Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2020.59.01.09

Interactions among Interleukin-6, C-Reactive Protein and Interleukin-6 (-174) G/C Polymorphism in the Pathogenesis of Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Boris Takač ; Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Protection, Osijek University Hospital Centre, Osijek, Croatia; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia
Silvio Mihaljević ; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Osijek University Hospital Centre, Osijek, Croatia; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia
Ljubica Glavaš-Obrovac ; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia
Aleksandar Kibel ; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Osijek University Hospital Centre, Osijek, Croatia; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia
Mirjana Suver-Stević ; Department of Transfusion Medicine, Osijek University Hospital Centre, Osijek, Croatia
Silvija Canecki-Varžić ; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism Disorders, Osijek University Hospital Centre, Osijek, Croatia
Marko Samardžija ; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Osijek University Hospital Centre, Osijek, Croatia
Ines Rajkovac ; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dr. Josip Benčević General Hospital, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Damir Kovač ; Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Osijek University Hospital Centre, Osijek, Croatia
Mario Štefanić ; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel diseases are multifactorial disorders the clinical manifestation of which depends on the interaction among immune response, genetic and environmental factors. There is growing evidence that cytokines and gene polymorphisms have an important role in disease pathogenesis in various populations although molecular mechanism of their signaling and interactions is not fully understood yet. The present study aimed at exploring the effects of interleukin-6, C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 rs1800795 polymorphism on the development of Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis and inflammatory bowel diseases overall and at determining differences between inflammatory bowel disease patients and healthy controls. A total of 132 inflammatory bowel disease patients and 71 healthy blood donors were investigated. In order to assess the clinical relevance of interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein serum concentration and interleukin-6 rs1800795 single nucleotide polymorphism in patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, we performed a cross-sectional, case-control study. Quantitative assessment of serum interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein was performed with solid-phase, enzyme-labeled, chemiluminescent sequential immunometric and immunoturbidimetric assay, respectively. A real-time fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based method on
a LightCyclerTM PCR 1.2 was used for genotyping of IL-6 rs1800795 polymorphism. Both interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein serum levels were elevated in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis patients. Positive correlations were observed between C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 serum concentration and ulcerative colitis activity index as measured by modified Truelove-Witt’s severity index scale. C-reactive protein serum level was higher in Crohn’s disease patients without intestinal resection
than in Crohn’s disease patients with prior intestinal resection. In ulcerative colitis patients, interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein serum levels were statistically significantly higher in CC interleukin-6 genotype in comparison to GG+GC genotype. Analysis of the promoter region of the interleukin-6 rs1800795 gene polymorphism showed no statistically significant difference in allele frequency either between inflammatory bowel disease patients and healthy controls or between the two inflammatory bowel disease phenotypes and healthy controls. Associations presented in this study give a potentially important insight into the role of interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein signaling and interleukin-6 polymorphism in the pathogenesis of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis disease.

Keywords

Crohn’s disease; Colitis, ulcerative; Interleukin-6; C-reactive protein; Polymorphism, single nucleotide; Inflammatory bowel diseases

Hrčak ID:

242269

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/242269

Publication date:

1.3.2020.

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