Association between Promotor hypomethylation of TFF1 and Crohn’s Disease

Association between Promotor hypomethylation of TFF1 and Crohn’s Disease

Authors

  • Sara Hemmati School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences 14155, Tehran, Iran
  • Golshid Sanati Student Research Committee, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
  • Mohammad Amin Sadeghi School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences 14155, Tehran, Iran
  • Naser Ebrahimi Daryani Tehran University of Medical Sciences
  • Nima Rezaei Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Keywords:

Inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn disease, Epigenetics, Methylation, Aging

Abstract

Background and aim: Epigenetic modifications exhibit promising evidence in etiology and prognosis of important diseases such as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). In addition to complex factors involved in IBD, a trend toward better prognosis have been reported in older ages of disease onset. Gastrointestinal mucous layer is one of the important components which is disturbed in the disease course. Integrity of this layer is maintained with an anti-inflammatory factor called trefoil factors (TFF). We investigated the methylation status of TFF1 gene in IBD patients alongside with correlation of its alteration level with age of disease onset. Methods: We analyzed the promoter methylation status of TFF1 gene, using the real-time quantitative multiplex methylation specific PCR (QM-MSP). DNA was extracted from colorectal biopsies of 15 Crohn disease cases and 15 healthy controls. Correlation analysis was performed between unmethylated DNA level and age through Pearson correlation coefficient (PPC) test and simple linear regression models. Results:… Our data didn’t provide significant positive correlation of age and TFF1 hypomethylation in Crohn patients (r = .518, p = .058). Conclusions: In conclusion, our case-control study didn’t show significant alteration in TFF1 methylation status in CD patients. (www.actabiomedica.it)

Author Biographies

Sara Hemmati, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences 14155, Tehran, Iran

1 Molecular Medicine Interest Group (MMIG), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran; 2 School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences 14155, Tehran, Iran

Golshid Sanati, Student Research Committee, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

 3 Student Research Committee, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran; 4 Network of Immunity in Infection, Malignancy and Autoimmunity (NIIMA), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Yazd, Iran

Mohammad Amin Sadeghi, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences 14155, Tehran, Iran

1 Molecular Medicine Interest Group (MMIG), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran; 2 School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences 14155, Tehran, Iran

Nima Rezaei, Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

; 6 Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 7 Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 8 Network of Immunity in Infection, Malignancy and Autoimmunity (NIIMA), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran

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14-03-2022

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Hemmati S, Sanati G, Sadeghi MA, Ebrahimi Daryani N, Rezaei N. Association between Promotor hypomethylation of TFF1 and Crohn’s Disease. Acta Biomed [Internet]. 2022 Mar. 14 [cited 2024 Jul. 18];93(1):e2022176 . Available from: https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/actabiomedica/article/view/12073