Genetic variants of Wnt transcription factor TCF-4 (TCF7L2) putative promoter region are associated with small intestinal Crohn's disease.
Reduced expression of Paneth cell antimicrobial alpha-defensins, human defensin (HD)-5 and -6, characterizes Crohn's disease (CD) of the ileum. TCF-4 (also named TCF7L2), a Wnt signalling pathway transcription factor, orchestrates Paneth cell differentiation, directly regulates the expression o...
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| author | Maureen J Koslowski Irmgard Kübler Mathias Chamaillard Elke Schaeffeler Walter Reinisch Guoxing Wang Julia Beisner Alexander Teml Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet Stefan Winter Klaus R Herrlinger Paul Rutgeerts Séverine Vermeire Rachel Cooney Klaus Fellermann Derek Jewell Charles L Bevins Matthias Schwab Eduard F Stange Jan Wehkamp |
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| description | Reduced expression of Paneth cell antimicrobial alpha-defensins, human defensin (HD)-5 and -6, characterizes Crohn's disease (CD) of the ileum. TCF-4 (also named TCF7L2), a Wnt signalling pathway transcription factor, orchestrates Paneth cell differentiation, directly regulates the expression of HD-5 and -6, and was previously associated with the decrease of these antimicrobial peptides in a subset of ileal CD. To investigate a potential genetic association of TCF-4 with ileal CD, we sequenced 2.1 kb of the 5' flanking region of TCF-4 in a small group of ileal CD patients and controls (n = 10 each). We identified eight single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), of which three (rs3814570, rs10885394, rs10885395) were in linkage disequilibrium and found more frequently in patients; one (rs3814570) was thereby located in a predicted regulatory region. We carried out high-throughput analysis of this SNP in three cohorts of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients and controls. Overall 1399 healthy individuals, 785 ulcerative colitis (UC) patients, 225 CD patients with colonic disease only and 784 CD patients with ileal involvement were used to determine frequency distributions. We found an association of rs3814570 with ileal CD but neither with colonic CD or UC, in a combined analysis (allele positivity: OR 1.27, 95% CI 1.07 to 1.52, p = 0.00737), which was the strongest in ileal CD patients with stricturing behaviour (allele frequency: OR 1.32, 95% CI 1.08 to1.62, p = 0.00686) or an additional involvement of the upper GIT (allele frequency: OR 1.38, 95% CI 1.03 to1.84, p = 0.02882). The newly identified genetic association of TCF-4 with ileal CD provides evidence that the decrease in Paneth cell alpha-defensins is a primary factor in disease pathogenesis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6837cf568a854f24b2bbe8a2472f49052025-08-20T02:17:33ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032009-01-0142e449610.1371/journal.pone.0004496Genetic variants of Wnt transcription factor TCF-4 (TCF7L2) putative promoter region are associated with small intestinal Crohn's disease.Maureen J KoslowskiIrmgard KüblerMathias ChamaillardElke SchaeffelerWalter ReinischGuoxing WangJulia BeisnerAlexander TemlLaurent Peyrin-BirouletStefan WinterKlaus R HerrlingerPaul RutgeertsSéverine VermeireRachel CooneyKlaus FellermannDerek JewellCharles L BevinsMatthias SchwabEduard F StangeJan WehkampReduced expression of Paneth cell antimicrobial alpha-defensins, human defensin (HD)-5 and -6, characterizes Crohn's disease (CD) of the ileum. TCF-4 (also named TCF7L2), a Wnt signalling pathway transcription factor, orchestrates Paneth cell differentiation, directly regulates the expression of HD-5 and -6, and was previously associated with the decrease of these antimicrobial peptides in a subset of ileal CD. To investigate a potential genetic association of TCF-4 with ileal CD, we sequenced 2.1 kb of the 5' flanking region of TCF-4 in a small group of ileal CD patients and controls (n = 10 each). We identified eight single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), of which three (rs3814570, rs10885394, rs10885395) were in linkage disequilibrium and found more frequently in patients; one (rs3814570) was thereby located in a predicted regulatory region. We carried out high-throughput analysis of this SNP in three cohorts of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients and controls. Overall 1399 healthy individuals, 785 ulcerative colitis (UC) patients, 225 CD patients with colonic disease only and 784 CD patients with ileal involvement were used to determine frequency distributions. We found an association of rs3814570 with ileal CD but neither with colonic CD or UC, in a combined analysis (allele positivity: OR 1.27, 95% CI 1.07 to 1.52, p = 0.00737), which was the strongest in ileal CD patients with stricturing behaviour (allele frequency: OR 1.32, 95% CI 1.08 to1.62, p = 0.00686) or an additional involvement of the upper GIT (allele frequency: OR 1.38, 95% CI 1.03 to1.84, p = 0.02882). The newly identified genetic association of TCF-4 with ileal CD provides evidence that the decrease in Paneth cell alpha-defensins is a primary factor in disease pathogenesis.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0004496&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Maureen J Koslowski Irmgard Kübler Mathias Chamaillard Elke Schaeffeler Walter Reinisch Guoxing Wang Julia Beisner Alexander Teml Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet Stefan Winter Klaus R Herrlinger Paul Rutgeerts Séverine Vermeire Rachel Cooney Klaus Fellermann Derek Jewell Charles L Bevins Matthias Schwab Eduard F Stange Jan Wehkamp Genetic variants of Wnt transcription factor TCF-4 (TCF7L2) putative promoter region are associated with small intestinal Crohn's disease. PLoS ONE |
| title | Genetic variants of Wnt transcription factor TCF-4 (TCF7L2) putative promoter region are associated with small intestinal Crohn's disease. |
| title_full | Genetic variants of Wnt transcription factor TCF-4 (TCF7L2) putative promoter region are associated with small intestinal Crohn's disease. |
| title_fullStr | Genetic variants of Wnt transcription factor TCF-4 (TCF7L2) putative promoter region are associated with small intestinal Crohn's disease. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genetic variants of Wnt transcription factor TCF-4 (TCF7L2) putative promoter region are associated with small intestinal Crohn's disease. |
| title_short | Genetic variants of Wnt transcription factor TCF-4 (TCF7L2) putative promoter region are associated with small intestinal Crohn's disease. |
| title_sort | genetic variants of wnt transcription factor tcf 4 tcf7l2 putative promoter region are associated with small intestinal crohn s disease |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0004496&type=printable |
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