Localized Provoked Vulvodynia: Association With Nerve Growth Factor and Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Type 1
Limor Kalfon1, Audrey Azran2, Yaniv Farajun2
1Institute of Human Genetics, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel.
Objective:
The aim of the study was to study the associations between localized provoked vulvodynia (LPV) and several single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1), nerve growth factor (NGF), and the heparanase (HPSE) genes.
Materials And Methods:
Prevalence of SNPs among 65 women with moderate or severe primary LPV (initial symptoms occur with first provoking physical contact) and 126 healthy, ethnically matched controls was analyzed in an observational case-control study. Each participant answered a questionnaire addressing familial LPV occurrence and comorbid pain conditions.
Results:
Familial occurrences of LPV, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) symptoms, recurrent vaginitis, and irritable bowel syndrome were significantly higher among LPV women than healthy controls. Genotyping analyses revealed a novel, statistically significant high prevalence of polymorphism c.945G>C (rs222747) of TRPV1 and a SNP in the promoter region of NGF (rs11102930) in LPV women compared with controls. A logistic regression model for rs222747 and rs11102930 frequent alleles indicates significant LPV association within the entire study group and Ashkenazi Jewish women, respectively. Comparison of pain conditions with frequent alleles showed the rs222747 "CC" genotype of TRPV1 associated with women with TMJ, recurrent vaginitis, and LPV.
Conclusions:
Our results suggest novel genetic susceptibility to primary LPV associated with specific alleles in genes TRPV1 and NGF and propose the rs222747 "C" allele of TRPV1 as a common genetic predisposition for other pain syndromes.
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