Common non-synonymous nucleotide and amino-acid change are bolded. *Substrate dependent. Common studied
1. Introduction
Throughout history, humanity has referred to toxic reactions in response to food, plants, and more recently, medications or drugs. Pythagoras is thought to be one of the first to observe that some individuals, but not all, would get sick after eating fava beans. Introduction of the complex term
The concept of ‘variability in metabolism’ claims that biochemical processes within the organism are responsible for transformation of compounds from food or medicines, and that this process could be different among subjects leading to a range of organic responses. Alexander Ure (1841) seems to have been the first to report organism’s ability to convert an exogenously administered compound into one or more different metabolites. In the study entitled ‘
At that time, however, the key answer to why there is individual variability in metabolism had not yet been answered, which only came to light after the rediscovery of Mendel´s study about hereditary around the turn of the 20th century. A well-known example to illustrate this was the influence of the genetic findings of William Bateson on studies of Sir Archibald Garrod about alkaptonuria and phenylketonuria presented in the book entitled “
In a similar fashion, animal studies at that time also supported the genetic contribution in drug metabolism variability. Sawin and Glick (1943) in the study entitled “
In the middle of 20th century, evidences necessary to support the transformation of the scattered “pharmacological heritability” in a new science finally appeared. First, Hettie Hughes described a relation between the level of isoniazid (an anti-tuberculosis drug) acetylation and occurrence of peripheral neuritis (Hughes et al. 1954), which absolutely was a landmark step for future demystification of the "one size fits all" system of drug prescribing. Another milestone in PGx was an independent investigation about death of patients caused by a generally safe, local anesthetic drug procaine (Kalow 1962). Further experiments enabled the authors to suggest that a genetically determined alteration in the enzyme structure may cause an abnormal and lethal low cholinesterase activity. The atypical enzyme does not hydrolyze the anesthetic with efficacy, resulting in a prolonged period of high levels of the drug in the blood and increased toxicity (Kalow 2005). Simultaneously, Alf Alving and co-workers observed that African-American soldiers presented an increased risk to develop acute haemolytic crises after primaquine (an antimalarial drug) administration, when compared with Caucasian ones (Clayman et al. 1952). As shown later, this sensitivity is caused by a genetically determined deficiency of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), which alters erythrocyte metabolism (Alving et al. 1956). Thus, it took approximately 2,400 years to explain the Pythagoras observation about favism from a molecular perspective. It is now believed that defect in the
Finally, opening a new era of pharmacological investigation, Arno Motulsky in 1957 published a masterpiece paper entitled “
Despite the terms
2. Metabolizers subpopulations, a brief review
Since physiological responses associated with a particular drug have been linked to biochemical attributes in the body of the recipient, several studies have attempted to elucidate which factors modify the clinical response to a greater or lesser extent. There is now a general understanding that variability in the function of drug-metabolizing enzymes (DME) is responsible for many differences in the disposition and clinical consequences of drugs. Although it is a central issue to PGx, in clinical practice most decisions about a medicine prescription are mainly based on the classic factors responsible for drug variability, including co-existing disease (especially those that affect drug distribution, absorption or elimination), body mass, diet, alcohol intake, interaction with others drugs and mechanisms to improve patient compliance. In fact, all of these have been demonstrated to directly affect the indicated dose of the drug. However, they only partly explain why most major drugs are effective in only 25 to 60 percent of patients. Furthermore, taking into account patients with same physical and demographic characteristics, why does a standard dose is toxic to some patient but not to others? Why not all patients demonstrate the expected efficacy in drug treatment trials? Undoubtedly, these and many others questions opened the door for a new era of the personalized medicine and treatment perspectives (Nair 2010).
It is well-know that drug levels can be raised by increasing the dose or by more frequent administration in a non-responder patient. Conversely, if a higher plasmatic drug level with a standard dose administration is expected (in a patient with cirrhosis or malnutrition, for example), increasing the time of administration or suspending the dose may be a reasonable attitude. Although advances in medical technology and potential predictive models have improved the choice of dose, they are not yet sufficient to prevent high level of morbidity and mortality caused by adverse drug reactions (ADR), as shown in the clinical practice (Wu et al. 2010). Thus, it is believed that the study of how genetic variation interface with drug metabolism, especially in genes codifying DMEs, may also lead to improve drug safety.
