Polymorphisms of interferon-inducible genes OAS-1 and MxA associated with SARS in the Vietnamese population

Autor: Naoto Keicho, Nguyen Chi Phi, Minako Hijikata, Le Dang Ha, Takehiko Sasazuki, Satoru Itoyama, Vo Van Ban, Ikumi Matsushita, Teruo Kirikae, Fumiko Kirikae, Hoang Thuy Long, Hideki Yanai, Tran Quy, Emi Hamano, Tadatoshi Kuratsuji
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
ISSN: 0006-291X
Popis: We hypothesized that host antiviral genes induced by type I interferons might affect the natural course of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). We analyzed single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of 2′,5′-oligoadenylate synthetase 1 (OAS-1), myxovirus resistance-A (MxA), and double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase in 44 Vietnamese SARS patients with 103 controls. The G-allele of non-synonymous A/G SNP in exon 3 of OAS-1 gene showed association with SARS (p = 0.0090). The G-allele in exon 3 of OAS-1 and the one in exon 6 were in strong linkage disequilibrium and both of them were associated with SARS infection. The GG genotype and G-allele of G/T SNP at position −88 in the MxA gene promoter were found more frequently in hypoxemic group than in non-hypoxemic group of SARS (p = 0.0195). Our findings suggest that polymorphisms of two IFN-inducible genes OAS-1 and MxA might affect susceptibility to the disease and progression of SARS at each level.
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