High incidence of extensive chronic graft-versus-host disease in patients with the REG3A rs7588571 non-GG genotype

Daisuke Koyama, Makoto Murata, Ryo Hanajiri, Shingo Okuno, Sonoko Kamoshita, Jakrawadee Julamanee, Erina Takagi, Daiki Hirano, Kotaro Miyao, Reona Sakemura, Tatsunori Goto, Fumihiko Hayakawa, Aika Seto, Yukiyasu Ozawa, Koichi Miyamura, Seitaro Terakura, Tetsuya Nishida and Hitoshi Kiyoi

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 9, 1-11

Abstract: Regenerating islet-derived protein 3 alpha (REG3A) is a biomarker of lower gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease (GVHD); however, the biological role of REG3A in the pathophysiology of GVHD is not understood. Here, we examined the association between a single nucleotide polymorphism in the REG3A gene, rs7588571, which is located upstream and within 2 kb of the REG3A gene, and transplant outcomes including the incidence of GVHD. The study population consisted of 126 adult Japanese patients who had undergone bone marrow transplantation from a HLA-matched sibling. There was no association between rs7588571 polymorphism and the incidence of acute GVHD. However, a significantly higher incidence of extensive chronic GVHD was observed in patients with the rs7588571 non-GG genotype than in those with the GG genotype (Odds ratio 2.6; 95% confidence interval, 1.1–6.0; P = 0.029). Semi-quantitative reverse transcription PCR demonstrated that the rs7588571 non-GG genotype exhibited a significantly lower REG3A mRNA expression level than the GG genotype (P = 0.032), and Western blot analysis demonstrated that the rs7588571 non-GG genotype exhibited a trend toward lower REG3A protein expression level than the GG genotype (P = 0.053). Since REG proteins have several activities that function to control intestinal microbiota, and since intestinal dysbiosis is in part responsible for the development of GVHD, our findings lead to the novel concept that REG3A could have some protective effect in the pathogenesis of GVHD through the regulation of gut microbiota.

Date: 2017
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