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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-10-4
pubmed:abstractText
The Far Eastern and Caucasian populations are strikingly different with respect to the debrisoquine/sparteine hydroxylation polymorphism. The number of poor metabolizers, as defined for Caucasians, is very low among Chinese and Japanese. We investigated the molecular basis for this difference by analysis of the CYP2D6 gene in 115 Chinese subjects, combined with phenotypic classification of codeine and debrisoquine metabolism. A correlation between the rates of metabolism of these two drugs and genotype, as analyzed by RFLP using XbaI, was observed among the Chinese. A high frequency (37%) of alleles indicative of gene insertions (reflected by XbaI 44kb fragments) was recorded in the Chinese, but was not associated with the poor metabolizer phenotype, as it is in Caucasians. PCR amplification of part of the CYP2D6 gene with mutation specific primers for CYP2D6A (29A) and CYP2D6B (29B) allelic variants revealed that the XbaI 44kb fragment in Chinese apparently contains a functional CYP2D6 gene, in contrast to the situation among Caucasians. The results provide a molecular explanation of the interethnic difference in the metabolism of drugs affected by the debrisoquine hydroxylation polymorphism.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0031-6970
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:geneSymbol
CYP2D6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
553-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1679392-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-Asian Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-China, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-Codeine, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-Debrisoquin, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-European Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-Gene Amplification, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-Hydroxylation, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-Japan, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-Metabolic Clearance Rate, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:1679392-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetic analysis of the interethnic difference between Chinese and Caucasians in the polymorphic metabolism of debrisoquine and codeine.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiological Chemistry, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't