维生素D受体基因ApaⅠ多态性与维生素D缺乏性佝偻病易感性研究

目的研究维生素D受体(vitamin D receptor，VDR)基因多态性与维生素D缺乏性佝偻病易感性的相关性，探讨维生素D缺乏性佝偻病的遗传易感因素。方法应用聚合酶链反应-限制性片段长度多态性分析及基因测序等技术测定34例维生素D缺乏性佝偻病息儿和52名正常儿童的VDR基因多态性，比较两组VDR基因型和等位基因频率。结果在病例组和对照组中AA、Aa、aa基因型频率分别为17．6％、50．0％、32．4％和7．7％、28．8％、63．5％，A、a等位基因频率分别为42．6％、57．4％和22．1％、77．9％。两组AA、Aa、aa基因型频率差异有统计学意义(χ^2=8．113，P=0．017)，两组A和a等位基因频率的差异也有统计学意义(r=8．217，P=0．004)，佝偻病组中A等位基因频率高于对照组。结论VDR基因ApaⅠ酶切位点多态性与维生素D缺乏性佝偻病存在相关性，携带A等位基因的个体存在对佝偻病的易感性，提示VDR基因ApaⅠ酶切位点多态性可能在决定个体维生素D缺乏性佝偻病遗传易感性方面有重要作用。     

维生素D受体基因多态性与乳腺癌的相关性

目的：研究维生素D受体基因的多态性与乳腺癌的关系。方法：收集86例乳腺癌患者及134名对照,用聚合酶链反应－限制性片段长度多态性方法,在维生素D受体基因的3’端分析了两个限制性酶切位点（ApaI及TaqI）的多态分布。结果：发现TaqI位点等位基因在两个群体间分布的差异有显著性（P＝0．0004）。进一步对基因型进行分析发现,Tt、tt基因型与乳腺癌相关。而ApaI位点两等位基因未发现在两群体中存在差异。对ApaI及TaqI两座位的单体型进行分析,发现tA间存在连锁不平衡。在两群体中分析单体型的分布发现tA在病例中的比例明显高于对照人群,提示tA单体型与乳腺癌相关。两个位点等位基因及单体型与临床指标的分析均未发现阳性结果。结论：维生素D受体基因的多态怀与乳腺癌有关,提示维生素D受体基因与乳腺癌有关。     

汉族人维生素D受体基因TruⅠ酶切位点多态性及其对BsmⅠ酶切位点多态性测定的影响

目的测定汉族人维生素D受体基因TruⅠ酶切位点多态性分布并探讨其对BsmⅠ酶切位点多态性分布测定的影响。方法收集80名健康汉族人外周静脉血标本,提取基因组DNA,用限制性片段多态性长度酶切法测定80名汉族人维生素D受体基因TruⅠ、BsmⅠ酶切位点多态性;换用常规引物再次测定上述标本BsmⅠ酶切位点多态性;分析维生素D受体基因TruⅠ、BsmⅠ酶切位点多态性及两次测定的BsmⅠ位点的一致性。结果测得TruⅠ基因型频率为TT68.7%,Tt26.3%,tt5.0%;同一PCR片段上测得BsmⅠ位点基因型频率为BB6.2%,Bb52.5%,bb41.3%,多态性分布均符合Hardy-Weinberg平衡;换用常规引物测定同批标本BsmⅠ位点多态性,基因型分布为BB20.0%,Bb26.2%,bb53.8%,不符合Hardy-Weinberg平衡（r=13.29,P〈0.01）。与第1次测定相比,有22个标本基因型由Bb型变成BB型或bb型,发生基因型丢失。结论汉族人VDR基因存在TruⅠ多态性,其多态性分布与其它种族不同;TruⅠ酶切位点多态性可引起BsmⅠ位点多态性测定时等位基因的丢失。     