A variety of factors affecting the expression and activity of DMEs are classified into three major groups: genetic factors, non-genetic host factors (such as diseases, age, stress, obesity, physical exercise, etc.) and environmental factors (environmental pollutants, occupational chemicals, drugs, etc.). Recent studies clearly indicate that interindividual variation in drug metabolism is one of the most important causes of drug response differences. In general, common pharmacokinetic profile is a lighthouse for most prescribers in clinical practice. Figure 1A exemplify a simplified model of a drug biotransformation route. Most pharmaceuticals compounds or molecules (M1 in figure 1) when administrated orally are lipid-soluble enough to be reabsorbed (in the kidneys) and eliminated slowly in small amounts in an unchanged form in urine. Therefore, drug biotransformation by enzymes (represented by E1) has a key role in the control of plasmatic drug concentration. It should be remembered that the metabolites (M2) might also exert pharmacological effect (which will be discussed later). In addition, low activity of the
metabolic step might cause accumulation of the drug and/or its metabolites in the body if the medicine continues to be taken (Figure 1B). As discussed earlier, genetic mutations in coding and noncoding regions may be involved in such inborn altered enzymatic activity (Ingelman-Sundberg 2001). Some relevant examples come from polymorphisms in CYPs (cytochrome P450) genes, which may result in absence of protein synthesis (
Since the effect of inherited variation (genotype) on enzymatic activity isresult of changes in DNA sequence (will be discussed in more details later), it is plausible that there are distinct subgroups of subjects who have different metabolic capabilities (phenotype). IIndeed, epidemiologic studies have revealed at least two sub-populations of individuals based on drug metabolizing profile, classified as either “rapid”, or “slow” metabolizers. Importantly to note that each metabolic group (rapid or slow) has advantages and disadvantages, and potential outcomes have been related to the type of drug studied. For example, administration of a prodrug may have higher therapeutic efficacy in a rapid than in slow metabolizer phenotype, as the metabolization of such drug is necessary to make it active. In addition, drug biotransformation is fundamental to generate an active-molecule (M2) from a less (or not) active form (M1) (Figure 1C). Despite controversies that exist in the literature about the real impact of pharmacogenetics on clinical practice (Padol et al. 2006), studies have reported different therapeutic response in patients treated with proton pump inhibitors (Tanigawara et al. 1999, Furuta et al. 2001, Klotz 2006). These examples illustrate how important PGx is, on a case-by-case basis.
Furthermore, it is evident that PGx approaches cited here are simplified assumptions of metabolism. Actually, many drugs are sequentially metabolized (Figure 1D) by parallel pathways or a broad range of enzymes to other intermediary metabolites. For practical purposes, two main classes of reactions are considered in the biotransformation of drugs. Exclusively for readability, some basic generalities of each phase reactions will be introduced below from a PGx perspective.
3. Lessons from phase I and II reactions
As discussed elsewhere in this book, the “phase I” metabolizing enzymes (or “nonsynthetic reactions”) can convert drugs in reactive electrophilic metabolites by oxidation, hydrolysis, cyclization, reduction, and decyclization. The major and the most common phase I enzyme involved in drug metabolism are the microsomal cytochrome P450 (CYP) superfamily. CYPs mediate monooxygenase reactions that generate polar metabolites that may be readily excreted in the urine. Major CYP isoforms responsible for biotransformation of drugs include CYP3A4, CYP2D6, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP1A2 and CYP2E1. However, CYP2D6, a member of this family, has been a true landmark in phase I reactions and also a common target of study in PGx.
