title: Effects of a single nucleotide polymorphism on the expression of human tumor necrosis factor-alpha.
abstract: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha plays a prominent role in inflammations and is a proinflammatory cytokine that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune and infectious diseases. Recent association studies have found that the TNF-alpha-857T allele was associated with several disorders. Here we demonstrate, with reporter genes under the control of the two allelic TNF-alpha promoters, that the minor allele -857T is a much stronger transcriptional activator than the major allele -857C in RAW264.7 cell line in response to lipopolysaccharide stimulation. However, the result was not consistent in HeLa cell line. Furthermore, for the quantitative analysis of TNF-alpha synthesis between the -857C/C genotype from healthy subjects and the -857C/T genotype from AS patients, the quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were performed separately. There was no significant difference between the two groups at the level of mRNA and protein. These results show that this polymorphism may have a direct effect on TNF-alpha regulation in a tissue-specific manner, and apart from the polymorphism at -857 in the TNF-alpha promoter, there may be other factors affecting the expression of TNF-alpha.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008156:Luciferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D008156:Luciferases