Highlights
- •The vitamin D receptor (VDR) plays a central role in vitamin D metabolism, both as a mediator of biological effects and also as the regulator of vitamin D metabolism.
- •Most effects of vitamin D are mediated by the binding of 1, 25(OH) 2D to the VDR.
- •VDR and its ligand have shown relative immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory role.
- •Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) suggested more than 20 loci in MS susceptibility, including VDR gene.
- •The VDR polymorphisms affect its structure and function and it is believed that have a link with an increased risk of MS.
Abstract
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory, demyelinating, and neurodegenerative
disease of the central nervous system (CNS) with a complex etiology. Given the Vitamin
D receptor (VDR) gene, it is considered an outstanding risk component associated with
MS. The aim of the present study has been to explore and emphasize the role of ApaI, BsmI, TaqI and FokI polymorphisms of VDR gene in susceptibility to MS in an Iranian case-control population
including 160 patients and 150 healthy controls. All cases were clinically diagnosed
with relapsing-remitting (RR) form, and the controls were age, gender, and race matched
which were completely in agreement with the case group. PCR-R FLP was conducted for
all the SNPs genotyping. The findings of the study showed a significant difference
in allele frequency between the cases and controls for ApaI (p < 0.0002), BsmI (p < 0.0002) and TaqI (p < 0.0001), while no significant difference was observed for FokI (P > 0.0125). The results also showed that AA genotype polymorphism of ApaI and BsmI (OR = 4.6 and OR = 2.52, respectively), CC genotype of TaqI (OR = 2.41) and AC genotype of ApaI (OR = 1.79) are associated with the disease status. Nevertheless, the results revealed the
protective role of TT genotype of TaqI (ORs < 1), CC genotype of Apal, and GG genotype of BsmI (ORs < 1). VDR polymorphisms seem to have a notable connection with MS pathogenesis, however,
study of more big population and functional work on the gene structure and its function
are recommended.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: June 01, 2016
Accepted:
May 30,
2016
Received in revised form:
May 26,
2016
Received:
December 28,
2015
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