Following the scientific vision of Evans and Sjöqvist concerning the inheritability of metabolism profile, Alexanderson continued the refining of the pharmacogenetic studies using twin models. Metabolism of some drugs such as nortriptiline (tricyclic antidepressant) were demonstrated to be under genetic control (Alexanderson et al. 1969). Later, Robert Smith (Mahgoub et al. 1977) and Michel Eichelbaum (Eichelbaum et al. 1979) and their co-workers independently attributed variability in debrisoquine/sparteine oxidation to feasible genetic polymorphisms in debrisoquine hydroxylase or sparteine oxidase (now known as CIP2D6, the same metabolizing enzyme of nortriptiline). In these studies, they suggested that at least two phenotypic subpopulations could be distinguished as “poor” and “extensive” metabolizers. This association between genotype and phenotype was explored only almost ten years after, when the gene encoding CYP2D6 was identified (Gonzalez et al. 1988). Nowadays, it is well recognized that
The UM phenotype results from a gene duplication or even multiduplications. Individuals UMs tend to metabolize drugs at an ultrarapid rate (Ingelman-Sundberg et al. 2007). The relevance of such genetic variation in the biotransformation of drugs is very impressive. First, at least one fifth of all drugs used in clinical practice (or their active metabolites) share a pathway in CYP2D6 route. Among them, include those used to treat heart disease, depression and schizophrenia, for example (Ingelman-Sundberg & Sim 2010, Lohoff & Ferraro 2010). Second, phenotype status directly affects clinical response. Analgesic effects of some prodrugs, such as tramadol, codeine and oxycodone are CYP2D6-dependent, and PMs present low analgesic efficacy (Poulsen et al. 1996, Stamer et al. 2003, Stamer & Stuber 2007, Zwisler et al. 2009). On the other hand, loss of therapeutic efficacy at standard doses can also be observed in UMs since the drug metabolization occurs at a fast rate (Davis & Homsi 2001). Finally, UM may also present either improved therapeutic efficacy or more frequently severe adverse effects, due to a higher rate of toxic metabolites formation (Kirchheiner et al. 2008, Elkalioubie et al. 2011).
An interesting point is that many chemicals become more toxic (even carcinogenic) only when they are converted to a reactive form by phase 1 enzyme (represented by M2 in Figure 1D). Thus, subsequent biotransformation pathway has a critical role in protecting cells from damage by promoting elimination of such potentially dangerous compounds. In this context, many phase I products are not rapidly eliminated and they may undergo a subsequent reaction, known as phase II (represented by E2 in Figure 1D). Phase II reactions are characterized by incorporation of an endogenous substrate (for this reason are called “conjugation reactions”) such as glutathione (GSH), sulfate, glycine, or glucuronic acid within specific sites in the target containing mainly carboxyl (-COOH), hydroxyl (-OH), amino (-NH2), and sulfhydryl (-SH) groups to form a highly polar conjugate (represented by M3 in the figure 1D). As phase I, most phase II reactions generally produces more water-soluble metabolites, increasing the rate of their excretion from the body. However, it is important to notice that the conjugation of reactive compounds by phase 2 metabolizing enzymes will not necessarily convert them into inactive compounds before elimination. Actually, “phase I” and “phase II” terminologies have been more related to a historical classification rather than a biologically based one, since phase II reactions can occur alone, or even precede phase I reactions. In general, more complex routes are involved in drug metabolism though some pathways are preferentially used.
It is worthwhile to mention some clinical considerations with regard to recent advances seen in PGx. First, although genotyping may be useful in predicting a drug response or toxicological risk, classical factors related with variability in drug response (age, organic status, patient compliance and others) must also be considered at every stage of the therapeutic individualization (Vetti et al. 2010). Second, it is widely accepted that genetic variability in DMEs are also directly correlated with susceptibility to unexpected outcomes, such as suicide (Penas-Lledo et al. 2011), cancer (Di Pietro et al. 2010) and other complex diseases (Ma et al. 2011). In others words, PGx approaches are not limited to drug response.
