Abstract
BTLA is a useful biomarker to characterize the immune states of sepsis patients. We investigated the association between genetic variations of BTLA and morbidity of sepsis and MODS in severe traumatic patient. Three tag single nucleotide polymorphisms of BTLA were genotyped in 562 severe trauma patients. To further elucidate the mechanism, mRNA stability, BTLA 3ʹ-UTR activity, and its expression on T lymphocytes were measured. Only rs1982809 which located in 3ʹ-UTR of BTLA showed a significant clinical relevance with the incidence rate of sepsis and MOD scores. The sepsis incidence and MOD score of rs1982809 CC genotype carriers were higher than TT carriers. The percentage of circulating BTLA + CD4 + CD3 + T lymphocytes was markedly lower in CC genotype carriers. Luciferase activity in plasmids containing C allele was lower than that of T allele. Thus, the differential expression of BTLA on T lymphocytes might be caused by the different 3ʹ-UTR activity induced by rs1982809 T/C. Therefore, rs1982809 is a useful clinical biomarker in the prognosis evaluating of sepsis and subsequent MODS. Moreover, it is also a functional single nucleotide polymorphism affecting the activity of BTLA 3ʹ-UTR and the expression of BTLA in peripheral blood T lymphocytes. Impact statement This work is useful in the field of genetic mechanism of severe post-traumatic complications, as it provides important evidence for the influence of BTLA gene polymorphism on sepsis and MODS susceptibility. The results are useful and of importance because rs1982809 is a useful clinical biomarker in the prognosis evaluating of sepsis and subsequent MODS. It is also a functional single nucleotide polymorphism affecting the activity of BTLA 3ʹ-UTR and the expression of BTLA in peripheral blood T lymphocytes.
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