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Expression of genes involved in susceptibility to multifactorial autoimmune diseases: estimating genotype effects
Author(s) -
Almeida E. Rocha Amazonas,
PetzlErler M. L.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of immunogenetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.41
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1744-313X
pISSN - 1744-3121
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-313x.2012.01152.x
Subject(s) - genotype , single nucleotide polymorphism , biology , peripheral blood mononuclear cell , microbiology and biotechnology , allele , snp , gene , b cell activating factor , immunology , gene expression , messenger rna , antibody , genetics , b cell , in vitro
Summary Several single nucleotide polymorphisms ( SNP s) have been associated with susceptibility to autoimmune diseases, but the mechanisms responsible for the associations are poorly understood. To test the hypothesis that the variation of the basal levels of the gene products is significantly influenced by genetic polymorphism, we investigated whether SNP s in genes CD 40, CD 28, CTL A4, CD 80, CD 86, BAFF and IL 6 are affecting mRNA or protein expression. The surface expression of the proteins on unstimulated monocytes, B cells, NK cells, CD 4+ T cells and CD 8+ T cells, as well as the mRNA levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells ( PBMC ) was compared among healthy volunteers with different genotypes. Despite the low basal expression level and large interindividual variation, average BAFF expression was significantly higher in carriers of genotype C / C of the BAFF ‐871 C>T SNP (rs9514828) when compared with carriers of the C/T and T/T genotypes. Genotype C/C carriers presented higher levels of the protein on CD 8+ T cells, monocytes and NK cells and of mRNA in PBMC . Moreover, carriers of T allele of CTLA 4‐318 C>T (rs5742909) showed a significantly increased expression of CTLA ‐4 on CD 8+ T cells. No significant variation among genotypes was found in the protein or mRNA levels of other investigated genes.