title: Inter-ethnic differences in genetic polymorphisms of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes (CYP1A1, CYP2D6, NAT1 and NAT2) in healthy populations: correlation with the functional in silico prediction.
abstract: Several studies have shown that many polymorphisms of the xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes (XME) affect either enzymatic functions or are associated with various aspects of human health. Owing to the presence of these single nucleotide variants (SNVs), differences in detoxification capacity have been observed between many ethnicities. The aim of this investigation was to study the prevalence of four polymorphisms in XME among various ethnic groups. Attention was focused on polymorphisms of CYP2D6 (rs1058172, G>A, p.Arg365His), CYP1A1 (rs4646421, c.-26-728C>T), NAT1 (rs4921880, c.-85-1014T>A) and NAT2 (rs1208, A>G, p.Arg268Lys). These polymorphisms were analyzed in 261 healthy Tunisians individuals in comparison with different ethnic backgrounds from hapmap database. In addition, in silico functional prediction was also performed to determine the loss of function variants. Our results demonstrated that population's origins widely affect the genetic variability of XME enzymes and Tunisians show a characteristic pattern. In silico predictions showed a deleterious effect for p.Arg268Lys substitution on CYP2D6 function, findings confirmed its key role played in cancer susceptibility. These data show that detoxification genes structures depend on the studied population. This suggests that ethnic differences impact on disease risk or response to drugs and therefore should be taken into consideration in genetic association studies focusing on XME enzymes. Our results provide the first report on these SNV in Tunisian population and could be useful for further epidemiological investigations including targeted therapy.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Marine and Environmental Toxicology, UR 09-03, IPEIS, Sfax University, BP 1172, 3018, Sfax, Tunisia, rimkhlifi@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: Rim
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khlifi
authors.forename: Ghada
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ben Salah
authors.forename: Amine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chakroun
authors.forename: Amel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamza-Chaffai
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rebai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase / Q000235:genetics*; D019295:Computational Biology; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 / Q000235:genetics*; D019389:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6 / Q000235:genetics*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D060005:Genotyping Techniques; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014416:Tunisia; D015262:Xenobiotics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D015262:Xenobiotics; C569463:CYP1A1 protein, human; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D019389:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6; D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase; C089384:N-acetyltransferase 1; C478900:NAT2 protein, human