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Genetic Risk Factors in Drug-Induced Liver Injury Due to Isoniazid-Containing Antituberculosis Drug Regimens

  • Paola Nicoletti
  • , Harshad Devarbhavi
  • , Ashish Goel
  • , Radha Venkatesan
  • , Chundamannil E. Eapen
  • , Jane I. Grove
  • , Samreen Zafer
  • , Einar Bjornsson
  • , M. Isabel Lucena
  • , Raul J. Andrade
  • , Munir Pirmohamed
  • , Mia Wadelius
  • , Dominique Larrey
  • , Anke-Hilse Maitland-van der Zee
  • , Luisa Ibanez
  • , Paul B. Watkins
  • , Ann K. Daly
  • , Guruprasad P. Aithal*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Department of Gastroenterology, St John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India
  • Christian Medical College
  • Madras Medical College
  • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • University of Nottingham
  • Landspitali University Hospital
  • University of Iceland
  • Hospital Universitari Virgen de la Victoria
  • CIBER - Center for Biomedical Research Network
  • University of Liverpool
  • Uppsala University
  • Hôpital Saint Eloi
  • Utrecht University
  • Autonomous University of Barcelona
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Newcastle University

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Abstract

Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a complication of treatment with antituberculosis (TB) drugs, especially in isoniazid (INH)-containing regimens. To investigate genetic risk factors, we performed a genomewide association study (GWAS) involving anti-TB DILI cases (55 Indian and 70 European) and controls (1,199 Indian and 10,397 European). Most cases were treated with a standard anti-TB drug regimen; all received INH. We imputed single nucleotide polymorphism and HLA genotypes and performed trans-ethnic meta-analysis on GWAS and candidate gene genotypes. GWAS found one significant association (rs117491755) in Europeans only. For HLA, HLA-B*52:01 was significant (meta-analysis odds ratio (OR) 2.67, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.63–4.37, P = 9.4 × 10−5). For N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2), NAT2*5 frequency was lower in cases (OR 0.69, 95% CI 0.57–0.83, P = 0.01). NAT2*6 and NAT2*7 were more common, with homozygotes for NAT2*6 and/or NAT2*7 enriched among cases (OR 1.89, 95% CI 0.84–4.22, P = 0.004). We conclude HLA genotype makes a small contribution to TB drug-related DILI and that the NAT2 contribution is complex, but consistent with previous reports when differences in the metabolic effect of NAT2*5 compared with those of NAT2*6 and NAT2*7 are considered.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1125-1135
Number of pages11
JournalClinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Volume109
Issue number4
Early online date2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2021

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