ARTICULO ORIGINAL
REVISTA DE LA FACULTAD DE MEDICINA HUMANA 2021 - Universidad Ricardo Palma
1 Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, chiclayo-Perú.
2 Hospital Regional Lambayeque, Lambayeque-Perú.
3 BioforLatam.
a Médico Neumólogo Pediatra, Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo.
b Mg. Física Aplicada.
ABSTRACT
Objective: To determine the association between the presence of V4 polymorphisms of the ADAM33 gene and asthma disease and to describe the frequency of T1 polymorphism in patients from a hospital in the Lambayeque region. Materials and methods: Design of cases and controls. Location: Hospital Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo - EsSalud, level of complexity III-1. Population: patients between 5-17 years old attended by an outpatient clinic. The cases were patients diagnosed according to the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) 2016 guidelines. Controls were patients without a diagnosis of any chronic lung disease or a family history of asthma. Results: In most cases, both cases and controls did not present the V4 polymorphism, I feel positive only in 46% of cases and 31% of controls. When the association between the V4 polymorphism and the presence of asthma was evaluated, the OR was 1.93 (95% CI: 0.62 - 6.00), with a non-significant value (p = 0.196) for the Xi test --Pearson square. However, the T1 polymorphism was present in 87% of cases; and the proportion of Tumbesinos with the mutation was much lower than that of other regions. Conclusions: No association was found between the V4 polymorphism and the presence of asthma in patients from a Lambayeque hospital. The T1 polymorphism occurs quite frequently in asthmatic patients at Hospital Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo - ESSalud.
Key words: Asthma, SNPs, ADAM proteins (Source: MeSH)
RESUMEN
Objetivo: Determinar asociación entre la presencia de los polimorfismos V4 del gen ADAM33 y la enfermedad del asma y describir la frecuencia del polimorfismo T1 en pacientes de un hospital de la región Lambayeque. Materiales y métodos: Diseño de casos y controles. Escenario: Hospital Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo – EsSalud, nivel de complejidad III-1. Población: pacientes entre 5-17 años atendidos por consultorio externo. Los casos fueron los pacientes diagnosticados según las directrices de Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) 2016. Los controles fueron pacientes sin diagnóstico de alguna enfermedad pulmonar crónica ni antecedentes familiares de asma. Resultados: En su mayoría tanto casos como controles no presentaron el polimorfismo V4, siendo positivo solo en el 46% de los casos y 31% de los controles. Cuando se evaluó la asociación entre el polimorfismo V4 y la presencia de asma, el OR fue de 1,93 (IC95%: 0,62 – 6,00), con un valor no significativo (p = 0,196) para la prueba de Xi-cuadrado de Pearson. Sin embargo, el polimorfismo T1 estuvo presente en el 87% de casos; y la proporción de tumbesinos con la mutación fue mucho más baja que la de otras regiones. Conclusiones: No se encontró asociación entre el polimorfimo V4 y la presencia de asma en pacientes de un hospital de Lambayeque. El polimorfismo T1 se presenta con elevada frecuencia (87%) en los pacientes asmáticos del hospital Hospital Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo – ESSalud.
Palabras claves: asma, polimorfismo genético y gen ADAM33 (Fuente: DeCs-BIREME)
Population and sample
A case-control study was developed for the V4 polymorphism, and a descriptive cross-sectional one for
the T1. Two groups were compared in the age range between 5-17 years attended by an medical outpatient
office of the Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo-ESSalud Hospital (Hospital III-1) of the Lambayeque department,
during the year 2019
Two groups were compared in the age range between 5-17 years attended by an medical outpatient
office of the Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo-ESSalud Hospital (Hospital III-1) of the Lambayeque department ,
during the year 2019: the cases were patients diagnosed according to the 2016 Global Initiative for
Asthma (GINA) guidelines and those with absence of symptoms due to the use of anti-asthma medications,
likewise, patients with asthmatic attacks were excluded; the control subjects did not have a diagnosis
of any chronic lung disease or a family history of asthma. In both groups, those buccal swab samples
which were no longer viable were excluded.
A simple random sampling was carried out to obtain the cases and controls (V4), and a census
study for T1. To estimate the sample size, 23 cases and 23 controls were calculated for the V4
polymorphism, with 6,375 as the expected OR(25); and for the T1 polymorphism,
the sample consisted of all those asthmatic patients who agreed to participate. It was calculated with
the OpenEpi software, using a confidence level of 95%, a power of 80%, a ratio of controls per case of
1. Each participant signed an informed consent and assent, and the study was in accordance with the
ethical principles of research in human beings consigned in the Declaration of Helsinki and Resolution
8430 of 1993 of the Ministry of Health of Peru. In addition, the study had the approval of the Bioethics
Committee of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo with
Resolution No. 593-2018-USAT-FMED and the Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo Hospital Ethics Committee.
