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A functional promoter polymorphism of the human IL18 gene is associated with aspirin-induced urticaria.

Authors
Kim, SH  | Son, JK | Yang, EM | Kim, JE | Park, HS
Citation
The British journal of dermatology, 165(5). : 976-984, 2011
Journal Title
The British journal of dermatology
ISSN
0007-09631365-2133
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Urticaria is the commonest cutaneous reaction caused by aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The pathogenesis of aspirin-induced urticaria (AIU) is not fully understood, but appears to involve mast cell activation and neutrophil infiltration.



OBJECTIVES: To investigate the genetic contribution of interleukin (IL)-18, which can amplify acute inflammation by promoting mast cell activation, neutrophil migration and cytokine production, to the pathogenesis of AIU.



METHODS: A case-control association study was performed using 275 patients with AIU and 196 normal healthy controls in a Korean population. Two promoter polymorphisms of the IL18 gene (-607A/C and -137G/C) were genotyped using the primer extension method. The functional effect of the IL18 gene promoter polymorphism was investigated through in vitro studies including a luciferase reporter assay and electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs) and ex vivo studies involving neutrophil chemotaxis assays.



RESULTS: A significant association was detected between both AIU in general and the aspirin-intolerant acute urticaria (AIAU) phenotype and the IL18 promoter polymorphism -607A/C. Patients with AIAU showed higher frequencies of the C(-607) G(-137) haplotype, ht1 [CG], compared with controls (P=0·02). Moreover, ht1 [CG] showed a high transcript haplotype by the luciferase activity assay, and EMSAs identified a -607C allele-specific DNA-binding protein as CREB2. Neutrophil chemotactic activity was highest in subjects with AIU exhibiting the high transcript haplotype, ht1 [CG] (P=0·019).



CONCLUSIONS: The high transcript haplotype ht1 [CG] of the IL18 gene may contribute to the development of acute cutaneous inflammation sensitive to aspirin, leading to the clinical presentation of AIAU.
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DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10467.x
PMID
21692767
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