RGD Reference Report - A polymorphism in the human UGRP1 gene promoter that regulates transcription is associated with an increased risk of asthma. - Rat Genome Database

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A polymorphism in the human UGRP1 gene promoter that regulates transcription is associated with an increased risk of asthma.

Authors: Niimi, T  Munakata, M  Keck-Waggoner, CL  Popescu, NC  Levitt, RC  Hisada, M  Kimura, S 
Citation: Niimi T, etal., Am J Hum Genet. 2002 Mar;70(3):718-25. Epub 2002 Jan 25.
RGD ID: 5144229
Pubmed: PMID:11813133   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC384948   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1086/339272   (Journal Full-text)

Several traits associated with asthma phenotypes, such as high total serum immunoglobulin E and bronchial hyperresponsiveness, have been linked by numerous genome-screen studies and linkage analyses to markers on human chromosome 5q31-q34. In the present article, we describe UGRP1 (encoding uteroglobin-related protein 1) as one of asthma-susceptibility genes that is located on chromosome 5q31-q32. UGRP1 is a homodimeric secretory protein of 17 kDa and is expressed only in lung and trachea. The G --> A polymorphism was identified at -112 bp in the human UGRP1 gene promoter. The -112A allele is responsible for a 24% reduction in the promoter activity in relation to the -112G allele, as examined by transfection analysis. Electrophoretic mobility-shift analysis revealed that an unknown nuclear factor binds to the region around -112 bp. The binding affinity with the -112A oligonucleotide was reduced by approximately one half, as compared with the -112G oligonucleotide. In a case-control study using 169 Japanese individuals (84 patients with asthma and 85 healthy control individuals), those with a -112A allele (G/A or A/A) were 4.1 times more likely to have asthma than were those with the wild-type allele (G/G).

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
asthma susceptibilityIAGP 5144229DNA:SNP:promoter:-112G>A (human)RGD 
asthma susceptibilityISOSCGB3A2 (Homo sapiens)5144229; 5144229DNA:SNP:promoter:-112G>A (human)RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Scgb3a2  (secretoglobin, family 3A, member 2)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Scgb3a2  (secretoglobin, family 3A, member 2)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
SCGB3A2  (secretoglobin family 3A member 2)


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