de la Concha EG, Fernandez-Arquero M, Lopez-Nava G, Martin E, Allcock RJ, Conejero L, Paredes JG, Diaz-Rubio M. Susceptibility to severe ulcerative colitis is associated with polymorphism in the central MHC gene IKBL.
Gastroenterology 2000;
119:1491-5. [PMID:
11113070 DOI:
10.1053/gast.2000.20258]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS
IKBL gene lies telomeric of the tumor necrosis factor cluster in the central major histocompatibility complex and carries a structural polymorphism at position +738. In the Spanish white population, we found the IKBL+738(C) allele in haplotypes carrying either HLA-DRB1(*)1501 or -DRB1(*)0103. Because these HLA class II alleles may confer susceptibility to ulcerative colitis, we investigated an association between IKBL+738(C) and this disease.
METHODS
DNA-based techniques were used to type individual alleles of HLA-DRB1 and IKBL+738. The frequencies of these alleles were compared among ethnically matched populations comprising 155 patients and 298 controls.
RESULTS
IKBL+738(C) allele was exclusively increased in patients with extensive and/or intractable disease. HLA-DRB1(*)0103 was the only HLA-DRB1 allele to be significantly increased in frequency in patients with UC compared with controls. It was found in patients with extensive and distal disease. In the HLA-DRB1(*)0103-negative population, patients with extensive disease still had a significant association with IKBL+738(C). The difference between the 2 groups of patients was statistically significant (13.7% vs. 1.7% in patients with distal disease; odds ratio, 9.25; P = 0.01).
CONCLUSIONS
HLA-DRB1(*)0103 is associated with susceptibility to ulcerative colitis, and IKBL+738(C) marks a propensity to extensive and more severe disease.
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