Knowledge of the relevance of phase II enzymes for PGx precedes the CYP2D6 findings. The final touch of this association was done by Price Evans in an elegant and well-designed research on the Finish in 1950`s (Evans et al. 1960). Although his studies about variation of isoniazid metabolism had more impact on public health, Evans advanced the ideas of Hughes and McCusick about the influence of Mendelian inheritance on drug metabolism. In this regard, his findings allowed introduction of the ‘fast' and ‘slow' metabolizers nomenclature, and which finally provided evidences that genetic variation in drug metabolism could be shown using random families. Subsequent studies demonstrated that the common trimodal profile in plasma isoniazid levels as a result of genetically determined forms of hepatic N-acetyltransferase (NAT). Particularly NAT2 (EC 2.3.1.5), catalyzes not only N-acetylation, but following N-hydroxylation also catalyzes subsequent O-acetylation and N,O-acetylation. NAT2 is a crucial enzyme to convert some environmental carcinogens such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), aromatic amines (AAs), heterocyclic amines (HAs) and nitrosamines (NAs) in more water-soluble metabolite, avoiding accumulation of potentially dangerous metabolites (Hein et al. 2000).
Other important phase II enzymes are Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs; EC 2.5.1.18), which constitute a superfamily of ubiquitous and multifunctional enzymes. As NAT2, GSTs play a key role in cellular detoxification, protecting macromolecules from attack by reactive electrophiles, including environmental carcinogens, reactive oxygen species and chemotherapeutic agents (Ginsberg et al. 2009). One common feature of all GSTs is their ability to catalyze the nucleophilic addition of the tripeptide glutathione (GSH; γ-Glu-Cys-Gly) to a wide variety of exogenous and endogenous chemicals with electrophilic functional groups, thereby neutralizing such sites, and similar with NAT2, rendering the products more water-soluble, facilitating their elimination from the cell. Besides NATs and GSTs, other enzymes are also important in phase II metabolism, such as UDP-glucuronosyl transferases (UGTs), sulfotransferases (SULTs), methyltransferases (as TPMT) and acyltransferases (as GNPAT).
Assumptions between functional variability in DMEs and heritable genetic polymorphisms have allowed recent studies to evaluate, for example, why exposition to a particular toxic substance does not result in the same degree of risk for all individuals. This approach called toxicogenetics is considered another arm of PGx. Additionally, toxicological perspectives provide opportunities to evaluate the interindividual variability in susceptibility to a number of disorders such as cancer (Orphanides & Kimber 2003, Di Pietro et al. 2010). As discussed later, it is inevitable that this knowledge would bring out endless debates about ethical questions.
4. Genetic variability in drug response
At this point, it is clear that variability in drug response depends on the complex interplay between multiple factors (including age, organ function, concomitant therapy, drug interactions, and the nature of the disease) and genetic background. Now, we will focus on the basic principles of genetics to get a better understanding of key issues addressed in PGx, and how genotype data may be used to infer phenotypic designations.
DNA sequence variations that are common in the population (present at frequencies of 1% or higher) are known as polymorphisms (not just “mutations”) and they influence the function of their encoded protein, consequently altering human phenotypes. Among such genetic variations, there are at least two common polymorphisms having a substantial influence on the interindividual variation in human metabolism: Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) and insertions/deletions (indels). SNPs are polymorphisms that occur when a single nucleotide (A, T, C, or G) is altered in the genome sequence. They are largely distributed and account for most variations found in the genome. However, those that occur in genes and surrounding regions of the genome controlling gene expression are notoriously related to susceptibility to diseases or have a direct effect on drug metabolism. SNPs are classified as nonsynonymous (or missense) if the base pair change results in an amino acid substitution, or synonymous (or sense) if the base pair substitution within a codon does not alter the encoded amino acid. In comparison to base pair substitutions, indels are much less frequent in the genome, especially in coding regions. Most indels within exons (representative nucleotide sequences that code for mature RNA), may cause a frame shift in the translated protein and thereby changing protein structure or function, or result in an early stop codon, which makes an unstable or nonfunctional protein. Important to state that the functional effects of structural genomic variants are not limited by SNPs and indels, but also related to others process such as inversion and multiple copies of genes (as observed in
As presented earlier, population studies have shown the frequency of an appropriate measure of
4.1. NAT2: Genetic determinants to a range of phenotypes
The gene coding for
A number of studies have attempted to relate
Metabolic phenotyping assays are generally more time-consuming, more expensive, and not suitable in many situations. In this regard, many studies have successfully shown that phenotype prediction of NAT2 activity from genotype data is useful and accurate. However, this requires that all relevant SNPs and/or alleles be analyzed in the population studied since inference of NAT2 phenotypes is assigned based on co-dominant expression of rapid and slow acetylator
