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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ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR BLOCKERS
ARBs inhibit activation of the AT1 (Angiotensin I) receptor. The role of ARBs in
pharmacogenomics still appears to be inconclusive. The Swedish Irbesartan Left
Ventricular Hypertrophy Investigation versus Atenolol (SILVHIA) trial found that
the ACE I/D6 and CYP11B2 C-344T polymorphisms were associated with modified
BP response. This study consisted of 50 subjects who took irbesartan. 7 Subjects carrying
the ACE I/I genotype and those carrying the CYP11B2-344 T/T variant had
greater BP response to irbesartan. However, Redon et al. 47 conducted a similar study
with 206 subjects treated with telmisartan and found no significant association with
the RAAS gene polymorphisms. 8 Ortlepp et al. had results that differed from the
SILVHIA trial. These results concluded that the C allele of the CYP11B2 C-344T
polymorphism is associated with a better response to candesartan. 48
Clinical Application
Genetic determinants of BP and long-term outcomes in hypertensive patients are
being identified. Although the results to date are promising, broader studies would
help clarify the role of the RAAS polymorphisms in the use of ARBs.
THIAZIDE DIURETICS
Varied BP response to diuretics is observed in hypertensive patients. It has been
proposed that genetic polymorphisms in several candidate genes such as the ACE,
alpha-adducin (ADD1), G protein b3- subunit (GNB3) gene, angiotensinogen (AGT),
and angiotensin II receptor 1 (AGTR1) may influence BP response to diuretic
therapy. 49 ACE insertion/deletion (ACE I/D) polymorphism has been extensively
studied for association with BP lowering response to diuretics 50 ; however contradictory
results have been reported in different studies. Both association and lack
of association of ACE genotypes with BP lowering response to diuretics have been
reported in different studies.
Carriers of polymorphisms in the ADD1 alpha-adducin Trp460Trp (homozygous
patients for the Trp460Trp allele) gene have shown a reduction in the effective renal
plasma flow, effective renal blood flow, and glomerular filtration rate compared to
noncarriers of the Trp460 allele patients with the Gly460Gly gene. 51
The GenHAT multicenter randomized clinical trial studied the pharmacogenetic
association of the atrial natriuretic precursor A (NPPA) T2238C genetic variant with
CVD outcomes in patients with hypertension. The study concluded that (NPPA)
2238 T>C polymorphism was associated with better cardiovascular outcomes in
patients taking chlorthalidone compared to amlodipine. Carriers of the T/T allele
carriers on amlodipine had better outcomes when taking amlodipine. 52
CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS
Drugs in this class block voltage-gated calcium channels in the heart and vascular
smooth muscle, thereby reducing intracellular calcium. 53 Very few studies have
described the pharmacogenomic associations of calcium channel blockers (CCBs).