Evidence for Epistatic Interaction between IHLA-G/I and ILILRB1/I in the Pathogenesis of Nonsegmental Vitiligo

Vitiligo is the most frequent cause of depigmentation worldwide. Genetic association studies have discovered about 50 loci associated with disease, many with immunological functions. Among them is HLA-G, which modulates immunity by interacting with specific inhibitory receptors, mainly LILRB1 and LI...

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Published in:Cells (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2023-02, Vol.12 (4)
Main Authors: Oliveira-Caramez, Maria Luiza de, Veiga-Castelli, Luciana, Souza, Andreia S, Cardili, Renata Nahas, Cou, Flória-Santos, Milena, Donadi, Eduardo, Giuliatti, Silvana, Sabbagh, Audrey, Castelli, Erick C, Mendes-Junior, Celso Teixeira
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Language:English
Subjects:
Cell receptors
Development and progression
Genetic epistasis
Health aspects
Histocompatibility antigens
HLA histocompatibility antigens
Vitiligo
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Summary:Vitiligo is the most frequent cause of depigmentation worldwide. Genetic association studies have discovered about 50 loci associated with disease, many with immunological functions. Among them is HLA-G, which modulates immunity by interacting with specific inhibitory receptors, mainly LILRB1 and LILRB2. Here we investigated the LILRB1 and LILRB2 association with vitiligo risk and evaluated the possible role of interactions between HLA-G and its receptors in this pathogenesis. We tested the association of the polymorphisms of HLA-G, LILRB1, and LILRB2 with vitiligo using logistic regression along with adjustment by ancestry. Further, methods based on the multifactor dimensionality reduction (MDR) approach (MDR v.3.0.2, GMDR v.0.9, and MB-MDR) were used to detect potential epistatic interactions between polymorphisms from the three genes. An interaction involving rs9380142 and rs2114511 polymorphisms was identified by all methods used. The polymorphism rs9380142 is an HLA-G 3′UTR variant (+3187) with a well-established role in mRNA stability. The polymorphism rs2114511 is located in the exonic region of LILRB1. Although no association involving this SNP has been reported, ChIP-Seq experiments have identified this position as an EBF1 binding site. These results highlight the role of an epistatic interaction between HLA-G and LILRB1 in vitiligo pathogenesis.
ISSN:2073-4409
2073-4409
DOI:10.3390/cells12040630