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Revista Colombiana de Reumatología
Print version ISSN 0121-8123
Abstract
AREVALO-CARO, Catalina María; ROMERO-SANCHEZ, Consuelo and YUNIS-LONDONO, Juan José. Shared epitope classification methods according to Gregersen and de Vries allow adequate characterization of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in a Colombian population. Rev.Colomb.Reumatol. [online]. 2023, vol.30, n.1, pp.37-46. Epub Aug 08, 2023. ISSN 0121-8123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcreu.2021.05.020.
Introduction:
The most important genetic association in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is presented with some alleles from the HLA-DRB1 gene that encode the shared epitope (SE).
Objectives:
To apply the SE classification methods of Gregersen, de Vries, Raychaudhuri, Mattey, and Tezenas du Montcel in a group of Colombian patients with RA and determine the most common HLA-DRB1 alleles in the population.
Methods:
RA diagnosis, genetic study of the HLA-DRB1 region using Luminex technology in 50 RA and 50 healthy subjects. For the classification analysis, Fisher's exact test and chi-squared test were applied. Tables were created to count the RA-related alleles. We used odds ratio to determine the risk between the presence of the shared epitope (SE) and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptides (Anti-CCP).
Results:
Gregersen and de Vries methods were suitable for the characterization of RA in this population (p = .006). The most prevalent HLA-DRB1 alleles in the RA group were 14:02,04:04, 08:02,04:05, and 10:01. High frequencies of the 07:01, 03:01,13:02,01:02, and 12:01 HLA-DRB1 alleles were found in the healthy population. HLA-DRB1 alleles with similar distribution in both populations were 04:07, 15:01, 11:01, 16:02, and 01:01. A high frequency of SE + was observed in Anti-CCP + individuals (63.15%); however, this was not statistically significant [OR2.4 (.63-9.01); p = .19].
Conclusion:
The SE classification methods of Gregersen and de Vries were adequate in characterizing RA in a Colombian population group. An equivalence of 100% was verified between the susceptibility alleles defined by de Vries and the alleles assigned as SE according to Gregersen.
Keywords : Arthritis rheumatoid; Shared epitope; Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies.