title: Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism in multiple sclerosis and the association with HLA class II alleles.
abstract: We have previously reported that the association between Bsm I polymorphism, one of the vitamin D receptor genes (VDRG) polymorphism, and multiple sclerosis (MS). In this report, we investigated the further possible role or relevance of VDRG in the pathogenesis of MS. Apa I polymorphism was detected by PCR-RFLP from the DNA of 77 conventional MS patients and 95 healthy controls. The study of the Bsm I and Apa I haplotypes was carried out by employing previously reported Bsm I data. The AA genotype and the [A] allele in the profiles were significantly more prevalent in MS patients than in controls (P=0.0070 and P=0.0321, respectively). In the [A] allele-positive MS patients, the positive rate of DPB1*0501 in HLA was significantly higher than that of the [A] allele-positive controls and that of the [A] allele-negative MS patients even when the corrected P value (P(corr)) was applied (P(corr)=0.0220 and P(corr)=0.0077, respectively). The frequency of DRB1*1501 was higher in the [A] allele-positive patients than in the [A] allele-positive controls and the [A] allele-negative patients (P(uncorr)=0.0431 and P(uncorr)=0.0089, respectively), but the P values did not reach statistical significance after P corrections. The rate of Bsm I and Apa I haplotypes was much higher in bA/bA-positive MS patients than in the controls (P=0.0003), and in the bA positive MS patients, the positive rate of DPB1*0501 was higher than that of the bA-positive controls and that of the bA-negative MS patients (P(corr)=0.0308 and P(corr)=0.0033, respectively). These results indicate that VDRG polymorphism may be associated with susceptibility to MS, and HLA alleles may correlate with risk for MS together with VDRG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita-15 Nishi-7, Kita-ku, 060-8638, Sapporo, Japan. niino@med.hokudai.ac.jp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niino
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukazawa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yabe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tashiro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000483:Alleles; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D018167:Receptors, Calcitriol