title: Heat shock protein 70 gene polymorphisms in rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: A role for heat shock proteins (hsp) in rheumatoid arthritis has been suggested. In addition, the specific binding of human HSP70 protein to QKRAA and RRRAA motifs within the HV3 region of disease-associated DRB1*0401 and DRB1*1001 molecules, respectively, has been proposed as being relevant to rheumatoid arthritis. The purpose of this work was to analyze the influence of HSP70 gene polymorphism on the susceptibility to or severity of rheumatoid arthritis and to investigate the possible contribution of these HSP70 polymorphisms in determining HLA-DRB1*0401/*1001 disease association. The frequencies of the HSP70-1, HSP70-2 and HSP70-hom genotypes were analyzed by PCR-RFLP using BsrBI, PstI and NcoI enzymes, respectively, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and in healthy controls. No significant differences were observed when HSP70 allele distribution between the groups under study were compared. Moreover, we did not observe any significant difference in HSP70 allele frequencies between patients positive for HLA-DRB1*0401/*1001 alleles and matched controls. Our data indicate that HSP70 gene polymorphisms do not appear to be relevant in the susceptibility to or severity of rheumatoid arthritis.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina "López Neyra", CSIC, Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vinasco
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Beraun
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nieto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fraile
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pareja
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mataran
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martín
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000235:genetics*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; C553505:HLA-DRB1*04:01 antigen; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins