RESUMO
Infectioue endocarditis (IE) is frequently associated with the use of narcotic drugs, glucocorticosteroids, and cytostatics that are metabolized in the body by enzymes of the xenobiotic detoxification system (XDS). This work was aimed at elucidating association between IE and mononucleotide polymorphisms of genes encoding XDS enzymes. 46 IE patients and 114 subjects without cardiovascular diseases (controls) underwent genotyping for polymorphic loci of cytochrome P450 1A1 gene I462V (CYP1A1), I105VandA114V gene of glutathione-S-transferase Pi1 (GSTP1) using allele-specific PCR. The study revealed association of CYP1A1 I462VandGSTP1 I105V with IE while IE proved unrelated to GSTP1 A114V polymorphism. Combination of homozygous variant I462I of the CYP1A1 gene and heterozygous variant I105V/ of the GSTP1 gene was associated with the 9-fold increase of the risk of IE in the subjects practicing intravenous druginjections or having congenital and acquired heart failure or implanted valve prostheses. These findings suggest the necessity of further studies on the role of XDS in pathogenesis of IE and other infectious diseases.
