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Vol. 149. Issue 12.
Pages 517-522 (December 2017)
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Vol. 149. Issue 12.
Pages 517-522 (December 2017)
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TNF-α-308 polymorphism determines clinical manifestations and therapeutic response of ankylosing spondylitis in Han Chinese
El polimorfismo TNF-α-308 determina las manifestaciones clínicas y la respuesta al tratamiento de la espondilitis anquilosante en la etnia china de Han
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Hai-Jun Maa,b,
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haijunma@smail.nju.edu.cn

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, Qing-Feng Yinb, Yin Wuc, Ming-Hao Guoc,
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guominghao11@yahoo.com

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a Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
b Department of Internal Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xinxiang Medical University, Weihui 453100, China
c Department of Internal Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453000, China
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Table 1. Distribution of characteristics according to the polymorphism of TNF-α-308 in AS patients.
Table 2. TNF-α-308 allele and genotype distribution in non-, poor and good responders to different treatment.
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Abstract
Background and objective

There is ongoing debate as to whether tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α)-308 is associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The aim of the present study was to determine whether TNF-α-308 is involved into genetic susceptibility, clinical features and therapeutic response of AS in Han Chinese.

Methods

Two hundred and sixty AS patients with 260 ethnically matched healthy blood donors were enrolled into the present study. TNF-α-308 promoter polymorphism was identified using polymerase chain reaction amplification with restriction fragment length polymorphism assay.

Results

Population genetic analysis showed that the prevalence of allele A and G/A genotype was equally infrequent in both AS patients (3.85% and 7.69%) and healthy subjects (4.23% and 8.46%). Compared with the carriers of G/G genotype, remarkably elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and serum C-reactive protein were observed in AS patients with G/A variant (87.06±49.40 vs. 55.53±42.99mm/h, p=0.0126; 54.95±27.77 vs. 34.36±36.13mg/dl, p=0.0116, respectively), and they always presented with inflammatory spinal pain (70.00% vs. 43.33%, p=0.0214) and suffered relatively mild sacroiliitis (65.00% vs. 41.67%, p=0.0431). The allele G and G/G genotype were more frequent in good responders to anti-TNF-α treatment (96.55% vs. 73.53%, p=0.0032; 93.10% vs. 47.06%, p=0.0015), whereas there was no obvious superiority of them in predicting therapeutic response of conventional medications for AS.

Conclusions

Our data suggest that TNF-α-308 polymorphism may influence the clinical features rather than susceptibility to AS in our Han Chinese.

Keywords:
Ankylosing spondylitis
TNF-α-308
Clinical manifestations
Anti-TNF-α treatment
Resumen
Antecedentes y objetivo

Existe un debate creciente acerca de si el factor de necrosis tumoral alfa (TNF-α)-308 está asociado a la espondilitis anquilosante (EA). El objetivo del presente estudio fue determinar si el TNF-α-308 está implicado en la susceptibilidad genética, así como las características clínicas y la respuesta terapéutica de EA en la etnia china de Han.

Métodos

Se incluyó en el presente estudio a 260 pacientes de EA, y a 260 donantes de sangre sanos y étnicamente equiparables. Se identificó el polimorfismo del promotor de TNF-α-308 mediante amplificación de la reacción en cadena de la polimerasa, con prueba de polimorfismo de longitud de fragmentos de restricción.

Resultados

El análisis genético de la población reflejó que la prevalencia del alelo A y el genotipo G/A fue igualmente infrecuente tanto en los pacientes de EA (3,85% y 7,69%) como en los sujetos sanos (4,23% y 8,46%). En comparación con los portadores del genotipo G/G, se observó una tasa de sedimentación eritrocítica y de proteína C reactiva sérica marcadamente elevadas en los pacientes de EA con la variante G/A (87,06±49,4 vs. 55,53±42,99mm/h, p=0,0126; 54,95±27,77 vs. 34,36±36,13mg/dl, p=0,0116, respectivamente), presentándose siempre con dolor vertebral inflamatorio (70 vs. 43,33%, p=0,0214) y sacroilitis relativamente leve (65 vs. 41,67%; p=0,0431). El alelo G y el fenotipo G/G fueron más frecuentes en los pacientes que respondieron bien al tratamiento anti-TNF-α (96,55 vs. 73,53%, p=0,0032; 93,1 vs. 47,06%, p=0,0015), mientras que no se produjo una superioridad obvia de ambos en la predicción de la respuesta terapéutica de las medicaciones convencionales para EA.

Conclusiones

Nuestros datos indican que el polimorfismo TNF-α puede influir más en las características clínicas que en la susceptibilidad a EA, en la etnia china de Han.

Palabras clave:
Espondilitis anquilosante
TNF-α-308
Manifestaciones clínicas
Tratamiento anti-TNF-α

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