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JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY
Volume 50, Issue 5, Pages 1010-1018Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.12.030
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Protease inhibitor; Gilbert's syndrome; Pharmacogenetics; UGT1A1; Hyperbilirubinemia; Irinotecan; Indinavir
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [621 C3]
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Background/Aims: Gilbert's syndrome is a frequent genetic conjugation abnormality associated with adverse drug effects. Genetic UDP glucuronosyltransferase (UGT)1A gene variants can influence gene transcription, inducibility and glucuronidation activity. Protease inhibitors used in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and chronic viral hepatitis can inhibit UGTs. Indinavir (IDV) can lead to hyperbilirubinemia in Gilbert's syndrome (UGT1A1*28), which does not explain interindividual severity differences and may thus involve additional UGT1A variants. Methods: One hundred and twenty-five HIV patients receiving IDV and 427 healthy blood donors were genotyped for the presence of UGT1A*28, UGT1A3-66T/C, UGT1A7 -57T/G, UGT1A7(N129K/R131K) USING Taqman 5' nuclease assays. Results: Hyperbilirubinemia was observed in 42%. UGT1A1*28 frequencies did not differ between HIV patients and controls but were significantly higher in hyperbilirubinemic patients. The frequency of homozygous carriers of the 4 UGT1A marker haplotype increased with hyperbilirubinemia affecting all patients with bilirubin levels >85 pmol/l. Conclusions: In IDV treatment the risk of severe hyperbilirubinemia is associated with genetic variants of the UGT1A3 and UGT1A7 genes in addition to Gilbert's syndrome (UGT1A1*28). This haplotype is a useful predictor of protease inhibitor-induced side effects. (c) 2009 European Association for the Study of the Liver. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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