Publication date: 5 February 2018
Source:Gene, Volume 642
Author(s): Angela Lopomo, Roberta Ricciardi, Anna De Rosa, Melania Guida, Michelangelo Maestri, Marco Lucchi, Franca Melfi, Alfredo Mussi, Lucia Migliore, Fabio Coppedè
BackgroundMyasthenia Gravis (MG) is caused, in approximately 80% of the patients, by autoantibodies against the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR). The disease is often associated with pathological changes of the thymus: thymic epithelial tumours are present in about 10–20% of the patients, while up to 80% of the patients with early disease onset have thymic hyperplasia. Folate metabolism is required for the production of DNA precursors and for proper DNA methylation reactions, and impaired folate metabolism has been often associated with cellular growth and cancer.MethodsWe investigated if major polymorphisms of folate-related genes, namely MTHFR c.677C>T, MTR c.2756A>G, MTRR c.66A>G and TYMS TSER (a 28-bp tandem repeat in the 5′ promoter enhancer region of TYMS) increase the risk of pathological changes of the thymus in AChR+ MG patients. A total of 526 AChR+ MG patients, including 132 patients with normal (involuted) thymus, 146 patients with thymic hyperplasia, and 248 patients with a thymoma were included in the study. Allele and genotype comparisons were performed among the three study groups, after correcting for multiple testing.ResultsThe frequency of the TYMS TSER 3R allele was significantly higher in MG patients with thymic hyperplasia (P=0.004), and the TYMS TSER 3R3R genotype was significantly associated with increased risk of thymic hyperplasia [OR 2.71 (95% CI: 1.34–5.47)].ConclusionsThe 3R allele in the thymidylate synthase promoter enhancer region results in increased protein production, required for the synthesis of DNA precursors. The present study suggests that the TYMS TSER 3R allele increases the risk of thymic lymphoid hyperplasia in AChR+ MG patients.
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