Higher expression of BRCA1, and CHUK and lower expression of NFKBIA, ESR1, PIK3R1, and PPARG in HAM/TSP compared to ATLL, a diverse pathological consequence.

BACKGROUND

HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) and adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) are both severe diseases caused by Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection, while about 95% of infected cases remain asymptomatic. Genes that play a role in ATLL development are assumed to be dissimilar from the ones that are crucial factors for HAM/TSP occurrence.

OBJECTIVE

The expression of six genes including BRCA1 , CHUCK , ESR1 , NFKBIA , PIK3R1 , and PPARG were assessed in two groups of HAM/TSP and ATLL patients. Materials and

Methods

cDNA was synthesized from purified RNA, and RT-qPCR was conducted to assess the expression of the genes in two groups. Any possible correlation among the genes' expression was also calculated.

Results

BRCA1 and CHUCK expressions were higher in HAM/TSP patients in comparison with ATLL patients. However, ESR1 , NFKBIA , PIK3R1 , and PPARG are more expressed in ATLL cases than HAM/TSP. A significant positive correlation was observed between BRCA1 and NFKBIA in HAM/TSP group. In addition, a significant negative correlation between PIK3R1 and PPARG in HAM/TSP and between ESR1 and NFKBIA in the ATLL group was obtained.

CONCLUSION

HAM/TSP or ATLL stem from a disturbance in the expression of diverse genes and these dissimilarities should be discovered to reach a better understanding of disease treatment as well as screening and assessing the asymptomatic carriers' condition for developing severe disease.