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Research Article

Associations Between microRNA-related Genetic Polymorphisms and Clinical Response to Methotrexate in Chinese Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Author(s): Qin-Wen Wen, Chong-Jing Chen, Han-Qing Zhang, Hang Yu, Zhen Zeng, Ting Jin, Ting-Hui Wang, Wen Qin, Hua Huang, Xiu-Di Wu* and Han Cen*

Volume 28, Issue 38, 2022

Published on: 28 October, 2022

Page: [3167 - 3173] Pages: 7

DOI: 10.2174/1381612829666221025154714

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Abstract

Background: Emerging evidence indicates that microRNA (miRNA)-related genetic polymorphisms are strongly involved in the post-transcriptional regulation of the expression of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics- related genes, therefore contributing to the genetic variability of drug response.

Objective: To investigate the associations of miRNA-related genetic polymorphisms, including miRNA-5189 rs562929801, miRNA-595 rs4909237, SLCO1A2 rs4149009 and MTHFR rs3737966, and clinical response to methotrexate in Chinese rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Methods: One hundred patients treated with MTX for approximately 3 months were prospectively followed up to evaluate the clinical response according to European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) good and moderate response, disease activity score in 28 joint counts - erythrocyte sedimentation rate (DAS28-ESR) low disease activity (LDA) and remission (REM), change in DAS28-ESR (ΔDAS28-ESR) and ΔDAS28-ESR > 0.6. Genetic polymorphisms were genotyped utilizing the HI-SNP technology.

Results: Of the 100 patients with a mean age of 52.23 ± 12.71 years, 81 patients were female (81.00%). After adjusting potential confounders, the major allele of miRNA-5189 rs562929801 was found to be significantly associated with EULAR response (A/A + A/G versus G/G, RR = 0.81, 95% CI = 0.67-0.99, P = 0.04) and ΔDAS28-ESR > 0.6 under dominant model (A/A + A/G versus G/G, RR = 0.83, 95% CI = 0.71-0.98, P = 0.03). However, nonsignificant evidence was detected for the remaining three miRNA-related genetic polymorphisms in neither univariable analysis nor multivariable analysis.

Conclusion: Our results indicated that miRNA-5189 rs562929801 was significantly associated with clinical response to MTX, and this association warrants further replication studies with larger sample sizes.

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