title: SAA1 gene polymorphisms and the risk of AA amyloidosis in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: To investigate the precise modality of association between SAA1 gene polymorphisms and the development of AA amyloidosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Japanese patients with RA (n=153), among whom 29 were histologically diagnosed as having amyloidosis, were genotyped for three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), C-13T, C2995T, and C3010T, in the SAA gene. Pairwise linkage disequilibrium coefficients between each pair of SNPs were calculated and estimated haplotype frequencies were compared between patients with and without amyloidosis. Possible associations between these SNPs and amyloidosis were analyzed by a case-control study and by the Kaplan-Meier method, in which the endpoint was defined as the time of diagnosis of AA amyloidosis. The -13T and 2995C alleles, which were in a tight linkage disequilibrium, were more frequent in the patients with amyloidosis, and the groups with the -13TT and 2995CC genotype had worse survival curves than patients without these genotypes, whereas C3010T was not associated with amyloidosis. Moreover, the haplotype containing -13C and 2995T was found to be protective. Both C-13T and C2995T were associated with the development of amyloidosis. Examining both polymorphisms may be more useful than examining only one of them for estimating the risk of the development of amyloidosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Junya
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ajiro
authors.forename: Ichiei
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Narita
authors.forename: Fuminori
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saga
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Fumitake
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gejyo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000401:mortality; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D001483:Base Sequence; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012307:Risk Factors; D000685:Serum Amyloid A Protein / Q000235:genetics*; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D000685:Serum Amyloid A Protein