The association between proinflammatory cytokine polymorphisms and cerebral palsy in very preterm infants

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• 作者：Helena Kapitanovi膰 Vidak^a ; ^{hkvidak@gmail.com} ; Tina Catela Ivkovi膰^b ; Mladen Joki膰^b ; Radan Spaventi^c ; Sanja Kapitanovi膰^b
• 关键词：Cerebral palsy ; Very premature infants ; Cytokine gene polymorphisms ; TNF伪 ; IL1尾
• 刊名：Cytokine
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：97_10434666
• 类别：imm
• 出版时间：April, 2012
• 卷：58
• 期：1
• 页码：57-64
• 文件大小：211 K

摘要

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a nonprogressive motor disorder caused by white matter damage in the developing brain and is often accompanied with cognitive and sensory disabilities. The risk of CP is higher among infants born preterm than in more mature infants. Intrauterine infection/inflammation, activation of the cytokine network and elevated levels of proinflammatory cytokines in neonatal blood or in amniotic fluid to which the preterm infant is exposed, has been identified as the most common cause of preterm delivery, periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) and CP. The aim of our study was to evaluate the possible association of four TNF伪 promoter single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (鈭?031 T/C, 鈭?57 C/T, 鈭?08 G/A and 鈭?38 G/A), two IL1尾 SNPs (鈭?11 C/T and +3954 C/T) and one IL6 (鈭?74 C/G) polymorphism with susceptibility to CP in very preterm infants. Statistically significant association between TNF伪 鈭?031 T/C high expression genotypes (TC and CC) (OR, 2.339; p = 0.016) as well as between TNF伪 鈭?031 C high expression allele (OR, 2.065; p = 0.013) and risk of CP was observed. In addition, statistically significant association was found between TNF伪 TC, CC, GG, GG 鈭?031/鈭?57/鈭?08/鈭?38 genotypes combination (OR, 3.286; p = 0.034) and risk of CP. Statistically significant association between IL1尾 TT, CC 鈭?11/+3954 genotypes combination and risk of CP (OR, 4.000; p = 0.027) was also found. In CP patients with cystic PVL (cPVL) statistically significant association was found between TNF伪 鈭?031 T/C high expression genotypes (TC and CC) (OR, 2.361; p = 0.038), IL1尾 鈭?11 C/T high expression genotype TT (OR, 3.215; p = 0.030) as well as IL1尾 鈭?11 T high expression allele (OR, 1.956; p = 0.019) and risk of CP. Statistically significant association was also found in patients with cPVL between TNF伪 TC, CC, GG, GG 鈭?031/鈭?57/鈭?08/鈭?38 genotypes combination (OR, 4.107; p = 0.024), as well as IL1尾 TT, CC 鈭?11/+3954 genotypes combination (OR, 7.333; p = 0.005) and risk of CP. Our results suggest the role of TNF伪 and IL1尾 polymorphisms which have previously been associated with higher circulating levels of these cytokines in genetic susceptibility to white matter damage and consequently CP in very preterm infants.