4.2. Why computational approach is valuable to infer haplotypes?
Haplotype approaches combining the information of adjacent SNPs into composite multilocus are more informative, robust and valuable in the study of human traits than single-locus analyses. However, problems may occur when
Haplotype | SNP and rs identifiers |
Amino-acid change |
Acetylator phenotype |
NAT2*4 | Reference | Reference | High |
NAT2*5A | T341C (rs1801280) C481T (rs1799929) |
I114T L161L |
Slow |
NAT2*5B | T341C (rs1801280) C481T (rs1799929) A803G (rs1208) |
I114T L161L K268R |
Slow |
NAT2*5C | T341C (rs1801280) A803G (rs1208) |
I114T K268R |
Slow |
NAT2*6A | C282T (rs1041983) G590A (rs1799930) |
Y94Y R197Q |
Slow |
NAT2*6B | G590A (rs1799930) | R197Q | Slow |
NAT2*7A | G857A (rs1799931) | G286E | Slow* |
NAT2*7B | G857A (rs1799931) C282T (rs1041983) |
G286E Y94Y |
Slow |
NAT2*12A | A803G (rs1208) | K268R | Rapid |
NAT2*12B | A803G (rs1208) C282T (rs1041983) |
K268R Y94Y |
Rapid |
NAT2*12C | A803G (rs1208) C481T (rs1799929) |
K268R L161L |
Rapid |
NAT2*13A | C282T (rs1041983) | Y94Y | Rapid |
NAT2*14A | G191A (rs1801279) | R64Q | Slow |
NAT2*14B | G191A (rs1801279) C282T (rs1041983) |
R64Q Y94Y |
Slow |
As current routine genotyping and sequencing methods typically provide unordered allele pairs for each marker,
4.3. From genetic alterations to protein function: Moving from pharmacogenetics to pharmacogenomics
Given that genetic alteration may influence a protein function, several studies were conducted to assess how polymorphisms in genes of the corresponding DME can modify drug efficacy/toxicity and disease risk. In general, results have been obtained in epidemiologic or clinical studies and for better understanding of the population’s PGx. Consequently, in order to investigate these associations, both
Functional studies and intracellular tracking of polymorphic variants are contributing to appreciation of how individual mutations modify protein function. In general, these studies support the idea that different combinations of polymorphisms in the gene coding region result in proteins with altered stability, degradation, and/or kinetic characteristics. For example, slow acetylator
The effects of genetic alteration on proteins are the basis for bimodal or polymodal phenotypes. With these relations between genotype and phenotype recognized, studies have shown promising pathways supposed to be susceptibility molecular targets for a number of drug side effects and certain malignancies predisposed by DME genes polymorphisms.
Furthermore, the molecular homology modeling techniques, including SNP locations and computational docking of substrates, have increased the understanding of the protein structure-function relationship. In this context, PGx has been a universal discipline providing many of the driving forces behind of the scientific development of the human genetics, pharmacology, clinical medicine and epidemiology. Additional evidences from laboratory-based experiments, haplotype mapping and clinical tests, lead us to believe that PGx will be a major contributor in the preventive and curative modern medicine.
5. Clinical pharmacogenetics and potential applications
Individual variability in plasma drug levels has been considered by many studies as a primary cause of therapeutic inefficacy and pharmacologic toxicity. Thus, matching patients to the drugs and dose that are most likely to be effective (maximizing drug efficacy) and least likely to cause harm (enhancing drug safety) is the main purpose of the novel contributions PGx.
