Genetic susceptibility to enteroaggregative Escherichia coli diarrhea: polymorphism in the interleukin-8 promotor region |
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Authors: | Jiang Zhi-Dong Okhuysen Pablo C Guo Dong-Chuan He Rumin King Terri M DuPont Herbert L Milewicz Dianna M |
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Institution: | University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA. zjiang@sph.uth.tmc.edu. |
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Abstract: | Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) infection can be identified in 26% of travelers with diarrhea and is associated with fecal interleukin (IL)-8 production. We hypothesized that single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the IL-8 gene are associated with EAEC-related symptoms. Fecal IL-8 production and IL-8 SNPs at 5 loci were identified in 69 US students who remained in Mexico for 5 weeks; 23 subjects had EAEC-associated diarrhea, 7 were asymptomatic EAEC carriers, 22 had nonspecific diarrhea, and 17 were asymptomatic without an enteropathogen. The chances of having EAEC-associated diarrhea were significantly increased among those with the AA genotype at the -251 position (odds ratio OR], 208.51; 95% confidence interval CI], 28.5-1525.36) and among those with AT genotype (OR, 14.3; 95% CI, 1.98-105.74), compared with those with the TT genotype at the -251 position. Among subjects with EAEC-associated diarrhea, the AA genotype at the -251 position produced greater concentrations of fecal IL-8 than those with the AT or TT genotype (P=.0053). In the present study, the AA genotype at the -251 position was associated with the occurrence of EAEC-associated diarrhea and increased levels of fecal IL-8. |
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