Epidemiologia genética em hanseníase: estudo de associação do gene GATA3

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Medeiros, Priscila [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Hanseníase; Polimorfismo (Genética); Fator de transcrição GATA3; Medicina tropical; Epidemiologia - Pesquisa; Genetic polymorphisms
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/140259; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/21-06-2016/000866541.pdf

Leprosy outcome is a complex trait and the host-pathogen-environment interaction defines the emergence of the disease. The causative agent of the disease, Mycobacterium leprae, exhibits a conserved genome and could not be accountable for the variety of outcomes observed from exposition, infection and disease. Thus, host genetic risk factors have been successfully associated to leprosy. The 10p13 chromosomal region was linked to leprosy in familial studies and the GATA3 gene is a strong candidate to be part of this association due to its locus and the role that exerts in the immune response. The GATA-3 is a transcription factor involved in the Th2 cell differentiation, however, today it is recognized the ample role of this protein in the immune response. Here, we applied a stepwise strategy to test genetic variants at GATA3 in two case-control samples from Brazil comprising a total of 1,633 individuals. A functional investigation was also conducted to evaluate the effect of the polymorphisms on the GATA-3 protein and the cytokines production. The A allele of rs10905284 marker was associated to leprosy resistance in both samples. In the analysis combining the two samples this effect was reinforced (OR 0,67; CI95%: 0,54-0,84; p=0,0004). The functional analysis showed that individuals carrying AA genotype express higher levels of GATA-3 protein in lymphocytes. So, we confirmed that the rs10905284 is a locus associated to leprosy in the Brazilian population and influences the levels of this transcription factor.