Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in PRKG1 & SPATA13 -AS1 are associated with bronchodilator response: A pilot study during acute asthma exacerbations in African American children

Jennifer N. Fishe, Guillaume Labilloy, Rebecca Higley, Deirdre Casey, Amber Ginn, Brett Baskovich, Kathryn V. Blake

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Abstract

Objective Inhaled bronchodilators are the first-line treatment for asthma exacerbations, but individual bronchodilator response (BDR) varies by race and ethnicity. Studies have examined BDR's genetic underpinnings, but many did not include children or were not conducted during an asthma exacerbation. This pilot study tested single-nucleotide polymorphisms' (SNPs') association with pediatric African American BDR during an acute asthma exacerbation. Methods This was a study of pediatric asthma patients in the age group 2-18 years treated in the emergency department for an asthma exacerbation. We measured BDR before and after inhaled bronchodilator treatments using both the Pediatric Asthma Severity Score (PASS) and asthma severity score. We collected genomic DNA and examined whether 21 candidate SNPs from a review of the literature were associated with BDR using crude odds ratios (OR) and adjusted analysis. Results The final sample population was 53 children, with an average age of 7.2 years. The average initial PASS score (scale of ascending severity from 0 to 6) was 2.5. After adjusting for BMI, age category, gender and smoke exposure, rs912142 was associated with decreased odds of having low BDR (OR, 0.20; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.02-0.92), and rs7081864 and rs7903366 were associated with decreased odds of having high BDR (OR, 0.097; 95% CI, 0.009-0.62) Conclusions We found three SNPs significantly associated with pediatric African American BDR that provide information regarding a child's potential response to emergency asthma exacerbation treatment. Once validated in larger studies, such information could guide pharmacogenomic evidence-based emergency asthma treatment to improve patient outcomes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)146-154
Number of pages9
JournalPharmacogenetics and Genomics
Volume31
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • asthma
  • bronchodilator response
  • emergency department
  • pediatric
  • pharmacogenomics

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