ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the relationship between the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of rs1008438 in HSP70 promoter and the susceptibility of high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) .Methods The PCR‐DNA sequencing method was used to analyze gene distribution of rs1008438 in 100 HAPE patients and 200 healthy people ,and the relationship between dif‐ferent genotypes and HAPE was evaluated .Meanwhile ,HSP70 protein in cytoplasm and nuclei of white blood cells were detected by ELISA in patientgroup and healthy group .TNF‐α,IL‐1β and IL‐6 levels were analyzed by protein chip technology and EVI‐DENCE180 automatic chip reader .Results The TT ,GT ,and GG genetype frequencies of rs1008438 in HAPE patients and healthy controls were 76 .0% ,20 .0% ,4 .0% ,and 93 .0% ,6 .5% ,0 .5% ,respectively .The TT genetype frequency in HAPE patients was significantly lower than that in healthy control(P<0 .05) .The HAPE incidence rate in GT/GG genetype was 4 .195 times higher than that in TT genetype ,and the allele G can also significantly increase the prevalence of HAPE compared to T allele (OR=4 .178) .ELISA showed that HSP70 were higher in HAPE group of all genotypes than those in healthy control of the same geno‐type .And the nuclei/cytoplasm ratio of HSP70 in TT genotype was higher than that in GT/GG genotype .Protein chip showed that the levels of TNF α,IL‐1β,and IL‐6 in HAPE group were significantly higher than those in healthy control .Conclusion The poly‐morphism of rs1008438 is related to susceptibility of HAPE .Mutate genetype may change the promoter activity and increase the ex‐pression of HSP70 ,which induced HAPE .