Clinically relevant examples of inherited variation that may influence the individual's drug-metabolizing capacity and consequently pharmacokinetic properties of a drug are available in the literature. One of the earliest pharmacogenetic tests resulting in clinically important side effects was on the enzyme thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) (Krynetski et al. 1996). TPMT metabolizes two thiopurine drugs: azathioprine (AZA) and its metabolite 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP), used in the treatment of autoimmune diseases and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Polymorphism in
Isoniazid metabolic pathways clearly exemplify that elimination of most drugs involves the participation of several families of drug metabolizing enzymes. Therefore, it is incoherent thought that one or few isolated host factors that only response to drugs. However, there are few studies focusing on the relationship between the genotypes of related enzymes and susceptibility to drug adverse reactions. As shown in Figure 5, is theoretically possible that GST isoforms, which are genetically determined to a great extent, may also influence INH metabolism. In this way, a study found that well known
In addition to significant number of publications available in the scientific literature, others comprehensive, public online resources are also available for beginners and experts in PGx. Undoubtedly, one of the most important is Pharmacogenomics Knowledge Base (PharmGKB, http://www.pharmgkb.org). The reader will find up-to-date information about the most important genes involved in drug response, highlighted summaries, pathway diagrams, and accurate literature (Sangkuhl et al. 2008). In general, the ultimate goal of such services is to guide appropriate PGx knowledge. Common data collected (with few modifications) from PharmGKB in regard to PGx polymorphisms of phase I DMEs and clinical associations are summarized in Table 2. Since we discussed earlier about PGx of
Gene | Common Alleles/Effect | Common substrates |
Clinical evidences | References |
CYP2A6 | *2 (L160H) *5 (G479V) *7 (I471T) *11 (S224P) *12 (10 aa substitutions) *17 (V365M) *18 (Y392F) *20 (196 frameshift) |
Coumarin, SM-12502, Tegafur#, Nicotine and 5-Fluorouracil |
Influence on nicotine adverse effects and variability in quit smoking | (Malaiyandi et al. 2006; Ozaki et al. 2006; Ho et al. 2008) |
Altered therapeutic responses to antineoplastic Tegafur | (Daigo et al. 2002; Kong et al. 2009) | |||
CYP2B6 | *2 (R22C) *4 (K262R) *5 (R487C) *6 (Q172H; K262R) |
Tamoxifen, Clopidogrel#, Carbamazepine#, Cyclophosphamide, Nicotine and Diazepan | Efavirenz effect and central nervous system side effects | (Haas et al. 2004; Ribaudo et al. 2010) |
Sub-therapeutic plasma concentrations of efavirenz | (Rodriguez-Novoa et al. 2005; ter Heine et al. 2008) | |||
Benefits of efavirenz dose adjustment | (Gatanaga et al. 2007; ter Heine et al. 2008) | |||
CYP2C9 | *2 (R144C) *3 (I359L) *5 (D360E) *6 (273 frameshift) *13 (L90P) |
Warfarin, Phenytoin, Tolbutamide, Glibenclamide, Gliclazide, Fluvastatin, Losartan, Ritonavir and Tipranavir. |
Variability in warfarin therapy and elevated risk of severe bleeding | (Aithal et al. 1999; Takahashi et al. 2006; Gan et al. 2011) |
Elevated risk of hypoglycemia attacks during oral antidiabetic treatment. | (Kidd et al. 1999; Tan et al. 2010; Gokalp et al. 2011) |
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More frequent symptoms of overdose in phenytoin therapy | (Ninomiya et al. 2000; van der Weide et al. 2001; Kesavan et al. 2010) |
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CYP2C19 | *2A (splic; I331V) *2B (splic; E92D) *2C (splic; A161P; I331V) *3A (W212X; I331V) *3B (W212X; D360N; I331V) *9 (R144H; I331V) *17 (I331V) |
Mephenytoin, Lansoprazole, Omeprazole, Selegiline, Imipramine, Fluoxetine Diazepan, Phenobarbital and Proguanil |
Inadequate response to clopidogrel* and higher rate of major adverse cardiovascular events (thrombosis) |
(Mega et al. 2009; Mega et al. 2010; Kelly et al. 2011) |
Increased risk of proguanil treatment failures |
(Kaneko et al. 1997) | |||
Differences in clinical efficacy of proton pump inhibitors. | (Zhao et al. 2008; Furuta et al. 2009; Sheng et al. 2010; Yang & Lin 2010) |
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Nelfinavir pharmacokinetics and virologic response in HIV-1-infection. | (Saitoh et al. 2010) |
6. Ethnic characterization is not sufficient to reach pharmacogenetic goals: Focus on personal genomics
Inherited determinants generally remain stable throughout a person’s lifetime (unlike other factors influencing drug response), making the pharmacogenetics approach attractive. However, both interethnic and intraethnic variability for a specific allele in human populations are extremely large and may have relevant clinical implications.
