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  • Title: Combined UGT1A1 and UGT1A7 variant alleles are associated with increased risk of Gilbert's syndrome in Taiwanese adults.
    Author: Teng HC, Huang MJ, Tang KS, Yang SS, Tseng CS, Huang CS.
    Journal: Clin Genet; 2007 Oct; 72(4):321-8. PubMed ID: 17850628.
    Abstract:
    Gilbert's syndrome (GS) is caused by a reduction in the activity of hepatic bilirubin UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT). This reduction is associated with UGT1A1*28 and UGT1A1*6 polymorphisms. Recent research also showed that carriage of UGT1A1*6 allele were significantly related with UGT1A7*3. Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism were utilized to determine UGT1A7 and UGT1A1 genes for 207 patients with GS and 207 gender/age-matched healthy controls. For the 207 healthy controls, linkage disequilibrium was observed between -57UGT1A7 and 622UGT1A7 loci (D' = 1.00 and r(2) = 1.00), -57UGT1A7 and 211UGT1A1 loci (D' = 0.72 and r(2) = 0.36), respectively. A dose-response effect for number of at-risk allele of UGT1A1 and risk for GS was noted (odds ratio (OR) = 8.19 for heterozygous UGT1A1*28 genotype; OR = 124.96 for homozygous UGT1A1*28 genotype; and p for trend <0.05). Patients with combined genotypes carrying UGT1A7 variant alleles and UGT1A1 variant alleles (including UGT1A1*28 and UGT1A1*6) are associated with increased risk of GS (OR = 13.96 for patients with combined genotype carrying at least one variant allele of UGT1A1 and UGT1A7). In conclusion, the -57UGT1A7 (T>G) is highly associated with UGT1A7*3 and moderately associated with 211UGT1A1 (G>A). Certain UGT1A1/UGT1A7 combined genotypes are risk factors of GS.
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