Dataset Information

Frequency and distribution of FCN2 and FCN3 functional variants among MBL2 genotypes.

ABSTRACT: The six types of pattern recognition molecules (PRMs) that initiate complement via the lectin pathway (LP) comprise collectins and ficolins. The importance of having various PRMs to initiate the LP is currently unclear. Mannan-binding lectin (MBL) is a collectin member of the LP PRMs. MBL deficiency is common with mild clinical consequence. Thus, the lack of MBL may be compensated for by the other PRMs. We hypothesized that variants FCN2?+?6424 and FCN3?+?1637delC that cause gene-dose-dependent reduction in ficolin-2 and ficolin-3 levels, respectively, may be rare in MBL-deficient individuals due to the importance of compensation within the LP. The aim of this study was to investigate the distribution and frequency of these variants among MBL2 genotypes in healthy subjects. The allele frequency of FCN2?+?6424 and FCN3?+?1637delC was 0.099 and 0.015, respectively, in the cohort (n?=?498). The frequency of FCN2?+?6424 tended to be lower among MBL-deficient subjects (n?=?53) than among MBL-sufficient subjects (n?=?445) (0.047 versus 0.106, P?=?0.057). In addition, individuals who were homozygous for FCN2?+?6424 were sufficient MBL producers. The frequency of FCN3?+?1637delC did not differ between the groups. The frequency of FCN2?+?6424 was similar in FCN3?+?1637delC carriers (n?=?15) versus wild type (n?=?498). Furthermore, subjects that were heterozygote carriers of both FCN2?+?6424 and FCN3?+?1637delC were sufficient MBL producers. In conclusion, FCN2?+?6424 carriers with MBL deficiency tend to be rare among healthy individuals. MBL-deficient individuals with additional LP PRM defects may be at risk to morbidity.

SUBMITTER: Bjarnadottir H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4842218 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

ACCESS DATA

Publications

Frequency and distribution of FCN2 and FCN3 functional variants among MBL2 genotypes.

Bjarnadottir Helga H Arnardottir Margret M Ludviksson Bjorn Runar BR

Immunogenetics 20160121 5

The six types of pattern recognition molecules (PRMs) that initiate complement via the lectin pathway (LP) comprise collectins and ficolins. The importance of having various PRMs to initiate the LP is currently unclear. Mannan-binding lectin (MBL) is a collectin member of the LP PRMs. MBL deficiency is common with mild clinical consequence. Thus, the lack of MBL may be compensated for by the other PRMs. We hypothesized that variants FCN2 + 6424 and FCN3 + 1637delC that cause gene-dose-dependent ...[more]

PMID: 26795763

Similar Datasets

Project description:BackgroundL-ficolin (encoded by FCN2) binds to acetylated sugar moieties of many pathogens, including Trypanosoma cruzi, promoting their phagocytosis and lysis by the complement system.MethodsWe investigated L-ficolin levels in 160 T. cruzi infected patients with chronic Chagas disease and 71 healthy individuals, and FCN2 polymorphisms (-986 G>A, -602 G>A, and -4 A>G in the promoter and A258S in exon 8) in 243 patients, being 88 indeterminate (asymptomatic), 96 with cardiac, 23 with digestive and 33 with cardiodigestive manifestations (two were unspecified) and 305 controls (135 for A258S).ResultsPatients presented lower L-ficolin plasma levels than controls (p<0.0001). Among the different groups of cardiac commitment, individuals with moderate forms had higher L-ficolin levels than the severe forms (P = 0.039). Lower L-ficolin levels were found associated with the 258S variant in the patients (P = 0.034). We found less -4A/G heterozygotes in the cardiac patients, than in the controls (OR = 0.56 [95% CI = 0.33-0.94], P = 0.034). Heterozygote -4A/G genotypes with the 258S variant and 258SS homozygotes were nevertheless more frequent among cardiodigestive patients than in controls (OR = 14.1 [95% CI = 3.5-56.8], P = 0.0001) and in indeterminate patients (OR = 3.2 [95% CI = 1.1-9.4], P = 0.037). We also found an association of the allelic frequency of the 258S variant with cardiodigestive Chagas disease compared to controls (OR = 2.24 [95% CI = 1.1-4.5], P = 0.037). Thus, decreased patient levels of L-ficolin reflect not only protein consumption due to the disease process, but also the higher frequency of the 258S variant in patients with cardiodigestive symptoms.ConclusionThe very first study on Brazilian cohort associates both L-ficolin plasma levels and FCN2 variants to Chagas disease and subsequent disease progression. The prognostic value of L-ficolin levels and the FCN2*A258S polymorphism should be further evaluated in other settings.

Project description:BackgroundThe relationship among chronic inflammation, innate immunity, and cancer is well established. Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is a key player in innate immunity. Five polymorphisms in the promoter and first exon of the MBL2 gene alter the expression and function of MBL in humans and are associated with inflammation-related disease susceptibility. These five polymorphisms create six well-characterized haplotypes that result in lower (i.e., LYB, LYC, HYD, and LXA) or higher (i.e., HYA and LYA) serum MBL concentrations. We investigated whether survival of patients with lung cancer was associated with these polymorphisms.MethodsWe used a multivariable Cox proportional hazards model to study the association between MBL2 polymorphisms and their haplotypes and diplotypes in 558 white and 173 African American patients with non-small-cell lung cancer in the Baltimore, MD, area and lung cancer mortality. Smoking history and race were obtained from interviews, tumor stage was obtained from medical records, and cause of death was obtained from the National Death Index. All statistical tests were two-sided.ResultsWe found a statistically significant association between the X allele of the promoter Y/X polymorphism (which results in a lower serum MBL concentration) and improved lung cancer survival among white patients (risk ratio [RR] of death from lung cancer with X/X or X/Y genotype compared with Y/Y genotype = 0.61, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.46 to 0.81) but not among African American patients (RR = 1.11, 95% CI = 0.69 to 1.77). The associations among white patients were strongest in heavy smokers and were independent of stage. We also found a statistically significant interaction between the Y/X polymorphism and race for lung cancer survival (P(interaction) = .019). The MBL2 LXA haplotype and XA/B diplotype, which are also associated with low serum MBL levels, were statistically significantly associated with improved lung cancer survival among white patients.ConclusionThe functional Y/X polymorphism of the innate-immunity gene MBL2 and MBL2 haplotypes and diplotypes appear to be associated with lung cancer survival among white patients.

Dataset Information

Frequency and distribution of FCN2 and FCN3 functional variants among MBL2 genotypes.

Publications

Frequency and distribution of FCN2 and FCN3 functional variants among MBL2 genotypes.

Similar Datasets

OmicsDI is part of the ELIXIR infrastructure

Tweets