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result sql = BACKGROUND : The observation that only a minority of alcoholics develops clinical pancreatic disease has led to a search for a predisposing factor to the disease. One possible predisposing factor is mutation of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene as cystic fibrosis leads to pancreatic injury. We have recently demonstrated that 15 common CFTR mutations are not found in patients with alcoholic pancreatitis. Another common polymorphism of the CFTR gene has recently been implicated in the pathogenesis of idiopathic chronic pancreatitis, the 5T variant of the variable length polythymidine tract in intron 8 (the normal genotypes are 7T and 9T). The 5T variant inhibits transcription of exon 9 resulting in a CFTR protein lacking chloride channel activity. The aim of this study was to determine whether the 5T variant is associated with alcoholic pancreatitis.

METHODS : Fifty-two patients with alcoholic pancreatitis were identified using standardized diagnostic criteria. Fifty alcoholics without pancreatitis were also studied as controls. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood leukocytes and the polythymidine tract of intron 8 was amplified by nested polymerase chain reaction using established primers. The polymerase chain reaction products were digested with MseI, separated by electrophoresis on 15% polyacrylamide gels and genotypes assigned by comparison with known positive controls.

RESULTS : The 5T allele we found in only two patients with alcoholic pancreatitis (3.9% of th index group; 95% confidence intervals 0-10%) and in seven alco holic controls. Allele frequencies for 5T, 7T, and 9T in patients with alcoholic pancreatitis were 1.9%, 85.6%, and 12.5%, respectively These did not differ from the allele frequencies in alcoholic controls (7%, 79%, and 14% for 5T, 7T, and 9T, respectively).

CONCLUSION : The 5T allele was not associated with alcoholic pancreatitis. Individual susceptibility to this disease remains unexplained.

Publication: Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res. 1999 Mar ;23(3)::509-12.
Publication Date: 1999 Mar
Study Author(s): Haber, P S;Norris, M D;Apte, M V;Rodgers, S C;Norton, I D;Pirola, R C;Roberts-Thomson, I C;Wilson, J S;
Institution: Department of Gastroenterology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
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BACKGROUND : The observation that only a minority of alcoholics develops clinical pancreatic disease has led to a search for a predisposing factor to the disease. One possible predisposing factor is mutation of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene as cystic fibrosis leads to pancreatic injury. We have recently demonstrated that 15 common CFTR mutations are not found in patients with alcoholic pancreatitis. Another common polymorphism of the CFTR gene has recently been implicated in the pathogenesis of idiopathic chronic pancreatitis, the 5T variant of the variable length polythymidine tract in intron 8 (the normal genotypes are 7T and 9T). The 5T variant inhibits transcription of exon 9 resulting in a CFTR protein lacking chloride channel activity. The aim of this study was to determine whether the 5T variant is associated with alcoholic pancreatitis.

METHODS : Fifty-two patients with alcoholic pancreatitis were identified using standardized diagnostic criteria. Fifty alcoholics without pancreatitis were also studied as controls. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood leukocytes and the polythymidine tract of intron 8 was amplified by nested polymerase chain reaction using established primers. The polymerase chain reaction products were digested with MseI, separated by electrophoresis on 15% polyacrylamide gels and genotypes assigned by comparison with known positive controls.

RESULTS : The 5T allele we found in only two patients with alcoholic pancreatitis (3.9% of th index group; 95% confidence intervals 0-10%) and in seven alco holic controls. Allele frequencies for 5T, 7T, and 9T in patients with alcoholic pancreatitis were 1.9%, 85.6%, and 12.5%, respectively These did not differ from the allele frequencies in alcoholic controls (7%, 79%, and 14% for 5T, 7T, and 9T, respectively).

CONCLUSION : The 5T allele was not associated with alcoholic pancreatitis. Individual susceptibility to this disease remains unexplained.
PMID: 10195826

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