Association of a Nkx2-3 polymorphism with Crohn's disease and expression of Nkx2-3 is up-regulated in B cell lines and intestinal tissues with Crohn's disease

Wei Yu, Zhenwu Lin, Ashley A. Kelly, John P. Hegarty, Lisa Poritz, Yunhua Wang, Tongyi Li, Stefan Schreiber, Walter Koltun

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Abstract

Aim: To replicate the association of Nkx2-3 rs10883365 SNP with Crohn's disease in patients from a familial IBD registry from the central Pennsylvania area and study mRNA and protein expression of Nkx2-3 in CD patients. Materials and methods: We genotyped the Nkx2-3 rs10883365 SNP in 75 CD patients,137 non-CD family members and 118 unrelated healthy controls from EBV-transformed B cell lines of a familial IBD registry in central Pennsylvania. mRNA and protein expression levels of Nkx2-3 were measured by RT-PCR and Western blot, respectively. Results: rs10883365 was found to be associated with CD. A significant difference between the homozygous variant genotype (GG) compared to the wild type sequence (AA) was observed between CD and individuals without IBD, including both non-IBD family members from the familial IBD registry and unrelated healthy controls. However, there was not a significant difference between CD and non-IBD related family members. mRNA and protein expression levels of Nkx2-3 were increased in CD compared with non-CD sibling and healthy controls. A total of 16 sibling pairs were examined, and the mRNA and protein expression levels of Nkx2-3 from 12 of the sibling pairs (75%) were increased in the CD individual compared with the non-CD sibling. mRNA expression levels of Nkx2-3 were increased in diseased tissues compared with adjacent normal tissues in 7 of 9 patients (77.8%). Conclusions: Nkx2-3 is genetically associated with CD and is up-regulated in CD, suggesting that Nkx2-3 is involved in the pathogenesis of CD.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)189-195
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Crohn's and Colitis
Volume3
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2009

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Gastroenterology

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