Toll-like receptor 3 gene polymorphisms are not associated with the risk of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infection

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Keyla Santos Guedes De Sá¹  Orlando De Souza Pires-neto¹  Barbara Brasil Santana¹  Samara Tatielle Monteiro Gomes¹  Ednelza Da Silva Graça Amoras¹  Simone Regina Da Silva Conde¹  Sâmia Demachki¹  Vânia Nakauth Azevedo¹  Luiz Fernando Almeida Machado¹  Rosimar Neris Martins-feitosa¹  Marluísa De Oliveira Guimarães Ishak¹  Ricardo Ishak¹  Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto¹ 

关键词: TLR3;    rs5743305;    rs3775291;    HCV;    HBV;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-0008-2015

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

INTRODUCTION: The present study investigated the prevalence of two single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) gene in patients infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV). METHODS: Samples collected from HCV (n = 74) and HBV (n = 35) carriers were subjected to quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) to detect the presence of the SNPs rs5743305 and rs3775291 in TLR3 and to measure the following biomarkers: alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), and prothrombin time (PT). A healthy control group was investigated and consisted of 299 HCV- and HBV-seronegative individuals. RESULTS: No significant differences in allele, genotype and haplotype frequencies were observed between the investigated groups, and no association was observed between the polymorphisms and histopathological results. Nevertheless, genotypes TA/AA (rs5743305) and GG (rs3775291) appear to be associated with higher levels of ALT (p<0.01), AST (p<0.05) and PT (p<0.05). In addition, genotypes TT (rs5743305; p<0.05) and GG (rs3775291; p<0.05) were associated with higher GGT levels. CONCLUSIONS: This genetic analysis revealed the absence of an association between the polymorphisms investigated and susceptibility to HBV and HCV infection; however, these polymorphisms might be associated with a greater degree of biliary damage during the course of HCV infection.

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