Center for Reproductive Medicine & Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Sci Rep. 2020 Mar 17;10(1):4897. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-61702-y.
Endometriosis shares similarities with several autoimmune diseases. The human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-C genotype is associated with several human autoimmune diseases. HLA-C is a ligand of killer cell immunoglobulin receptors (KIRs) and is an essential regulator of natural killer cell activity, which is associated with endometriosis progression. Polymorphisms in HLA-C and KIR affect the activity of NK cells and susceptibility to several diseases. Therefore, we attempted to investigate an association between HLA-C genotype and KIR polymorphism and the occurrence of endometriosis. We tested the association of certain KIR and HLA-C combinations and the development of endometriosis by characterizing both KIR and HLA-C genes in 147 women with endometriosis and 117 controls. The HLA-C genotypes and KIR polymorphisms were analyzed via DNA-based method for higher-resolution genotyping. We found that the occurrence of HLA-C03:0301 was increased in endometriosis than in control groups. Analysis of various KIR haplotypes revealed differences between the endometriosis and control cohorts. The number of KIR centromeric A/A haplotypes was increased in the endometriosis group than controls. Moreover, the endometriosis cohort was characterized by reduced number of KIR2DS2-positive individuals in the Han Chinese population. Our current findings suggest that the KIR and HLA-C genotypes are associated with the pathogenesis of endometriosis.
子宫内膜异位症与几种自身免疫性疾病有相似之处。人类白细胞抗原(HLA)-C 基因型与几种人类自身免疫性疾病有关。HLA-C 是杀伤细胞免疫球蛋白受体(KIR)的配体,是自然杀伤细胞活性的重要调节剂,与子宫内膜异位症的进展有关。HLA-C 和 KIR 的多态性影响 NK 细胞的活性和对几种疾病的易感性。因此,我们试图研究 HLA-C 基因型和 KIR 多态性与子宫内膜异位症发生之间的关联。我们通过对 147 名子宫内膜异位症患者和 117 名对照者的 KIR 和 HLA-C 基因进行特征分析,检测了某些 KIR 和 HLA-C 组合与子宫内膜异位症发生的关联。通过基于 DNA 的方法进行更高分辨率的基因分型来分析 HLA-C 基因型和 KIR 多态性。我们发现 HLA-C03:0301 在子宫内膜异位症患者中的发生率高于对照组。对各种 KIR 单倍型的分析显示,子宫内膜异位症组和对照组之间存在差异。在子宫内膜异位症组中,KIR 着丝粒 A/A 单倍型的数量增加。此外,在汉族人群中,子宫内膜异位症组中 KIR2DS2 阳性个体的数量减少。我们目前的研究结果表明,KIR 和 HLA-C 基因型与子宫内膜异位症的发病机制有关。