Background: Type 1 interferons upregulate oligoadenylate synthetase 1 (OAS1). A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in exon 7 of OAS1 results in differential RNAseL enzyme activity, the A allele coding for a truncated form with low activity and the G conferring high activity. We hypothesized that OAS1 genotypes would influence both susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS) and disease activity with the AA genotype being overrepresented and the GG genotype underrepresented in relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) with increased disease activity. Methods: We examined OAS1 genotype distribution in 401 patients with MS, 394 healthy controls, and 178 patients with RRMS receiving interferon-beta (IFN beta) assessed as 1) having no or minimal disease activity on IFN beta, 2) having disease activity despite IFN beta, and 3) 65 patients with RRMS with highly active disease. Results: The OAS1 genotype distribution differed between patients with MS and controls (p = 0.000003), with lower frequency of GG homozygotes in patients with MS (6%) compared with controls (17%). In relation to disease severity, 34 (32%) patients with no or minimal disease activity on IFN beta had the AA and 8 (8%) the GG genotype; of patients with disease activity despite IFN beta, 27 (51%) were AA, while only 1 (2%) was GG (p = 0.03). Median time to first relapse on IFN beta was 24 months in patients with RRMS with AA genotype and 33 months with AG or GG genotype (p = 0.04). The GG genotype was absent in 65 patients with highly active RRMS (p = 0.03). Conclusions: A functional OAS1 SNP, AA genotype, confers susceptibility to MS and the GG genotype may protect against increased disease activity. Neurology (R) 2010; 75:411-418

OAS1 A multiple sclerosis susceptibility gene that influences disease severity / M., O'Brien; R., Lonergan; L., Costelloe; K., O'Rourke; J. M., Fletcher; K., Kinsella; C., Sweeney; Antonelli, Guido; K. H., Mills; C., O'Farrelly; M., Hutchinson; N., Tubridy. - In: NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 0028-3878. - STAMPA. - 75:5(2010), pp. 411-418. [10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181ebdd2b]

OAS1 A multiple sclerosis susceptibility gene that influences disease severity

ANTONELLI, Guido;
2010

Abstract

Background: Type 1 interferons upregulate oligoadenylate synthetase 1 (OAS1). A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in exon 7 of OAS1 results in differential RNAseL enzyme activity, the A allele coding for a truncated form with low activity and the G conferring high activity. We hypothesized that OAS1 genotypes would influence both susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS) and disease activity with the AA genotype being overrepresented and the GG genotype underrepresented in relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) with increased disease activity. Methods: We examined OAS1 genotype distribution in 401 patients with MS, 394 healthy controls, and 178 patients with RRMS receiving interferon-beta (IFN beta) assessed as 1) having no or minimal disease activity on IFN beta, 2) having disease activity despite IFN beta, and 3) 65 patients with RRMS with highly active disease. Results: The OAS1 genotype distribution differed between patients with MS and controls (p = 0.000003), with lower frequency of GG homozygotes in patients with MS (6%) compared with controls (17%). In relation to disease severity, 34 (32%) patients with no or minimal disease activity on IFN beta had the AA and 8 (8%) the GG genotype; of patients with disease activity despite IFN beta, 27 (51%) were AA, while only 1 (2%) was GG (p = 0.03). Median time to first relapse on IFN beta was 24 months in patients with RRMS with AA genotype and 33 months with AG or GG genotype (p = 0.04). The GG genotype was absent in 65 patients with highly active RRMS (p = 0.03). Conclusions: A functional OAS1 SNP, AA genotype, confers susceptibility to MS and the GG genotype may protect against increased disease activity. Neurology (R) 2010; 75:411-418
2010
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OAS1 A multiple sclerosis susceptibility gene that influences disease severity / M., O'Brien; R., Lonergan; L., Costelloe; K., O'Rourke; J. M., Fletcher; K., Kinsella; C., Sweeney; Antonelli, Guido; K. H., Mills; C., O'Farrelly; M., Hutchinson; N., Tubridy. - In: NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 0028-3878. - STAMPA. - 75:5(2010), pp. 411-418. [10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181ebdd2b]
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