Type 1 Gaucher disease (CYP2D6-eliglustat). 2017

Laurent Becquemont
Inserm, UMR 1184, CEA, DSV/iMETI, division of immuno-virology, IDMIT, pharmacology department, center for immunology of viral infections and autoimmune diseases, hôpital Bicêtre, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, faculty of medicine Paris-Sud, university Paris-Sud, 78, rue du Général-Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France. Electronic address: laurent.becquemont@aphp.fr.

Type 1 Gaucher disease is a rare genetic disease characterized by enzymatic deficit leading to glucosylceramide overload in body tissues (lysosomal overload disease). Standard treatment is based on substitutive enzyme therapy by intravenous perfusion. A new drug for oral administration, eliglustat, was recently awarded marketing approval in Europe and the USA. Eliglustat acts by reducing the enzyme substrate. Eliglustat is mainly eliminated by a CYP2D6 pathway. CYP2D6 exhibits genetic variability or expression, leading to 20-fold differences in serum levels. In marketing approval documents, both the FDA and the EMA mention the requirement for CYP2D6 genotyping before prescribing eliglustat: the drug is contraindicated for ultra-rapid metabolizers (under-dosing inefficacy) and slow metabolizers should be given a 50% reduced daily dose (risk of overdose-related adverse effects). Finally, potential drug interactions (inhibition or induction of CYP2D6 or CYP3A40) are also dependent on CYP2D6 genotyping, such that prescribers must be aware of a patient's genotype before prescribing eliglustat.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011110 Polymorphism, Genetic The regular and simultaneous occurrence in a single interbreeding population of two or more discontinuous genotypes. The concept includes differences in genotypes ranging in size from a single nucleotide site (POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE) to large nucleotide sequences visible at a chromosomal level. Gene Polymorphism,Genetic Polymorphism,Polymorphism (Genetics),Genetic Polymorphisms,Gene Polymorphisms,Polymorphism, Gene,Polymorphisms (Genetics),Polymorphisms, Gene,Polymorphisms, Genetic
D011759 Pyrrolidines Compounds also known as tetrahydropyridines with general molecular formula (CH2)4NH. Tetrahydropyridine,Tetrahydropyridines
D004791 Enzyme Inhibitors Compounds or agents that combine with an enzyme in such a manner as to prevent the normal substrate-enzyme combination and the catalytic reaction. Enzyme Inhibitor,Inhibitor, Enzyme,Inhibitors, Enzyme
D005776 Gaucher Disease An autosomal recessive disorder caused by a deficiency of acid beta-glucosidase (GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE) leading to intralysosomal accumulation of glycosylceramide mainly in cells of the MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE SYSTEM. The characteristic Gaucher cells, glycosphingolipid-filled HISTIOCYTES, displace normal cells in BONE MARROW and visceral organs causing skeletal deterioration, hepatosplenomegaly, and organ dysfunction. There are several subtypes based on the presence and severity of neurological involvement. Cerebroside Lipidosis Syndrome,Gaucher Disease Type 1,Gaucher Disease Type 2,Glucocerebrosidase Deficiency Disease,Glucosylceramide Beta-Glucosidase Deficiency Disease,Neuronopathic Gaucher Disease,Acid beta-Glucosidase Deficiency,Acid beta-Glucosidase Deficiency Disease,Acute Neuronopathic Gaucher Disease,Chronic Gaucher Disease,GBA Deficiency,Gaucher Disease Type 3,Gaucher Disease, Acute Neuronopathic,Gaucher Disease, Acute Neuronopathic Type,Gaucher Disease, Chronic,Gaucher Disease, Chronic Neuronopathic Type,Gaucher Disease, Infantile,Gaucher Disease, Infantile Cerebral,Gaucher Disease, Juvenile,Gaucher Disease, Juvenile and Adult, Cerebral,Gaucher Disease, Neuronopathic,Gaucher Disease, Non-Neuronopathic Form,Gaucher Disease, Noncerebral Juvenile,Gaucher Disease, Subacute Neuronopathic Form,Gaucher Disease, Subacute Neuronopathic