Thiopurine methyltransferase phenotypes and genotypes in Brazilians.

نویسندگان

  • Marcelo Reis
  • Ana Santoro
  • Guilherme Suarez-Kurtz
چکیده

The polymorphism of thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) was studied in 306 healthy Brazilians who were classed, on the basis of self-declared colour and ancestry, as Euro-derived (n = 81), Afro-derived (n = 18) or having interethnic admixture (n = 204). TPMT activity (range 0.17-25.93 U) displayed a trimodal distribution of high (> 11.3 U; 9% of individuals), intermediate (5-11.3 U; 9.8%) and low (0.17 U; 0.3%) phenotypes. The occurrence of the TPMT mutations 238G>C, 460G>A and 719A>G was investigated in all individuals with low or intermediate phenotype, and in 43 with high-activity phenotype. None and two mutant alleles were associated with high- or low-activity phenotypes, respectively, whereas one mutant allele was detected in 26 of the 30 intermediate phenotype individuals. The allele frequencies of TPMT*2, TPMT*3A and TPMT*3C did not differ between individuals classed as Euro-derived (0.76%, 2.03% and 2.54%, respectively) or having interethnic admixture (0.60%, 1.81% and 1.81%, respectively). Furthermore, within each of these groups, the frequencies of TPMT*3A and TPMT*3C were not significantly different.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Pharmacogenetics

دوره 13 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003