title: Interleukin-1 gene cluster polymorphisms in cerebral infarction.
abstract: Interleukin-1 (IL-1) has pleiotropic actions in the central nervous system. During the past decade, a growing corpus of evidence has indicated an important role of this cytokine in the development of brain damage following cerebral ischaemia. The expression of IL-1 in the brain is dramatically increased during the early and chronic stage of infarction. The IL-1 gene cluster on chromosome 2ql4 contains three related genes (IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-1 receptor antagonist, IL-1ra) located within a 430-kb region. Polymorphisms in the genes encoding IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-1ra have been associated with several inflammatory diseases. Therefore we hypothesized that these cytokines might be good candidates for cerebral infarction (CI). We ascertained these genotypes in 363 CI patients and 640 controls matched for age and gender. A significant increase was found for the IL-1alpha (-889) allele 2 carriers in CI patients compared with controls (chi2 = 5.633, P = 0.018, odds ratio (OR) = 1.5). Furthermore, the IL-1alpha (-889) allele 2 carriers increased the relative risk for CI in the subjects without the IL-1ra allele 2 (chi2 = 7.989, P = 0.005, OR = 1.7). There was no significant association between IL-1beta (+3,953) polymorphism and CI. These results suggest that IL-1alpha-889 and IL-1ra polymorphisms are effective in the development of CI in Koreans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-Dong, Dongdaemun-Gu, Seoul 130-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Um
authors.forename: Kyung-Suk
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Kang-Min
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hyung-Min
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D005810:Multigene Family; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1