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A common 5′-UTR variant in MATE2-K is associated with poor response to metformin

  • J. H. Choi
  • , S. W. Yee
  • , A. H. Ramirez
  • , K. M. Morrissey
  • , G. H. Jang
  • , P. J. Joski
  • , J. A. Mefford
  • , S. E. Hesselson
  • , A. Schlessinger
  • , G. Jenkins
  • , R. A. Castro
  • , S. J. Johns
  • , D. Stryke
  • , A. Sali
  • , T. E. Ferrin
  • , J. S. Witte
  • , P. Y. Kwok
  • , D. M. Roden
  • , R. A. Wilke
  • , C. A. McCarty
  • R. L. Davis, K. M. Giacomini

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Abstract

Multidrug and toxin extrusion 2 (MATE2-K (SLC47A2)), a polyspecific organic cation exporter, facilitates the renal elimination of the antidiabetes drug metformin. In this study, we characterized genetic variants of MATE2-K, determined their association with metformin response, and elucidated their impact by means of a comparative protein structure model. Four nonsynonymous variants and four variants in the MATE2-K basal promoter region were identified from ethnically diverse populations. Two nonsynonymous variantsc.485CT and c.1177GAwere shown to be associated with significantly lower metformin uptake and reduction in protein expression levels. MATE2-K basal promoter haplotypes containing the most common variant, g.130GA (26% allele frequency), were associated with a significant increase in luciferase activities and reduced binding to the transcriptional repressor myeloid zinc finger 1 (MZF-1). Patients with diabetes who were homozygous for g.130A had a significantly poorer response to metformin treatment, assessed as relative change in glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) (0.027 (0.076, 0.033)), as compared with carriers of the reference allele, g.130G (0.15 (0.17, 0.13)) (P = 0.002). Our study showed that MATE2-K plays a role in the antidiabetes response to metformin.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)674-684
Number of pages11
JournalClinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Volume90
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2011

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