Department of Immunology, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 625021, India.
Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, 79430, USA.
Immunogenetics. 2021 Aug;73(4):291-305. doi: 10.1007/s00251-021-01212-x. Epub 2021 Mar 22.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a disease with polygenic inheritance. The expression of major histocompatibility complex class II genes are regulated by several trans-activators. We have studied the expression of HLA-DRB1, RFX, CIITA-P1, PIV transactivators, immunophenotyping of cells, SNPs in CIITA-168 (A/G) and IFN-γ + 874 (T/A) in T2DM patients and controls (n = 201 each). We observed increased frequencies of DRB103, DRB104 and DRB107 and decreased frequencies of DRB110, DRB114, and DRB115 alleles among patients. Significant up-regulations of HLA-DRB1 genes were observed in patients (p < 0.0001). Down-regulated expressions were documented in DRB103-homo (p < 0.002) and DRB104-homo (p < 0.009) patients. No significant differences were observed for CIITA-P1 expression except DRB104-pooled (p < 0.0113). The CIITA-PIV was up-regulated in overall (p < 0.0001), DRB103-pooled (p < 0.0006), DRB103-hetero (p < 0.0006) and DRB103-homo (p < 0.001) T2DM patients. However, significant down-regulations were documented for DRB104-pooled (p < 0.040), DRB104-hetero (p < 0.060), and DRB104-homo (p < 0.027) combinations. Further, significant down-regulations of RFX5 were observed in overall (p < 0.0006), DRB104-pooled (p < 0.0022), and DRB104-hetero (p < 0.0004) combinations. Immunophenotyping studies revealed significant increase of CD45 CD14, CD19, CD14 and CD8 cells and elevated level of expression of IFN-γ (p < 0.0001) in patients. A significant increase of TT (p < 3.35 × 10) and decrease of TA (p < 4.57 × 10) genotypes of IFN-γ + 874 (T/A) and an increase of GG (p < 0.001) and decrease of AG (p < 8.24 × 10) genotypes of CIITA-168 A/G SNPs were observed. The combinatorial analysis revealed susceptible associations for DRB103 + AA, *03 + AG, *03 + GG and 04 + GG and protective associations for DRB110 + AG, *10 + GG, *15 + AG, and *14 + GG combinations. Thus, the present study corroborated the effect of differential expressions of promoters of risk alleles in the pathogenesis of T2DM.
2 型糖尿病(T2DM)是一种具有多基因遗传的疾病。主要组织相容性复合体 II 类基因的表达受几种转录激活子调控。我们研究了 HLA-DRB1、RFX、CIITA-P1、PIV 转录激活子、细胞免疫表型、CIITA-168(A/G)和 IFN-γ+874(T/A)中的 SNPs 在 T2DM 患者和对照组(n=201)中的表达。我们观察到患者中 DRB103、DRB104 和 DRB107 等位基因的频率增加,而 DRB110、DRB114 和 DRB115 等位基因的频率降低。患者中 HLA-DRB1 基因的显著上调(p<0.0001)。在 DRB103-homo(p<0.002)和 DRB104-homo(p<0.009)患者中观察到下调表达。CIITA-P1 表达除 DRB104-池(p<0.0113)外,无显著差异。CIITA-PIV 在总体(p<0.0001)、DRB103-池(p<0.0006)、DRB103-杂合(p<0.0006)和 DRB103-纯合(p<0.001)T2DM 患者中上调。然而,在 DRB104-池(p<0.040)、DRB104-杂合(p<0.060)和 DRB104-纯合(p<0.027)组合中观察到显著下调。此外,在总体(p<0.0006)、DRB104-池(p<0.0022)和 DRB104-杂合(p<0.0004)组合中观察到 RFX5 的显著下调。免疫表型研究显示,患者中 CD45 CD14、CD19、CD14 和 CD8 细胞显著增加,IFN-γ 的表达水平升高(p<0.0001)。IFN-γ+874(T/A)的 TT(p<3.35×10)基因型增加和 TA(p<4.57×10)基因型减少以及 CIITA-168 A/G SNPs 的 GG(p<0.001)基因型增加和 AG(p<8.24×10)基因型减少均有统计学意义。组合分析显示,DRB103+AA、03+AG、03+GG 和04+GG 存在易感关联,而 DRB110+AG、*10+GG、15+AG 和14+GG 组合存在保护关联。因此,本研究证实了风险等位基因启动子的差异表达在 T2DM 发病机制中的作用。