Analysis of haplotypes of CAT, TLR4, and IL10 genes in bronchial asthma patients comorbid with arterial hypertension

Co-occurrence of cardiovascular diseases is significantly common among patients with bronchial asthma. Genetic factors can have a significant effect on the development of hypertension in patients with asthma. Objective of the study was to investigate the associations of polymorphic variants relating to quantitative changes in the expression profile (eQTL) of the CAT, TLR4, and IL10 genes with the development of bronchial asthma co-morbid with arterial hypertension.

Material and methods. Genotyping of 48 eQTL SNPs of the CAT, TLR4, and IL10 genes was performed using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in patients with «isolated» asthma (n = 145) and arterial hypertension (n = 144) and their combination (n = 146), as well as in the control group of healthy individuals (n = 152). Using logistic regression, an analysis of the associations of haplotypes with the studied diseases was carried out.

Results. An association of bronchial asthma in combination with arterial hypertension with haplotypes formed by eQTL SNPs of the CAT and TLR4 genes was established. The spectrum of haplotypes associated with comorbidity of asthma and hypertension differs from the haplotypes associated with “isolated” asthma.

Conclusion. The molecular base of asthma and hypertension comorbidity can be associated with variants that control the expression of TLR4 and CAT genes.

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