Georgia Ragia, Natalia Atzemian, Anthi Maslarinou, Vangelis G Manolopoulos
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Abstract
Objectives: Pharmacogenomics can explain some of the heterogeneity of sulfonylurea (SU)-related hypoglycemia risk. Recently, a role of OATP1B1, encoded by SLCO1B1 gene, on SU liver transport prior of metabolism has been uncovered. The aim of the present study was to explore the potential association of SLCO1B1 c.521T>C polymorphism, leading to reduced OATP1B1 function, with SU-related hypoglycemia risk.
Methods: Study cohort consists of 176 type 2 diabetes patients treated with the SUs glimepiride or gliclazide. 92 patients reported SU-related hypoglycemia, while 84 patients had never experienced a hypoglycemic event. Patients were previously genotyped for CYP2C9 *2 and *3 variant alleles that lead to decreased enzyme activity of the SU metabolizing enzyme CYP2C9 and have been associated with increased SU-related hypoglycemia risk. SLCO1B1 c.521T>C polymorphism was genotyped by use of PCR-RFLP analysis.
Results: SLCO1B1 c.521TC genotype frequency was significantly lower in hypoglycemic cases than non-hypoglycemic controls (15.2% vs. 32.1%, p=0.008). In an adjusted model, c.521TC genotype significantly reduced the risk of hypoglycemia (OR 0.371; 95% C.I. 0.167-0.822; p=0.015). In CYP2C9 intermediate metabolizers (n=54) c.521TC genotype frequency was significantly decreased in cases compared to controls (3 out of 36 cases, 8.3% vs. 7 out of 18 controls, 38.9%, p=0.012). A similar albeit not significant difference of SLCO1B1 c.521TC genotype was present in CYP2C9 extensive metabolizers (n=120) (18.2% in cases vs. 30.8% in controls, p=0.113).
Conclusions: We have found a protective effect of SLCO1B1 c.521C variant on SU-related hypoglycemia risk both independently and in interaction with CYP2C9 phenotypes. Our results suggest a possible linkage of SLCO1B1 c.521T>C polymorphism with variants in other genes impairing OATPs expressed in pancreatic islets that could interfere with SU tissue distribution.
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Drug Metabolism and Personalized Therapy (DMPT) is a peer-reviewed journal, and is abstracted/indexed in relevant major Abstracting Services. It provides up-to-date research articles, reviews and opinion papers in the wide field of drug metabolism research, covering established, new and potential drugs, environmentally toxic chemicals, the mechanisms by which drugs may interact with each other and with biological systems, and the pharmacological and toxicological consequences of these interactions and drug metabolism and excretion. Topics: drug metabolizing enzymes, pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics, biochemical pharmacology, molecular pathology, clinical pharmacology, pharmacokinetics and drug-drug interactions, immunopharmacology, neuropsychopharmacology.