Correlations between CXCL13, IL-24 genes and wrist arthritis

G. Zhao, J.-Y. Mi, X.-Y. Pan, X. Zhang, Y.-J. Rui

Department of Medicine, Soochow University, Suzhou, China. wxswkryj@163.com

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• Rheumatology

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between B lymphocyte chemokine 1 (CXCL13) and interleukin-24 (IL-24) gene and wrist arthritis.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 122 cases of patients with wrist arthritis treated in our hospital from May 2013 to April 2016 were randomly selected as wrist arthritis group, while 120 normal subjects were selected as normal control group. Venous blood was collected from all patients in normal control group and wrist arthritis group, respectively. Rheumatoid factor (RF), human C-reactive protein (CRP), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) in venous blood were measured. The visual analogue scale (VAS) score was used to statistically analyze the pain of subjects in normal control and wrist arthritis groups; the wrist flexion and extension activities of subjects in normal control group and wrist arthritis group were measured. The expressions of CXCL13 and IL-24 mRNA in synovial tissue of normal control group and wrist arthritis group were detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Western blotting was used to detect the expressions of CXCL13 and IL-24 in normal control group and wrist arthritis group.

RESULTS: The levels of CRP, RF, and ESR in the normal control group were within the normal range, but the levels of CRP, RF, and ESR in the wrist arthritis group were significantly higher than those in the normal control group. VAS scores and joint flexion extension activities in the normal control group were at normal levels. The VAS score of wrist arthritis group was significantly higher than that of the normal control group, and the joint flexion extension activities were significantly lower than that in the normal control group. The results of RT-PCR showed that the expression of CXCL13 mRNA in synovial tissue of wrist arthritis was significantly higher than that in the normal control group, while the expression of IL-24 mRNA in synovial tissue of wrist arthritis was significantly lower than that in normal control tissues. Western blotting showed that the expression of CXCL13 in synovial tissue of wrist arthritis was significantly higher than that in the normal control group, while the expression of IL-24 in synovial tissue of wrist arthritis was significantly lower than that in normal control groups. Analysis of variance showed that the expressions of CXCL13 and IL-24 in the normal control group and wrist arthritis group had statistically significant differences (p<0.01).

CONCLUSIONS: The abnormal expressions of CXCL13 and IL-24 are closely related to the occurrence and development of wrist arthritis. This study shows that CXCL13 and IL-24 have important research values in wrist arthritis. CXCL13 and IL-24 expressions can be used as new indicators of the diagnosis and treatment of wrist arthritis.

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