Sample collection and clinical parameters
Once the consultation was over, the oral swab was performed in the same office, through the invitation made by a pediatric pulmonologist. The buccal cell sample was obtained from the buccal swab with a sterile swab, which was then stored in a sterile 15mL screw cap tube containing 2mL of physiological serum. The samples were transported in a cooler with a cold chain to the Research Laboratory of Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, where they were refrigerated until processing.
Through a data collection sheet, patients' general data such as age, sex, origin, duration of the disease, and asthma control were obtained, which was obtained by applying a survey recommended by the GINA that consisted of four questions. The average time for taking the sample and filling in the questionnaire was 10 minutes.
Genomic DNA extraction and genotyping
Genomic DNA was obtained using the PROMEGA Extraction Kit, following the instructions recommended by the manufacturer. The polymorphisms T1 (rs2280091) and V4 (rs2787094) of the ADAM33 gene were determined by PCR. The amplification mix for a final reaction volume of 20 µl contained 20 ng of genomic DNA and a final concentration of 2.5 µM of magnesium chloride, 200 µM of DNTPs and 1 µM of each primer. The thermal cycler (Biorad, USA) was used under the following temperature conditions: initial denaturation at 95 ° C for 5 minutes, cycles of 95 ° C for 30 seconds, hybridization at 65 ° for 30 seconds and extension at 72 ° for 30 seconds, a final extension of 72 ° for 5 minutes was carried out to later store the amplification products at 4 ° C until their electrophoresis (Table 1). Electrophoresis was carried out in 2% polyacrylamide.
RFLP technique
The amplification products of the T1 genes with 374bp and V4 of 400bp were cut with the Ncol enzymes and Pst1, respectively, the incubation time was 37 ° for 15 hours for the two enzymes in a final volume of 37 ul. Restriction products were observed on 2% polyacrylamide gel and visualized with UV transilluminator.
Table 1. PCR primers and programs for genotyping ADAM33 by PCR-RFLP
SNP ID | Gen/SNP primer | Sequence | PCR program |
---|---|---|---|
Rs2787094 |
ADAM33 V4C/G F ADAM33 V4C/G R |
5’-ACACACAGAATGGGGGAGAG-3’ 5’-CCAGAAGCAAAGGTCACACA-3’ |
94°C 5 min; 35 cycles, 94°C 30s, 53°C 30 s, 72°C 30 s; 72°C 5 min |
Rs2280091 |
ADAM33 T1A/G F ADAM33 T1A/G R |
5’-ACTCAAGGTGACTGGGTGCT-3’ 5’-GAGGGCATGAGGCTCACTTG-3’ |
94°C 5min; 35 cycles, 94°C 30s, 54°C 30s, 72°C 30 s; 72°C 5 min |
Table 2. Restriction enzymes and length of the digested fragments
V4C/G | T1A/G | |
---|---|---|
Restriction enzyme |
Pstl G: 168+206 C: 374 |
Ncol A:140+260 G:400 |
Statistic analysis
Measures of central tendency, especially medians, and of dispersion were calculated to describe the quantitative variables. The qualitative variables were expressed with absolute and relative frequencies.
To determine the association between the V4 polymorphism and the presence of asthma, the Pearson Xi-square test was used, and the OR was subsequently calculated.
The T1 polymorphism was described with absolute and relative frequencies. For all tests a confidence level of 95% was used, and a significance level of 5% or 0.05. SPSS version 25.0 (IBM, New York) software was used for all statistical analyzes.
RESULTS
Table 3. Demographic and clinical characteristics of cases and controls.
