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Geographical distribution of complement receptor type 1 variants and their associated disease risk

  • Thaisa Lucas Sandri ,

    Contributed equally to this work with: Thaisa Lucas Sandri, Selorme Adukpo

    Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Laboratory of Molecular Immunopathology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

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  • Selorme Adukpo ,

    Contributed equally to this work with: Thaisa Lucas Sandri, Selorme Adukpo

    Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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  • Dao Phuong Giang,

    Affiliations 108 Military Central Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam, Vietnamese - German Center for Medical Research, Hanoi, Vietnam

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  • Christian N. Nguetse,

    Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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  • Fabiana Antunes Andrade,

    Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Immunopathology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

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  • Hoang van Tong,

    Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Vietnamese - German Center for Medical Research, Hanoi, Vietnam

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  • Nguyen Linh Toan,

    Affiliations Vietnamese - German Center for Medical Research, Hanoi, Vietnam, Vietnam Military Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam

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  • Le Huu Song,

    Affiliations 108 Military Central Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam, Vietnamese - German Center for Medical Research, Hanoi, Vietnam

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  • Preetham Elumalai,

    Affiliation Kerala University of Fisheries and Oceanic Studies, Kochi, India

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  • Kumarasamy Thangaraj,

    Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India

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  • Vijaya Lakshmi Valluri,

    Affiliation LEPRA- Blue Peter Public Health and Research Center, Hyderabad, India

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  • Francine Ntoumi,

    Affiliation Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

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  • Christian G. Meyer,

    Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Vietnamese - German Center for Medical Research, Hanoi, Vietnam, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam

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  • Iara Jose de Messias Reason,

    Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Immunopathology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

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  • Peter G. Kremsner,

    Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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  • Thirumalaisamy P. Velavan

    velavan@medizin.uni-tuebingen.de

    Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Vietnamese - German Center for Medical Research, Hanoi, Vietnam, Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam

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Abstract

Background

Pathogens exert selective pressure which may lead to substantial changes in host immune responses. The human complement receptor type 1 (CR1) is an innate immune recognition glycoprotein that regulates the activation of the complement pathway and removes opsonized immune complexes. CR1 genetic variants in exon 29 have been associated with expression levels, C1q or C3b binding and increased susceptibility to several infectious diseases. Five distinct CR1 nucleotide substitutions determine the Knops blood group phenotypes, namely Kna/b, McCa/b, Sl1/Sl2, Sl4/Sl5 and KCAM+/-.

Methods

CR1 variants were genotyped by direct sequencing in a cohort of 441 healthy individuals from Brazil, Vietnam, India, Republic of Congo and Ghana.

Results

The distribution of the CR1 alleles, genotypes and haplotypes differed significantly among geographical settings (p≤0.001). CR1 variants rs17047660A/G (McCa/b) and rs17047661A/G (Sl1/Sl2) were exclusively observed to be polymorphic in African populations compared to the groups from Asia and South-America, strongly suggesting that these two SNPs may be subjected to selection. This is further substantiated by a high linkage disequilibrium between the two variants in the Congolese and Ghanaian populations. A total of nine CR1 haplotypes were observed. The CR1*AGAATA haplotype was found more frequently among the Brazilian and Vietnamese study groups; the CR1*AGAATG haplotype was frequent in the Indian and Vietnamese populations, while the CR1*AGAGTG haplotype was frequent among Congolese and Ghanaian individuals.

Conclusion

The African populations included in this study might have a selective advantage conferred to immune genes involved in pathogen recognition and signaling, possibly contributing to disease susceptibility or resistance.

Citation: Lucas Sandri T, Adukpo S, Giang DP, Nguetse CN, Antunes Andrade F, Tong Hv, et al. (2017) Geographical distribution of complement receptor type 1 variants and their associated disease risk. PLoS ONE 12(5): e0175973. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175973

Editor: Jose Antonio Stoute, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, UNITED STATES

Received: January 9, 2017; Accepted: April 3, 2017; Published: May 17, 2017

Copyright: © 2017 Lucas Sandri et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Data Availability: All relevant data are within the paper.

