TY - JOUR
T1 - Anticitrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) in rheumatoid arthritis
T2 - Influence of an interaction between HLA-DRB1 shared epitope and a deletion polymorphism in glutathione s-transferase in a cross-sectional study
AU - Mikuls, Ted R.
AU - Gould, Karen A.
AU - Bynoté, Kimberly K.
AU - Yu, Fang
AU - LeVan, Tricia D.
AU - Thiele, Geoffrey M.
AU - Michaud, Kaleb D.
AU - O'Dell, James R.
AU - Reimold, Andreas M.
AU - Hooker, Roderick
AU - Caplan, Liron
AU - Johnson, Dannette S.
AU - Kerr, Gail
AU - Richards, J. Steuart
AU - Cannon, Grant W.
AU - Criswell, Lindsey A.
AU - Noble, Janelle A.
AU - Bridges, Louis S.
AU - Hughes, Laura
AU - Gregersen, Peter K.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health/ National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (grant R03 AR054539). The VARA Registry has received research support from the Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) Program of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) in addition to unrestricted research funds from Abbott Laboratories and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Dr Mikuls receives research support from the VHA (VA Merit) and the American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation. The authors thank Debra Bergman and Bart Hamilton for their assistance in this work and the many U.S. veterans who have generously participated in this research.
PY - 2010/11/18
Y1 - 2010/11/18
N2 - Introduction: A deletion polymorphism in glutathione S-transferase Mu-1 (GSTM1-null) has previously been implicated to play a role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk and progression, although no prior investigations have examined its associations with anticitrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) positivity. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations of GSTM1-null with ACPA positivity in RA and to assess for evidence of interaction between GSTM1 and HLA-DRB1 shared epitope (SE).Methods: Associations of GSTM1-null with ACPA positivity were examined separately in two RA cohorts, the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis (VARA) registry (n = 703) and the Study of New-Onset RA (SONORA; n = 610). Interactions were examined by calculating an attributable proportion (AP) due to interaction.Results: A majority of patients in the VARA registry (76%) and SONORA (69%) were positive for ACPA with a similar frequency of GSTM1-null (53% and 52%, respectively) and HLA-DRB1 SE positivity (76% and 71%, respectively). The parameter of patients who had ever smoked was more common in the VARA registry (80%) than in SONORA (65%). GSTM1-null was significantly associated with ACPA positivity in the VARA registry (odds ratio (OR), 1.45; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.02 to 2.05), but not in SONORA (OR, 1.00; 95% CI, 0.71 to 1.42). There were significant additive interactions between GSTM1 and HLA-DRB1 SE in the VARA registry (AP, 0.49; 95% CI, 0.21 to 0.77; P < 0.001) in ACPA positivity, an interaction replicated in SONORA (AP, 0.38; 95% CI, 0.00 to 0.76; P = 0.050).Conclusions: This study is the first to show that the GSTM1-null genotype, a common genetic variant, exerts significant additive interaction with HLA-DRB1 SE on the risk of ACPA positivity in RA. Since GSTM1 has known antioxidant functions, these data suggest that oxidative stress may be important in the development of RA-specific autoimmunity in genetically susceptible individuals.
AB - Introduction: A deletion polymorphism in glutathione S-transferase Mu-1 (GSTM1-null) has previously been implicated to play a role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk and progression, although no prior investigations have examined its associations with anticitrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) positivity. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations of GSTM1-null with ACPA positivity in RA and to assess for evidence of interaction between GSTM1 and HLA-DRB1 shared epitope (SE).Methods: Associations of GSTM1-null with ACPA positivity were examined separately in two RA cohorts, the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis (VARA) registry (n = 703) and the Study of New-Onset RA (SONORA; n = 610). Interactions were examined by calculating an attributable proportion (AP) due to interaction.Results: A majority of patients in the VARA registry (76%) and SONORA (69%) were positive for ACPA with a similar frequency of GSTM1-null (53% and 52%, respectively) and HLA-DRB1 SE positivity (76% and 71%, respectively). The parameter of patients who had ever smoked was more common in the VARA registry (80%) than in SONORA (65%). GSTM1-null was significantly associated with ACPA positivity in the VARA registry (odds ratio (OR), 1.45; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.02 to 2.05), but not in SONORA (OR, 1.00; 95% CI, 0.71 to 1.42). There were significant additive interactions between GSTM1 and HLA-DRB1 SE in the VARA registry (AP, 0.49; 95% CI, 0.21 to 0.77; P < 0.001) in ACPA positivity, an interaction replicated in SONORA (AP, 0.38; 95% CI, 0.00 to 0.76; P = 0.050).Conclusions: This study is the first to show that the GSTM1-null genotype, a common genetic variant, exerts significant additive interaction with HLA-DRB1 SE on the risk of ACPA positivity in RA. Since GSTM1 has known antioxidant functions, these data suggest that oxidative stress may be important in the development of RA-specific autoimmunity in genetically susceptible individuals.
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U2 - 10.1186/ar3190
DO - 10.1186/ar3190
M3 - Article
C2 - 21087494
AN - SCOPUS:78349233935
SN - 1478-6354
VL - 12
JO - Arthritis Research and Therapy
JF - Arthritis Research and Therapy
IS - 6
M1 - R213
ER -