Polymorphism of TGF-β1 (rs1800469) in children with different degrees of myopia

Authors

  • N.V. Malachkova Vinnytsia National Pirogov Memorial Medical University; Vinnytsia (Ukraine)
  • D.A. Yatsenko Vinnytsia National Pirogov Memorial Medical University; Vinnytsia (Ukraine)
  • G.P. Ljudkevich Vinnytsia National Pirogov Memorial Medical University; Vinnytsia (Ukraine)
  • V.M. Shkarupa Vinnytsia National Pirogov Memorial Medical University; Vinnytsia (Ukraine)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31288/oftalmolzh201854548

Keywords:

myopia, sclera, TGF-β1, polymorphism

Abstract

Background: TGF-β is a key intrascleral mediator of extracellular matrix remodeling.

Purpose: To investigate the pattern of allele frequency and genotype distribution for TGF-β1 gene rs1800469 among the Ukrainian Podillia region’s pediatric population with different degrees of myopia.

Materials and Methods: Real-time polymerase chain reaction was used for genotyping for TGF-β1 gene rs1800469 in 105 children (210 eyes) with different degrees of myopia and 107 emmetropic children.

Results: Compared to controls, significant differences in allele and genotype frequencies for the SNP under investigation were found only in the high myopia group. The presence of the C allele of TGF-β1 -509 C>T (rs1800469) was found to increase the risk for developing high myopia (OR = 2.44, 95% CI, 1.17–5.08; p = 0.02). The presence of a variant T allele was found to have an additive protective effect against developing high myopia in the CT genotype carriers (OR = 0.85, 95% CI, 0.34–2.16; p = 0.02) and TT genotype carriers (OR = 0.16; 95% CI, 0.02–1.29; p = 0.02).

Conclusion: To our best knowledge, this study is the first to demonstrate that the CC genotype of rs1800469 is associated with the risk of the development of high myopia in a European population.

References

Holden BA, Fricke TR, Wilson DA, et al. Global prevalence of myopia and high myopia and temporal trends from 2000 through 2050. Ophthalmology. 2016 May;123(5):1036-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.01.006

Chiang PP-C, Fenwick E, Cheung CMG, Lamoureux EL. Public health impact of pathologic myopia. In: Spaide RF, Ohno-Matsui K, Yannuzzi LA, eds. Pathologic Myopia. New York: Springer-Verlag; 2014:75-81. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8338-0_6

Morgan IG, Ohno-Matsui K, Saw SM. Myopia. Lancet. 2012;379:1739-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60272-4

Metlapally R, Wildsoet CF. Scleral mechanisms underlying ocular growth and myopia. Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci. 2015;134:241-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pmbts.2015.05.005

Summers J. A. The sclera and its role in regulation of the refractive state. In: Spaide R, Ohno-Matsui K, Yannuzzi L, editors. Pathologic Myopia. New York, NY: Springer 2014:59-74. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8338-0_5

Jobling AI, Wan R, Gentle A, and McBrien NA. TGF-Beta as an intrascleral mediator of remodeling during myopia development: Regulation of scleral ptoteogleacans. Invest Ophth Vis Sci. 2008;49(13):1735.

Jobling AI, Nguyen M, Gentle A, McBrien NA. Isoform-specific changes in scleral transforming growth factor-β expression and the regulation of collagen synthesis during myopia progression. J Biol Chem. 2004;279(18):18121-6. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M400381200

McBrien N. A. Regulation of scleral metabolism in myopia and the role of transforming growth factor-beta. Exp Eye Res. 2013 Sep;114:128-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2013.01.014

Lam DSC, Lee WS, Leung YF, et al. TGFβ-induced factor; a candidate gene for high myopia. Invest Ophthal Vis Sci. 2003;44:1012-5. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.02-0058

Lin HJ, Wan L, Tsai Y, et al. Sclera-related gene polymorphisms in high myopia. Mol Vis. 2009 Aug 20;15:1655-63.

Meng B, Li SM, Yang Y, Yang ZR. The association of TGFB1 genetic polymorphisms with high myopia:a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Clin Exp Med. 2015;15(8(11)):20355-67.

Rasool S, Ahmed I, Dar R, Ayub SG, et al. Contribution of TGFβ1 codon 10 polymorphism to high myopia in an ethnic Kashmiri population from India. Biochem Genet. 2013 Apr;51(3-4):323-33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-012-9565-6

Biler ED, Ilim O, Palamar M, et al.TGFB1 and LAMA1 gene polymorphisms in children with high myopia. Pak J Med Sci. 2018 Mar-Apr;34(2):463-7. https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.342.14616

Sandhya A, Bindu C, Reddy K, Vishnupriya S. TGFB1 codon 10 polymorphism and its association with the development of myopia: a case-control study. Biol Med. 2011;3(4):18-24.

Martelossi CGC, Paiva TK, Badaro GS, et al. TGF-β1 functional polymorphisms: a review. Eur Cyrokine Review. 2016 Nov 1;27(4):81-9. https://doi.org/10.1684/ecn.2016.0382

Jiang B, Wu ZY, Zhu ZC, et al. Expression and role of specificity protein 1 in the sclera remodeling of experimental myopia in guinea pigs. Int J Ophthalmol. 2017 Apr 18;10(4):550-4. https://doi.org/10.18240/ijo.2017.04.08

Shah R, Hurley CK, Posch PE. A molecular mechanism for the differential regulation of TGF-β1 expression due to the common SNP− 509C-T (c.− 1347C> T). Hum Genet. 2006 Nov;120(4):461-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-006-0194-1

Avetisov ES. [Myopia]. Moscow: Meditsina; 2002. Russian

Ohno-Matsui K. Sclera-targeted therapies for pathologic myopia. In: Spaide R, Ohno-Matsui K, Yannuzzi L, editors. Pathologic Myopia. New York, NY: Springer 2014:353-60. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8338-0_25

Published

2026-01-14

How to Cite

[1]
Malachkova, N. et al. 2026. Polymorphism of TGF-β1 (rs1800469) in children with different degrees of myopia. Ukrainian Journal of Ophthalmology . 5 (Jan. 2026), 45–48. DOI:https://doi.org/10.31288/oftalmolzh201854548.

Issue

Section

Clinical Ophthalmology

Similar Articles

<< < 1 2 3 

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.