Based on the ability to metabolize CYP2C19 substrates, individuals can be classified as ultrarapid (UM), extensive (EM), intermediate (IM), or poor metabolizers (PM). EM individuals are homozygous for the CYP2C19*1 allele, which is associated with functional CYP2C19-mediated metabolism. The IM genotype consists of one wild-type allele and one variant allele that encodes reduced or absent enzyme function (e.g., *1/*2, *1/*3), resulting in decreased CYP2C19 activity [Article:12222994]. PM individuals have two loss-of-function alleles (e.g., *2/*2, *2/*3, *3/*3), resulting in markedly reduced or absent CYP2C19 activity [Articles:12222994, 8563772]. Individuals who carry one or two *17 gain-of-function alleles (e.g., *1/*17, *17/*17) may be categorized as UMs. However, the phenotypic consequences of a loss-of-function allele and a *17 compound heterozygous genotype (e.g., *2/*17) is currently unclear but may be in between the EM and IM phenotypes, and possibly substrate-dependent [Articles:20492469, 20233192]. An important caveat in translating genetic information into predicted metabolizer status category is that the CYP2C19*1 allele is defined by the absence of other variants. Thus genotyping assays that do not query all variation in the gene may misclassify some individuals. If all common variants (i.e., >1% allele frequency) are genotyped, misclassification error will be small.
Platelet aggregation inhibitors
Some studies have identified enhanced platelet inhibition and clopidogrel response among UM patients [Articles:20492469, 19106084, 19496924, 20826260] and possibly an increased risk of bleeding complications 20083681; however, other studies have not identified an independent effect of CYP2C19*17 on clopidogrel response [Articles:19106083, 19706858, 18781853]. Despite the heterogeneity in results among individual studies, a recent meta-analysis found CYP2C19*17 to be associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular events and a higher risk of major bleeding [Article:21693476]. However, since the variant that defines the activating allele of *17 and the variant that defines the absence of the *2 allele are in linkage disequilibrium (LD), it is unclear whether there is an independent effect of the *17 allele on platelet aggregation or whether this association is due to the relative absence of the *2 allele in these same patients. Moreover, there is significant LD across the entire CYP2C locus [Article:16132042] and *17 has been identified on haplotypes with both wild-type and variant CYP2C8 alleles depending on ethnicity [Articles:20665013, 20890775].
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)
The UM genotype (i.e., *17/*17) has been reported to affect omeprazole pharmacokinetics resulting in increased rates of drug metabolism and subtherapeutic exposure [Article:18294333]. However, not all studies have identified a significant effect of CYP2C19*17 on PPI metabolism and H. pylori eradication [Articles:16912869, 18654768].
Antidepressants
Regarding UMs, CYP2C19*17 has been found to correlate with lower serum concentrations of several antidepressants compared to EM patients [Articles:17625515, 20531370, 19884907]; however, the exact clinical relevance of UM genotypes in antidepressant response warrants further investigation.
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- Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium Guidelines for Cytochrome P450-2C19 (CYP2C19) Genotype and Clopidogrel Therapy. Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics. 2011. Scott S A, Sangkuhl K, Gardner E E, Stein C M, Hulot J-S, Johnson J A, Roden D M, Klein T E, Shuldiner A R.
- Cytochrome 2C19*17 allelic variant, platelet aggregation, bleeding events, and stent thrombosis in clopidogrel-treated patients with coronary stent placement. Circulation. 2010. Sibbing Dirk, Koch Werner, Gebhard Daniela, Schuster Tibor, Braun Siegmund, Stegherr Julia, Morath Tanja, Schömig Albert, von Beckerath Nicolas, Kastrati Adnan.
- Impact of the ultrarapid CYP2C19*17 allele on serum concentration of escitalopram in psychiatric patients. Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics. 2008. Rudberg I, Mohebi B, Hermann M, Refsum H, Molden E.
- A common novel CYP2C19 gene variant causes ultrarapid drug metabolism relevant for the drug response to proton pump inhibitors and antidepressants. Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics. 2006. Sim Sarah C, Risinger Carl, Dahl Marja-Liisa, Aklillu Eleni, Christensen Magnus, Bertilsson Leif, Ingelman-Sundberg Magnus.
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