A genetic variant in toll-like receptor 5 is linked to chemokine levels and hepatocellular carcinoma in steatohepatitis

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Bacterial translocation drives liver disease progression. We investigated whether functional genetic variants in toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5), the receptor for bacterial flagellin, affect the risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

METHODS: Healthy controls (n = 212), patients with alcohol abuse without liver disease (n = 382), and patients from a discovery cohort of alcohol-associated cirrhosis (n = 372 including 79 HCC cases), a validation cohort of alcohol-associated cirrhosis (n = 355 including 132 HCC cases), and a cohort of cirrhosis due to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) (n = 145 including 62 HCC cases) were genotyped for the TLR5 rs5744174 and rs5744168 polymorphisms. Chemokine levels were measured by ELISA in patients' sera and supernatants of flagellin-stimulated healthy monocytes.

RESULTS: Frequency of the TLR5 rs5744174 TT genotype was similar in healthy controls (33%), controls with alcohol abuse (34%), and patients with alcohol-associated cirrhosis in the discovery (28%), validation (33%), and NASH cohort (31%). The TT genotype was enriched in patients with versus without HCC in the discovery, validation, and NASH cohort (41% vs 25%; 39% vs 29%; 40% vs 24%; p < .05 each). This genotype remained a risk factor for HCC (OR = 1.9; p = .01) after multivariate correction for age, gender, diabetes, and carriage of the PNPLA3 148M variant. Interleukin-8 induction in monocytes from healthy controls and serum levels of interleukin-8 and CXCL1 from cirrhotic patients with the TT genotype were significantly increased versus C allele carriers.

CONCLUSION: The TLR5 rs5744174 polymorphism, affecting immune response to flagellin, is linked to occurrence of HCC in cirrhosis caused by steatohepatitis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

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Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 41(2021), 9 vom: 23. Sept., Seite 2139-2148

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nischalke, Hans Dieter [VerfasserIn]
Fischer, Janett [VerfasserIn]
Klüners, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Matz-Soja, Madlen [VerfasserIn]
Krämer, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Langhans, Bettina [VerfasserIn]
Goeser, Felix [VerfasserIn]
Soyka, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Stickel, Felix [VerfasserIn]
Spengler, Ulrich [VerfasserIn]
Nattermann, Jacob [VerfasserIn]
Strassburg, Christian P [VerfasserIn]
Berg, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Lutz, Philipp [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alcoholic liver disease
Cirrhosis
IL-8
Journal Article
NAFLD
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
TLR5 protein, human
Toll-Like Receptor 5

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Date Completed 19.08.2021

Date Revised 31.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/liv.14980

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NLM32599725X