蒙古族人群维生素D受体基因Fok Ⅰ多态性

目的了解维生素D受体基因Fok Ⅰ多态性在蒙古族人群中的分布。方法应用聚合酶链反应一限制性片段长度多态性技术，分析506名内蒙古地区蒙古族人的维生素D受体Fok Ⅰ基因座的基因型和等位基因的分布频率。结果维生素D受体基因型FF、Ff、伍在本研究人群的分布频率分别为31％、52％和17％。等位基因F占57％，f占43％。基因型频率分布符合Hardy-Weinberg平衡定律。结论中国蒙古族人群维生素D受体基因Fok Ⅰ多态性分布频率有其自身的特点。     

蒙古族人群维生素D受体基因FokⅠ多态性

目的了解维生素D受体基因FokⅠ多态性在蒙古族人群中的分布。方法应用聚合酶链反应-限制性片段长度多态性技术,分析506名内蒙古地区蒙古族人的维生素D受体FokⅠ基因座的基因型和等位基因的分布频率。结果维生素D受体基因型FF、Ff、ff在本研究人群的分布频率分别为31%、52%和17%。等位基因F占57%,f占43%。基因型频率分布符合Hardy-Weinberg平衡定律。结论中国蒙古族人群维生素D受体基因FokⅠ多态性分布频率有其自身的特点。     

维生素D受体基因多态性与乙型肝炎病毒感染的关联研究

目的探讨中国汉族人群维生素D受体（vitamin D receptor，VDR）基因多态性是否与乙型肝炎病毒（hepatitis B virus，HBV）感染结局相关联。方法以184例慢性乙肝患者和205名无症状HBV携带者为研究对象，收集外周血，提取基因组DNA，应用聚合酶链反应．限制性片段长度多态性（polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragmentlength polymorphism，PCIR-RFLP）方法，分析VDR基因第2外显子Fok Ⅰ位点、第9外显子Taq Ⅰ位点的多态性分布。结果单因素分析结果显示Fok Ⅰ位点FF基因型在慢性乙肝组的频率44．6％显著高于无症状HBV携带组的31．7％（P〈0．05）。经多因素非条件Logistic回归分析调整混杂作用后，结果仍然显示FF基因型在慢性乙肝组与无症状HBV携带组之间的差异存在统计学意义（OR=1．95，P〈0．05）。FokⅠ位点与TapⅠ位点组成的FT单倍型在慢性乙肝组的分布频率显著高于无症状HBV携带组（OR=1．45，P〈0．05），fT单倍型在慢性乙肝组的分布频率显著低于无症状HBV携带组（OR=0．72，P〈0．05）。结论维生素D受体基因多态性可能影响HBV感染的遗传易感性。     

骨质疏松症与维生素D受体基因多态性的相关性

背景：骨质疏松是多基因调控疾病,峰值骨量变化和骨量丢失均受遗传因素影响。 目的：通过观察维生素D受体基因 ApaⅠ多态性在山东半岛汉族人群中的分布规律及与骨质疏松的关系,探讨原发性骨质疏松症的遗传易感因素。 方法：选取367名长期居住在山东半岛地区无亲缘关系的汉族人群。将受试者分为骨密度正常组227例,骨质疏松组63例,骨质疏松性骨折组77例。 结果与结论：实验人群维生素D受体基因的基因型频率分布符合Hardy-Weinberg平衡定律(χ² =1.583, P > 0.05)。基因型频率分布依次为aa型占53.1%,Aa型占10.6%,AA型占36.3%。年龄与不同部位骨密度值之间呈负相关(P< 0.01),体质量指数与骨密度值之间呈正相关(P < 0.01),在将年龄和体质量指数进行校正后发现aa基因型在腰椎(P < 0.05)、wards三角(P < 0.05)骨密度较低。运用χ2检验分析骨密度正常组各基因型与骨质疏松性骨折组之间差异无显著性意义(χ² =4.795,  P > 0.05)。结果证实,山东半岛地区汉族人群中,维生素D受体基因ApaⅠ酶切位点多态性与原发性骨质疏松症存在关联,提示维生素D受体基因ApaⅠ酶切位点多态性在决定个体骨质疏松症遗传易感性方面起重要作用。     