Funding: This work was supported by research grants from CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal Superior) for Thaisa Lucas Sandri and from CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brasil) for Iara Jose de Messias Reason. Also, bilateral cooperation support from BMBF to TPV (BMBF BRA11/A33; 01DN11001) for Thirumalaisamy P. Velavan is acknowledged. TPV and FN acknowledge the support from CANTAM (Central Africa Network on Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria), a network of excellence supported by EDCTP. The authors greatly acknowledge the support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and Open Access Publishing Fund of Tuebingen University. Other authors received no specific funding for this work. All the funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Introduction

Complement receptor type 1 (CR1) is widely recognized to play a role in disease pathophysiology, diagnosis, prognosis and in therapy [1]. The gene encoding human CR1 is located on chromosome 1 (1q32.2; OMIM 120620) [2–4]. CR1 belongs to the regulator of complement activation family (RCA) and is a transmembrane glycoprotein (single chain type 1), which occurs either in membrane-bound or soluble forms [2,5]. CR1 is predominantly involved in the transport of circulating immune complexes to the reticuloendothelial system.

CR1 acts as a regulator in the three pathways of the complement system [2], namely the classical, the lectin and the alternative pathway. It enhances phagocytosis of opsonized particles together with the complement components C3b, C4b, C1q, mannose-binding lectin and ficolin-2, thereby facilitating clearance of opsonized immune complexes. In the presence of Factor I, CR1 suppresses the complement cascade by inactivating C3b and C4b [6]. CR1 comprises of 30 short complement regulator (SCR) domains, known as complement control protein repeats (CCPs). Four protein isoforms have been identified based on their molecular weight and the number of CR1 exons [3]. Groups of seven CCPs are organized into four long homologous repeats (LHRs A to D) [7,8].

CR1 is also expressed on cells involved in both innate and adaptive immune responses [9–11]. The erythrocyte CR1 binds to circulating immune complexes and to complement-coated particles to transport them to the liver or spleen for subsequent phagocytosis [2,3]. CR1 deficient mice showed decreased and delayed IgM and IgG responses to West-Nile virus, thus increasing mortality [12]. Moreover, in vitro studies have shown that CR1 has distinct adjuvant properties [13–16], probably due to its involvement in uptake of antigen by antigen-presenting cells [17].

Three types of polymorphisms have been characterized in the CR1 gene, namely those generating size variants, those resulting in copy number differences on red blood cells and polymorphisms forming the Knops blood group antigens [1,18]. Five distinct CR1 nucleotide substitutions determine the Knops blood group phenotypes: Knops (rs41274768, Kna/b, p.N1540S), McCoy (rs17047660, McCa/b, p.K1590E), Swain-Langley/Villien (rs17047661, Sl1/Sl2, p.R1601G), Swain-Langley (rs4844609, Sl4/Sl5, p.T1610S), and the KCAM antigens (rs6691117, KCAM+/-, p.I1615V) [19–23].

In the process of pathogen evasion from the host´s immune system, pathogens bind to complement receptors and other regulatory proteins to facilitate their uptake by host cells. This may considerably downregulate and impair the function of the complement system [24]. For instance, CR1 has been reported to facilitate entry of intracellular pathogens into host cells and CR1 protein levels are associated with disease susceptibility. Among protozoan parasites, CR1 mediates immune adherence of intracellular Leishmania amastigotes [25] to present them to macrophages, the preferred habitat of Leishmania [26,27]. Low CR1 levels were associated with a decreased degree of opsonisation in patients with chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection [28]. Among viral infections, CR1 has been shown to be a secondary receptor for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) [29] and to expedite the entry of EBV into cells [30,31]. CR1 is associated with the pathogenesis caused by SARS-CoV [32], adenoviruses [33] and other viral infections such as HIV and HCV [30].

The present study utilized samples from five populations originating from Brazil, Ghana, Republic of Congo, India and Vietnam and aimed to assess the distribution of the different Knops blood group antigens and functional CR1 genetic variants [rs17259045, rs41274768 (Kna/b), rs17047660 (McCa/b), rs17047661 (Sl1/Sl2), rs4844609 (Sl4/Sl5), rs6691117 (KCAM+/-)] in exon 29 that were involved in pathogen recognition and signaling, possibly contributing to disease susceptibility or resistance.

Methods

Ethics statement

The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Hospital de Clínicas in Curitiba, Brazil, the institutional Review Board of the Tran Hung Dao Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam, the Ethics Committee of the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India, Ethics Committee of the LEPRA-Blue Peter Public Health and Research Centre; the Ethics Committee of the Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo and the Ethics Committee of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana. Informed written consent was received from all studied participants (consent from parents if the participant was under 18 years old).

