KIR2DL4/HLA-G polymorphisms were associated with HCV infection
susceptibility among Chinese high-risk population
Abstract
Background: Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors 2DL4 (
KIR2DL4) and the human leukocyte antigen class I-G (
HLA-G) display vital parts in immune responses against HCV
infection. We select four potentially functional SNPs of KIR/HLA to
explore the associations between KIR2DL4/HLA-G genetic variants
and HCV infection results. Methods: In the present case-control
investigation, KIR2DL4-rs660773, KIR2DL4-rs660437,
HLA-G-rs9380142, and HLA-G-rs1707 SNPs were sorted as
genotype in a total of 2225 high-risk subjects, involving 1778 paid
blood donors and 447 drug users. The SNPs were functionally annotated
using bioinformatics analysis. Results: Following adjusting by
age, sex, ALT, AST, IFNL4-rs12979860, IFNL4-rs8099917, and
the infection route, the logistic regression analysis (LRA) discovered
that KIR2DL4-rs660773 and HLA-G-rs9380142 were correlated
with vulnerability to HCV infection (all P <0.05). In a
locus-dosage way, compared with subjects carrying the rs9380142-AA or
rs660773-AA genotypes, subjects with rs9380142-AG or rs660773-AG/GG (all
P <0.05) were more vulnerable to HCV infection; the
overall impact of their risk genotypes (rs9380142-AGrs660773-AG/GG) was
correlated with an elevated incidence of HCV infection (
Ptrend<0.001). In the Haplotype
analysis, patients with haplotype AG were more likely to contract HCV
compared to those with the highest common AA haplotype ( P=
0.002) were higher in susceptibility to infect HCV.nThe SNPinfo web
server estimated that rs660773 is a transcription factor binding site
(TFBS), whereas rs9380142 is a potential microRNA-binding site.
Conclusion: In the Chinese high-risk population, KIR2DL4
rs660773 and HLA-G rs9380142 polymorphisms are related to HCV
susceptibility .