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Haptoglobina e TNF-α, dois biomarcadores genéticos e circulantes associados às respostas de fase aguda na psoríase

Authors: Cardoso, Joana Mafalda Dias Barbedo;

Haptoglobina e TNF-α, dois biomarcadores genéticos e circulantes associados às respostas de fase aguda na psoríase

Abstract

A psoríase é uma doença que afecta cerca de 2% da população. É uma patologia imunitária e inflamatória que se manifesta através de placas eritmatosas. Nestas placas podemos encontrar infiltrados inflamatórios de células de diferentes tipos, como células dendríticas, macrófagos e células T. Pensa-se que o desencadear da psoríase possa estar relacionado com o TNF-α (Tumor Necrosis Factor α) e a haptoglobina, dois factores polimórficos envolvidos no processo de inflamação. O TNF-α é uma citocina proeminente nas reacções inflamatórias e a haptoglobina uma proteina de fase aguda tem um papel regulador nas mesmas. Assim sendo, este estudo visa a determinação dos polimorfismos destes dois genes, bem como a concentração extracelular da proteína do TNF-α entre duas populações, em uma população de doentes psoriásicos e em uma população de controlo. Através da análise dos resultados obtidos verificou-se que o genótipo GG para a posição -308 do promotor para o gene do TNF-α tem uma maior prevalência em doentes psoriásicos que em controlos. Para o polimorfismo da haptoglobina verificou-se também uma maior prevalência do genótipo Hp2-1 em doentes psoriásicos relativamente a indivíduos controlo. Ainda relativamente ao TNF-α verificou-se que a concentração sérica desta citocina é mais elevada para os doentes que para os controlos. Foi também verificado que uma maior concentração desta proteína está associada ao genótipo GG, comparativamente aos controlos. Resultado idêntico foi obtido para o genótipo Hp2-1 da haptoglobina. O PASI (Psoriasis Area Severity Index) foi também um dos parâmetros analisados, sendo que não se encontrou qualquer associação com os polimorfismos em estudo. No entanto foi possível verificar uma correlação inversa da concentração sérica de TNF-α com o valor do PASI. No futuro, seria proveitoso aumentar o número de indivíduos de ambas as populações e obter os dados clínicos dos pacientes.

Psoriasis is a disease that affects 2% of the population. It is an immune and inflammatory pathology that manifests itself through erythematous plaques. In these plaques we can find inflammatory infiltrates of different cell types, like dendritic cells, macrophages and T cells. The aim of this work is to study TNF-α and haptoglobin, two important molecules in the inflammatory process, and that could be related with the onset or maintenance of the disease. TNF-α is a prominent cytokine and haptoglobin has a regulatory role in inflammatory reactions. TNF-α was analysed both at the gene and protein concentration level, whereas haptoglobin was only analysed at the gene level. The result analysis demonstrates that genotype GG for the -308 position in the promoter of the TNF-α (Tumor Necrosis Factor α) gene has a higher prevalence in psoriatic patients than controls, the same being found for the Hp2-1 haptoglobin genotype. The TNF-α concentration was observed to be increased in psoriatic patients, and also in the genotypes GG (TNF-α) and Hp2-1 (haptoglobin). Finally, it was found that the severity of the disease was not related to a specific genotype neither for TNF-α or haptoglobin genes. Although it was found that a relation exists between PASI (Psoriasis Area Severity Index) and the TNF-α concentration, a decrease in the TNF-α concentration appears to be associated with an increased severity of the disease. In the future, it would be better to increase the sample size for both control and patient groups and also to obtain the patient’s clinical data.

Tese de mestrado. Biologia (Biologia Molecular e Genética). Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, 2013

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Marcadores genéticos, Polimorfismos, Teses de mestrado - 2013, Psoríase

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