TY - JOUR
T1 - A TLR6 polymorphism is associated with increased risk of Legionnaires' disease
AU - Misch, E. A.
AU - Verbon, A.
AU - Prins, J. M.
AU - Skerrett, S. J.
AU - Hawn, T. R.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Legionella pneumophila (Lp), the etiologic agent of Legionnaires' disease (LD), is an important cause of community-acquired and nosocomial pneumonia. However, the host immune and genetic determinants of human susceptibility to Lp are poorly understood. Here we show that both TLR6 and TLR1 cooperate with TLR2 to recognize Lp in transfected HEK293 cells. We also perform a human genetic association study of 14 candidate single-nucleotide polymorphisms in Toll-like receptors (TLRs) 1, 2 and 6 in 98 LD cases and 268 controls from the Netherlands. No polymorphisms in TLR1 or TLR2 were associated with LD. A TLR6 polymorphism, 359T>C (rs5743808), was associated with an elevated risk of LD in genotypic and dominant (odds ratio (OR) 5.83, P=7.9 × 10(-5)) models. The increased risk in persons with 359 TC or CC genotypes was further enhanced among smokers. In a multivariate model, 359T>C was associated with a higher risk of LD (OR 4.24, P=0.04), than any other variable, including age and smoking. Together, these data suggest that the human TLR6 variant, 359T>C, is an independent risk factor for LD
AB - Legionella pneumophila (Lp), the etiologic agent of Legionnaires' disease (LD), is an important cause of community-acquired and nosocomial pneumonia. However, the host immune and genetic determinants of human susceptibility to Lp are poorly understood. Here we show that both TLR6 and TLR1 cooperate with TLR2 to recognize Lp in transfected HEK293 cells. We also perform a human genetic association study of 14 candidate single-nucleotide polymorphisms in Toll-like receptors (TLRs) 1, 2 and 6 in 98 LD cases and 268 controls from the Netherlands. No polymorphisms in TLR1 or TLR2 were associated with LD. A TLR6 polymorphism, 359T>C (rs5743808), was associated with an elevated risk of LD in genotypic and dominant (odds ratio (OR) 5.83, P=7.9 × 10(-5)) models. The increased risk in persons with 359 TC or CC genotypes was further enhanced among smokers. In a multivariate model, 359T>C was associated with a higher risk of LD (OR 4.24, P=0.04), than any other variable, including age and smoking. Together, these data suggest that the human TLR6 variant, 359T>C, is an independent risk factor for LD
U2 - 10.1038/gene.2013.34
DO - 10.1038/gene.2013.34
M3 - Article
C2 - 23823019
SN - 1466-4879
VL - 14
SP - 420
EP - 426
JO - Genes and immunity
JF - Genes and immunity
IS - 7
ER -