Impact of interactions of cigarette smoking with NAT2 polymorphisms on rheumatoid arthritis risk in African Americans
Open Access
- 11 October 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Arthritis & Rheumatism
- Vol. 64 (3), 655-664
- https://doi.org/10.1002/art.33408
Abstract
Objective To examine whether polymorphisms in genes coding for drug‐metabolizing enzymes (DMEs) have an impact on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk due to cigarette smoking in African Americans. Methods Smoking status was evaluated in African American patients with RA compared with non‐RA controls, with smoking exposure categorized as heavy smoker (≥10 pack‐years) versus never smoker/GSTM1‐null) in addition to tagging single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in N‐acetyltransferase 1 (NAT1), NAT2, and epoxide hydrolase 1 (EPXH1). Associations of these genotypes with RA risk were examined using logistic regression, and gene–smoking interactions were assessed. Results There were no significant associations of any DME genotype with RA. After adjustment for multiple comparisons, there were significant additive interactions between heavy smoking and the NAT2 SNPs rs9987109 (Padditive = 0.000003) and rs1208 (Padditive = 0.00001); the attributable proportion due to interaction ranged from 0.61 to 0.67. None of the multiplicative gene–smoking interactions examined remained significant with regard to overall disease risk, after adjustment for multiple testing. There was no evidence of significant gene–smoking interactions in analyses of GSTM1‐null, NAT1, or EPXH1. DME gene–smoking interactions were similar when cases were limited to those patients who were positive for anti–citrullinated protein antibodies. Conclusion Among African Americans, RA risk imposed by heavy smoking appears to be mediated in part by genetic variation in NAT2. While further studies are needed to elucidate the mechanisms underpinning these interactions, these SNPs appear to identify African American smokers at a much higher risk for RA, in whom the relative risk is at least 2‐fold higher when compared to nonsmokers lacking these risk alleles.Keywords
Funding Information
- South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (NIH Center for Research Resources) (UL1-RR-029882)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Clinical and Translational Studies (NIH Center for Research Resources (5UL1-RR-025777-03)
- Nebraska Arthritis Outcomes Research Center
- NIH (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases) (R03-AR-054539, K23-AR-050004)
- Arthritis Foundation (national organization and the Nebraska chapter)
- Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development (VA Merit award)
- NIH (N01-AR-02247, N01-AR-6-2278, N01-HC-48047, N01-HC-48048, N01-HC-48049, N01-HC-48050, N01-HC-95095)
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