Relation Between the Uridine Diphosphate Glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 Polymorphism and the Bilirubin Levels in Sickle Cell Disease
Published: June 1, 2012 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2012/.2208
Pandey S.,
Ranjan R.,
Firdos A.,
Shah V.,
Pandey S.W.,
Mishra R.M.,
Seth T.,
Saxena R.
1. Department of Hematology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
2. Department of Hematology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
3. Department of Hematology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
4. Department of Cardiac Biochemistry, AIIMS,
New Delhi, India.
5. Department of Hematology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
6. Department of Environmental Biology, APS University
Rewa, India.
7. Department of Hematology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
8. Department of Hematology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Renu Saxena,
Professor and Head
Department of Haematology,
I.R.C.H. Building (1st floor),
All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
Ansari Nagar, New Delhi – 110 029,India.
Phone: 91-011-26594670.
Telefax: 91-011-26588663.
E-mail: renusax@hotmail.com
Background: Genetic variations in the promoter of uridine diphosphate (UDP)–glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) may be associated with hyperbilirubinaemia and it appears to be a risk factor for gallstone formation.
Aims: Our aim was to detect the correlation between the UGT 1A1 (TA)n repeats and hyperbilirubinaemia and gall stone formation in Indian sickle cell patients.
Settings and Design:This was a cross-sectional study; which was carried in an autonomous tertiary care hospital.
Materials and Methods: The study subjects were 50 sickle cell anaemia and 70 sickle cell β-thalassaemia patients who were diagnosed by HPLC. The haemogram of the patients was measured by using an automated cell analyzer, while the serum bilrubin measurement was done by using a Beckman- CX-9 auto analyzer. The presence of gall stones was detected by ultra sound examination.
Statistical Analysis: ANOVA and the T-test were applied to compare the means of the groups. The allele frequencies were calculated according to the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
Results: The allele, 7/7 TA of the UGT1A1 genotype was more frequent in the sickle cell patients and it was associated with hyperbilirubinaemia and gall stone formation.
Conclusions: The allele, 7/7 TA of the UGT1A1 polymorphism affects the bilirubin levels and the development of gallbladder stone in the Indian sickle cell patients.
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