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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2019

High-Resolution Melting Assay for Genotyping Variants of the CYP2C19 Enzyme and Predicting Voriconazole Effectiveness.

L Bernal-Martínez, L Alcazar Fuoli, B Miguel-Revilla, A Carvalho, M S Cuétara Garcia, J Garcia-Rodriguez, C Cunha, E Gómez-García de la Pedrosa, A Gomez-Lopez

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

L Bernal-MartínezMycology Reference and Research Laboratory, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
L Alcazar FuoliMycology Reference and Research Laboratory, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
B Miguel-RevillaMycology Reference and Research Laboratory, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
A CarvalhoLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
M S Cuétara GarciaMicrobiology Laboratory, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Leganés, Madrid, Spain.
J Garcia-RodriguezDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, Hospital Universitario La Paz-H Carlos III, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain.
C CunhaLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
E Gómez-García de la PedrosaDepartment of Microbiology, Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Instituto de Investigación Ramón y Cajal (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain.
A Gomez-LopezMycology Reference and Research Laboratory, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain aliciagl@isciii.es.
Instituto de Salud Carlos III · ESUniversity of Minho · PTHospital Universitario La Paz · ESHospital Universitario Severo Ochoa · ESInstituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Voriconazole is a triazole antifungal agent recommended as primary treatment for invasive aspergillosis, as well as some other mold infections. However, it presents some pharmacokinetic singularities that lead to a great variability intra- and interindividually, nonlinear pharmacokinetics, and a narrow therapeutic range. Most experts have recommended tracing the levels of voriconazole in patients when receiving treatment. This azole is metabolized through the hepatic enzyme complex cytochrome P450 (CYPP450), with the isoenzyme CYP2C19 being principally involved. Allelic variations (polymorphisms) of the gene that encodes this enzyme are known to contribute to variability in voriconazole exposure. Three different allelic variants, CYP2C19*17, CYP2C19*2, and CYP2C19*3, could explain most of the phenotypes related to the voriconazole metabolism and some of its pharmacokinetic singularities. We designed a rapid molecular method based on high-resolution melting to characterize these polymorphisms in a total of 142 samples, avoiding sequencing. Three PCRs were designed with similar cycling conditions to run simultaneously. The results showed that our method represents a fast, accurate, and inexpensive means to study these variants related to voriconazole metabolism. In clinical practice, this could offer a useful tool to individually optimize therapy and reduce expenses in patients with fungal infections.

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Antifungal AgentsAspergillosisCytochrome P-450 CYP2C19GenotypePharmacokineticsPolymerase Chain ReactionVoriconazoleAntifungal AgentsCYP2C19 protein, humanCytochrome P-450 CYP2C19VoriconazoleCYP2C19high-resolution meltingpharmacogenomicspolymorphismsvoriconazole

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PMID30910893
PMCPMC6535561
OpenAlexW2924728591

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