Study population

A total of 441 DNA samples from healthy individuals were utilized. Investigations were carried out in populations from Brazil [n = 102; mean age 51±7; 48% (49/102) were female and 52% (53/102) male], Ghana [n = 77; mean age 5±3; 45% (28/62) were female and 55% (34/62) male], Republic of Congo [n = 77; mean age 3±3; 49% (38/77) were female and 51% (39/77) male], India [n = 86; mean age 32±18; 39% (30/78) were female and 61% (48/78) male] and Vietnam [n = 99; mean age 26±5; 40% (36/89) were female and 60% (53/89) male].

CR1 genotyping

In order to assess the distribution of six functional variants [rs17259045, rs41274768 (Kna/b), rs17047660 (McCa/b), rs17047661 (Sl1/Sl2), rs4844609 (Sl4/Sl5), rs6691117 (KCAM+/-)], the complete CR1 exon 29 including their intron-exon boundaries was screened by direct sequencing in the 441 DNA samples (Table 1). A fragment of 884 bp in exon 29 of the CR1 gene was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using the CR1 locus specific primer CR1F (5'-TCT TCA TAA ATA ATG CCA GAA GTG G-3') and CR1R (5'-TGC CAA TTT CAT AGT CCT TAT ACA C-3'). PCR amplifications were carried out in a 25 μl volume of reaction mixture containing 10X PCR buffer, 3.0 mM MgCl2, 0.2 mM dNTPs, 0.2 μM of each primer, 1 unit of Taq polymerase (Qiagen GmbH, Hilden, Germany) and 20 ng of genomic DNA on a TProfessional Basic Thermocycler (Biometra GmbH, Göttingen, Germany). Cycling parameters were initial denaturation at 94°C for 5 minutes followed by 40 cycles of denaturation at 94°C for 30 seconds, annealing at 55°C for 30 seconds and elongation at 72°C for 1 minute, and a final elongation step at 72°C for 10 minutes. PCR fragments were stained with SYBR Safe DNA Gel Stain (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, USA) and visualized on 1.5% agarose gels. PCR products were subsequently purified using Exo-SAP-IT (USB, Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA, USA) and the purified products were directly used as templates for sequencing using the BigDye terminator v. 1.1 cycle sequencing kit (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA) on an ABI 3130XL DNA sequencer according to the manufacturer’s instructions. DNA polymorphisms were identified by assembling the sequences with the reference sequence of the CR1 (NM_000573) using Geneious v9.1.4 software (Biomatters Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand) and reconfirmed visually from their respective electropherograms.

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Table 1. Genotypes and allele frequencies of the investigated six CR1 variants among world populations.

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Statistical analysis

Statistical analyses were performed using the GraphPad Prism 3.0 software package (GraphPad Software, La Jolla, CA, USA) and Stata 12.0 (StataCorp, College Station, TX, USA). Normal Chi square and two tailed Fisher’s exact tests were calculated to determine the differences of genotype, allele and haplotype frequencies among the different ethnicities. Genotype and allele frequencies were determined by simple gene counting and haplotypes were reconstructed by using the expectation-maximum (EM) algorithm as implemented in the Arlequin v3.5.2.2 software (http://cmpg.unibe.ch/software/arlequin35/Arl35Downloads.html). The significance of deviations from Hardy Weinberg equilibrium was tested using the approach of Guo and Thompson random-permutation procedure implemented in Arlequin v. 3.5.2.2 software. Linkage disequilibrium (LD) analysis was performed using the Haploview v. 3.2 program (https://www.broadinstitute.org/haploview/downloads). The level of significance was set to a p-value of <0.05.

Results

The frequencies of CR1 genotypes in the five populations were in Hardy Weinberg equilibrium (p>0.05). The allele and genotype frequencies of the CR1 SNPs rs17259045, rs17047660 (McCa/b), rs17047661 (Sl1/Sl2) and rs6691117 (KCAM+/-) differed significantly among the groups (p≤0.01) (Table 1). Genotype frequencies of the CR1 variants rs41274768 (Kna/b) and rs4844609 (Sl4/Sl5) did not differ. The rs17259045AG genotype and the rs17259045G allele were more frequent in the Brazilian population. Moreover, the G carriers (AG and GG) and the G allele of variants rs17047660 (McCa/b), rs17047661 (Sl1/Sl2) and rs6691117 (KCAM+/-) were observed more commonly among the two African populations (Republic of Congo, Ghana). Interestingly, among Congolese and Ghanaian individuals the minor allele of SNPs rs17259045A/G, rs41274768G/A (Kna/b) and rs4844609T/A (Sl4/Sl5) did not occur at all; this allele was observed exclusively in Brazilian individuals. Except for rs6691117 (KCAM+/-), the Vietnamese population was monomorphic. The Indian group was monomorphic for three of the SNPs, but not for rs17259045, rs41274768 (Kna/b) and rs6691117 (KCAM+/-). Brazilian individuals were polymorphic for all SNPs (Table 1). The Knops blood antigen distribution among the studied populations is summarized in Table 2.

