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SynthesisArchives of toxicology2020

Human variability in isoform-specific UDP-glucuronosyltransferases: markers of acute and chronic exposure, polymorphisms and uncertainty factors.

E E J Kasteel, K Darney, N I Kramer, J L C M Dorne, L S Lautz

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Synthesis in Archives of toxicology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

E E J KasteelInstitute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.177, 3508 TD, Utrecht, The Netherlands. e.kasteel@uu.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4518-1648
K DarneyRisk Assessment Department, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), 14 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 94701, Maisons-Alfort, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1132-1729
N I KramerInstitute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.177, 3508 TD, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3281-1815
J L C M DorneEuropean Food Safety Authority, Scientific Committee and Emerging Risks Unit, Via Carlo Magno 1A, 43126, Parma, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3305-063X
L S LautzRisk Assessment Department, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), 14 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 94701, Maisons-Alfort, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4648-666X
Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail · FRUtrecht University · NLEuropean Food Safety Authority · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) are involved in phase II conjugation reactions of xenobiotics and differences in their isoform activities result in interindividual kinetic differences of UGT probe substrates. Here, extensive literature searches were performed to identify probe substrates (14) for various UGT isoforms (UGT1A1, UGT1A3, UGT1A4, UGT1A6, UGT1A9, UGT2B7 and UGT2B15) and frequencies of human polymorphisms. Chemical-specific pharmacokinetic data were collected in a database to quantify interindividual differences in markers of acute (Cmax) and chronic (area under the curve, clearance) exposure. Using this database, UGT-related uncertainty factors were derived and compared to the default factor (i.e. 3.16) allowing for interindividual differences in kinetics. Overall, results show that pharmacokinetic data are predominantly available for Caucasian populations and scarce for other populations of different geographical ancestry. Furthermore, the relationships between UGT polymorphisms and pharmacokinetic parameters are rarely addressed in the included studies. The data show that UGT-related uncertainty factors were mostly below the default toxicokinetic uncertainty factor of 3.16, with the exception of five probe substrates (1-OH-midazolam, ezetimibe, raltegravir, SN38 and trifluoperazine), with three of these substrates being metabolised by the polymorphic isoform 1A1. Data gaps and future work to integrate UGT-related variability distributions with in vitro data to develop quantitative in vitro-in vivo extrapolations in chemical risk assessment are discussed.

Indexed as

Pharmacogenomic VariantsBiological Variation, PopulationGenotypeGlucuronosyltransferaseHumansMetabolic Detoxication, Phase IIModels, StatisticalPharmacogeneticsPhenotypeSubstrate SpecificityToxicokineticsUncertaintyWhite PeopleXenobioticsGlucuronosyltransferaseXenobioticsHuman variabilityPharmacokineticsPolymorphismUGTUncertainty factor

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PMID32415340
PMCPMC7395075
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