A descriptive study of the single-nucleotide polymorphisms known to affect the Tacrolimus trough concentration per dose, among a population of kidney failure patients in a tertiary hospital in Ghana.

Autor: Kwakyi E; Department of Medicine, University of Ghana Medical School, Legon, Ghana., Nartey ET; Center for Tropical Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, P.O. Box GP 4236, Legon, Accra, Ghana. etnartey@ug.edu.gh., Otabil MK; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana., Asiedu-Gyekye I; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana., Ahorhorlu SY; Center for Tropical Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, P.O. Box GP 4236, Legon, Accra, Ghana., Bioma V; Department of Medicine, University of Ghana Medical School, Legon, Ghana., Kudzi W; Center for Tropical Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, P.O. Box GP 4236, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC research notes [BMC Res Notes] 2024 Jul 29; Vol. 17 (1), pp. 210. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 29.
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-024-06868-8
Abstrakt: Background: The burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and kidney failure in Ghana is on the ascendency, with the prevalence of CKD estimated at 13.3%. Patients with CKD who progress to kidney failure require life sustaining kidney replacement therapy (KRT) which is almost exclusively available in Ghana as haemodialysis. Kidney transplantation is considered the best KRT option for patients with irreversible kidney failure due to its relative cost efficiency as well as its superiority in terms of survival and quality of life. However, because transplants may trigger an immune response with potential organ rejection, immunosuppressants such as tacrolimus dosing are required.
Objective: This study sought to determine single nucleotide polymorphisms in CYP3A5, CYP3A4 and MDR1 genes that affect the pharmacokinetics of Tacrolimus in a population of Ghanaian patients with kidney failure.
Method: This cross-sectional study comprised of 82 kidney failure patients undergoing maintenance haemodialysis at the Renal and Dialysis unit of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH). Clinical and demographic data were collected and genomic DNA isolated. Samples were genotyped for specific SNPs using Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (PCR-RFLP).
Results: Participants, 58/82 (70.73%) harbored the wildtype CYP3A5*1/*1 AA genotype, 20/82 (24.39%) carried the heterozygous CYP3A5*1/*3 AG genotype, and 4/82 (4.88%) had the homozygous mutant CYP3A5*3/*3 GG genotype. Also, 6/82 (7.32%) carried the wildtype AA genotype, 11/82 (13.41%) had the heterozygous AG genotype, and 65/82 (79.27%) harbored the homozygous mutant GG genotype of CYP3A4*1B (-290 A>G). For MDR1_Ex21 (2677 G>T), 81/82 (98.78%) carried the wildtype GG genotype, while 1/82 (1.22%) had the heterozygous GT genotype. For MDR1_Ex26 (3435 C>T), 63/82 (76.83%) had the wildtype CC genotype, while 18/82 (21.95%) carried the heterozygous CT genotype, and 1/82 (1.22%) harbored the mutant TT genotype.
Conclusion: SNPs in CYP3A4, CYP3A5, and MDR1 genes in a population of Ghanaian kidney failure patients were described. The varying SNPs of the featured genes suggest the need to consider the genetic status of Ghanaians kidney failure patients prior to transplantation and tacrolimus therapy.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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