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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Genetic polymorphism of the NF-kB1 р105/р50 processing region in pulmonary tuberculosis
Kemerovo State Medical University, Kemerovo, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Alina V. Meyer
Voroshilov, 22а, Kemerovo, 650056, Russia; ur.xednay@anila-opahs
Funding: the study was conducted within the framework of the basic budgetary funding source for project of the State Assignment of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (agreement No. 056-03-2023-050 dated 17.01.2023).
Author contribution: Meyer AV, Lavryashina MB — developing the study concept and design, manuscript writing and final approval; Thorenko BA — genotyping, statistical analysis, working with the database; Imekina DO — genotyping, statistical analysis, technical editing; Dutchenko AP — search for literature, manuscript writing; Pyanzova TV — research management, clinical and biological material collection, final approval of the manuscript; Karabchukov KB — clinical history taking.
Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Kemerovo State Medical University (protocol No. 301 dated 08 February 2023) and conducted in accordance with the ethical principles stated in the WMA Declaraction of Helsinki; the written informed consent to participation in the study was obtained from all patients.
Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a socially significant disease and a global challenge faced by public health. The NF-kB signaling pathway is involved in differential expression of the genes involved in immune responses and regulation of inflammation in response to infection. The study aimed to assess associations of the NFKB1 allelic variants with TB based on the panel of SNPs (rs4648050, rs4648051, rs4648055, rs4648058, rs4648068, rs1609993) located within the NF-kB1 р105→р50 processing region. Total DNA was extracted from blood samples (phenol-chloroform extraction) of patients with TB (n = 93) and the population control group (n = 96) consisting of residents of the Kemerovo Region. Genotyping was performed by real-time PCR, and the results were processed using the resources of the Statictica, SNPStats, Arlequin software packages. Ethnic features (p < 0.05) of the Russian population of Siberia (population control group) were demonstrated based on the rs4648050 and rs4648051 allele frequencies. Differences (p < 0.05) of the genetic profile of the sample of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis throughout the entire SNP complex, except for rs1609993, were noted. We showed differences (p < 0.05) in the rs4648068 allelic frequencies between the population control sample and patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. The association with susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis was determined for genotypes АА*rs4648055 (OR = 2.51; p = 0.05) and GG*rs4648068 (OR = 2.16; p = 0.03). The findings are indirect evidence of modifying effects of the SNP located within the processing zone in the gene NFKB1 and its possible contribution to the NF-kB1 р105/р50 protein balance and immune response to mycobacterial infection.
Keywords: inflammation, genetic polymorphism, pulmonary tuberculosis, NFKB1, transcription factors