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C3b receptor (CR1) genomic polymorphism in rheumatoid arthritis

Low receptor levels on erythrocytes are an acquired phenomenon

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The number of complement receptor 1 (CR1, CD35) molecules on erythrocytes is genetically determined by two codominant alleles. The numerical expression of CR1 on erythrocytes correlates with aHindIII-RFLP of CR1 gene using CR1-1, a complementary DNA probe. We have found low CR1 on erythrocytes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in an Indian population. Low levels in RA patients may be acquired or genetically determined. Fifty-two patients with RA, 48 nonrelated healthy subjects and 19 consanguineous relatives of patients were genotyped. CR1 numbers on erythrocytes were quantitated by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using monoclonal anti-CR1 antibody. Normal subjects and patients were followed up for a period of 6 months to evaluate the stability of their CR1 expression. The gene frequency for allele H and L (7.4- and 6.9-kbHindIII restriction fragment, respectively), which correlated with high and low expression of CR1 on erythrocytes was 0.77 and 0.23 in the normal controls. Gene frequency in RA patients was 0.78 and 0.22 for H and L allele, which did not differ significantly from either controls or relatives (0.80 and 0.20 for H and L allele, respectively). However, RA patients expressed fewer CR1 on erythrocytes within each genotype than their relatives and controls. CR1 on erythrocytes were found to be stable in consecutive samples in controls. In RA patients, the number varied between low and high during the course of the disease. The variation in number was significantly correlated (p <0.05, r=−0.85 to −0.98) with disease activity as monitored by erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Our results suggest that low levels of CR1 on erythrocytes in patients with RA are not inherited, rather they are acquired during the course of the disease.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 110029, New Delhi, India

    Amit Kumar, Subrata Sinha & L. M. Srivastava

  2. Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    A. N. Malaviya

  3. Gene Expression Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

    P. S. Khandekar & Kakoli Banerjee

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Kumar, A., Malaviya, A.N., Sinha, S. et al. C3b receptor (CR1) genomic polymorphism in rheumatoid arthritis. Immunol Res 13, 61–71 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02918226

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