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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Mar 18;152:1–14. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.03.003

Table 1.

Pharmacogenetic Medication Trials for Nicotine Abuse

Gene Polymorphism Treatment
Medication
Sample
Size
Population Treatment ×
Genotype Finding*
↑ More effective
↓ Less effective
↔ No interaction
Citation
ANKK1 rs1800497 Bupropion 577 German ↑ CC genotype Breitling et al., 2010
rs1800497 Transdermal Nicotine 755 Primarily Caucasian (98%) ↑ CT/TT genotypes Johnstone et al. (2004)
rs1800497 Transdermal Nicotine 752 European ↑ CT/TT genotypes (women only) Yudkin et al. (2004)
rs1800497 Bupropion 722 Caucasian /European
Ancestry
↑A2/A2 (CC) genotype David et al. (2007b)
rs1800497 Transdermal Nicotine 908 European or
Unknown Ancestry
↓ CT/TT genotypes Munafo et al. (2009)
rs1800497 Transdermal Nicotine 419 Primarily
Caucasian/European
Stapleton et al. (2011)
rs1800497 Rimonabant 76 European Decent ↑A2/A2 (CC) genotype Wilcox et al. (2011)
ARRB2 rs1045280
rs2036657
NRT (transdermal, nasal spray) 374 European Ancestry Ray et al. (2007)
CHRNA4 rs2236196 NRT (all formulations) 316 European Ancestry Hutchison et al. (2007)
CHRNB2 rs2072661 Bupropion 412 European Conti et al. (2008)
rs2072661 Transdermal Nicotine 156 European ↑ GG genotype Perkins et al. (2009)
COMT Val158Met: rs4680 NRT (transdermal nicotine, nicotine spray) 290 Females of European and African ancestry ↑ Met/Met Colilla et al. (2005)
rs4680 Transdermal Nicotine 749 European ↑ Met/Met Johnstone et al. (2007)
rs737865
rs165599
Bupropion 511 Caucasian- and
African-American
↑ A/G allele of rs165599
↑ GG at both SNPs (AA participants only)
Berrettini et al. (2007)
CYP2A6 Bupropion 414 European ↑ Fast metabolizers Patterson et al. (2008)
Transdermal Nicotine 568 European ↓ Fast metabolizers Schnoll et al. (2009)
CYP2A6

CHRNA5:
rs1696998,
rs680244
Bupropion
NRT (lozenge, transdermal)
Bupropion + NRT
709 Caucasian -American ↑ Fast metabolizers (NRT)
CYP2A6: Fast metabolizers + CHRNA5:
GG/TT,GA/CT, AA/CC (NRT)
Chen et al. (2014)
CYP2B6 C1459T:
rs3211371
Bupropion 426 Caucasian-European ↑Female CT/TT Lerman et al. (2002)
CYP2B6:
rs3211371

ANKK1: rs1800497

SLC6A3 3’
VNTR: rs27072
Bupropion 291 European CYP2B6 CT/TT variant
+ ANKK1 A2/A2
David et al. (2007b)
*6 Bupropion 326 European Ancestry CYP2B6*6 carriers Lee et al. (2007a)
*1, *4, *6 NRT (transdermal, nasal spray) 369 European Ancestry Lee et al. (2007b)
DβH DβH: rs77905
ANKK1: rs1800497
Transdermal Nicotine 755 Primarily Caucasian (98%) ↑ Taq1A CT/TT + DβH GA/AA genotypes Johnstone et al. (2004)
rs77905 Bupropion 577 German (98%) Breitling et al. (2010)
DRD2 −141C Ins/Del:
rs1799732
NRT (transdermal, nasal spray) 368 European ↑ Smokers with at least one copy of the Del C allele Lerman et al. (2006)
rs1799732
FREQ: rs1054879
NRT (transdermal, nasal spray) 363 European ↑ Smokers with at least one copy of −141 Del allele and two copies of FREQ Dahl et al. (2006)
rs1799732 Bupropion 414 European ↑ Smokers homozygous for the Ins C allele Lerman et al. (2006)
C957T:
rs6277
NRT (transdermal, nasal spray) 368 European ↑ C allele Lerman et al. (2006)
rs6277 Bupropion 414 European Lerman et al. (2006)
Exon 8 A/G: rs6276 Transdermal Nicotine 755 Johnstone et al. (2004)
DRD4 VNTR Transdermal Nicotine 720 European Ancestry David et al. (2008)
C-521T: rs1800955 Transdermal Nicotine 720 European David et al. (2008)
HINT1 rs3852209
rs2278060
NRT (transdermal, nasal spray) 374 European Ancestry ↑ rs3852209 TT genotype Ray et al. (2007)
OPRM1 Asn40Asp (A118G):
rs1799971
NRT (transdermal, nasal spray) 320 European ↑ G carriers w/transdermal nicotine (no interaction with nasal nicotine) Lerman et al. (2004)
rs1799971 Transdermal Nicotine 710 European Ancestry ↑ AA carriers Munafo et al. (2007)
rs1799971 NRT (transdermal, nasal spray) 374 European ↑ G carriers Ray et al. (2007)
rs1799971 Transdermal Nicotine 598 European Ancestry Munafo et al. (2013)
SLC6A3
ANKK1
3′ UTR VNTR

Taq1A: rs1800497
Bupropion 418 European Lerman et al. (2003)
3′ UTR VNTR

Taq1A: rs1800497
Bupropion 416 European ANKK1 A1 and SLC6A3-9 Swan et al. (2007)
SLC6A3 3′ UTR VNTR NRT (all formulations) Bupropion 583 European O'Gara et al. (2007)
3′ UTR VNTR Bupropion 291 European David et al. (2007b)
SLC6A4 5-HTTLPR Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT): (transdermal patch, nasal spray) 397 European Munafo et al. (2006)
5-HTTLPR Transdermal patch 741 European David et al. (2007c)
5-HTTLPR Bupropion
Nortriptyline
214 Caucasian ↑ carriers L-variant (rs25531) Bupropion
↑ carriers of 3 combined
high-activity variants
Bupropion & Nortriptyline
Quaak et al. (2012)
*

Relationship between genotype and pharmacotherapy effectiveness outcome