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01.04.2012 | Original Research Paper
Functional polymorphisms in XRCC-1 and APE-1 contribute to increased apoptosis and risk of ulcerative colitis
verfasst von:
Avinash Bardia, Santosh K. Tiwari, Sivaram Gunisetty, Farha Anjum, Pratibha Nallari, Md. Aejaz Habeeb, Aleem A. Khan
Erschienen in:
Inflammation Research
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Ausgabe 4/2012
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Abstract
Objective
The present study was designed to investigate the role of X-ray cross-complementing group 1 (XRCC1) and apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) polymorphisms in apoptosis and the risk of ulcerative colitis (UC).
Materials and methods
Blood samples from 384 unrelated subject (age range 18–65 years; 171 with UC, 213 healthy controls) were collected after colonoscopy. Genomic DNA was isolated and genotyped for XRCC1
Arg399Gln and APE1
Asp148Glu using a confronting two-pair primers polymerase chain reaction. Apoptosis and intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells were measured using annexin-V and H2DCFDA assay, respectively.
Results
The frequency of genotype Arg399Gln (heterozygous) of XRCC1 gene was significantly higher in patients with UC than the controls (odds ratio [OR] 1.73; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.13–2.64; p = 0.01). Similarly the genotypic frequency of APE1
Asp148Glu showed statistically significant incidence among UC subjects (OR 1.54; 95% CI 1.02–2.33; p = 0.04). Polymorphism in XRCC1
Arg399Gln and APE1
Asp148Glu together considerably increased the risk of UC (OR 2.303; 95% CI 1.43–3.69; p = 0.0007). ROS levels were high in UC subjects compared with controls (p = 0.01).
Conclusion
Polymorphisms in XRCC1
Arg399Gln and APE1
Asp148Glu significantly increased the rate of apoptosis and risk of ulcerative colitis.