Hajime Kaga1, Atsushi Komatsuda2, Ayumi Omokawa2, Shin Okuyama2, Kensuke Mori3, Hideki Wakui2,3, Naoto Takahashi2. 1. Department of Hematology, Nephrology, and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita City, Akita, 010-8543, Japan. kaga1@med.akita-u.ac.jp. 2. Department of Hematology, Nephrology, and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita City, Akita, 010-8543, Japan. 3. Department of Life Science, Akita University Graduate School of Engineering Science, 1-1 Tegatagakuen-machi, Akita City, Akita, 010-8502, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Several recent studies in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy (iMN) from Western and Asian counties showed that some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the PLA2R1 and HLA-DQA1 genes are significantly associated with iMN. However, there is only 1 report on analysis of PLA2R1 and HLA regions in Japanese patients with iMN. METHODS: A total of 58 patients with iMN, 26 patients with secondary MN (sMN), and 50 patients with other diseases were enrolled. All patients were Japanese. We selected 6 SNPs within PLA2R1 and 1 SNP within HLA-DQA1, which were significantly associated with iMN in reported white European cohorts, and sequenced these exons using genomic DNA prepared from peripheral mononuclear cells from each patient. We then analyzed differences in PLA2R1 and HLA-DQA1 sequence variants among the 3 groups. RESULTS: Genotypic and allelic frequency distributions for 3 out of 6 SNPs within PLA2R1, rs3749117, rs35771982, and rs2715918 were significantly different between the iMN and control groups. Allelic frequency distributions for SNP rs2187668 within HLA-DQA1 were significantly different between the iMN and control groups. There were no correlations between PLA2R1 and HLA-DQA1 sequence variants and clinical parameters in patients with iMN. There were no significant differences in genotypic or allelic frequency distributions for examined SNPs between the sMN and control groups. CONCLUSIONS: There are some differences in PLA2R1 SNP distributions between previously reported cohorts from other countries and our Japanese cohort of patients with iMN, while there is a significant association between SNP rs35771982 and iMN in most of reported cohorts.
BACKGROUND: Several recent studies in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy (iMN) from Western and Asian counties showed that some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the PLA2R1 and HLA-DQA1 genes are significantly associated with iMN. However, there is only 1 report on analysis of PLA2R1 and HLA regions in Japanese patients with iMN. METHODS: A total of 58 patients with iMN, 26 patients with secondary MN (sMN), and 50 patients with other diseases were enrolled. All patients were Japanese. We selected 6 SNPs within PLA2R1 and 1 SNP within HLA-DQA1, which were significantly associated with iMN in reported white European cohorts, and sequenced these exons using genomic DNA prepared from peripheral mononuclear cells from each patient. We then analyzed differences in PLA2R1 and HLA-DQA1 sequence variants among the 3 groups. RESULTS: Genotypic and allelic frequency distributions for 3 out of 6 SNPs within PLA2R1, rs3749117, rs35771982, and rs2715918 were significantly different between the iMN and control groups. Allelic frequency distributions for SNP rs2187668 within HLA-DQA1 were significantly different between the iMN and control groups. There were no correlations between PLA2R1 and HLA-DQA1 sequence variants and clinical parameters in patients with iMN. There were no significant differences in genotypic or allelic frequency distributions for examined SNPs between the sMN and control groups. CONCLUSIONS: There are some differences in PLA2R1 SNP distributions between previously reported cohorts from other countries and our Japanese cohort of patients with iMN, while there is a significant association between SNP rs35771982 and iMN in most of reported cohorts.
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Bucillamine; Japanese cohort; M-type phospholipase A2 receptor; Membranous nephropathy; Single nucleotide polymorphism
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