Caracterização molecular de isoformas do citocromo P450 em pacientes com malária por Plasmodium vivax

Abstract

High prevalence in Brazil, specifically in the Amazon Region, malária is a parasitic infectious disease with socioeconomic impact sin endemic areas. Plasmodium vivax is the most prevalent agent and has been associated with cases of severe malária before attributed only to Plasmodium falciparum. Genetic variability in host metabolism of antimalárial drugs, influenced by the polymorphism of cytochrome P450(CYP), could lead to significant changes in antimalárial treatment response. Little is known about the influence of genetic factors in the increase of the individual susceptibility of the host to development of severe disease. Therefore, this project aimed to determine the frequency of alleles CYP2B6*6, CYP2C8*3 and CYP2D6*4 in patients with vivax malária, to evaluate the relationship between the alleles found and the occurrence of severe malária and further establish the hematological and biochemical profile among carriers of alleles found. Therefore, we used peripheral blood samples of patients with vivax malária treated at a health care reference in Manaus-AM. Which were extracted leukocyte DNA, which in turn were amplified by real-time PCR using TaqMan ® system for allelic discrimination. The frequencies of the alleles CYP2B6*6, CYP2C8*3 and CYP2D6*4 were 28.26%, 6.7%, 8.87%, respectively. The CYP2D6*4 allele was more prevalent among patients diagnosed with severe vivax malária, and was associated with normal levels of reticulocytes, erythrocytes and hematocrit. Future studies are needed to understand the clinical implications of the polymorphisms found in patients with vivax malária.