Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene polymorphism and multifetal pregnancy outcome.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to determine whether interleukin-1 receptor antagonist and/or interleukin-1beta gene polymorphisms influence multifetal pregnancy outcome.


METHODS
Maternal and neonatal buccal swabs from 51 multifetal gestations were analyzed for interleukin-1 receptor antagonist and interleukin-1beta alleles. Outcome data were obtained subsequently.


RESULTS
Fetal carriage of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist allele 1 was more than twice as prevalent as the carriage of allele 2. Preterm premature rupture of membranes was observed in 12 of 24 pregnancies (50.0%) in which 2 fetuses tested positive for interleukin-1 receptor antagonist allele 2, as opposed to only 3 of 27 pregnancies (11.1%) in which 1 or neither fetus tested positive for interleukin-1 receptor antagonist allele 2 (P=.005). Similarly, 20 of 26 neonates (76.9%) with documented morbidity tested positive for interleukin-1 receptor antagonist allele 2, as compared with 36 of 78 neonates (46.2%) without morbidity (P=.007). Fetal or maternal interleukin-1beta polymorphisms or maternal interleukin-1 receptor antagonist polymorphisms were unrelated to pregnancy outcome.


CONCLUSIONS
Fetal carriage of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist allele 2 was associated with both preterm premature rupture of membranes and neonatal morbidity in women with multifetal pregnancies.
Kalish
Robin B
RB
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA. robinkal@aol.com
Vardhana
Santosh
S
Gupta
Meruka
M
Chasen
Stephen T
ST
Perni
Sriram C
SC
Witkin
Steven S
SS
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005322:Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes / Q000235:genetics; D005333:Fetus; D006801:Humans; D053590:Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000235:genetics; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple / Q000502:physiology*; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*
C507763:IL1RN protein, human; D053590:Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein; D007375:Interleukin-1; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins