with an allele frequency <5%. Of the 4,442 known deleterious variants, the allele frequencies were found to differ from those in other populations, of which 146 are common variants. In addition, we found many variants in non-coding regions, the functions of which require further investigation. This study compiled a large amount of data on pharmacogenomic variants in the central Han Chinese population. At the same time, it provides insight into the role of pharmacogenomic variants in clinical medication safety and efficacy.
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- Junbo Tian
- BGI College and Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Precision Medicine Center, Academy of Medical Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Precision Medicine Center, Academy of Medical Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Precision Medicine Center, Academy of Medical Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- BGI College and Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- BGI College and Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Precision Medicine Center, Academy of Medical Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Precision Medicine Center, Academy of Medical Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Precision Medicine Center, Academy of Medical Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- BGI College and Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.,Precision Medicine Center, Academy of Medical Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.,The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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Human milk cholesterol is associated with lactation stage and maternal plasma cholesterol in Chinese populations. Pediatr Res 2022; 91:970-976. [PMID: 33846555 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-021-01440-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Revised: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Milk cholesterol concentrations throughout lactation were analyzed, and the relationship between maternal plasma cholesterol and milk cholesterol in various Chinese populations was examined. METHODS A sub-sample of 1138 lactating women was randomly selected from a large cross-sectional study in China (n = 6481). Milk cholesterol concentrations were determined by HPLC, and concentrations of maternal plasma lipids were determined by an automated biochemical analyzer. RESULTS The mean cholesterol concentrations were 200, 171, and 126 mg/L for colostrum, transitional milk, and mature milk, respectively. Cholesterol concentrations differed significantly between stages of lactation (colostrum vs. transitional milk, colostrum vs. mature milk, transitional milk vs. mature milk, all p < 0.001). Concentrations of maternal plasma total cholesterol (TC) (p = 0.02) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) (p = 0.03) were significantly associated with milk cholesterol. Milk cholesterol concentrations varied among different ethnicities (Tibetan vs. Hui: 164 vs. 131 mg/L, p = 0.027) but not among different geographic regions. CONCLUSIONS The concentration of cholesterol in human milk changes dynamically throughout lactation. Milk cholesterol concentrations are significantly associated with maternal plasma concentrations of TC and LDL-C, and milk cholesterol concentrations vary across ethnicities in China. IMPACT Concentrations of milk cholesterol were measured in various Chinese populations. Cholesterol concentrations differ significantly between stages of lactation. Maternal plasma total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol are associated with milk cholesterol. Milk cholesterol concentrations vary across ethnicities in China.
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Gouliopoulos N, Siasos G, Oikonomou D, Oikonomou E, Konsola T, Kollia C, Athanasiou D, Dimitropoulos S, Rouvas A, Kassi E, Tousoulis D, Moschos MM. The association of T786C and G894T polymorphisms of eNOS gene with diabetic retinopathy in Greece. Eur J Ophthalmol 2021; 32:2582-2588. [PMID: 34779284 DOI: 10.1177/11206721211054724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate whether eNOS T786C (rs2070744) and G894T (rs1799983) gene polymorphisms are associated with diabetic retinopathy in Greek diabetic patients. MATERIALS 271 patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus participated in our study; 130 suffered from diabetic retinopathy and 141 not. All the patients underwent a complete ophthalmological examination, while clinical and demographic data were assessed. Furthermore, they were genotyped for rs2070744 and rs1799983 single nucleotide polymorphisms of eNOS gene. RESULTS Regarding the clinical and demographic data, no significant differences were detected between the studied groups, except for hemoglobin A1c levels and the frequency of insulin treatment (higher in patients with diabetic retinopathy). The frequency of rs1799983 GT genotype was significantly elevated in patients with diabetic retinopathy (55% vs. 40%, P = 0.011) and was associated with a 2-fold increased risk of developing retinopathy (OR 1.92, 95% CI 1.16-3.17). Furthermore, we demonstrated that the aforementioned genotype was significantly and independently associated with increased odds for retinopathy onset in diabetic subjects (OR 2.23, 95% CI 1.28-3.90, P = 0.005), regardless of the impact of other confounders. CONCLUSIONS We documented that rs1799983 GT genotype could be recognized as an independent risk factor of retinopathy in Greek patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus, while no role for rs2070744 polymorphism was identified. Further research in different ethnic groups will clarify the exact association of these polymorphisms with the risk for diabetic retinopathy development.
