期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 23, 期 14, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms23147956
关键词
multiple sclerosis; HHEX; genetics; expression; metabolism
资金
- ISCIII [PI16/01259, PI20/01634]
- European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) A way to make Europe
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [FPU20/03387]
The study found that the polymorphism rs7923837 near the HHEX gene is significantly lower in lymphocytes of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and shows divergent subcellular distributions compared to controls. It also suggests a perturbed reciprocal regulation between HHEX and BCL6 in MS patients. Furthermore, MS carriers of the homozygous mutant genotype exhibited distinct metabolic profiles and increased glycolytic rates.
One of the multiple sclerosis (MS) risk polymorphisms, rs7923837, maps near the HHEX (hematopoietically-expressed homeobox) gene. This variant has also been associated with type 2 diabetes susceptibility and with triglyceride levels, suggesting its metabolic involvement. HHEX plays a relevant role as a negative regulator of inflammatory genes in microglia. A reciprocal repression was reported between HHEX and BCL6, another putative risk factor in MS. The present study evidenced statistically significant lower HHEX mRNA levels in lymphocytes of MS patients compared to those of controls, showing a similar trend in MS patients to the already described eQTL effect in blood from healthy individuals. Even though no differences were found in protein expression according to HHEX genotypes, statistically significant divergent subcellular distributions of HHEX appeared in patients and controls. The epistatic interaction detected between BCL6 and HHEX MS-risk variants in healthy individuals was absent in patients, indicative of a perturbed reciprocal regulation in the latter. Lymphocytes from MS carriers of the homozygous mutant genotype exhibited a distinctive, more energetic profile, both in resting and activated conditions, and significantly increased glycolytic rates in resting conditions when compared to controls sharing the HHEX genotype. In contrast, significantly higher mitochondrial mass was evidenced in homozygous mutant controls.
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