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MEDICINE
卷 95, 期 52, 页码 -出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000005537
关键词
IL-8; inflammation; preeclampsia; single nucleotide polymorphism
资金
- Heilongjiang [QC2011C122]
Preeclampsia (PE) is a common pregnancy-specific disorder associated with significant maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality worldwide. The present study was performed to investigate the role of a CXC chemokine interleukin-8 (IL-8), in the pathogenesis of PE. IL-8 expression levels were assessed in placental and serum samples from 160 pregnant women with PE (N=68 severe, 92 mild) and 140 healthy donors. Results from enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay showed that the concentration of serum IL-8 in PE patients (180.27 +/- 5.81 ng/L) was significantly higher than that in healthy controls (41.57 +/- 5.67 ng/L). Patients with severe PE had even higher serum IL-8 levels. Similar messenger RNA and protein expression patterns of IL-8 in placental tissues were confirmed by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemical assay (N=30 each in the mild PE, severe PE, and control groups). In addition, single nucleotide polymorphisms of IL-8 gene were detected with polymerase chain reaction-restricted fragment length polymorphism/SSP. The frequency of IL-8-251A allele was significantly higher than that in controls (58.4% vs 48.9%, P<0.05). The occurrence frequency of haplotype -353A/-251A/+678T (AAT) in PE subjects was 27.2% as compared to 21.9% in the control participants (P<0.05). Our study reveals that IL-8 expression is positively associated with the severity of PE. Presence of haplotype AAT in pregnant women appears to be a risk factor for PE.
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