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South African Journal of Science

versão On-line ISSN 1996-7489
versão impressa ISSN 0038-2353

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HEATHFIELD, Laura J.; DALVIE, Shareefa; KALIDEEN, Kusha  e  DANDARA, Collet. Novel CYP2E1 haplotype identified in a South African cohort. S. Afr. j. sci. [online]. 2014, vol.110, n.9-10, pp.01-05. ISSN 1996-7489.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/sajs.2014/20130324.

Alcohol abuse accounts for approximately 2.5 million deaths annually and is the third highest risk factor for disease and disability. Alcohol is metabolised by polymorphic enzymes and the status of an individual with respect to alcohol metabolising enzymes may have forensic relevance in post-mortems. Baseline frequencies of gene variants involved in alcohol metabolism need to be established to aid the identification of suitable population-specific polymorphisms to genotype during molecular autopsies. The principal alcohol metabolising enzymes include alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) and cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1). Six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) - rs1229984G>A and rs2066702C>Tin ADH1B, rs671G>A in ALDH2, and rs3813867G>C, rs2031920C>T and rs6413432T>A in CYP2E1 - were genotyped in 150 individuals from four South African populations: Xhosa, Zulu, South African white and South African coloured. Allele frequencies for each SNP in the four population groups were 0-10% for rs1229984A, 2-12% for rs2066702T, 0-2% for rs671A, 1-4% for rs3813867C, 0-1% for rs2031920T and 3-15% for rs6413432A. Haplotype analysis revealed a novel combination of three SNPs in CYP2E1 whose effects on alcohol metabolism need further investigation. Establishment of baseline frequencies adds to our knowledge of genetic variation in alcohol metabolising enzymes and additional research is required to determine the functional significance of this novel CYP2E1 haplotype.

Palavras-chave : CYP2E1; haplotype; alcohol metabolism; molecular autopsy; South Africa.

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