Undoubtedly, PGx variability explains in part why there are important differences in response to conventional drug-based therapies among different ethnic groups. But, from a biological standpoint, what are the probability to predict efficiently and accurately an individual response to drug from a multi-ethnic study? Low, at least. Several evidences have provided enough data to concern about it. Attempts to predict genotypes and phenotypes from ethnic perspectives have been become less meaningful, mainly in parts of the world in which people from different regions have mixed extensively. Thus, recent studies have pointed out that ethnicity not always serves as a start point to define drug regimes because it typically not emphasizes biological components. To group individuals in only a same category based in non-biological criteria, is to assume that people from these groups have same biological backgrounds. For example, clinical and pharmacological trials have traditionally considered the different geographical regions of Brazil as being very heterogeneous. However, a recent study found that the genomic ancestry of subjects from these different regions of Brazil is more homogeneous than anticipated (Pena et al. 2011). In the same way, individual categorization depends not on physical appearance of the subjects (Parra et al. 2003).
Therefore, it is evident that results from population studies could be useful in some situations, but the fact that subjects have their own variations reinforce the necessity to study an individual's genetic profile and not ethnic populations.
7. Are PGx approaches cost-effective?
Unquestionably, some success has been achieved in recent years in establishing the clinical utility of the pharmacogenetic testing. However, it remains questionable whether it is cost-effective or not. To justify routine testing, PGx technology must be more practical than the available approaches and involve a clinical benefit higher than those reported and sufficiently to cover expenditures in genetic testing. Unfortunately, data on cost-effectiveness of PGx are currently limited and have been the subject of controversy in the literature. A possible explanation is that therapeutic outcomes depend on many poorly defined factors other than pharmacogenetic variation, such as the cost of therapeutic failure and circumstances surrounding patient therapy. Furthermore, to address the issue of “effectiveness” is difficult, considering that PGx purposes not only attempt save time and money, but also avoids any unnecessary physical suffering and emotional traumas.
In general, studies have shown that PGx is potentially cost-effective under certain circumstances (Carlson et al. 2009, Vegter et al. 2009, Meckley et al. 2010). Some authors consider that findings showing non-robust benefit of PGx testing are due to limited knowledge of its therapeutic application since access to technology and genotyping expenses are no longer limiting factors. Influence of
Presumably, cost-effectiveness of PGx also can vary from high to low depending on the illness and gene involved. According to this proposition, important support of the cost-effectiveness of PGx comes from clinical situations where PGx variations have major impact on therapeutic outcomes and clinical cost. Genotyping of
Important to date that economic evaluations of PGx have all highlighted the need to improve the quality of the evidence-based economics (Payne & Shabaruddin 2010), since a number of studies have been inconclusive (Verhoef et al. 2010). Finally, it is possible that the rapidly decreasing cost of genetic analysis and knowledge of the therapeutic application of PGx will be able systematically to make PGx approaches more and more cost-effective technology.
8. Ethics in PGx and final considerations
Past lessons had enabled us to see the rising of personalized prescriptions in improving prevention of serious adverse drug reactions, therapeutic effect and patient compliance. However, they have not resolved the ethical issues that are emerging in PGx research. Although the barriers between technological advances and the view of human well-being are not so clear-cut, both perspectives will be discussed below.
