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Determination of Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase 2 Acetylation Genotype by PCR and Phenotyping Using Dapsone Through High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography Assay: A Gender Wise Study.
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Abstract
The main aim of the study was to establish the acetylation status of local population of Pakistan by N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) enzyme and to find out the concordance between phenotypic and genotypic methods for the determination of NAT2 acetylation. Gender-wise comparison of selected healthy male and female volunteers aged greater than 18 years was also conducted to see the effect of sex on NAT2 acetylation. Phenotypically, the rate of acetylation was determined by high-pressure liquid chromatography with dapsone (DDS) probe drug, while genotypically, NAT2 acetylation was determined by using specific primers for NAT2 variant alleles (M1, M2, and M3) amplified in separate polymerase chain reactions. High-pressure liquid chromatography results indicated 64% of the male volunteers to be fast acetylators while 36% were slow acetylators, while ratio of fast and slow acetylators for female was found to be 66% and 34%, respectively. Genotypically, the ratio of fast and slow for male was 60% and 40% and for female was 66% and 34%, respectively. The distribution of 3 NAT2 variant alleles was found in invariable number. For male volunteers, the highest frequency distribution showed by M2 allele was 56%, while for M1 and M3 the frequency was 32% and 12%, respectively, and for female volunteers highest frequency (51%) was shown by the M2 variant allele while lowest frequency (18%) was shown by M3 allele. There was the 94% concordance between the DDS phenotype and genotype. Gender effect on the acetylation was found to be nonsignificant (
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