title: Stratification analysis of MICA triplet repeat polymorphisms and HLA antigens associated with ulcerative colitis in Japanese.
abstract: We previously reported a conserved haplotype of HLA B52-DR2 and a significantly high frequency of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I chain-related gene A (MICA) transmembrane-short tandem repeat (TM-STR) 6 allele in Japanese patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). To examine the predominance of the MICA TM-STR 6 allele as a marker of the susceptibility to UC within the susceptible haplotype, the association of each allele with UC was estimated following stratification of the patients to control for any possible confounding effects of other alleles positively associated with UC. Sixty-four patients with UC and 236 unrelated healthy controls were included in this study. All subjects were Japanese. HLA-A, -B, -C, and -DR antigens were determined serologically. A triplet repeat polymorphism of the MICA was determined by direct sequencing. To control for the effect of linkage disequilibrium, Mantel-Haenszel weighed odds ratios were calculated. Significantly higher phenotype frequencies of B52, MICA TM-STR 6, and DR2 were observed in patients with UC. Linkage disequilibria among alleles associated with UC revealed that a B52 - MICA TM-STR 6 - DR2 haplotype was conserved in patients with UC, as in controls. When the association of HLA-B52 was estimated after patient stratification for the possible confounding effect of MICA TM-STR 6 or DR2, a strong significant association of B52 with UC was still observed. In contrast, no association with UC was observed for MICA TM-STR 6 or DR2, after stratification of the possible confounding effect of HLA-B52. These results imply that the significant increase in MICA TM-STR 6 in Japanese patients with UC is attributable to linkage disequilibrium with HLA-B52.
authors.affiliation: The 3rd Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata University School of Medicine, Niigata, Japan.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matsuzawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katsuyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishizuka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yoneyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mizuki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Honma
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inoko
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asakura
mesh_terms: D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059948:HLA-B44 Antigen; D059949:HLA-B51 Antigen; D059950:HLA-B52 Antigen; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D059810:HLA-DR Serological Subtypes; D015802:HLA-DR2 Antigen / Q000235:genetics*; D006239:Haplotypes; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D010641:Phenotype; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D018911:Trinucleotide Repeats
chemical_list: D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D059948:HLA-B44 Antigen; D059949:HLA-B51 Antigen; D059950:HLA-B52 Antigen; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059810:HLA-DR Serological Subtypes; C052238:HLA-DR14; D015802:HLA-DR2 Antigen; C038988:HLA-DR9 antigen; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; C099187:MHC class I-related chain A