Type,Gaucher Disease, Type 1,Gaucher Disease, Type 2,Gaucher Disease, Type 3,Gaucher Disease, Type I,Gaucher Disease, Type II,Gaucher Disease, Type III,Gaucher Splenomegaly,Gaucher Syndrome,Gaucher's Disease,Gauchers Disease,Glucocerebrosidase Deficiency,Glucocerebrosidosis,Glucosyl Cerebroside Lipidosis,Glucosylceramidase Deficiency,Glucosylceramide Beta-Glucosidase Deficiency,Glucosylceramide Lipidosis,Infantile Gaucher Disease,Kerasin Histiocytosis,Kerasin Lipoidosis,Kerasin thesaurismosis,Lipoid Histiocytosis (Kerasin Type),Non-Neuronopathic Gaucher Disease,Subacute Neuronopathic Gaucher Disease,Type 1 Gaucher Disease,Type 2 Gaucher Disease,Type 3 Gaucher Disease,Cerebroside Lipidoses, Glucosyl,Cerebroside Lipidosis Syndromes,Cerebroside Lipidosis, Glucosyl,Deficiencies, GBA,Deficiencies, Glucocerebrosidase,Deficiency Disease, Glucocerebrosidase,Deficiency Diseases, Glucocerebrosidase,Deficiency, GBA,Deficiency, Glucocerebrosidase,Disease, Chronic Gaucher,Disease, Gaucher,Disease, Gaucher's,Disease, Gauchers,Disease, Glucocerebrosidase Deficiency,Disease, Infantile Gaucher,Disease, Juvenile Gaucher,Disease, Neuronopathic Gaucher,Disease, Non-Neuronopathic Gaucher,Diseases, Gauchers,Diseases, Glucocerebrosidase Deficiency,GBA Deficiencies,Gaucher Disease, Non Neuronopathic Form,Gaucher Disease, Non-Neuronopathic,Gauchers Diseases,Glucocerebrosidase Deficiencies,Glucocerebrosidase Deficiency Diseases,Glucocerebrosidoses,Glucosyl Cerebroside Lipidoses,Glucosylceramide Lipidoses,Histiocytoses, Kerasin,Histiocytoses, Lipoid (Kerasin Type),Histiocytosis, Kerasin,Histiocytosis, Lipoid (Kerasin Type),Juvenile Gaucher Disease,Kerasin Histiocytoses,Kerasin Lipoidoses,Kerasin thesaurismoses,Lipidoses, Glucosyl Cerebroside,Lipidoses, Glucosylceramide,Lipidosis Syndrome, Cerebroside,Lipidosis Syndromes, Cerebroside,Lipidosis, Glucosyl Cerebroside,Lipidosis, Glucosylceramide,Lipoid Histiocytoses (Kerasin Type),Lipoidoses, Kerasin,Lipoidosis, Kerasin,Non Neuronopathic Gaucher Disease,Splenomegaly, Gaucher,Syndrome, Cerebroside Lipidosis,Syndrome, Gaucher,Syndromes, Cerebroside Lipidosis,thesaurismoses, Kerasin,thesaurismosis, Kerasin
D005838 Genotype The genetic constitution of the individual, comprising the ALLELES present at each GENETIC LOCUS. Genogroup,Genogroups,Genotypes
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000071185 Pharmacogenomic Testing The detection of genetic variability (e.g., PHARMACOGENOMIC VARIANTS) relevant to PHARMACOGENETICS and PRECISION MEDICINE. The purpose of such genetic testing is to help determine the most effective treatment options and their optimum dosages with least potential risks for DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS. Pharmacogenetic Analysis,Pharmacogenetic Screening,Pharmacogenetic Study,Pharmacogenetic Testing,Pharmacogenomic Analysis,Pharmacogenomic Screening,Pharmacogenomic Study,Pharmacogenetic Analyses,Pharmacogenetic Screenings,Pharmacogenetic Studies,Pharmacogenetic Testings,Pharmacogenomic Analyses,Pharmacogenomic Screenings,Pharmacogenomic Studies,Pharmacogenomic Testings,Studies, Pharmacogenetic
D019389 Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6 A cytochrome P450 enzyme that catalyzes the hydroxylation of many drugs and environmental chemicals, such as DEBRISOQUINE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; and TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS. This enzyme is deficient in up to 10 percent of the Caucasian population. CYP2D6,Debrisoquine 4-Hydroxylase,Debrisoquine Hydroxylase,CYP 2D6,Cytochrome P450 2D6,Debrisoquine 4-Monooxygenase,Imipramine 2-Hydroxylase,Sparteine Monooxygenase,2-Hydroxylase, Imipramine,4-Hydroxylase, Debrisoquine,4-Monooxygenase, Debrisoquine,CYP2D6, Cytochrome P-450,Cytochrome P 450 CYP2D6,Debrisoquine 4 Hydroxylase,Debrisoquine 4 Monooxygenase,Hydroxylase, Debrisoquine,Imipramine 2 Hydroxylase,Monooxygenase, Sparteine,P-450 CYP2D6, Cytochrome,P450 2D6, Cytochrome

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