Cell-Based Investigation of the Association of rs4402765 Variant with IL1A and IL1B Genes in Behçet's Disease

Year 2025, Volume: 15 Issue: 3, 217 - 224, 31.12.2025

Büneyan Tüzün , İrem Coşkuntan , Burcu Salman Yaylaz , Mehmet Güven Günver , Neslihan Abacı , Ahmet Gül

https://doi.org/10.26650/experimed.1651136

Abstract

Objective: In this study, we aimed to investigate the IL1A and IL1B mRNA expression profiles in association with the rs4402765 variant in monocytes and neutrophils to explore its role in the pathogenesis of Behçet’s disease (BD).
Materials and Methods: Monocytes and neutrophils were isolated from peripheral blood samples obtained from 15 healthy Turkish participants and genotyped for rs4402765. THP-1 and HL-60 cell lines were used as controls to determine the doses and incubation times of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and aluminum hydroxide (alum) triggers. Isolated cells were stimulated with LPS and alum. IL1A and IL1B mRNA expression levels were analysed using by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR).
Results: In monocytes stimulated with LPS for 8 h, the samples with the heterozygous rs4402765 genotype showed higher IL1B expression compared with the homozygous risk allele (CC) (p=0.016), but there was no statistically significant difference after 24 h of incubation (p=0.852). Increased IL1A expression was observed in neutrophils with the risk allele (CC) compared with the protective allele (GG) following LPS stimulation (p=0.002).
Conclusion: This study provides additional information about the functional effects of the rs4402765 variant in the IL-1 gene cluster, which may result in different expression profiles in monocytes and neutrophils, and the variability of cell-dependent expression warrants further studies.

Keywords

Behçet’s disease , IL1A , IL1B , rs4402765 , monocyte , neutrophil

Ethical Statement

Ethics committee approval was received for this study from the Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty Clinical Research Ethics Committee (dated 24.03.2021; Cert No. 148703).

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