ORAI1 genetic polymorphisms associated with the susceptibility of atopic dermatitis in Japanese and Taiwanese populations

PLoS One. 2012;7(1):e29387. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029387. Epub 2012 Jan 13.

Abstract

Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease. Multiple genetic and environmental factors are thought to be responsible for susceptibility to AD. In this study, we collected 2,478 DNA samples including 209 AD patients and 729 control subjects from Taiwanese population and 513 AD patients and 1027 control subject from Japanese population for sequencing and genotyping ORAI1. A total of 14 genetic variants including 3 novel single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the ORAI1 gene were identified. Our results indicated that a non-synonymous SNP (rs3741596, Ser218Gly) associated with the susceptibility of AD in the Japanese population but not in the Taiwanese population. However, there is another SNP of ORAI1 (rs3741595) associated with the risk of AD in the Taiwanese population but not in the Japanese population. Taken together, our results indicated that genetic polymorphisms of ORAI1 are very likely to be involved in the susceptibility of AD.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Asian People / genetics*
  • Calcium Channels / genetics*
  • Calcium Channels / metabolism
  • Cell Line
  • Chromosome Mapping
  • Dermatitis, Atopic / epidemiology
  • Dermatitis, Atopic / genetics*
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Gene Frequency / genetics
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
  • Genetics, Population
  • Haplotypes / genetics
  • Humans
  • Japan / epidemiology
  • Linkage Disequilibrium / genetics
  • Lymphocytes / metabolism
  • ORAI1 Protein
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / genetics*
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism
  • Skin / metabolism
  • Skin / pathology
  • Taiwan / epidemiology

Substances

  • Calcium Channels
  • ORAI1 Protein
  • ORAI1 protein, human
  • RNA, Messenger