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  • Title: Association of plasma soluble CTLA-4 with lung function and gene polymorphism in Chinese asthmatic children.
    Author: Chan IH, Tang NL, Leung TF, Lam YY, Wong GW, Wong CK, Lam CW.
    Journal: Int Arch Allergy Immunol; 2010; 152(2):113-21. PubMed ID: 20016193.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) is known to downregulate the T(H)2 immune response. Recent studies have suggested an association of CTLA-4 polymorphisms with allergic diseases. We investigated the effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of CTLA-4 on asthma traits and plasma sCTLA-4 in 298 Chinese asthmatic children and 175 controls. METHODS: Plasma sCTLA-4, total and allergen-specific IgE concentrations were measured by enzyme immunoassay. Six SNPs, namely -1147CT, +49AG, CT60, JO31, JO30 and JO27_1, in CTLA-4 were genotyped by restriction fragment length polymorphism. RESULTS: Plasma sCTLA-4 was negatively associated with FEV(1)/FVC (r = -0.146, p = 0.036) among our asthmatic patients. Analysis of locus-locus interaction by generalized multifactor dimensionality reduction showed that -1147CT was the best model for plasma sCTLA-4 with a cross-validation consistency of 10 out of 10 and a prediction error of 40.9% (p < 0.001). Multivariate regression analysis confirmed the association between plasma sCTLA-4 concentration with -1147CT among the 6 SNPs tested (p = 0.002) after adjustment for gender and age. The plasma sCTLA-4 concentration was significantly lower in patients homozygous for the C allele than in T allele carriers (p = 0.001). There was also a significant association between the most common haplotypes with low sCTLA-4 in asthmatics. We could not find any significant association between plasma total IgE, atopy and lung function with the 6 SNPs after Bonferroni correction. CONCLUSIONS: Plasma sCTLA-4 is associated with lung function and -1147CT polymorphism in Chinese asthmatic children. This may help to identify CTLA-4 signaling as a potential therapeutic target in asthma.
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