Treatment strategy to eradicate Helicobacter pylori infection: impact of pharmacogenomics-based acid inhibition regimen and alternative antibiotics

Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2007 Nov;8(16):2701-17. doi: 10.1517/14656566.8.16.2701.

Abstract

The eradication rates of Helicobacter pylori by the triple therapy consisting of a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) and two antimicrobial agents are mainly influenced by bacterial susceptibility to antimicrobial agents and magnitude of acid inhibition during the treatment with a PPI. Acid inhibition during the treatment is affected by the dosing schemes of acid inhibitory drugs (i.e., PPI), genotypes of drug-metabolizing enzymes (i.e., CYP450 2C19), drug transporters (i.e., multi-drug resistant transporter-1) and inflammatory cytokines (i.e., IL-1 beta). Modification of dosing schedules of a PPI, such as frequent PPI dosing and concomitant dosing with a histamine 2-receptor antagonist, could overcome these genetics-related differences in therapeutic effectiveness. For attaining higher eradication rates, the tailored regimen based on the relevant pharmacogenomics is preferable.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B
  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / genetics
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Anti-Ulcer Agents / therapeutic use
  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / genetics
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19
  • Cytokines / genetics
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Gastric Acid / metabolism
  • Helicobacter Infections / drug therapy*
  • Helicobacter Infections / genetics*
  • Helicobacter Infections / metabolism
  • Helicobacter pylori*
  • Humans
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases / genetics
  • Pharmacogenetics
  • Polymorphism, Genetic
  • Proton Pump Inhibitors*

Substances

  • ABCB1 protein, human
  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B
  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Ulcer Agents
  • Cytokines
  • Proton Pump Inhibitors
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases
  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases
  • CYP2C19 protein, human
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19