Characterization of Reference Materials with an Association for Molecular Pathology Pharmacogenetics Working Group Tier 2 Status: CYP2C9, CYP2C19, VKORC1, CYP2C Cluster Variant, and GGCX: A GeT-RM Collaborative Project.

Creator(s)

Victoria M. Pratt
Amy Turner
Ulrich Broeckel
D Brian Dawson
Andrea Gaedigk, Children's Mercy Kansas CityFollow
Ty C. Lynnes
Elizabeth B. Medeiros
Ann M. Moyer
Deborah Requesens
Francesco Vetrini
Lisa V. Kalman

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-2021

Identifier

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2021.04.012

Abstract

Pharmacogenetic testing is increasingly available from clinical and research laboratories. However, only a limited number of quality control and other reference materials are currently available for many of the variants that are tested. The Association for Molecular Pathology Pharmacogenetic Work Group has published a series of papers recommending alleles for inclusion in clinical testing. Several of the alleles were not considered for tier 1 because of a lack of reference materials. To address this need, the Division of Laboratory Systems, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-based Genetic Testing Reference Material (GeT-RM) program, in collaboration with members of the pharmacogenetic testing and research communities and the Coriell Institute for Medical Research, has characterized 18 DNA samples derived from Coriell cell lines. DNA samples were distributed to five volunteer testing laboratories for genotyping using three commercially available and laboratory developed tests. Several tier 2 variants, including CYP2C9∗13, CYP2C19∗35, the CYP2C cluster variant (rs12777823), two variants in VKORC1 (rs61742245 and rs72547529) related to warfarin resistance, and two variants in GGCX (rs12714145 and rs11676382) related to clotting factor activation, were identified among these samples. These publicly available materials complement the pharmacogenetic reference materials previously characterized by the GeT-RM program and will support the quality assurance and quality control programs of clinical laboratories that perform pharmacogenetic testing.

Journal Title

The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD

Volume

23

Issue

8

First Page

952

Last Page

958

Recommended Citation

Pratt VM, Turner A, Broeckel U, et al. Characterization of Reference Materials with an Association for Molecular Pathology Pharmacogenetics Working Group Tier 2 Status: CYP2C9, CYP2C19, VKORC1, CYP2C Cluster Variant, and GGCX: A GeT-RM Collaborative Project. J Mol Diagn. 2021;23(8):952-958. doi:10.1016/j.jmoldx.2021.04.012