title: [Analysis of polymorphism of the interleukin-4 gene of healthy and HIV-infected persons].
abstract: The distribution of the allel variants of the promoter area (C = 590T) of the interleukin-4 (IL-4) gene in HIV-infected and relatively healthy representatives of the Caucasoid population has been studied. The relationship between the genotypes of this polymorphism and the production of IL-4 by mononuclear cells of peripheral blood as well as distribution of IL-4 genotypes among males and females is analyzed. The occurrence of the homozygous combination of the allel variant C/C of the promoter of IL-4 has been shown to prevail almost twofold over the occurrence of the variant C/T among healthy donors and HIV-infected patients. Sexual differences play an essential role in the character of inheriting the allel variants of the genes of IL-4, the presence of the homozygous variant C/C or T/T being a risk factor of HIV infection in males. As revealed in this study, in the peripheral blood of healthy donors mononuclear cells having genotype C/C differ from cells with the heterozygous variant C/T in higher spontaneous production of IL-4 and, simultaneously, in lower capacity for the activation of its production in response to stimulation with mitogen. In HIV-infected patients mononuclear cells differ in higher spontaneous production of IL-4 in comparison with controls. We may thus infer that the human genotype controlling the initial level of the production of IL-4 by lymphocytes Th2 may influence the intensity of antibody production in the process of infection.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Immunology, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Konenkov
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Smol'nikova
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Kozlov
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Sennikov
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Siziakina
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Taleb
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000483:Alleles; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012737:Sex Factors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D003208:Concanavalin A; D015847:Interleukin-4