The first issue comes from the source of PGx data: human samples. Samples and data collected as a part of the research are stored and offer robust information about genome, cells, biological functions, life-style, previous diseases, and many others. Although it seems like a conspirator theory or just an ideological issue, because historical facts unfortunately have failed to clearly show this fact. A businessman from Seattle called John Moore developed hairy cell leukemia and was treated by a highly qualified team from a notorious research center of an American University. Then, Moore returned to the center in order monitor his condition seven years later, fearing a recurrence of the leukaemia. However, he was shocked to learn that besides his physician’s preoccupation about his health, there indeed was another interest at stake. And that was a million dollar contract that was already negotiated and signed, to develop a cell line from Moore blood sample (now known as “Mo-cell line”) without Moore’s consent. It became a court case. Surprisingly, California Supreme Court decided the case in favour of the physician. This landline decision gave a clear impetus to commercialization of samples from human and led to patents developed from human samples. After that, new patents based on human samples gave a new gold rush treasure. It is obvious that the chapter’s purpose is not to go deeper in this kind of philosophical issues, but the reader must think about the real impact of what the informed consent really represent and what should guide its free applications. Moreover, many studies involving thousands of individuals with application of "reconsents" and "tiered consent" aiming to obtain specimens to future research will also new clinical directives in PGx research.
A second bioethical hallmark allow the subject or patient confidentiality. How, for whom and why will the information be accessed? As a part of clinical diagnosis, it seems more reasonable that the patients themselves have special interest and the confidentiality is not different as in the case of other diseases. However, could patients’ relatives know about inherited disorders or increased disease risk? Could employers and health insurances companies have access to this genetic information? For instance, we may suppose a company looking for employees based on the “tolerance levels” to exposure of occupational toxicants. In this regard, studies have shown a wide range of carcinogenic toxicants such as arsenic (Hernandez et al. 2008, Paiva et al. 2010), benzene (Sapienza et al. 2007) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (Rihs et al. 2005) in which detoxification is genetically influenced. Thus, should this information be used for admission or even resignation? Defenders of the breaking of genomic confidentiality usually have highlighted the cost-benefit of “protecting his/her own health”, but some health insurance companies may use these data to introduce different fares depending on individual susceptibility such as “high costs” for subjects defined as “higher disease risk”, for example. Actually there is no novelty on that since many worldwide apply different rates for automobiles or health insurance based on age, gender, life-style, previous disease and some others. In fact, companies, regulatory and public funding agencies are discussing how to integrate PGx practice into public health care (Robertson et al. 2002, Evans 2010).
Examples above illustrated lead to a third reflection: Equity. As discussed by Peterson-Iyer, “market forces do not guarantee justice in the distribution of health care”. In a different way of the "one-size-fits-all" (a blind approach for drug prescription with regard to their pharmacokinetic profile), PGx approaches improving drug safety and efficacy are already beginning to be performed only in some private and medical centers. It is unquestionable that in short time clinical practice of PGx will favor highly sophisticated higher one’s economic status. If currently there are a significant numbers of subjects uninsured for basic health care, would PGx rectify or exacerbate the profoundly disturbing those with higher economic status inequalities in the health care system? (Peterson-Iyer 2008). Indeed many other bioethical questions might be relevant, which we may not be able to treat here. We encourage the readers to read further on this subject from various excellent articles on these issues (Williams-Jones & Corrigan 2003, Weijer & Miller 2004, Patowary 2005, Sillon et al. 2008, Howard et al. 2011).
In conclusion, unequivocally DMEs still remain helping to elucidate the well-known mechanisms of variability in drug response and have been the major contributor in the successful advances in PGx (Freund et al. 2004, Jaquenoud Sirot et al. 2006, Swierkot & Slezak 2011). Past lessons have taught us to consider each individual as a unique person from metabolic perspective. Currently, PGx is leading us to uncover several and potential applications of PGx in the clinical practice, which involves an interconnected puzzle pieces with patients, health professionals, industry and governmental regulatory agencies. Finally, PGx starts to tell us that all its benefits should also be applied in a close future for all members of the society and though differences in our DNA, pharmacogeneticians always worked together in the same perspective to improve the health of people without distinction.
Acknowledgments
Authors acknowledge the contributions of all investigators and students from Laboratory of Pharmacogenome and Molecular Epidemiology from Santa Cruz State University (UESC). Authors also acknowledge the relevant grants of Bahia State Research Foundation (Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia - FAPESB). LAVM is CAPES Ph.D. fellow (Proc. 2230/11-9).
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