Transforming growth factor-&beta; and toll-like receptor-4 polymorphisms are not associated with fibrosis in haemochromatosis

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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 28, 2013; 19(48): 9366-9376
Published online Dec 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i48.9366

Table 1 Gene specific primers for polymerase chain reaction amplification and dissociation analysis

Gene	Forward primer	Reverse primer
MCP1-2518	TTTCTTGACAGAGCAGAAGTGGGAG	TTGCTGGCTGAGTGTTCACATAGG
CCR2 190	ATACCAACGAGAGCGGTGAAGAAG	AAAGCAGATCAGAGATGGCCAGG
IL10-592	AAAGGAGCCTGGAACACATCCTGT	AAAGTTCCCAAGCAGCCCTTCCAT
IL10-1082	TCCAAGACAACACTACTAAGGCTTC	GCTGGATAGGAGGTCCCTTACTTT
TGF-β	CTACCGCTGCTGTGGCTACTGGT	TCACCAGCTCCATGTCGATAGTCT
TLR4-299	CCGATTAGCATACTTAGACTACTACCTC	CCTTTCAATAGTCACACTCACCAGG
TLR4-399	GCTTGAGTTTCAAAGGTTGCTGTTCTC	GCCCAAGAAGTTTGAACTCATGGTAA
hOGG1	ACCCTCCTACAGGTGCTGTTCAGT	CCTTTGGAACCCTTTCTGCGCTTT

MCP-1: Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1; CCR-2: Chemokine C-C motif receptor; IL10: Interleukin-10; TGF-β: Transforming growth factor-beta; TLR4: Toll-like receptor 4; hOGG1: Human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase.

Table 2 Polymerase chain reaction profiles for candidate gene high resolution melt analysis

Gene	Annealing temperature	Extension temperature	Melt analysis range
MCP-1	58 °C	72 °C	74 to 84 °C
CCR-2	58 °C	72 °C	74 to 84 °C
IL10-592	57 °C	72 °C	75 to 85 °C
IL10-1082	59 °C	72 °C	70 to 81 °C
TGF-β	65 °C (20 s)	72 °C (20 s)	79 to 89 °C
TLR4 299	57 °C	68 °C	66 to 78 °C
TLR4 399	58 °C	70 °C	69 to 81 °C
hOGG1	57 °C	68 °C	78 to 88 °C

MCP-1: Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1; CCR-2: Chemokine C-C motif receptor; IL10: Interleukin-10; TGF-β: Transforming growth factor-beta; TLR4: Toll-like receptor 4; hOGG1: Human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase.

Table 3 Patient characteristics grouped according to the presence or absence of hepatic fibrosis (univariate analysis) n (%)

Parameter	No fibrosis (n = 136)	Fibrosis present (n = 109)	P value
Male gender	72 (53)	89 (82)	0.0001
Age at biopsy (yr) (mean ± SD)	39.7 (14.9)	44.3 (12.4)	0.006
Alcohol (g/d) (median: range)	5 (0-120)	20 (0-200)	0.0001
Steatosis present¹	36 (37)	42 (53)	0.03
Serum ferritin (μg/L) (median: range)	531 (33-3000)	2134 (155-6000)	0.0001
HIC (μmol/g dw) (median: range)	124 (20-537)	218 (43-847)	< 0.0001
Iron grade
0	1 (1)	0
1	5 (4)	0
2	27 (20)	7 (6)
3	63 (46)	25 (23)
4	40 (29)	77 (71)	< 0.0001

¹Steatosis data available for 176 subjects (72% of total cohort).

Table 4 Allele frequency in candidate genes assessed in patient and control groups by high resolution melt analysis: Compared to published data for Caucasian ethnicity populations

Gene	Patient group	Control group	Published results¹
MCP1	A 0.729	A 0.736	A 0.695
MCP1	G 0.271	G 0.264	G0.305
CCR2	G 0.892	G 0.976	G 0.892
CCR2	A 0.108	A 0.024	A 0.108
TGFβ	G 0.918	G 0.892	G 0.887
TGFβ	C 0.082	C 0.108	C 0.113
hOGG1	C 0.695	C 0.694	C 0.776
hOGG1	G 0.305	G 0.306	G 0.224
IL10-1082	G 0.539	G 0.500	G0.531
IL10-1082	A 0.461	A 0.500	A 0.469
IL10-592	C 0.794	C 0.794	C 0.792
IL10-592	A 0.206	A 0.206	A 0.208
TLR4 299	A 0.934	A 0.930	A 0.967
TLR4 299	G 0.066	G 0.070	G 0.033
TLR4 399	C 0.934	C 0.931	C 0.955
TLR4 399	T 0.066	T 0.069	T 0.045

¹NCBI dbSNP (HapMap CEU-Utah residents with Northern and Western European ancestry from the CEPH collection). MCP-1: Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1; CCR-2: Chemokine C-C motif receptor; IL10: Interleukin-10; TGF-β: Transforming growth factor-beta; TLR4: Toll-like receptor 4; hOGG1: Human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase.