Variable | Cases V4 n (%) |
Controls V4 n (%) |
P-value | Cases& (T1) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sex |
||||
Male Female |
17 (65) 9 |
13 (50) 13 (50) |
|
15 (40) 23 (60 |
Age (Med; IQR) Origin |
8; 5-10,3
|
9; 7-11,3
|
|
9,5; 7-11,3
|
Lambayeque Tumbes Cajamarca Others |
18 (70) 4 (15) 2 (7,5) 2 (7,5) |
21 (81) 2 (7,5) 1 (4) 2 (7,5) |
|
20 (53) 12 (32) 2 (5) 4 (10) |
Tiempo de enfermedad (Med; RI) Categorized sick time |
3; 2 – 6,3
|
-
|
-
|
3; 1 – 5,3
|
1 – 5 years > 5 years < 1 year |
17 (65) 7 (27) 2 (8) |
-
- |
- |
26 (69) 9 (24) 3 (7) |
Asthma control | ||||
Partially controlled Well controlled Not controlled |
14 (54) 8 (31) 4 (15) |
-
|
-
|
17 (45) 16 (42) 5 (13) |
V4 | ||||
Negative Positive |
14 (54%) 12 (46%) |
18 (69%) 8 (31%) |
|
-
|
T1 | ||||
Negative Positive |
-
|
-
|
|
5 (13) 33 (87) |
Regarding the sociodemographic variables, the global median age was 9 years (IQR: 6 - 11 years), the V4 cases had a median age of 8 (IQR: 5 - 10.3) and the V4 controls had a median 9 years old (IQR: 7 - 11.3). The proportion of male cases was 65% and 40% for V4 and T1, respectively; while in the controls the proportion of men and women was similar (50%).
54% of patients with V4 polymorphism had partially controlled asthma, while patients with T1 polymorphism, 45% were partially controlled and 16% well controlled. In both groups only 15 and 13% were not controlled.
The median time of illness for both the V4 and T1 polymorphism cases was 3 years (IQR: 2 - 6.3 and IQR: 1 - 5.3 years), respectively; Likewise, more than half in both groups (65 and 69% for V4 and T1) had a time of illness that ranged from 1 to 5 years.
Respect to the origin, both groups came mostly from Lambayeque. With respect to the V4 polymorphism, in most cases both cases and controls did not present the polymorphism, I feel positive only in 46% of the cases and 31% of the controls. However, the T1 polymorphism was present in 87% of cases.
When the association between the V4 polymorphism and the presence of asthma was evaluated, the OR was 1.93 (95% CI: 0.62 - 6.00), p value = 0.196 for the Pearson Xi-square test.
Table 4. Frequency of V4 polymorphism according to sex
V4 | Female | Male | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Negative |
13 |
19 |
32 |
Positive |
9 |
11 |
20 |
Total |
22 |
30 |
52 |
No differences were found regarding the proportion of men and women with the presence of the mutation. Concerning the total of women, 41% presented the polymorphism, while of the total of men, 37% presented it.
Table 5. Frequency of V4 polymorphism according to Asthma Control
V4 | Well controlled | Not controlled | Partially controlled | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Negative (C) |
6 |
2 |
6 |
32 |
Positive (G) |
2 |
2 |
8 |
20 |
Total |
8 |
4 |
14 |
52 |
The ratio of cases with presence and absence of the factor according to the time of illness remains close to 1: 1
Table 6. Frequency of V4 polymorphism according to origin
V4 | Amazonas | Cajamarca | Lambayeque | Trujillo | Tumbes | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative |
0 |
2 |
23 |
1 |
6 |
32 |
Positive |
1 |
1 |
16 |
1 |
1 |
20 |
Total |
1 |
3 |
39 |
2 |
7 |
52 |
The ratio of positive to negative factors was approx. 1: 1, except for Tumbes, where the proportion of native people with the mutation is much lower than in other regions. Regarding the total number of patients from Tumbes, only 14% presented the mutation, while in Cajamarca it was 33%, and Lambayeque 41%.
FROM T1
From the 37 patients with asthma who were evaluated for the T1 polymorphism, 87% presented the polymorphism, and only 5 patients did not present it, of them, 3 came from Lambayeque, 3 had well-controlled asthma, 3 were male, and 3 had one to five years of illness.
DISCUSSIONCONCLUSIONS
There is no association between the V4 polymorphism and the presence of asthma in pediatric patients from a hospital in Lambayeque; however, T1 polymorphism occurs with high frequency (87%) in asthmatic patients at the Hospital Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo - ESSalud.
Gratitude: Partial funding from the Universidad Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo is appreciated.
Authorship Contributions: All authors conceived and designed the article, collected,
analyzed and interpreted the data, revised the article critically and drafted the final version.
Funding sources: 40% of the study was financed by the authors themselves, and the other
60% by internal funds from the Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo.
Conflicts of Interest: There was no conflict of interest.
Received: December 13, 2020
Approved: February 7, 2021
Correspondence: Alain Eduard Monsalve Mera.
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