title: CYP2D6-related oxidation polymorphism in Italy.
abstract: The distribution of the oxidation polymorphism related to cytochrome CYP2D6 (debrisoquine type) was determined in 246 healthy Italian volunteers. Phenotyping was based on HPLC determination of the dextrometorphan/dextrorphan concentration ratio (metabolic ratio) in urine samples collected over an 8 h interval following a single oral 30 mg dose of dextromethorphan hydrobromide. Urinary excretion of dextromethorphan showed a wide interindividual variability, ranging from < or = 0.04 to 3.9% and from 0.5 to 79.6% of the dose, respectively. Metabolic ratios ranged from < or = 0.001 to 6.6. Eleven of the 246 subjects showed a metabolic ratio greater than 0.30, indicating that 4.5% of the population could be ascribed to the poor metabolizer status. The frequency of the poor metabolizer phenotype in this population is within the range described for other Caucasian ethnic groups.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Spina
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Campo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Avenoso
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Caputi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zuccaro
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pacifici
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gatti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strada
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bartoli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Perucca
mesh_terms: D019389:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics*; D003915:Dextromethorphan / Q000652:urine; D003917:Dextrorphan / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry; D008297:Male; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000235:genetics*; D010641:Phenotype; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D044469:Racial Groups
chemical_list: D003917:Dextrorphan; D003915:Dextromethorphan; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D019389:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6