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Association of polymorphisms of glutamate-cystein ligase and microsomal triglyceride transfer protein genes in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Fecha
2010Registro en:
JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, v.25, n.2, p.357-361, 2010
0815-9319
10.1111/j.1440-1746.2009.06001.x
Autor
OLIVEIRA, Claudia Pinto Marques Souza
STEFANO, Jose Tadeu
CAVALEIRO, Ana Mercedes
FORTES, Maria Angela Henriques Zanella
VIEIRA, Suzana Maria
LIMA, Vicencia Mara Rodrigues
SANTOS, Telma Eugenio
SANTOS, Virginia Nascimento
SALGADO, Ana Lucia Farias de Azevedo
PARISE, Edson Roberto
ALVES, Venancio Avancini Ferreira
CARRILHO, Flair Jose
CORREA-GIANNELLA, Maria Lucia
Institución
Resumen
Background and Aims: Although the metabolic risk factors for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) progression have been recognized, the role of genetic susceptibility remains a field to be explored. The aim of this study was to examine the frequency of two polymorphisms in Brazilian patients with biopsy-proven simple steatosis or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH): -493 G/T in the MTP gene, which codes the protein responsible for transferring triglycerides to nascent apolipoprotein B, and -129 C/T in the GCLC gene, which codes the catalytic subunit of glutamate-cystein ligase in the formation of glutathione. Methods: One hundred and thirty-one biopsy-proven NAFLD patients (n = 45, simple steatosis; n = 86, NASH) and 141 unrelated healthy volunteers were evaluated. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood cells, and the -129 C/T polymorphism of the GCLC gene was determined by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). The -493 G/T polymorphism of the MTP gene was determined by direct sequencing of the polymerase chain reaction products. Results: The presence of at least one T allele in the -129 C/T polymorphism of the GCLC gene was independently associated with NASH (odds ratio 12.14, 95% confidence interval 2.01-73.35; P = 0.007), whereas, the presence of at least one G allele in the -493 G/T polymorphism of the MTP gene differed slightly between biopsy-proven NASH and simple steatosis. Conclusion: This difference clearly warrants further investigation in larger samples. These two polymorphisms could represent an additional factor for consideration in evaluating the risk of NAFLD progression. Further studies involving a larger population are necessary to confirm this notion.