IkBα promoter polymorphisms in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the association of IκBα with the development of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in Taiwan. One hundred and fifty-four patients with AS and 112 unrelated healthy controls were enrolled in this study. The IκBα-881A/G, -826C/T, -550A/T, -519C/T, and -297C/T polymorphisms were determined by the polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism method. This study demonstrated that the genotype frequencies of IκBα-826C/T and -826T/T, and allele frequencies of IκBα-826T were significantly higher in the patients with AS than in the controls. We also found that the estimated haplotype frequencies of IκBα-881A -826T -550A -519C -297C and IκBα-881A -826C -550A -519T -297C were significantly increased in the patient with AS in comparison with that of the controls. In contrast, the estimated haplotype frequency of IκBα-881A -826C -550A -519C -297C was significantly decreased in the patients with AS. This study demonstrates that IκBα-826T is associated with the development of AS. Furthermore, the IκBα-881A -826T -550A -519C -297C and IκBα-881A -826C -550A -519T -297C haplotypes are related to susceptibility to AS in Taiwan.
Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Yu-Hung
YH
Hung
Tsan-Teng
TT
Ou
Chia-Hui
CH
Lin
Ruei-Nian
RN
Li
Yu-Chih
YC
Lin
Wen-Chan
WC
Tsai
Hong-Wen
HW
Liu
Jeng-Hsien
JH
Yen
D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D020672:I-kappa B Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000072000:NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010641:Phenotype; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology
D020672:I-kappa B Proteins; C000606204:NFKBIA protein, human; D000072000:NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha