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  • Title: Interleukin-17FT7488 allele is associated with a decreased risk of colorectal cancer and tumor progression.
    Author: Nemati K, Golmoghaddam H, Hosseini SV, Ghaderi A, Doroudchi M.
    Journal: Gene; 2015 Apr 25; 561(1):88-94. PubMed ID: 25680555.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: IL-17 family of cytokines and human IL-23R play important and sometimes contradictory roles in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases as well as human malignancies. Different alleles of this cytokine family may differentially affect IL-17 secretion. We sought to investigate the association of IL-17A, IL-17F and IL-23R gene polymorphisms with the susceptibility to colorectal cancer (CRC). METHODS: The IL-17A rs2275913 (G197A), IL-17F rs763780 (T7488C), IL-23R rs11209026 and IL-23R rs1088967 SNPs were detected in 202 patients with colorectal cancer and 203 healthy age/sex matched controls by PCR-RFLP method. For evaluation of the functional relevance of these SNPs with IL-17A and IL-17F production, the serum levels of IL-17A and IL-17F were investigated in 107 and 109 patients as well as 33 and 52 healthy individuals, respectively, by ELISA assays. RESULTS: The IL-17F TT genotype [OR=0.44, 95% CI: 0.21-0.94, P=0.03] and T allele [OR=0.46, 95% CI: 0.21-1.1, P=0.03] were associated with a decreased risk of CRC compared with the TC genotype and C allele. Moreover, IL-17F TT genotype was significantly associated with well differentiation in tumors (P=0.02). We also observed a significant association between the AG genotype of IL-17A G197A SNP with increased risk of colorectal cancer as compared to AA genotype (P=0.001). The IL-17A concentrations in the sera of patients with CRC were significantly elevated compared to healthy individuals (P=0.008), and serum level of IL-17A was significantly related to tumor size (P=0.043). The A allele of IL-23R rs10889677 polymorphism was marginally associated with increased IL-17A levels in the sera of patients (P=0.08). The genotype distributions of IL-23R rs11209026 and IL-23R rs10889677 SNPs were not significantly different between CRC patients and controls. The haplotypes of IL-17A G197A/IL-17F T7488C and IL-23R were not significantly associated with CRC. No IL-17F was detected in the sera of patients and only one healthy individual had IL-17F in his serum. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that the T allele of IL-17F T7488C polymorphism may be involved in reduced risk of CRC and IL-17A may be an attractive target for colorectal cancer immunotherapy.
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