OBJECTIVES: Multiple single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the gene encoding cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C9 have been identified, but the functional significance of the various putative defective genotypes in humans merits further study. METHODS: Using tolbutamide as a probe of CYP2C9 activity, we evaluated CYP2C9 phenotype in 15 healthy individuals expressing the CYP2C9(*)1/(*)1, (*)1/(*)2, and (*)1/(*)3 genotypes (n = 5 per group). CYP2C9 genotype was determined by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism methods. Subjects received 500 mg of tolbutamide, with plasma and urine collected over a 24-hour period. Plasma tolbutamide and urinary tolbutamide, 4'-hydroxytolbutamide, and carboxytolbutamide concentrations were determined by an HPLC method. RESULTS: Tolbutamide area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to infinity [AUC(0- infinity )] significantly increased by 1.5-fold and 1.9-fold, respectively, in subjects expressing the CYP2C9(*)1/(*)2 and (*)1/(*)3 genotypes compared with (*)1/(*)1 subjects. Statistically significant reductions in tolbutamide oral clearance (29% and 48%) and formation clearance (38% and 56%) were detected in the (*)1/(*)2 and (*)1/(*)3 individuals, respectively, compared with (*)1/(*)1 subjects. The increases in AUC(0- infinity) and decreases in oral clearance observed in the (*)1/(*)3 individuals were also significantly greater than those expressing the (*)1/(*)2 genotype (P <.05). The amount of urinary 4'-hydroxytolbutamide and carboxytolbutamide excreted in the 0- to 12-hour and 6- to 12-hour collection intervals was significantly less in (*)1/(*)2 and (*)1/(*)3 individuals compared with (*)1/(*)1 subjects. With tolbutamide used as a CYP2C9 probe, CYP2C9 genotype was the major determinant of CYP2C9 phenotype (r(2) = 0.77). CONCLUSIONS: CYP2C9 activity was significantly reduced in (*)1 heterozygotes compared with (*)1 homozygotes, and metabolism was more severely impaired in (*)1/(*)3 individuals compared with those expressing (*)1/(*)2.
OBJECTIVES: Multiple single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the gene encoding cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C9 have been identified, but the functional significance of the various putative defective genotypes in humans merits further study. METHODS: Using tolbutamide as a probe of CYP2C9 activity, we evaluated CYP2C9 phenotype in 15 healthy individuals expressing the CYP2C9(*)1/(*)1, (*)1/(*)2, and (*)1/(*)3 genotypes (n = 5 per group). CYP2C9 genotype was determined by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism methods. Subjects received 500 mg of tolbutamide, with plasma and urine collected over a 24-hour period. Plasma tolbutamide and urinary tolbutamide, 4'-hydroxytolbutamide, and carboxytolbutamide concentrations were determined by an HPLC method. RESULTS:Tolbutamide area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to infinity [AUC(0- infinity )] significantly increased by 1.5-fold and 1.9-fold, respectively, in subjects expressing the CYP2C9(*)1/(*)2 and (*)1/(*)3 genotypes compared with (*)1/(*)1 subjects. Statistically significant reductions in tolbutamide oral clearance (29% and 48%) and formation clearance (38% and 56%) were detected in the (*)1/(*)2 and (*)1/(*)3 individuals, respectively, compared with (*)1/(*)1 subjects. The increases in AUC(0- infinity) and decreases in oral clearance observed in the (*)1/(*)3 individuals were also significantly greater than those expressing the (*)1/(*)2 genotype (P <.05). The amount of urinary 4'-hydroxytolbutamide and carboxytolbutamide excreted in the 0- to 12-hour and 6- to 12-hour collection intervals was significantly less in (*)1/(*)2 and (*)1/(*)3 individuals compared with (*)1/(*)1 subjects. With tolbutamide used as a CYP2C9 probe, CYP2C9 genotype was the major determinant of CYP2C9 phenotype (r(2) = 0.77). CONCLUSIONS:CYP2C9 activity was significantly reduced in (*)1 heterozygotes compared with (*)1 homozygotes, and metabolism was more severely impaired in (*)1/(*)3 individuals compared with those expressing (*)1/(*)2.
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