Polymorphisms and haplotypes in the interleukin-4 gene are associated with chronic periodontitis in a Brazilian population.
BACKGROUND
Some haplotypes in the interleukin-4 (IL4) gene were reported to influence IL-4 cytokine production and were associated with inflammatory diseases. Association studies focusing on IL4 gene polymorphisms and periodontal disease provided conflicting results. The aim of this study is to investigate whether IL4 gene polymorphisms and haplotypes were related to chronic periodontitis in a Brazilian population.


METHODS
The polymorphisms -590(C/T) and +33(C/T) in the IL4 gene were identified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment-length polymorphism methods; the variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) was identified by PCR. To assess the differences between the periodontitis group (n = 125) and control group (n = 125), the chi(2) test was used to assess genotype and allele distributions of individual polymorphisms. For haplotypes reconstructed by an expectation-maximization algorithm, the CLUMP program and Fisher exact test were used. Multivariate logistic regression modeling was used to assess the association of age, gender, smoking status, and polymorphism/haplotype with periodontitis.


RESULTS
The -590(T), +33(C), and insertion (I) of 70-base pair (bp) alleles and genotypes were more prevalent in the periodontitis group, even after adjusting for covariates. The -590, +33, and insertion (TCI) haplotype was associated with a susceptibility to periodontitis (adjusted odds ratio [OR(adjusted)] = 2.68; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.50 to 4.80) as was the genotype TCI/CCI (OR(adjusted) = 5.27; 95% CI = 2.28 to 12.18), whereas the TTD (OR(adjusted) = 0.48; 95% CI = 0.26 to 0.91), CTI (OR(adjusted) = 0.28, 95% CI = 0.11 to 0.70), and TTD/CTI (OR(adjusted) = 0.29; 95% CI = 0.08 to 1.13) genotypes were a associated with protection against the development of chronic periodontitis.


CONCLUSIONS
Significant associations between alleles, genotypes, and haplotypes of polymorphisms in the IL4 gene and chronic periodontitis were verified in Brazilian individuals.
Anovazzi
Giovana
G
Department of Oral Diagnosis and Surgery, School of Dentistry at Araraquara, UNESP-São Paulo State University, Araraquara, SP, Brazil.
Kim
Yeon J
YJ
Viana
Aline C
AC
Curtis
Karen M C
KM
Orrico
Silvana R P
SR
Cirelli
Joni A
JA
Scarel-Caminaga
Raquel M
RM
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001938:Brazil; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D055113:Chronic Periodontitis / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000235:genetics*; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D015588:Observer Variation; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking
D015847:Interleukin-4