1. Identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms in Toll-like receptor candidate genes associated with tuberculosis infection in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
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Rosanna Desiato, Giorgio Galiero, Michela Tarantino, Paolo Pasquali, Flora Alfano, Maria Gabriella Lucibelli, Giovanna Urciuolo, Giorgia Borriello, Maria Grazia Maniaci, Simone Peletto, Amalia Barone, Pier Luigi Acutis, Alfano, Flora, Peletto, Simone, Lucibelli, Maria Gabriella, Borriello, Giorgia, Urciuolo, Giovanna, Maniaci, Maria Grazia, Desiato, Rosanna, Tarantino, Michela, Barone, Amalia, Pasquali, Paolo, Acutis, Pier Luigi, and Galiero, Giorgio
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Candidate gene ,Buffaloes ,Case–control study ,Tuberculosi ,Single-nucleotide polymorphism ,Genetic Association Studie ,Biology ,Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ,Gene Frequency ,Genotype ,Genetics ,Genetic resistance ,Animals ,Tuberculosis ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,Genetics(clinical) ,TLRs ,Genetic Association Studies ,Genetics (clinical) ,Toll-like receptor ,Mycobacterium bovis ,Animal ,Haplotype ,TLR9 ,Buffaloe ,biology.organism_classification ,Toll-Like Receptor 2 ,Toll-Like Receptor 4 ,Bubalus bubalis ,TLR2 ,Case-Control Studies ,Immunology ,Cattle ,Case-Control Studie ,Tuberculosis, Bovine ,Research Article - Abstract
Background Toll-like receptors play a key role in innate immunity by recognizing pathogens and activating appropriate responses. Pathogens express several signal molecules (pathogen-associated molecular patterns, PAMPs) essential for survival and pathogenicity. Recognition of PAMPs triggers an array of anti-microbial immune responses through the induction of various inflammatory cytokines. The objective of this work was to perform a case-control study to characterize the distribution of polymorphisms in three candidate genes (toll-like receptor 2, toll-like receptor 4, toll-like receptor 9) and to test their role as potential risk factors for tuberculosis infection in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). Results The case-control study included 184 subjects, 59 of which resulted positive to both intradermal TB test and Mycobacterium bovis isolation (cases) and 125 resulted negative to at least three consecutive intradermal TB tests. The statistical analysis indicated that two polymorphisms exhibited significant differences in allelic frequencies between cases and controls. Indeed, the TT genotype at TLR9 2340 C > T locus resulted significantly associated with susceptibility to bovine tuberculosis (P = 0.030, OR = 3.31, 95% CI = 1.05-10.40). One polymorphism resulted significantly associated with resistance to the disease, and included the CC genotype, at the TLR4 672 A > C locus (P = 0.01, OR = 0.26, 95% CI = 0.08-0.80). Haplotype reconstruction of the TLR2 gene revealed one haplotype (CTTACCAGCGGCCAGTCCC) associated with disease resistance (P = 0.04, OR = 0.51, 95% CI = 0.27–0.96), including the allelic variant associated with disease resistance. Conclusions The work describes novel mutations in bubaline TLR2, TLR4 and TLR9 genes and presents their association with M. bovis infection. These results will enhance our ability to determine the risk of developing the disease by improving the knowledge of the immune mechanisms involved in host response to mycobacterial infection, and will allow the creation of multiple layers of disease resistance in herds by selective breeding.
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- 2014
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