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Feng, Xiaodong_ Xie, Hong-Guang - Applying pharmacogenomics in therapeutics-CRC Press (2016)

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Drug Therapy of Cardiovascular Diseases

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Clinical Application

A number of large randomized controlled trials have demonstrated significant reductions

in coronary events and stroke with statin therapy for both primary and secondary

prevention of CVD. 33

β-BLOCKERS

Beta-adrenergic receptor antagonists (β-blockers) are an important class of cardiovascular

drugs used for a range of conditions including cardiac arrhythmias, ACS,

stable angina, hypertension, and heart failure. β-Blockers antagonize endogenous

catecholamines at β-adrenergic receptors, of which two subtypes, β1 and β2, are

most important for cardiovascular pharmacology. 34 Important autoregulatory mechanisms

include G-protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs); enzymes that moderate

signaling through phosphorylation of activated β-receptors; and presynaptic α2Cadrenergic

receptors (ADRA2C), which regulate norepinephrine release via a negative

feedback pathway. 35

Two of the most commonly used β-blockers in heart failure, metoprolol and

carvedilol, both undergo substantial metabolism by the highly polymorphic

CYP2D6 enzyme, whose gene contains loss of function, deletion, and duplication

polymorphisms. The pharmacokinetics of these drugs is affected based on CYP2D6

genotype; however, there is less evidence for differences in efficacy or side effects. 36

There are also a number of studies suggesting functional polymorphisms in

adrenergic receptor signaling genes are associated with differential response to

β-blockers, particularly in hypertension and heart failure. The genes with the strongest

data are ADRB1, ADRA2C, GRK5, and GRK43. 37 These data suggest differential

responses to β-blockers by genotype that includes blood pressure response,

improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), and survival differences in

hypertension and heart failure.

A large prospective randomized pharmacogenomics trial PEAR (Pharmacogenomic

Evaluation of Antihypertensive Responses) used genome-wide association studies

(GWASs) genotyping to determine the relationship between genetic polymorphisms

and antihypertensive medications. Atenolol, hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) as well as a

combination of the two were studied. It was found that participants who had the T/T

and T/C genotypes of the intergenic SNP rs1458038 near FGF5 had a better response

to atenolol compared to those who had the C/C genotype. The study concluded that

white Caucasian hypertensive individuals with the risk allele for HTN(T) might have a

better response to atenolol compared to HCTZ. This gene might be used in the future

as a marker for high sympathetic nervous system and renin–angiotensin activity. 38,39

Clinical Application

Even though the pharmacogenetic data for β-blockers have not yet been significant to

warrant clinical utility, they are the next closest examples among the cardiovascular

drugs that solidify clinical application of pharmacogenomics. Currently, investigations

are looking at the benefits of β-blocker therapy for some subjects with heart failure.

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