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Hum Genet ; 128(5): 481-90, 2010 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20714752

RESUMO

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, a low virulence mycobacterium, and the outcome of disease is dependent on the host genetics for either susceptibility per se or severity. The IFNG gene codes for interferon-γ (IFN-γ), a cytokine that plays a key role in host defense against intracellular pathogens. Indeed, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in IFNG have been evaluated in several genetic epidemiological studies, and the SNP +874T>A, the +874T allele, more specifically, has been associated with protection against infectious diseases, especially tuberculosis. Here, we evaluated the association of the IFNG locus with leprosy enrolling 2,125 Brazilian subjects. First, we conducted a case-control study with subjects recruited from the state of São Paulo, using the +874 T>A (rs2430561), +2109 A>G (rs1861494) and rs2069727 SNPs. Then, a second study including 1,370 individuals from Rio de Janeiro was conducted. Results of the case-control studies have shown a protective effect for +874T carriers (OR(adjusted) = 0.75; p = 0.005 for both studies combined), which was corroborated when these studies were compared with literature data. No association was found between the SNP +874T>A and the quantitative Mitsuda response. Nevertheless, the spontaneous IFN-γ release by peripheral blood mononuclear cells was higher among +874T carriers. The results shown here along with a previously reported meta-analysis of tuberculosis studies indicate that the SNP +874T>A plays a role in resistance to mycobacterial diseases.


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Interferon gama/genética , Hanseníase/genética , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Adulto , Brasil/epidemiologia , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Feminino , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Humanos , Hanseníase/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mycobacterium leprae/isolamento & purificação , Razão de Chances , Fatores de Risco
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Genes Immun ; 10(2): 174-80, 2009 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19110537

RESUMO

Leprosy is a complex infectious disease influenced by genetic and environmental factors. The genetic contributing factors are considered heterogeneous and several genes have been consistently associated with susceptibility like PARK2, tumor necrosis factor (TNF), lymphotoxin-alpha (LTA) and vitamin-D receptor (VDR). Here, we combined a case-control study (374 patients and 380 controls), with meta-analysis (5 studies; 2702 individuals) and biological study to test the epidemiological and physiological relevance of the interleukin-10 (IL-10) genetic markers in leprosy. We observed that the -819T allele is associated with leprosy susceptibility either in the case-control or in the meta-analysis studies. Haplotypes combining promoter single-nucleotide polymorphisms also implicated a haplotype carrying the -819T allele in leprosy susceptibility (odds ratio (OR)=1.40; P=0.01). Finally, we tested IL-10 production in peripheral blood mononuclear cells stimulated with Mycobacterium leprae antigens and found that -819T carriers produced lower levels of IL-10 when compared with non-carriers. Taken together, these data suggest that low levels of IL-10 during the disease outcome can drive patients to a chronic and unprotective response that culminates with leprosy.


Assuntos
Predisposição Genética para Doença/genética , Interleucina-10/genética , Hanseníase/genética , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Regiões Promotoras Genéticas/genética , Antígenos de Bactérias/imunologia , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Doença Crônica , Feminino , Regulação da Expressão Gênica/genética , Regulação da Expressão Gênica/imunologia , Marcadores Genéticos/genética , Marcadores Genéticos/imunologia , Predisposição Genética para Doença/epidemiologia , Humanos , Interleucina-10/biossíntese , Interleucina-10/imunologia , Hanseníase/epidemiologia , Hanseníase/imunologia , Hanseníase/metabolismo , Leucócitos Mononucleares/imunologia , Leucócitos Mononucleares/metabolismo , Masculino , Epidemiologia Molecular/métodos , Mycobacterium leprae/imunologia , Regiões Promotoras Genéticas/imunologia
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