TY - JOUR
T1 - UGT2B10 genotype influences serum cotinine levels and is a primary determinant of higher cotinine in African American Smokers
AU - Sipe, Christopher J.
AU - Koopmeiners, Joseph S.
AU - Donny, Eric C.
AU - Hatsukami, Dorothy K.
AU - Murphy, Sharon E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Association for Cancer Research.
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Background: Cotinine is the most widely used biomarker of tobacco exposure. At similar smoking levels, African Americans have higher serum cotinine than Whites. UGT2B10-catalyzed cotinine glucuronidation impacts these levels, and African Americans often have low UGT2B10 activity due to a high prevalence of a UGT2B10 splice variant (rs2942857). Methods: Two UGT2B10 SNPs (rs6175900 and rs2942857) were genotyped in 289 African Americans and 627 White smokers. Each smoker was assigned a genetic score of 0, 1, or 2 based on the number of variant alleles. Total nicotine equivalents (TNE), the sum of nicotine and six metabolites, and serum cotinine and 30-hydroxycotinine were quantified. The contribution of UGT2B10 genetic score to cotinine concentration was determined. Results: Serum cotinine was significantly higher in smokers with UGT2B10 genetic scores of 2 versus 0 (327 ng/mL vs. 221 ng/mL; P < 0.001); TNEs were not different. In a linear regression model adjusted for age, gender, cigarettes per day, TNE, race, and CYP2A6 activity, geometric mean cotinine increased 43% between genetic score 2 versus 0 (P < 0.001). A 0.1 increase in the CYP2A6 activity ratio, 30-hydroxycotinine/cotinine, resulted in a 6% decrease in cotinine. After adjustment for UGT2B10 genotype and the other covariants, there was no significant difference in serum cotinine by race. Conclusions: UGT2B10 genotype is a major contributor to cotinine levels and explains the majority of high serum cotinine in African American smokers. Impact: Cotinine levels in smokers may greatly overestimate tobacco exposure and potentially misinform our understanding of ethnic/racial difference in tobacco-related disease if UGT2B10 genotype is not taken into account.
AB - Background: Cotinine is the most widely used biomarker of tobacco exposure. At similar smoking levels, African Americans have higher serum cotinine than Whites. UGT2B10-catalyzed cotinine glucuronidation impacts these levels, and African Americans often have low UGT2B10 activity due to a high prevalence of a UGT2B10 splice variant (rs2942857). Methods: Two UGT2B10 SNPs (rs6175900 and rs2942857) were genotyped in 289 African Americans and 627 White smokers. Each smoker was assigned a genetic score of 0, 1, or 2 based on the number of variant alleles. Total nicotine equivalents (TNE), the sum of nicotine and six metabolites, and serum cotinine and 30-hydroxycotinine were quantified. The contribution of UGT2B10 genetic score to cotinine concentration was determined. Results: Serum cotinine was significantly higher in smokers with UGT2B10 genetic scores of 2 versus 0 (327 ng/mL vs. 221 ng/mL; P < 0.001); TNEs were not different. In a linear regression model adjusted for age, gender, cigarettes per day, TNE, race, and CYP2A6 activity, geometric mean cotinine increased 43% between genetic score 2 versus 0 (P < 0.001). A 0.1 increase in the CYP2A6 activity ratio, 30-hydroxycotinine/cotinine, resulted in a 6% decrease in cotinine. After adjustment for UGT2B10 genotype and the other covariants, there was no significant difference in serum cotinine by race. Conclusions: UGT2B10 genotype is a major contributor to cotinine levels and explains the majority of high serum cotinine in African American smokers. Impact: Cotinine levels in smokers may greatly overestimate tobacco exposure and potentially misinform our understanding of ethnic/racial difference in tobacco-related disease if UGT2B10 genotype is not taken into account.
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U2 - 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0203
DO - 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0203
M3 - Article
C2 - 32532831
AN - SCOPUS:85089125983
SN - 1055-9965
VL - 29
SP - 1673
EP - 1678
JO - Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
JF - Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
IS - 8
ER -