Journal
PHARMACOGENETICS
Volume 11, Issue 3, Pages 207-215Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00008571-200104000-00004
Keywords
N-acetyltransferase; NAT2; acetylator genotype; single nucleotide polymorphisms
Funding
- NCI NIH HHS [R01 CA034627, R01 CA034627-15, CA-34627] Funding Source: Medline
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N-Acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) catalyses the activation and/or deactivation of a variety of aromatic amine drugs and carcinogens. Polymorphisms in the N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) gene have been associated with a variety of drug-induced toxicities, as well as cancer in various tissues, Eleven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been identified in the NAT2 coding region, but the specific effects of each of these SNPs on expression of NAT2 protein and N-acetyltransferase enzymatic activity are poorly understood To investigate the functional consequences of SNPs in the NAT2 coding region, reference NAT2*4 and NAT2 variant alleles possessing one of the 11 SNPs in the NAT2 coding region were cloned and expressed in yeast (Schizosaccharomyces pombe), Reductions in catalytic activity for the N-acetylation of a sulfonamide drug (sulfamethazine) and an aromatic amine carcinogen (2-aminofluorene) were observed for NAT2 variants possessing G(191)A (R(64)Q), (TC)-C-341 ((IT)-T-114), A(434)C ((EP)-P-145), G(590)A (R(197)Q), A(845)C ((KT)-T-282) Or G(857)A (G(286)T). Reductions in expression of NAT2 immunoreactive protein were observed for NAT2 variants possessing (TC)-C-342, A(434)C or G(590)A, Reductions in protein stability were noted for NAT2 variants possessing G(191)A, A(845)C, G(857)A or, to some extent, G(590)A, No significant differences in mRNA expression or transformation efficiency were observed among any of the NAT2 alleles, These results suggest two mechanisms for slow acetylator phenotype(s) and more clearly define the effects of individual SNPs on human NAT2 expression, stability and catalytic activity, Pharmacogenetics 11:207-215 (C) 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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