Frontiers in Public Health (Jul 2022)

The rs8506 TT Genotype in lincRNA-NR_024015 Contributes to the Risk of Sepsis in a Southern Chinese Child Population

  • Jinqing Li,
  • Huazhong Zhou,
  • Bing Wei,
  • Di Che,
  • Yufen Xu,
  • Lei Pi,
  • Lanyan Fu,
  • Jie Hong,
  • Xiaoqiong Gu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.927527
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10

Abstract

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BackgroundSepsis is a highly life-threatening heterogeneous syndrome and a global health burden. Studies have shown that many genetic variants could influence the risk of sepsis. Long non-coding RNA lincRNA-NR_024015 may participate in functional alteration of endothelial cell via vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling, whereas its relevance between the lincRNA-NR_024015 polymorphism and sepsis susceptibility is still unclear.Methods474 sepsis patients and 678 healthy controls were enrolled from a southern Chinese child population in the present study. The polymorphism of rs8506 in lincRNA-NR_024015 was determined using Taqman methodology.ResultsOverall, a significant association was found between rs8506 polymorphism and the risk of sepsis disease (TT vs. CC/CT: adjusted OR = 1.751, 95%CI = 1.024–2.993, P = 0.0406). In the stratified analysis, the results suggested that the carriers of TT genotypes had a significantly increased sepsis risk among the children aged 12–60 months, females, early-stage sepsis and survivors (TT vs. CC/CT: ORage = 2.413; ORfemale = 2.868; ORsepsis = 2.533; ORsurvivor = 1.822; adjusted for age and gender, P < 0.05, respectively).ConclusionOur study indicated that lincRNA-NR_024015 rs8506 TT genotype might contribute to the risk of sepsis in a southern Chinese child population. Future research is required to elucidate the possible immunoregulatory mechanisms of this association and advance the development of novel biomarkers in sepsis.

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