Frequency of CCR5?32 Variant in North-West of Iran

Chemokine and chemokine receptors show several variations which may affect resistance to infectious disease. A 32 base pair deletion in the open reading frame of the human CCR5 gene (CCR5?32) results in producing a truncated antigen which fails to be presented on the surface of target cells. CCR5?32...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: D. Omrani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tehran 2009-06-01
Series:Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran
Subjects:
Online Access:https://jsciences.ut.ac.ir/article_20091_be0a075e6452545e8197fbad187df9bf.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850270151320010752
author D. Omrani
author_facet D. Omrani
author_sort D. Omrani
collection DOAJ
description Chemokine and chemokine receptors show several variations which may affect resistance to infectious disease. A 32 base pair deletion in the open reading frame of the human CCR5 gene (CCR5?32) results in producing a truncated antigen which fails to be presented on the surface of target cells. CCR5?32 variant is not a functional co receptor for HIV-1 entrance and delay the onset of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. To determine the situation of Iranian population, regarding having this protective mutation in their CCR5 gene or not, this study was carried out. Genomic DNA was extracted using the salting out method from 190 healthy subjects. Using PCR method, the allelic and genotypic frequencies were found for this locus in the CCR5 gene. The results of this study showed that the frequency of the CCR5?32 allele in heterozygote form is about 0.0211. Also no homozygote form of the mutated CCR5 gene (?32/?32) was identified. Based on the findings of this study it is possible to say, Iranian nation compare to European nation are more susceptible to HIV virus infection during exposure to this virus. But to confirm this hypothesis, more investigation needs to be designed and performed.
format Article
id doaj-art-3cb7b2146fbe4fd09cc4c77d2f46d033
institution OA Journals
issn 1016-1104
2345-6914
language English
publishDate 2009-06-01
publisher University of Tehran
record_format Article
series Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran
spelling doaj-art-3cb7b2146fbe4fd09cc4c77d2f46d0332025-08-20T01:52:45ZengUniversity of TehranJournal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran1016-11042345-69142009-06-0120220091Frequency of CCR5?32 Variant in North-West of IranD. OmraniChemokine and chemokine receptors show several variations which may affect resistance to infectious disease. A 32 base pair deletion in the open reading frame of the human CCR5 gene (CCR5?32) results in producing a truncated antigen which fails to be presented on the surface of target cells. CCR5?32 variant is not a functional co receptor for HIV-1 entrance and delay the onset of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. To determine the situation of Iranian population, regarding having this protective mutation in their CCR5 gene or not, this study was carried out. Genomic DNA was extracted using the salting out method from 190 healthy subjects. Using PCR method, the allelic and genotypic frequencies were found for this locus in the CCR5 gene. The results of this study showed that the frequency of the CCR5?32 allele in heterozygote form is about 0.0211. Also no homozygote form of the mutated CCR5 gene (?32/?32) was identified. Based on the findings of this study it is possible to say, Iranian nation compare to European nation are more susceptible to HIV virus infection during exposure to this virus. But to confirm this hypothesis, more investigation needs to be designed and performed.https://jsciences.ut.ac.ir/article_20091_be0a075e6452545e8197fbad187df9bf.pdfccr5?32 allele frequencyhiviranpcr
spellingShingle D. Omrani
Frequency of CCR5?32 Variant in North-West of Iran
Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran
ccr5?32 allele frequency
hiv
iran
pcr
title Frequency of CCR5?32 Variant in North-West of Iran
title_full Frequency of CCR5?32 Variant in North-West of Iran
title_fullStr Frequency of CCR5?32 Variant in North-West of Iran
title_full_unstemmed Frequency of CCR5?32 Variant in North-West of Iran
title_short Frequency of CCR5?32 Variant in North-West of Iran
title_sort frequency of ccr5 32 variant in north west of iran
topic ccr5?32 allele frequency
hiv
iran
pcr
url https://jsciences.ut.ac.ir/article_20091_be0a075e6452545e8197fbad187df9bf.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT domrani frequencyofccr532variantinnorthwestofiran