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- Nikolaos Gouliopoulos
- 2nd Department of Ophthalmology, University of Athens Medical School, 69038Attikon Hospital, Athens, Greece.,1st Department of Ophthalmology, University of Athens Medical School, G. Gennimatas Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Cardiology, 393206University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Department of Ophthalmology, University of Athens Medical School, 69038Attikon Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Cardiology, 393206University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Cardiology, 393206University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Cardiology, 393206University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Cardiology, 393206University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Cardiology, 393206University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Department of Ophthalmology, University of Athens Medical School, 69038Attikon Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Propaedeutic and Internal Medicine, Division of Diabetes, 68989University of Athens Medical School, Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Cardiology, 393206University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Ophthalmology, University of Athens Medical School, G. Gennimatas Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Qi G, Han C, Zhou Y, Wang X. Allele and genotype frequencies of CYP3A4, CYP3A5, CYP3A7, and GSTP1 gene polymorphisms among mainland Tibetan, Mongolian, Uyghur, and Han Chinese populations. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2021; 49:219-227. [PMID: 34689350 DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.13604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Revised: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Over 50% prescribed drugs are metabolised by cytochrome P450 3A (CYP3A) and glutathione S-transferase pi (GSTP1) adds a glutathione to the oxidative products by CYP3A, which increases the hydrophilic property of metabolites and facilitates the excretion. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of CYP3A and GSTP1 show a diverse allele and genotype frequencies distribution among the world populations. The present study aimed to investigate the genotype and allele frequency distribution patterns of CYP3A4, CYP3A5, CYP3A7 and GSTP1 polymorphisms among healthy participants in mainland Tibetan, Mongolian, Uyghur, and Han Chinese populations. Blood samples were collected from 842 unrelated healthy subjects (323 Tibetan, 134 Mongolian, 162 Uyghur, and 223 Han) for genotyping analysis. Variant allele frequencies of CYP3A4 rs2242480, CYP3A5 rs776746, CYP3A7 rs2257401, and GSTP1 Ile105Val were observed in Han (0.253, 0.686, 0.312 and 0.188), Tibetan (0.186, 0.819, 0.192 and 0.173), Mongolian (0.198, 0.784, 0.228 and 0.235) and Uyghur (0.179, 0.858, 0.182 and 0.250) respectively. The allele frequency of CYP3A7*1C in Uyghur (0.019) was higher than that in Tibetan (0.002, p < 0.01). There was a strong linkage disequilibrium between CYP3A4 rs2242480, CYP3A5 rs776746, and CYP3A7 rs2257401 among the four ethnic groups. The results might be useful for the precise medication in the Chinese populations.
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- Guangzhao Qi
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.,Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Genetic landscape of 125 pharmacogenes in Chinese from the Chinese Millionome Database. Sci Rep 2021; 11:19222. [PMID: 34584183 PMCID: PMC8478937 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98877-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Inter-individual differences of drug responses could be attributed to genetic variants of pharmacogenes such as cytochrome P450 (CYP), phase 2 enzymes, and transporters. In contrast to extensive studies on the genetic polymorphisms of CYP gene, genetic mutation spectrum of other pharmacogenes was under-representative in the pharmacogenetics investigations. Here we studied the genetic variations of 125 pharmacogenes including drug transporters, non-CYP phase 1 enzymes, phase 2 enzymes, nuclear receptors and others in Chinese from the Chinese Millionome Database (CMDB), of which 38,188 variants were identified. Computational analyses of the 2554 exonic variants found 617 deleterious missense variants, 91.1% of which were rare, and of the 54 loss-of-function (splice acceptor, splice donor, start lost, and stop gained) variants, 53 (98.1%) were rare. These results suggested an enrichment of rare variants in functional ones for pharmacogenes. Certain common functional variants including NUDT15 13:48611934 G/A (rs186364861), UGT1A1 2:234676872 C/T (rs34946978), and ALDH2 12:112241766 G/A (rs671) were population-specific for CMDB Chinese because they were absent (with a zero of variant allele frequency) or very rare in other gnomAD populations. These findings might be useful for the further pharmacogenomics research and clinical application in Chinese.
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Guan SP, Seet RCS, Kennedy BK. Does eNOS derived nitric oxide protect the young from severe COVID-19 complications? Ageing Res Rev 2020; 64:101201. [PMID: 33157320 PMCID: PMC7609225 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2020.101201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Revised: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Aging is the largest risk factors for severity and mortality in adult COVID-19. Severe cases of COVID-19 are related to vascular damage with evidence of direct viral infection in the endothelial cells. Increase risk of COVID-19 death are also highly related to disease with lower vascular Nitric Oxide (NO) level. Vascular viral defence by endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) derive NO may be the protecting factor for the young. eNOS polymorphism could potentially explain the disparity of COVID-19 mortality between Asian and non-Asian countries.
The COVID-19 pandemic poses an imminent threat to humanity, especially to the elderly. The molecular mechanisms underpinning the age-dependent disparity for disease progression is not clear. COVID-19 is both a respiratory and a vascular disease in severe patients. The damage endothelial system provides a good explanation for the various complications seen in COVID-19 patients. These observations lead us to suspect that endothelial cells are a barrier that must be breached before progression to severe disease. Endothelial intracellular defences are largely dependent of the activation of the interferon (IFN) system. Nevertheless, low type I and III IFNs are generally observed in COVID-19 patients suggesting that other intracellular viral defence systems are also activated to protect the young. Intriguingly, Nitric oxide (NO), which is the main intracellular antiviral defence, has been shown to inhibit a wide array of viruses, including SARS-CoV-1. Additionally, the increased risk of death with diseases that have underlying endothelial dysfunction suggest that endothelial NOS-derived nitric oxide could be the main defence mechanism. NO decreases dramatically in the elderly, the hyperglycaemic and the patients with low levels of vitamin D. However, eNOS derived NO occurs at low levels, unless it is during inflammation and co-stimulated by bradykinin. Regrettably, the bradykinin-induced vasodilation also progressively declines with age, thereby decreasing anti-viral NO production as well. Intriguingly, the inverse correlation between the percentage of WT eNOS haplotype and death per 100K population could potentially explain the disparity of COVID-19 mortality between Asian and non-Asian countries. These changes with age, low bradykinin and NO, may be the fundamental reasons that intracellular innate immunity declines with age leading to more severe COVID-19 complications.
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Qi G, Han C, Sun Y, Zhou Y. Genetic insight into cytochrome P450 in Chinese from the Chinese Millionome Database. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2019; 126:341-352. [PMID: 31661191 DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.13356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Genetic variations of cytochrome P450 (CYP) influence the inter-individual differences in drug response. Here, we collected 8682 variants of 57 CYP genes and cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (POR) from a large-scale sequencing project in Chinese, Chinese Millionome Database (CMDB). In addition, 52 294 variants from the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD) had been simultaneously identified and analysed. Rare variants with a variant allele frequency (VAF) < 0.01 comprised 41.4% (3594/8682) of identified variations in the CMDB, while 98.1% (51 320/52 294) in the gnomAD were rare. Out of 8682 variants in the CMDB, 66.9% (5808/8682) were in introns and only 4.3% (377/8682) were missense variants. In contrast, 36.2% (18 929/52 294) variants in the gnomAD were missense. The common alleles with a VAF over 0.1 were found in CYP1A2*1C, CYP1A2*1F, CYP2C19*2, CYP2D6*2, CYP2D6*10, CYP3A5*3 and CYP4F2*3, with a VAF of 0.161, 0.6, 0.27, 0.274, 0.678, 0.92 and 0.233, respectively. The growing number of genetic variations in CYP genes as more genomes are sequenced would increase the power to predict drug metabolism and response based on the genotype of the particular individual.
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- Guangzhao Qi
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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