Table 5 Genetic polymorphisms in Hereditary Haemochromatosis patients grouped according the presence or absence of advanced fibrosis and subjected to univariate analysis n (%)

Gene	No/minimal fibrosis (F0-2)	Advanced fibrosis (F3-4)	P value
MCP1
AA	99 (53.5)	28 (46.7)
AG	76 (41.1)	27 (45.0)
GG	10 (5.4)	5 (8.3)	0.546
CCR2
GG	142 (78.0)	50 (84.8)
AG	37 (20.3)	9 (15.3)
AA	3 (1.7)	0 (0)	0.401
TGFβ
GG	154 (83.2)	51 (85)
GC	31 (16.8)	9 (15)	0.749
hOGG1
CC	99 (53.8)	26 (43.3)
CG	64 (34.8)	25 (41.7)
GG	21 (11.4)	9 (15)	0.352
IL10-1082
GG	50 (27.1)	17 (28.3)
GA	97 (52.4)	33 (55.0)
AA	38 (20.5)	10 (16.7)	0.806
IL10-592
CC	120 (64.9)	37 (61.7)
AC	58 (31.3)	17 (28.3)
AA	7 (3.8)	6 (10.0)	0.173
TLR4 299
AA	159 (86.4)	54 (91.5)
AG	24 (13.0)	4 (6.8)
GG	1 (0.6)	1 (1.7)	0.305
TLR4 399
CC	161 (87.0)	53 (89.8)
CT	23 (12.4)	5 (8.5)
TT	1 (0.5)	1 (1.7)	0.502

Table 6 Multivariate ordered logistic regression analysis determining role of genetic polymorphisms in increasing hepatic fibrosis stage

Gene	OR	95%CI	P value	Adjusted P value¹
MCP1	1.11	0.69-1.80	0.660	0.681
CCR2	0.71	0.36-1.32	0.284	0.432
TGFβ	1.03	0.54-1.95	0.936	0.740
hOGG1	0.94	0.44-1.98	0.864	0.588
IL10-1082	1.10	0.65-1.88	0.720	0.897
IL10-592	0.82	0.50-1.35	0.441	0.639
TLR4 299	0.73	0.35-1.53	0.403	0.745
TLR4 399	0.87	0.42-1.81	0.706	0.990

¹Adjusted for age at biopsy: gender: iron grade and alcohol consumption. MCP-1: Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1; CCR-2: Chemokine C-C motif receptor; IL10: Interleukin-10; TGF-β: Transforming growth factor-beta; TLR4: Toll-like receptor 4; hOGG1: Human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase.

Table 7 Genetic polymorphism frequencies in patients with heavy iron loading (Grade 3 and 4) grouped according to no fibrosis (F0) vs advanced fibrosis (F3/F4)

Gene	No fibrosis (F0) (n = 103)		Advanced fibrosis (F3/4) (n = 60)		P value	Adjusted P value¹
MCP1	AA 53/103	AG/GG	AA 28/60	AG/GG 32/60	0.555	0.433
MCP1	51.50%	50/103 48.5%	46.70%	53.3%	0.555	0.433
CCR2	GG 81/100	AG/AA	GG 50/59	AG/AA 9/59	0.549	0.277
CCR2	81%	19/100 19%	84.70%	15.3%	0.549	0.277
TGF β	GG 86/103	CG/CC 17/103	GG 51/60	CG/CC 9/60	0.800	0.968
TGF β	83.50%	16.5%	85%	15%	0.800	0.968
hOGG1	CC 54/102	CG/GG 48/102	CC 26/60	CG/GG 34/60	0.238	0.790
hOGG1	52.90%	47.1%	43.30%	56.7%	0.238	0.790
IL10-1082	AA/AG 75/103	GG 28/103	AA/AG 43/60	GG 17/60	0.874	0.998
IL10-1082	72.8%	27.20%	71.80%	28.30%	0.874	0.998
IL10-592	AA/AC 34/103	CC 66/103	AA/AC 23/60	CC 37/60	0.492	0.659
IL10-592	33.0%	67.0%	38.3%	61.7%	0.492	0.659
TLR4 299	AA 87/102	AG/GG 15/102	AA 54/59	AG/GG 5/59	0.248	0.848
TLR4 299	85.3%	14.7%	91.5%	8.5%	0.248	0.848
TLR4 399	CC 89/103	CT/TT 14/103	CC 53/59	CT/TT 6/59	0.524	0.985
TLR4 399	86.4%	13.6%	89.8%	10.2%	0.524	0.985

¹Adjusted for age:gender:alcohol consumption. MCP-1: Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1; CCR-2: Chemokine C-C motif receptor; IL10: Interleukin-10; TGF-β: Transforming growth factor-beta; TLR4: Toll-like receptor 4; hOGG1: Human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase.

Table 8 Logistic regression analysis performed in subjects with HIC > 236 μmol/g dw and comparing outcome of F0 vs F3/4 (univariate analysis) (n = 47)

Factor	OR	95%CI	P value
Age	1.07	1.00-1.15	0.034
Alcohol	1.03	1.01-1.05	0.011
Female gender	0.27	0.05-1.55	0.140
MCP1	1.20	0.37-3.87	0.76
CCR2	0.74	0.13-4.12	0.73
TGFβ	0.58	0.09-3.52	0.553
hOGG1	1.50	0.47-4.77	0.492
IL10-1082	1.89	0.48-7.44	0.363
IL10-592	0.98	0.30-3.21	0.980
TLR4 299	1.17	0.77-7.79	0.868
TLR4 399	1.24	0.19-8.19	0.824

MCP-1: Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1; CCR-2: Chemokine C-C motif receptor; IL10: interleukin-10; TGF-β: Transforming growth factor-beta; TLR4: Toll-like receptor 4; hOGG1: Human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase.

Citation: Wood MJ, Powell LW, Dixon JL, Subramaniam VN, Ramm GA. Transforming growth factor-β and toll-like receptor-4 polymorphisms are not associated with fibrosis in haemochromatosis. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(48): 9366-9376
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