title: A possible linkage of HLA-DRB haplotypes with Tiopronin intolerance in rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: To investigate the relationship between HLA class II genotypes and toxic intolerance during treatment with Tiopronin, a slow-acting drug used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we studied 40 patients who were divided into two groups: a group of 22 patients without side effects and a group of 18 patients with intolerance to Tiopronin. The PCR-RFLP method was used to determine the HLA-DR, DQ and DP genotypes. The patients in the two groups had similar genetic backgrounds with an expected high frequency of DRI and DR4 alleles. However, DR1/DR4 heterozygosity was significantly increased in patients with intolerance (p = 0.03, Odds Ratio = 10.5). In addition, one intolerant patient had a DR1/DR7 genotype which shared DRw53 (DRB4*0101) with DR1/DR4. Furthermore, two subtypes of DR5, DRB1*1102 and DRB1*1201, were increased among intolerant patients (11.1% vs 0%, p = 0.03, OR = 13.97). In total, DR1/DRw53 heterozygotes, DRB1*1102 and DRB1*1201 represented 61.1% of intolerant patients. Therefore, a detailed HLA class II typing might be useful before RA treatment by Tiopronin to predict and avoid toxic side effects in the patients with increased risk. Further investigation is currently underway.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Immunogénétique Moléculaire, Institut Biomédical des Cordeliers, Paris, France.
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paolozzi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Delecoeuillerie
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khodja
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Legoff
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liote
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sheffer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amor
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Charron
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000483:Alleles; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005838:Genotype; D006682:HLA-DP Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D059868:HLA-DP beta-Chains; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D059848:HLA-DQ alpha-Chains; D059866:HLA-DQ beta-Chains; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D059845:HLA-DRB4 Chains; D006239:Haplotypes; D006579:Heterozygote; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D008625:Tiopronin / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D006682:HLA-DP Antigens; D059868:HLA-DP beta-Chains; C071170:HLA-DPB1 antigen; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens; D059848:HLA-DQ alpha-Chains; D059866:HLA-DQ beta-Chains; C069050:HLA-DQA1 antigen; C069051:HLA-DQB1 antigen; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D059845:HLA-DRB4 Chains; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D004247:DNA; D008625:Tiopronin