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Table 2. Knops blood group antigens distribution among world populations.

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Haplotypes were reconstructed from the six CR1 variants. A total of nine haplotypes were observed. The haplotype distributions are summarized in Table 3 and Fig 1. The CR1*AGAATA haplotype was more frequent among the Brazilian and Vietnamese populations; CR1*AGAATG occurred frequently among the Indian and Vietnamese groups, while CR1*AGAGTG was observed frequently among Congolese and Ghanaian individuals. The CR1*AGGGTG and CR1*AGAGTG haplotypes were observed only in Brazil and Africa, being far more frequent among the Congolese and Ghanaian groups. Interestingly, CR1*GGAATA was exclusively observed in the Brazilian population. Linkage disequilibrium (LD) analysis between SNPs revealed medium levels of LD for SNPs rs17047661 (Sl1/Sl2) and rs6691117 (KCAM+/-) and for rs17047660 (McCa/b) and rs17047661 (Sl1/Sl2) in the Congolese and Ghanaian study groups (Fig 2).

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Table 3. Reconstructed CR1 haplotype distribution among world populations.

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Fig 1. Distribution of CR1 haplotypes in world populations.

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Fig 2. Linkage disequilibrium (LD) of CR1 single nucleotide polymorphisms.

LD was calculated based on the data for Brazilian, Indian, Congolese and Ghanaian populations, being the pairwise correlation coefficient values (r2) between tag SNPs referred by numbers inside the squares that show the amount of LD between two SNPs. Black, gray, and white squares represent high, medium and low levels of LD, respectively. Relative position of SNPs on CR1 gene is indicated on the abscissas. (*) Vietnamese population was found monomorphic for five variants except for the variant rs6691117 in CR1 gene, therefore the LD plot for Vietnamese population was not possible.

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Discussion

Pathogens exert strong selective pressure on the human host, leading to substantial changes in host immune regulation thereby evading immune responses. This study utilized samples from population exposed to diverse infectious diseases, where a strong selective pressure is exerted by these infectious pathogens on the human immune locus. The samples utilized in this study are from different case-control cohorts investigated for possible associations of CR1 variants with different infectious diseases (unpublished data). Brazilian, Vietnamese and Indian samples utilized in this study are from an endemic area to Chagas disease, viral hepatitis and leprosy respectively. The Republic of Congo and Ghanaian samples are from malaria holoendemic sites.

CR1 genetic variants in exon 29 are associated with CR1 expression levels, C1q or C3b binding activity and increased susceptibility to various infectious diseases. This study investigated the entire exon 29 of CR1 in five diverse populations in order to assess the distribution of Knops blood group antigens and the distinct functional CR1 SNPs. Such studies on geographically diverse populations can provide insights on how these CR1 alleles have spread in populations and contribute to the understanding of natural selection.

Allele and genotype frequencies of CR1 variants in exon 29 [rs17259045, rs41274768 (Kna/b), rs17047660 (McCa/b), rs17047661 (Sl1/Sl2), rs4844609 (Sl4/Sl5), rs6691117 (KCAM+/-)] as well as their haplotype frequencies were differently distributed among the Brazilian, Vietnamese, Indian, Congolese and Ghanaian study groups. So far, the frequencies of these variants and especially, the distribution of blood group antigens have not been described explicitly for central African populations yet.

CR1 variants rs17047660A/G (McCa/b) and rs17047661A/G (Sl1/Sl2) were observed to be polymorphic only in the African groups compared to those from Asia and Brazil, indicating that the frequencies of these two SNPs result from a strong selective bias exerted by exposure to distinct pathogens especially by Plasmodium falciparum. This is substantiated by a high linkage disequilibrium between the two variants. Of the reconstructed CR1 haplotypes, CR1*AGAGTG and CR1 *AGGGTG were observed to be unique among the Congolese and Ghanaian groups. CR1*AGAGTG contains the allele of the rs17047660A. This locus also determines the Knops blood group antigen McCa/b. Studies have demonstrated that this blood group antigen is dominant among many ethnic groups of African ancestry living in malaria endemic regions [34].

