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ApoB C7623T polymorphism predicts risk for steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head after renal transplantation

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Abstract

Background

Nontraumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is caused by disruption of blood flow. This disease often occurs in association with steroid treatment. The pathology of steroid-induced ONFH remains unclear, although abnormalities in lipid metabolism have been reported to be involved. In this study, we examined the differences of gene polymorphism frequencies of apolipoprotein B (ApoB) and apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1), which are important proteins for lipid transport, as well as of lipid parameters, between ONFH cases and referent patients among those who were subjected to renal transplantation.

Methods

Subjects were 158 cases who had undergone renal transplant, including 34 cases that were diagnosed as ONFH after renal transplantation and 124 cases that were not. Four single nucleotide polymorphisms including C7623T and G12619A for the ApoB gene and G75A and C83T for the ApoA1 gene were analyzed using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) and Taqman real-time PCR chemistry. Also, serum levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), ApoB, and ApoA1 were measured. Their relationship to ONFH was statistically evaluated.

Results

A higher frequency of 7623TT or CT of the ApoB gene was observed in ONFH cases than in referent patients (P = 0.033), resulting in an elevated odds ratio that was statistically significant (adjusted odds ratio = 6.37, 95% CI = 1.53–26.5, P = 0.011). No significant relationship was observed between other genes and ONFH. Regarding lipid parameters, a higher value of ApoB/ApoA1 ratio was observed in cases (P = 0.045).

Conclusion

For the prediction of ONFH, it is useful to analyze ApoB C7623T and plasma ApoB/ApoA1 ratio before the administration of steroids.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-chou, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan

    Tetsurou Hirata, Mikihiro Fujioka, Kenji A. Takahashi, Yuji Arai, Takeshi Asano, Masashi Ishida, Masaaki Kuribayashi & Toshikazu Kubo

  2. Department of Transplantation and Regenerative Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

    Kiyokazu Akioka & Norio Yoshimura

  3. Department of Organ Interaction Research Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

    Masahiko Okamoto

  4. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

    Yoshiko Satomi & Hoyoku Nishino

  5. Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan

    Wakaba Fukushima & Yoshio Hirota

  6. Department of Developmental Medicine (Pediatrics), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

    Shigeo Nakajima

  7. Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Shigeaki Kato

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Hirata, T., Fujioka, M., Takahashi, K. et al. ApoB C7623T polymorphism predicts risk for steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head after renal transplantation. J Orthop Sci 12, 199–206 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-007-1110-9

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