我国汉族儿童维生素D受体基因多态性分布

目的　了解我国汉族儿童维生素D受体 (VDR)基因多态性分布。方法　利用限制性内切酶BsmⅠ ,采用聚合酶链反应限制性片段长度多态性技术 (PCR -RFLP) ,对 1 69名健康汉族儿童进行了VDR基因分型 ,并计算其基因型频率分布。结果　中国汉族儿童VDR基因bb、Bb、BB基因型分别为 91 1 2 %、7 1 %、1 77%,明显不同于高加索人种 ,与韩国人较为相似。结论　VDR基因多态性具有种族差异性     

维生素D受体Fok Ⅰ基因多态性对SLE患者维生素D受体表达的影响

目的:检测维生素D受体(VDR)FokⅠ基因多态性与系统性红斑狼疮(SLE)的相关性,以及对SLE患者VDR mRNA表达的影响。方法:应用聚合酶链反应-限制性片段长度多态性(PCR-RFLP)分析技术检测VDRFokI基因位点及基因型在271例SLE患者和130例健康人中的分布情况;并应用实时定量聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)技术检测VDR mRNA在48例SLE患者和38例健康对照组的表达。结果:VDRFokⅠ多态性等位基因F和f频率在SLE组和健康对照组有统计学差异(P=0.001),携带F等位基因个体发生SLE的相对危险度(OR)为1.630(95%CI=1.210-2.196,P=0.001);FF纯合子基因型频率在SLE组也明显高于健康对照组(42.8%vs25.4%,χ2=11.417,P=0.001)。同时,携带F等位基因的SLE患者(FF基因型和Ff基因型患者),浆膜炎发生率(P=0.001)及抗ds-DNA抗体(P=0.001)、抗Sm抗体(P=0.047)和抗组蛋白抗体(P=0.001)阳性率较F等位基因阴性SLE患者(ff基因型患者)明显升高。VDR mRNA在48例SLE患者表达下调,其?Ct值(?Ct值越大,表达量越小)为9.26±2.37,高于健康对照组的7.82±3.05(P=0.026)。而在SLE患者,携带F等位基因患者的VDR mRNA的?Ct值明显高于F等位基因阴性患者(10.54±1.88vs7.15±3.78,P=0.019)。结论:VDRFokⅠ多态性与SLE发病易感性有关,而且携带F等位基因的患者更容易发生浆膜炎和产生抗ds-DNA抗体和抗Sm抗体等自身抗体,此可能与F等位基因下调SLE患者的VDR mRNA表达有关。     

维生素D受体基因多态性与骨关节炎关系的Meta分析

背景:维生素D受体与骨关节炎存在密切联系,而维生素D受体基因多态性被认为能够调控维生素D受体,进而影响骨关节炎的发生,但现有的研究仍存在争议。目的:确认维生素D受体基因多态性与骨关节炎的关系。方法:系统检索PubMed、Web of Science、EMbase、Cochrane Library、中国生物医学文献数据库、中国学术期刊全文数据库、万方、维普等数据库,检索时限均为建库截至2019年10月,检索所有提供了骨关节炎患者和非骨关节炎患者维生素D受体基因(ApaI、Bsm I、TaqI和Fok I)多态性数据的病例对照研究,采用Stata 14.0统计软件进行分析。结果与结论:①总共纳入21篇相关研究,共7 109例患者,其中包括骨关节炎患者3 123例,非骨关节炎患者4 006例;②Meta分析显示,欧洲人维生素D受体Bsm I多态性与骨关节炎之间存在相关性[(BB vs. bb:OR=1.677,95%CI(1.051,2.676),P=0.030;BB vs. Bb+bb:OR=1.780,95%CI(1.175,2.697),P=0.007],但只有3篇研究;亚洲人维生素D受体FokI多态性与骨关节炎之间存在相关性[(FF vs. Ff+ff:OR=0.609,95%CI(0.410,0.907),P=0.015],只有3篇研究;维生素D受体TaqI和ApaI多态性与骨关节炎无显著相关性,在排除异质性后结果也无明显相关性;③结果表明,维生素D受体ApaI、Bsm I、TaqI和FokI多态性可能与骨关节炎无明显相关性。     

