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Variants in the glutamate-cysteine-ligase gene are associated with cystic fibrosis lung disease.


ABSTRACT: Chronic progressive lung disease is the most serious complication of cystic fibrosis (CF). Glutathione plays an important role in the protection of the CF lung against oxidant-induced lung injury.We hypothesized that a polymorphism in a novel candidate gene that regulates glutathione synthesis might influence CF lung disease.In a cross-sectional study, subjects were recruited from CF clinics in Seattle and multiple centers in Canada. We tested for an association between CF lung disease and a functional polymorphism in the glutamate-cysteine ligase catalytic subunit (GCLC) gene. Multiple linear regression was used to test for association between polymorphisms of GCLC and severity of CF lung disease while adjusting for age, Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, and cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) genotype. Analysis was repeated for patients with CF stratified by CFTR genotype.A total of 440 subjects with CF participated in the study (51% male; mean [+/- SD] age, 26 +/- 11 yr; mean FEV(1), 62 +/- 28% predicted). In the total population, there was a trend toward an association between GCLC genotypes and CF lung disease (linear regression coefficient [SEM], 1.68 [1.0]; p = 0.097). In the stratified analysis, there was a highly significant association between GCLC genotype and CF lung function in subjects with a milder CFTR genotype (linear regression coefficient [SEM], 5.5 (1.7); p = 0.001).In patients with CF with a milder CFTR genotype, there is a strong association between functional polymorphisms of the GCLC gene and CF lung disease severity.

SUBMITTER: McKone EF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2648118 | biostudies-other | 2006 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Variants in the glutamate-cysteine-ligase gene are associated with cystic fibrosis lung disease.

McKone Edward F EF   Shao Jing J   Frangolias Daisy D DD   Keener Cassie L CL   Shephard Cynthia A CA   Farin Federico M FM   Tonelli Mark R MR   Pare Peter D PD   Sandford Andrew J AJ   Aitken Moira L ML   Kavanagh Terrance J TJ  

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 20060511 4


<h4>Background</h4>Chronic progressive lung disease is the most serious complication of cystic fibrosis (CF). Glutathione plays an important role in the protection of the CF lung against oxidant-induced lung injury.<h4>Objectives</h4>We hypothesized that a polymorphism in a novel candidate gene that regulates glutathione synthesis might influence CF lung disease.<h4>Methods</h4>In a cross-sectional study, subjects were recruited from CF clinics in Seattle and multiple centers in Canada. We teste  ...[more]

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