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Gut Microbiota and Tacrolimus Dosing in Kidney Transplantation

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  • John R Lee
  • Thangamani Muthukumar
  • Darshana Dadhania
  • Ying Taur
  • Robert R Jenq
  • Nora C Toussaint
  • Lilan Ling
  • Eric Pamer
  • Manikkam Suthanthiran

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Tacrolimus dosing to establish therapeutic levels in recipients of organ transplants is a challenging task because of much interpatient and intrapatient variability in drug absorption, metabolism, and disposition. In view of the reported impact of gut microbial species on drug metabolism, we investigated the relationship between the gut microbiota and tacrolimus dosing requirements in this pilot study of adult kidney transplant recipients. Serial fecal specimens were collected during the first month of transplantation from 19 kidney transplant recipients who either required a 50% increase from initial tacrolimus dosing during the first month of transplantation (Dose Escalation Group, n=5) or did not require such an increase (Dose Stable Group, n=14). We characterized bacterial composition in the fecal specimens by deep sequencing of the PCR amplified 16S rRNA V4-V5 region and we investigated the hypothesis that gut microbial composition is associated with tacrolimus dosing requirements. Initial tacrolimus dosing was similar in the Dose Escalation Group and in the Stable Group (4.2±1.1 mg/day vs. 3.8±0.8 mg/day, respectively, P=0.61, two-way between-group ANOVA using contrasts) but became higher in the Dose Escalation Group than in the Dose Stable Group by the end of the first transplantation month (9.6±2.4 mg/day vs. 3.3±1.5 mg/day, respectively, P

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  • John R Lee & Thangamani Muthukumar & Darshana Dadhania & Ying Taur & Robert R Jenq & Nora C Toussaint & Lilan Ling & Eric Pamer & Manikkam Suthanthiran, 2015. "Gut Microbiota and Tacrolimus Dosing in Kidney Transplantation," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(3), pages 1-17, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0122399
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122399
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