Detection of CYP2C19 genetic variants in Malaysian Orang Asli from massively parallel sequencing data

Detection of CYP2C19 genetic variants in Malaysian Orang Asli from massively parallel sequencing data. PLOS ONE. pp. 1-12. ISSN 1932-6203 (2016)



Abstract

The human cytochrome P450 (CYP) is a superfamily of enzymes that have been a focus in research for decades due to their prominent role in drug metabolism. CYP2C is one of the major subfamilies which metabolize more than 10% of all clinically used drugs. In the context of CYP2C19, several key genetic variations that alter the enzyme’s activity have been identified and catalogued in the CYP allele nomenclature database. In this study, we investigated the presence of well-established variants as well as novel polymorphisms in the CYP2C19 gene of 62 Orang Asli from the Peninsular Malaysia. A total of 449 genetic variants were detected including 70 novel polymorphisms; 417 SNPs were located in introns, 23 in upstream, 7 in exons, and 2 in downstream regions. Five alleles and seven genotypes were inferred based on the polymorphisms that were found. Null alleles that were observed include CYP2C19*3 (6.5%), *2 (5.7%) and *35 (2.4%) whereas allele with increased function *17 was detected at a frequency of 4.8%. The normal metabolizer genotype was the most predominant (66.1%), followed by intermediate metabolizer (19.4%), rapid metabolizer (9.7%) and poor metabolizer (4.8%) genotypes. Findings from this study provide further insights into the CYP2C19 genetic profile of the Orang Asli as previously unreported variant alleles were detected through the use of massively parallel sequencing technology platform. The systematic and comprehensive analysis of CYP2C19 will allow uncharacterized variants that are present in the Orang Asli to be included in the genotyping panel in the future.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: CYP2C19 Gene, Genetic Variants, Orang Asli, Cytochrome P450 (CYP), Metabolizer genotypes, Polymorphisms
Taxonomy: By Niche > Genome > Genomes Data Processing
By Niche > Genome > Human Genome Research
Local Content Hub: Niche > Genome
Depositing User: Hazrul Amir Tomyang (Puncak Alam)
Date Deposited: 27 May 2024 09:10
Last Modified: 27 May 2024 09:10
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