Biomarkers of systemic inflammation, soluble IL-2Rα and the multiple sclerosis-associated IL2RA SNP rs2104286 in healthy subjects and multiple sclerosis patients
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Soluble interleukin-2 (IL-2) receptor α (sIL-2Rα) antagonizes IL-2 signaling and is involved in the pathogenesis of several immune-mediated diseases including multiple sclerosis (MS). The level of sIL-2Rα is affected by the MS-associated single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2104286. By use of ELISA and electrochemiluminescence, we investigated if 26 biomarkers of systemic inflammation were associated with sIL-2Rα and rs2104286 in cohorts of healthy subjects and MS patients in serum and heparin plasma. We found that sIL-2Rα significantly correlated with the level of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα) (r = 0.391, p = 0.002) in healthy subjects and the association was validated in a separate cohort. Additional, in healthy subjects we confirmed a previous report indicating that C-reactive protein (CRP) correlates with sIL-2Rα (r = 0.278, p = 0.034). None of the biomarkers of systemic inflammation were significantly associated with sIL-2Rα in MS patients. Furthermore, the MS-associated SNP rs2104286 was not significantly associated with any of the biomarkers of systemic inflammation in neither healthy subjects nor MS patients. We conclude that sIL-2Rα is associated with TNFα and CRP in healthy subjects. However, further research is required to confirm the use of sIL-2Rα as biomarker of systemic inflammation as well as to assess the mechanism underlying the observed correlation between levels of sIL-2Rα and TNFα.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Artikelnummer | 103140 |
Tidsskrift | Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders |
Vol/bind | 54 |
ISSN | 2211-0348 |
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Status | Udgivet - 2021 |
Bibliografisk note
Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Danish Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Sofus Carl Emil Friis og Hustru Olga Doris Friis foundation, the Foundation for Research in Neurology and intramural grants from Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet.
Funding Information:
We wish to thank laboratory technician Lisbeth Egelykke Stolpe and Ulla Abildtrup for their excellent technical assistance. We thank the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm for permission to translate and use the Genetic and Environment in Multiple Sclerosis (GEMS) questionnaire.
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