Beta
291354

Immunological And Genotyping Study of Toxoplasma Gondi and Its Relationship with Toll Like Receptor 4 “TLR4” Polymorphism in Aborted Women

Article

Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Background:  Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) causes toxoplasmosis, a dangerous and prevalent disease. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are the best-studied pattern recognition receptors in mammals. Objective: The current study was conducted at Al-Diwaniya Maternity and Children Teaching Hospital, Diwaniyah city, Iraq, from December 2020 to August 2021. Methods: Blood samples and placenta tissue pieces were collected prospectively from 30 patients newly diagnosed with toxoplasmosis and 64 healthy controls. Women in both groups underwent a spontaneous abortion. A human Toll-Like Receptor 4 (TLR4) ELISA kit was used to measure TLR4 levels and blood DNA extraction. ARMS-PCR was adopted to analyze the polymorphism for TLR4 Asp299Gly, and SAG3 marker was used to analyze the genotype of Toxoplasma strains. Results: The frequency distribution of the A allele and G allele was statistically non-significant between the patients and the control group. The polymorphism analysis of the Asp299Gly SNP in the TLR4 gene showed abortion had no significant association with toxoplasma infection (P> 0.05). Genotype II was more prevalent in aborted Iraqi women (22/30) than in control. The obtained result revealed that the concentration of TLR4 in serum women infected with type I Toxoplasma was significantly higher (P< 0.05) in the AA genotype of TLR4 Asp299Gly ( mean 1328 pg/ml, SD: 266.1pg/ml ), compared to AG genotype (mean; 923.6 pg/ml, SD: 27.2 pg/ml). Discussion: These findings highlighted the significance of TLR molecules in Toxoplasma gondii infection and the need for close collaboration between practitioners and to lessen the illness burden of toxoplasmosis.  

DOI

10.21608/ejhm.2023.291354

Keywords

toxoplasma gondii, Sag3, TLR4, Asp299Gly Polymorphism, ARMS-PCR

Authors

First Name

Ihsan K. A.

Last Name

Alkardhi

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

-

Email

ihsan.khudhair@qu.edu.iq

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Hatem

Last Name

Masmoudi

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

-

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Hayder A.

Last Name

Muhammed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

-

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Hayet

Last Name

Sellami

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

-

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

90

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

39562

Issue Date

2023-01-01

Receive Date

2023-03-18

Publish Date

2023-01-01

Page Start

3,338

Page End

3,345

Print ISSN

1687-2002

Online ISSN

2090-7125

Link

https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/article_291354.html

Detail API

https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=291354

Order

206

Type

Original Article

Type Code

606

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

Publication Link

https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Immunological And Genotyping Study of Toxoplasma Gondi and Its Relationship with Toll Like Receptor 4 “TLR4” Polymorphism in Aborted Women

Details

Type

Article

Created At

24 Dec 2024