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Association of TNF-α gene promoter polymorphisms with outcome of hepatitis B virus infection
Ping-An Zhang, Yan Li, Ping-Xia Xiang, Jian-Min Wu
Ping-An Zhang, Yan Li, Ping-Xia Xiang, Department of Laboratory Science, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China
Jian-Min Wu, Department of Laboratory Science, Affiliated Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, Hubei Province, China
Correspondence to: Ping-An Zhang, Department of Laboratory Science, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Road, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China. zhangpingan@yahoo.com.cn
Received: July 5, 2004 Revised: July 15, 2004 Accepted: July 22, 2004 Published online: September 15, 2004
AIM: To investigate the polymorphism of tumor necrosis factor-a(TNF-α) gene promoters in Chinese Han people, and to clarify whether such polymorphism was associated with the outcome of hepatitis B virus infection.
METHODS: After the process of extracting genomic DNA from blood in 165 subjects who spontaneously recovered(SR) and 131 patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), four single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) sites in TNF-α gene promoter marked as -238G/A, -308G/A, -857C/T and -863C/A were determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis.
RESULTS: Twelve different promoter genotypes were detected from all of 296 research subjects, and GG.GG.CC.CC, GG.GG.CC.CA, GG.GG.CT.CC, GG.GA.CC.CC genotypes accounted for about 85% of genotypes in these subjects. By analyzing the four promoter genotypes of TNF-α, the results showed that there were significant differences in the frequencies of GG.GG.CC.CC, GG.GG.CC.CA and GG.GA.CC·CC genotypes in TNF-α gene promoter between CHB and SR, GG.GG.CC.CC genotype carriers were at increased risk of CHB with an odds ratio of 2.15 (95% CI 1.34-3.45); While GG.GG.CC.CA and GG.GA.CC.CC genotypes carriers were at increased risk of CHB with an odds ratio of 0.48(95% CI 0.27-0.86) and 0.35 (95% CI 0.14-0.89), respectively. GG.GG.CC.CA and GG.GA.CC.CC genotypes were strongly associated with the resolution of HBV infection(χ2 = 6.14, P = 0.013<0.05; χ2 = 5.18, P = 0.023<0.05, respectively). Single site analysis also revealed that TNF-α gene -308G/A and -863C/A SNP sites were associated with persistent HBV infection in Chinese Han people (-308G/A site, χ2 = 6.53, P = 0.011<0.05, OR=3.21; -863C/A site, χ2 = 4.33, P = 0.037<0.05, OR=1.69, respectively).
CONCLUSION: There is an association between polymorphisms of the promoter region -308G/A and -863C/A of TNF-α and the resolution of HBV infection. The presence of the -308A allele (TNF-α-308GA) and /or -863A allele(TNF-α-863CA or AA) may be resistant to HBV infection, which gives some new clues to the study of pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis B.
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Citation: Zhang PA, Li Y, Xiang PX, Wu JM. Association of TNF-α gene promoter polymorphisms with outcome of hepatitis B virus infection. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2004; 12(9): 2086-2090
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