Human leukocyte antigen alleles polymorphism in Han nationality suffered from Eales disease or tuberculosis in Zunyi city

Abstract

Objective To analyze the relationship of human leukocyte antigen alleles (HLA-A/B,HLA-DRB/DQB) polymorphism and Eales disease, tuberculosis infection in a Han population in Zunyi city of China. Methods The subjects were analyzed by case-control study, which consisted of three groups including Eales disease group (47 patients), pulmonary tuberculosis group (36 patients) and normal control group (100 healthy people). Thirty-nine patients in Eales disease group who had complete history were divided into 4 subgroups according to the history and tuberculin PPD test. Twelve patients with past or present pulmonary tuberculosis were in group A, 27 patients without pulmonary tuberculosis were in group B, 27 patients with positive PPD test were in group C, and 12 patients with negative PPD test were in group D. Fifty-nine alleles of HLA-A/B and HLA-DRB/DQB were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP) in all subjects. Odds ratios between each group (OR) and 95%confidence interval (CI) were calculated; Frequency distribution of HLA-A * 02 gene were analyzed for the group A and the TB group. Results The frequency distribution of HLA-A* 02 (OR=9. 719, OR 95% CI:4. 377-21. 580, P=0. 000) and HLA-B* 07 (OR= 11. 605, OR 95% CI: 2. 397-56. 191, P=0. 001) alleles in Eales disease group were obviously higher than that in normal control group, but frequency distribution of HLA-A * 11 (OR = 0. 495, OR 95% CI: 0. 245-1. 000, P= 0. 048) in Eales disease group was obviously lower than that in normal control group. There was no significant difference in frequency distribution of HLA-A * 02, HLA-A * 11 and HLA-B* 07 alleles between groups A and B, and between groups C and D (P＞0. 05). The distribution frequency of HLA-A * 02, HLA-A * 24, HLA-B * 07 and HLA-DRB * 16alleles among Eales disease group, pulmonary tuberculosis group and control group was statistically different (P＜0. 05). The frequency distribution of HLA-A * 24 alleles in pulmonary tuberculosis group was lower than that in Eales disease group (x2 = 7. 289, P = 0. 007), but the frequency distribution of HLA-A * 02 alleles had no significant difference (OR=0. 515, P=0. 202) between two groups. Conclusions The alleles of HLA-A * 02 and HLA-B * 07 may be genetic predisposing genes of Eales disease, but HLA-A * 11 alleles may be protective gene in population of Han nationality from Zunyi city. The alleles of HLA-DRB * 16 and HLA-A * 02 may be genetic predisposing genes of pulmonay tuberculosis. The alleles of HLA-A * 02 may be a common susceptible gene for Eales disease and pulmonary tuberculosis. HLA-A * 11 and HLA-A * 24 alleles were protective genes of Eales disease and pulmonary tuberculosis respectively. Key words: Retinal vasculitis/etiology; Tuberculosis/etiology; HLA antigens/genetics