Abstract
BackgroundSingle nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are the most common types of DNA changes in the human genome that leading to phenotypic differences in humans. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are usually affected by various bacterial infections, and they are involved in controlling the immune responses. MicroRNA-146a (miR-146a) plays an essential role in the development of infectious and inflammatory diseases. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between risk of brucellosis and genetic variations in miR-146a.MethodsThis case–control study was conducted on 108 Brucellosis patients and 108 healthy controls. We genotyped two SNPs (rs2910164 and rs57095329) of the miR-146a using tetra-primer amplification refractory mutation system-polymerase chain reaction (T-ARMS-PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism-polymerase chain reaction (RFLP-PCR) methods.ResultsThe rs2910164 SNP was significantly associated with brucellosis in co-dominant [OR = 4.27, 95% CI = (2.35–7.79, P = 0.001] and dominant [OR = 3.52, 95% CI = (1.97–6.30, P = 0.001] models. Co-dominant (P = 0.047) and recessive (P = 0.018) models were significant at position rs57095329 between the two groups of patient and healthy. The A C haplotype (rs2910164 and rs57095329) was associated with brucellosis in the assessed population [OR (95% CI) = 1.98 (1.22–3.20), P = 0.0059].ConclusionsConsequently, our study demonstrated significant differences in genotype and haplotype frequencies of miR-146a variants between brucellosis patients and controls. Further studies on the larger sample sizes are required to verify the observed associations.
Highlights
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are the most common types of DNA changes in the human genome that leading to phenotypic differences in humans
A miRNA is capable of modulating the expression of several mRNAs, Kazemi et al BMC Infect Dis (2021) 21:1070 and one mRNA can be targeted by many miRNAs [10]
MiR-146a, is one of the highly conserved miRNAs, which is recognized for its crucial balancing of the inflammation and immune responses [30], and bacterial infections, especially mycobacteria [31,32,33]
Summary
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are the most common types of DNA changes in the human genome that leading to phenotypic differences in humans. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are usually affected by various bacterial infections, and they are involved in controlling the immune responses. Rs2910164 and rs57095329 are the two most remarkable and widely seen SNP in miR-146a They can affect the level of mature miR-146a and are related to different types of cancer, many inflammation-associated diseases, and important neurological and infectious diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Behcet’s disease, sepsis, rheumatoid arthritis, tuberculosis (TB), hepatitis, Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and multiple sclerosis [33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41]. There may be an association between the SNP molecule and the immune responses to pathogens and the risk of infectious diseases like brucellosis [44]. We conducted an evaluation study to find the relationship between polymorphisms of miR-146a (rs57095329 and rs2910164) with brucellosis patients as well as healthy controls in Hamadan province’s population, the west of Iran
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
