Influence du diabète de type 2 sur l’activité et l’expression des cytochromes P450

My PhD project evaluates factors that can influence drug metabolism and interindividual variability in drug response. More precisely, my thesis focuses on the major drug metabolizing enzymes, the cytochromes P450 (CYP450). My researches evaluated the impact of a pathological condition, namely type 2 diabetes (T2D), on CYP450 metabolic activities in two parts. First, the effect of diabetes on systemic metabolism was evaluated in patients. Then, in vitro experiments enabled us to measure the impact of T2D on organ-specific or metabolism. In this thesis, my research results are presented in 4 scientific papers.   The in vivo part of my PhD research consisted of a pharmacokinetic study assessing metabolic activity of different isoforms of the CYP450s using a cocktail of probe drugs in T2D patients and non-diabetic subjects.  All participants of both study groups received a dose of our oral VM/JT probe drugs cocktail consisting of caffeine (CYP1A2), bupropion (CYP2B6), tolbutamide (CYP2C9), omeprazole (CYP2C19), dextromethorphan (CYP2D6) and midazolam (CYP3A4/5) followed by a dose of chlorzoxazone (CYP2E1), alone. Study procedures are detailed in the protocol article (manuscrit 1) presented in section 2.1. Plasma and urine concentrations for all probe drugs and specific metabolites were quantified using a published LC-MS/MS method that is available in annexe 1. This study showed that patients with T2D exhibited reduced systemic clearances for the isoforms CYP2B6, CYP2C19 and CYP3A. Results of this pharmacokinetic research are presented in manuscrit 2 of section 2.1. As a secondary objective, this in vivo part of my PhD project enabled us to verify the validity of 4-hydroxycholesterol as an endogenous biomarker of CYP3A activity in a population with T2D. Conclusions showing its validity as an endogenous biomarker in such population are presented in section 2.2 (manuscrit 3). The in vitro part of my doctoral project evaluated in the intestines the influence of T2D on the mRNA expression of numerous CYP450 isozymes and drug transporters, as well as on metabolic activity of CYP2B6, CYP2C9, CYP2J2 and CYP3A. Using duodenal biopsies, no significant impact of T2D was detected on the mRNA expression levels of all tested CYP450s and transporters. Activity levels measured following incubations of probe-substrates in S9 fractions of duodenal biopsies obtained from patients with T2D and non-diabetic patients were similar. Results from this in vitro study are reported in section 2.3 (manuscrit 4) of this thesis. These results obtained in human subjects are in agreement with our previously published results showing isoform- and tissue-specific effects of T2D on CYP450s in mice (annexe 2).     Overall, the central theme of this thesis is to better understand the underlying mechanisms of drug response variability observed in diabetic patients, whom often require polypharmacy, in order to eventually optimize drug therapy in those patients.

Keyphrases: Cytochrome P450, cocktail, intestin, Type 2 diabetes, Probe drug, Endogenous biomarker, Drug metabolism, Pharmacokinetics, Intestines, Interindividual variability