Vitamin D receptor gene as a candidate gene for Parkinson disease

Vitamin D and vitamin D receptor (VDR) have been postulated as environmental and genetic factors in neurodegeneration disorders including multiple sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer disease (AD), and recently Parkinson disease (PD). Given the sparse data on PD, we conducted a two-stage study to evaluate the genetic effects of VDR in PD. In the discovery stage, 30 tagSNPs in VDR were tested for association with risk as a discrete trait and age-at-onset (AAO) as a quantitative trait in 770 Caucasian PD families. In the validation stage, 18 VDR SNPs were tested in an independent Caucasian cohort (267 cases and 267 controls) constructed from a genome-wide association study (GWAS). In the discovery dataset, SNPs in the 5' end of VDR were associated with both risk and AAO with more significant evidence of association with AAO (P= 0.0008-0.02). These 5' SNPs were also associated with AD in another study. In the validation dataset, SNPs in the 3' end of VDR were associated with AAO (P= 0.003) but not risk. The 3' end SNP has been associated with both MS and AD in previous studies. Our findings suggest VDR as a potential susceptibility gene and support an essential role of vitamin D in PD.     

Association of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to asthma in Tunisian children: A case control study

Background

Vitamin D and its nuclear receptor (VDR) are linked to asthma in a genetic and immunologic basis. Polymorphisms in the VDR gene may alter the actions of vitamin D and then influence the development and the severity of asthma.

Aims

We aimed at elucidating the genetic association of VDR gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to asthma in Tunisian children and with serum vitamin D levels.

Methods

The study included 155 patients recruited from Abderrahmen MAMI hospital in Tunisia and two hundred twenty five healthy individuals matched with patients in age and sex for comparison. VDR genotypes were determined by PCR-RFLP method using endonuclease FokI, BsmI, TaqI and ApaI and vitamin D was assessed with a radioimmunoassay kit.

Results

The distribution of genotype frequencies differed significantly between asthmatics and controls (FokI: P = 0.04; BsmI: P = 0.006; TaqI: P = 0.006). Haplotype analyses revealed a significant association between bAt and bat haplotypes and asthma (P = 0.00076, P = 0.016). When patients were stratified according to atopic status and stage of severity, no significant association was detected with VDR variants. No association was found between VDR SNPs and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels.

Conclusion

Our study shows a relation between VDR gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to asthma in children.     

Analysis of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms in women with and without endometriosis

An aberrant immunologic mechanism has been suggested to be involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. Genetic alterations in the vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) may lead to important defects in gene activation that principally affect immune function. We have hypothesized a possible relationship between endometriosis and/or infertility and the VDR polymorphisms (ApaI, TaqI, FokI, and BmsI). The study was a case-control study including 132 women with endometriosis-related infertility, 62 women with idiopathic infertility, and 133 controls. VDR polymorphisms were studied by restriction fragment length polymorphism. We found relatively similar VDR polymorphism genotype frequencies in cases and controls. When patients with minimal/mild and moderate/severe endometriosis were studied separately, no difference was found. When we compared infertile groups with and without endometriosis there was no statistically significant difference. The data suggest that VDR polymorphisms did not play an important role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis and/or infertility in the Brazilian women studied.     

