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OBJECTIVE: To study the role of the interleukin-1 beta gene (IL1B) and the IL-1 receptor antagonist gene (IL1RN) in relation to the occurrence of radiographic osteoarthritis (ROA) in the hip, knee, and hand and disc degeneration of the spine. METHODS: The study population consisted of a random sample of 886 subjects (ages 55-65 years) from a population-based cohort (the Rotterdam study). Two polymorphisms within IL1B (3953C>T and -511C>T) and one within IL1RN (the variable-number tandem repeat [VNTR]) were analyzed and used in an association study of the occurrence of ROA. Haplotyping and simultaneous logistic regression analysis were performed to investigate whether the associations observed were independent. RESULTS: Associations with a predisposition for hip ROA were observed for heterozygous and homozygous carriers of the rare IL1B allele -511T (crude odds ratio [OR] 1.8, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.0-3.4 and OR 2.9, 95% CI 1.4-6.3, respectively) and of the IL1RN VNTR allele 2 (crude OR 2.0, 95% CI 1.1-3.4 and OR 3.3, 95% CI 1.4-7.8, respectively). An additive effect was observed for carriers of risk alleles of both polymorphisms, with a significant linear-by-linear association (P = 0.00022). CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that the IL-1 gene cluster polymorphisms may play a significant role in the pathogenesis of OA of the hip.

Original publication

DOI

10.1002/art.20121

Type

Journal article

Journal

Arthritis and rheumatism

Publication Date

04/2004

Volume

50

Pages

1179 - 1186

Addresses

Molecular Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. i.meulenbelt@lumc.nl

Keywords

Humans, Osteoarthritis, Hip, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Sialoglycoproteins, Interleukin-1, Risk Factors, Tandem Repeat Sequences, Gene Frequency, Haplotypes, Heterozygote, Homozygote, Polymorphism, Genetic, Multigene Family, Aged, Middle Aged, Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein