Abstract
The genetic background of Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is only partly understood and several genes seem to be involved. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are involved in joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). MMP1 (interstitial collagenase) and MMP3 (stromelysin 1) as most studied enzymes in RA. In the present study, we have investigated the genotypic and haplotypic relationships of the MMP-1 and MMP-3 genes with circulating levels of these MMPs. Functional relevance in single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)in rs1799750 (1G/2G, MMP-1 promoter) and rs3025058 (5A/6A, MMP-3 promoter) genotyped in 60 RA patients and 60 healthy control is used to determine association of polymorphisms with the severity of the disease. The MMP-3 SNPs were associated with serum MMP-3 level (P <0.05) and were associated with disease activity score (DAS28). We observed that MMP-1 SNPs were lacking in association with disease activity. Our findings conclude that several closely linked polymorphisms in the MMP-1–MMP-3 loci have an important role in determining the circulating levels of these MMPs in RA and that MMP-3 polymorphism is associated with the disease severity.
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