NURR1基因多态性与帕金森病的关联研究

目的 了解NURR1基因多态性与四川地区散发性帕金森病之间的相关性.方法 采用病例-对照研究,应用聚合酶链反应、等位基因特异性、限制性片段长度多态性对四川地区汉族人群241例帕金森病患者和236名正常对照NURR1基冈启动子区的c.-2922(C)2-3及第6内含子的ⅣS6+18imG多态位点进行关联分析.结果 IVS6+18insG位点帕金森病组3G/3G,3G/2G,2G/2G基因型频率与对照组相比差异无统计学意义(X2=3.733,P=0.155).进一步按发病年龄分层后发现,50岁以前发病的帕金森病患者基因型频率与对照组之间差异有统计学意义(X2=6.545,P=0.038).发病年龄＜50岁的帕金森病组患者3G/2G基因型频率显著高于对照组(54.12%vs 38.14%),并且与其他两组基因型合并相比差异有统计学意义(X2=6.537,P=0.011;OR=1.913,95%CI:1.159～3.158).c.-2922(C)2-3位点帕金森病组与对照组相比3C/3C,3C/2C及2C/2C基因型频率差异无统计学意义(P=0.766).结论 本研究结果提示NURR1基因ⅣS6+18insG多态可能与本组人群早发性帕金森病的遗传易感性相关;未发现c.-2922(C)2-3位点多态性与本组人群帕金森病的遗传易感性相关.     

A review of vitamin D and Parkinson's disease

The role of vitamin D in bone health has been known for over a century. More recent research has suggested that vitamin D may play a role in the muscular, immune, endocrine, and central nervous systems. Animal research suggests that vitamin D may have some protective effects against toxic insults that are known to damage dopamine cells, the primary cells to degenerate in PD. Persons with PD tend to have lower vitamin D levels than persons of similar ages without PD. Vitamin D levels are generally associated with bone mineral density (BMD) in persons with PD, but simply giving vitamin D does not appear to improve BMD. Results of genetic studies examining polymorphism of the vitamin D receptor and PD risk, severity, or age at onset have shown variable results, with FokI CC seeming to possibly carry some increased risk of PD. Amount of sun exposure and vitamin D levels in earlier life may influence the risk of developing PD. Cross-sectional research suggests a relationship between vitamin D levels and severity of PD symptoms. A single intervention study did show some improvement in PD with vitamin D supplementation. Vitamin D may have effects on PD symptoms and perhaps even on the risk of disease development or disease progression. More well designed intervention studies are needed to confirm the effect of vitamin D on PD symptoms. Human neuroprotection studies are needed, but probably not feasible until better biomarkers are established.     

Association of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism and Parkinson's disease in Koreans

1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3), which is the biologically active form of vitamin D, has anti-inflammatory effects and can prevent experimental Parkinson's disease (PD). 1,25(OH)2D3 exerts most of its actions only after it binds to its specific nuclear receptors. Eighty-five Korean patients with PD and 231 unrelated healthy individuals were evaluated to determine if vitamin D receptor gene (VDRG) BsmI polymorphisms were markers for the susceptibility to PD in Korean patients. Each polymorphism was detected using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based restriction analysis. In addition, the relationship between the BsmI polymorphisms and the clinical manifestations of PD was evaluated. Overexpression of the b allele (91.2 vs. 85.7%; p=0.069) and homozygote bb (84.7 vs. 72.7%; p=0.043) was found in the PD patients compared with the controls. These results show for the first time an association between PD and a VDRG polymorphism, which might be involved in the pathogenesis of PD, or in the linkage disequilibrium of the VDRG to another pathogenic gene locus.     

Association of polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor gene with severity of hand,foot, and mouth disease caused by enterovirus 71

Severe hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is sometimes associated with critical complications that can cause substantial child mortality. Activity of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) may influence the outcomes of enterovirus 71 (EV71) infection. This case-control study aimed to assess the association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the gene encoding the VDR with the severity of EV71-associated HFMD. We selected four VDR SNPs based on linkage disequilibrium and functional prediction, and we tested them using the SNPscan multiple SNP typing method for potential association with severity of EV71-associated HFMD. We found a significant association in the case of rs11574129 (G vs A: odds ratio (OR), 0.3439; 95% confidence intervals (CI), 0.1778-0.6653) and rs739837 (T vs G: OR, 0.5580; 95%CI, 0.3352-0.9291). Our results suggest that these two SNPs may influence the severity of EV71-associated HFMD.