Nervous system autoantibodies and vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms in hemodialysis patients.
Nervous system autoantibodies and vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms in hemodialysis patients.
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血液透析患者神经系统自身抗体和维生素D受体基因多态性。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1542-4758.2012.00727.x
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2013
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El-Fawal,HassanAN
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Mason,DariusL;Assimon,MagdaleneM;Bishop,JeffreyR;El-Fawal,HassanAN
Cognitive deficits are prevalent in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) have been linked to both neurodegeneration (ND) and neuroprotection, respectively. Autoantibodies (Ab) to myelin basic protein (MBP), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and neurofilament (NF) triplet proteins arise secondary to nervous system (NS) damage providing a means to assess neurological injury. Characterization of Ab biomarkers of NS damage in HD patients, their association withVDRSNPs, and nutritional vitamin D (NVD) therapy was performed. VDRgenotypes,cytokines,andAb biomarkerstoNS proteins in HD subjects receivingergocalciferol (n=40) were compared with nonusers (n=71). Interleukin‐6 (IL‐6), tumor necrosis factor‐α (TNF‐α), and immunoglobulin G (IgG) titers against NFs, GFAP, and MBP were measured by immunoassay.Subjectswere genotyped forVDRSNPsBsmI(rs1544410) andFokI(rs2228570). Subjects (age 63.3 ± 16.1 years, 66% male) who were C allele carriers ofBsmIhad higher values of NF‐68 antibody titers (p = 0.027). Ergocalciferol users (n = 40) compared with nonusers (n = 71) had lower Ab titers to NS proteins; however, only anti–NF‐160 and anti‐MBP titers were significantly (p < 0.05) higher. IgG against NS proteins in HD patients suggests neuronal and glial insult and a relationship withVDRalleles. NVD may provide some neuroprotection, indicated by anti–NF‐160 and anti‐MBP, which was markedly lowered in ergocalciferol patients. This preliminary study suggests that Ab detection may be useful in monitoring ND and the potential of NVD for neuroprotection in HD patients.