Relationship of the protein Z intron F G79A and IL6 C634G gene polymorphisms with the risk of recurrent pregnancy loss in Egyptian women.

PURPOSE

To investigate the relationship between recurrent pregnancy loss and single nucleotide polymorphisms in the protein Z (PZ) intron F G79A and the promoter region of the IL6 C634G genes in Egyptian women.

PROCEDURES

Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the PZ intron F G79A gene and the promoter region of the IL6 C634G gene were studied in 70 Egyptian women; 40 patients and 30 healthy and parous volunteers using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism technique.

RESULTS

Regarding the PZ intron F G79A polymorphism; a higher prevalence of the A allele in the controls (53.3%) compared with the cases (22.5%) was found, and the difference proved to be statistically significant (P = 0.008). As for the IL6 C634G polymorphism, the frequency of the G allele was higher in the controls (100%) than in the cases (95%), but the difference did not prove to be statistically significant (P = 0.503). A statistically significant difference between the prevalence of the IL6 C634G (95%) and the PZ intron F G79A (22.5%) was detected (P ≤ 0.001).

CONCLUSION

A statistically significant difference of the frequency of the A allele of the PZ intron F G79A polymorphism was found with a higher prevalence of the A allele among the controls compared with the patients, suggesting a lower risk of recurrent pregnancy loss among the studied patients, but the IL6 C634G polymorphism did not prove to have an equivalent effect.