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Antimalarial biguanides are metabolized by CYP2C19, thus genetic variation at the CYP2C locus might affect pharmacokinetics and so treatment outcome for malaria.Polymorphisms in CYP2C19 and CYP2C9 in 43 adult Gambians treated with chlorproguanil/dapsone for uncomplicated malaria were assessed. Chlorcycloguanil pharmacokinetics were measured and associations with CYP2C19 and CYP2C9 alleles and CYP2C19 metabolizer groups investigated.All CYP2C19/CYP2C9 alleles obeyed Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. There were 15 CYP2C19/2C9 haplotypes with a common haplotype frequency of 0.23. Participants with the CYP2C19*17 allele had higher chlorcycloguanil area under the concentration versus curve at 24 h (AUC(0-24)) than those without (geometric means: 317 vs 216 ng.h/ml; ratio of geometric means: 1.46; 95% CI: 1.03 to 2.09; p = 0.0363) and higher C(max) (geometric mean ratio: 1.52; 95% CI: 1.13 to 2.05; p = 0.0071).CYP2C19*17 determines antimalarial biguanide metabolic profile at the CYP2C19/CYP2C9 locus.

Original publication

DOI

10.2217/pgs.09.72

Type

Journal article

Journal

Pharmacogenomics

Publication Date

09/2009

Volume

10

Pages

1423 - 1431

Addresses

Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, The Gambia, West Africa. rjanha@mrc.gm

Keywords

Humans, Triazines, Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases, DNA, Antimalarials, Area Under Curve, Biotransformation, Gene Frequency, Genotype, Haplotypes, Alleles, Adolescent, Adult, Middle Aged, Gambia, Female, Male, Genetic Variation, Young Adult, Proguanil, Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9, Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19