Higher rates of adaptive evolution are expected to occur especially in genes involved in the immune system, as these gene loci coevolve with pathogens. This is largely contributed by two factors the genetics of the population and natural selection. Immune genes tend to evolve rapidly as selection pressure is changing continuously due to various pathogenic challenges. Therefore, positive selection of rs17047660A/G (McCa/b) and rs1704661A/G (Sl1/Sl2) loci is expected in sub-Saharan African populations exposed to distinct pathogenic challenges (e.g. falciparum malaria). Such a selective advantage occurs mainly in immune genes involved in pathogen recognition and signaling, and the CR1 is one of such genes involved in innate immunity.

In addition, the reported frequencies of these two loci, rs17047660A/G (Sl4/Sl5) and rs1704661A/G (Sl1/Sl2), in this study were in accordance with frequencies observed in other East and West African ethnicities as reported in the 1000 Genomes database (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/variation/tools/1000genomes). The frequencies in other African populations correspond to the frequencies observed in this study [rs17047660A/G (McCa/b): Gambian 0.67/0.32, Kenyan 0.69/0.31, Sierra Leone 0.71/0.29 and Yoruba 0.73/0.27; whereas for rs17047661A/G (Sl1/Sl2): Gambian 0.21/0.78, Kenyan 0.30/0.70, Sierra Leone 0.21/0.79 and Yoruba 0.30/0.70]. Also the reported frequencies in other studied Asian and Brazilian populations were in accordance with the frequencies described in the 1000 Genomes database.

There is growing evidence of ethnic differences in susceptibility to some infectious diseases and of genetic adaptation to diverse pathogens [18,35]. This study investigated five antigens of the Knops blood group including the Knops (rs41274768, Kna/b, p.N1540S), the McCoy (rs17047660, McCa/b, p.K1590E), the Swain-Langley/Villien (rs17047661, Sl1/Sl2, p.R1601G), the Swain-Langley (rs4844609, Sl4/Sl5, p.T1610S), and the KCAM antigens (rs6691117, KCAM+/-, p.I1615V) [19–23]. These Knops blood group polymorphisms have been found associated with various infectious diseases (Table 4). In particular, the two Knops blood group variants McCb (rs1704660G, E1590K) and Sl2 (rs1704661G, R1601G) have specific distributions among African populations, which has been related to selective pressure by malaria in Africa [36–42]. The substitution of lysine to glutamic acid at 1590 aa position modulates the epitope conformation and serologic reactivity due to its surface exposed feature, affecting the overall CR1 binding capacity [22]. A high frequency of the rs1704661G (Sl2) allele was observed in the African groups. The high frequency of the rs6691117G (KCAM-, I1615V) allele in Africa and India indicates that this allele, similar as the rs1704660G (McCb) and rs1704661G (Sl2) alleles, might also be subjected to selection. The presence of rs1704661G (McCb), which is almost limited to African populations, suggests that rs1704661A (Sl1) may be the ancestral allele [43]. Also a differential distribution of rs6691117A/G (KCAM+/-) variants was observed. For instance, in the Vietnamese and Brazilian groups, rs6691117A (KCAM+) is a major allele, while the variant rs6691117G (KCAM-) was observed to be the major allele in Africa. A study from India compared exon 29 CR1 variants in endemic and non-endemic populations and concluded that a differential association with falciparum malaria in regions of varying disease endemicity exists [44]. However, the Indian samples from the present study originate from an area not endemic for malaria.

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Table 4. Significance of CR1 exon 29 Single nucleotide polymorphisms.

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Taken together, this study revealed significant differences in allele, genotype and haplotype frequencies of CR1 SNPs in five populations. A limitation of this study might be a small sample size. However, this study, first to include population from Central Africa, may provide an increased understanding of the contribution of red blood cell phenotypes and the complement regulator protein with regard to possible associations with infectious diseases. Further studies are warranted with increased sample sizes, to determine the role of CR1 in disease associations and pathogenesis mechanisms.

Acknowledgments

The authors thank all the study participants. They also thank the staff of all the hospitals and institutions involved in this study for their support.

Author Contributions

  1. Conceptualization: TPV.
  2. Data curation: TLS SA DPG CNN.
  3. Formal analysis: TLS FAA HVT.
  4. Funding acquisition: PGK TPV.
  5. Investigation: TLS SA DPG CNN.
  6. Resources: NLT LHS PE KT VLL FN IJMR.
  7. Supervision: TPV.
  8. Writing – original draft: TLS TPV.
  9. Writing – review & editing: CGM TPV HVT.

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