MCP1 2518 A/G polymorphism affects progression of childhood focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is a highly specific chemokine for monocytes and plays roles in pathogenesis of various renal diseases. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of MCP1 2518 A/G polymorphism on the incidence and clinical course of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in children. MCP1 2518 A/G genotype was identified by PCR-RFLP in 60 biopsy-proven FSGS patients, 76 steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) patients, and 96 healthy children. MCP-1 levels in urine and serum were measured by ELISA in all patients and the correlations of genotype with MCP-1 levels and clinical outcome were evaluated. The genotype frequencies for MCP1 were similar in all groups. The percentage of patients who develop chronic renal failure was higher in patients with AA allele compared to GA or GG alleles (46% vs. 35% respectively, p < 0.01, Odds ratio: 1.59). Serum MCP-1 levels were similar in all groups, whereas urinary MCP-1 levels of the patients with FSGS (1680 pg/mg creatinine) were significantly higher than that of patients with SSNS (365 pg/mg creatinine, p < 0.05) and healthy controls (348 pg/mg creatinine; p < 0.05). Urinary MCP-1 levels were correlated with the degree of proteinuria in FSGS group (r = 0.529, p = 0.016). Our results suggest that the AA genotype might be a risk factor for the progression of renal disease in FSGS and MCP1 genotyping may help the physicians to predict prognosis in these patients.
a Department of Pediatric Nephrology , Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine , Ankara , Turkey .
Nesrin
N
Besbas
b Department of Pediatric Nephrology , Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine , Trabzon , Turkey .
Mukaddes
M
Kalyoncu
a Department of Pediatric Nephrology , Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine , Ankara , Turkey .
Onur
O
Cil
c Department of Pediatric Metabolism , Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine , Ankara , Turkey .
Riza Koksal
RK
Ozgul
a Department of Pediatric Nephrology , Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine , Ankara , Turkey .
Aysin
A
Bakkaloglu
a Department of Pediatric Nephrology , Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine , Ankara , Turkey .|d Nephrogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pediatric Nephrology , Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine , Ankara , Turkey , and.|e Hacettepe University Center for Biobanking and Genomics , Ankara , Turkey.
Fatih
F
Ozaltin
D000293:Adolescent; D000483:Alleles; D001706:Biopsy; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics* / Q000652:urine; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D005923:Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011379:Prognosis; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000652:urine
C111835:CCL2 protein, human; D018932:Chemokine CCL2
Children; FSGS; MCP-1; nephrotic syndrome; polymorphism