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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-17
pubmed:abstractText
UGT2B7 catalyses the glucuronidation of a diverse range of drugs, environmental chemicals and endogenous compounds. Hence, coding region polymorphisms of UGT2B7 are potentially of pharmacological, toxicological and physiological significance. Two variant UGT2B7 cDNAs encoding enzymes with either His or Tyr at residue 268 have been isolated. The variants, referred to as UGT2B7*1 and UGT2B7*2, respectively, arise from a C to T transversion at nucleotide 802 of the UGT2B7 coding region. Analysis of genomic DNA from 91 unrelated Caucasians and 84 unrelated Japanese demonstrated the presence of the variant alleles encoding UGT2B7*1 and UGT2B7*2 in both populations. However, while there was an approximately equal distribution of subjects homozygous for each allele in the Caucasian population, subjects homozygous for the UGT2B7*1 allele were over 10-fold more prevalent than UGT2B7*2 homozygotes in Japanese. The frequencies of the UGT2B7*1 and UGT2B7*2 alleles were 0.511 and 0.489, respectively, in Caucasians, and 0.732 and 0.268, respectively, in Japanese. The 95% confidence intervals for the two alleles did not overlap between Caucasians and Japanese. Rates of microsomal androsterone, menthol and morphine (3-position) glucuronidation were determined for genotyped livers from Caucasian donors. Statistically significant inter-genotypic differences were not apparent for any of the three substrates. Although the UGT2B7 polymorphism characterized here is probably not associated with altered enzyme activity, the results highlight the need to consider ethnic variability in assessing the consequences of UGT polymorphisms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0960-314X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
679-85
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11186130-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:11186130-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11186130-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:11186130-Androsterone, pubmed-meshheading:11186130-Asian Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:11186130-Ethnic Groups, pubmed-meshheading:11186130-European Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:11186130-Gene Frequency, pubmed-meshheading:11186130-Genetic Variation, pubmed-meshheading:11186130-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:11186130-Glucuronosyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:11186130-Homozygote, pubmed-meshheading:11186130-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11186130-Menthol, pubmed-meshheading:11186130-Metabolic Detoxication, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:11186130-Microsomes, pubmed-meshheading:11186130-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11186130-Morphine, pubmed-meshheading:11186130-Polymorphism, Genetic
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetic polymorphism of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 2B7 (UGT2B7) at amino acid 268: ethnic diversity of alleles and potential clinical significance.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University of SA, Adelaide, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't