Genetic screening of PLA1/PLA2 polymorphous marker of integrin beta 3 (ITGB3) GP IIIA gene in adolescent girls with puberty menorrhagia

J Med Life. 2023 Feb;16(2):261-266. doi: 10.25122/jml-2022-0350.

Abstract

Puberty menorrhagia is one of the urgent problems of modern reproductive medicine. The study aimed to investigate the relationship between polymorphism of the GP IIIa (PLA1/PLA2) gene and improve the diagnosis of puberty menorrhagia in girls with thyroid gland pathology. Ninety-seven girls at puberty age were divided into three groups: group 1 (main) - girls with puberty menorrhagia and thyroid gland pathology (30 individuals), group 2 (comparison) - 40 girls with puberty menorrhagia, group 3 (control) - 27 practically healthy girls. Polymorphism of the GP IIIa (PLA1/PLA2) gene was studied by isolating genomic DNA from peripheral blood leukocytes, followed by amplification with a polymerase chain reaction. Results showed that mutation in the 17th chromosome of q21.32 of the GP IIIa gene occurred in 8.6% of cases among adolescents with menorrhagia, in contrast to the control group, where it was not observed at all. The A1A1-genotype occurred by 11.7% (X2=4.01, p=0.041) more often in adolescents with menorrhagia than in girls with concomitant thyroid gland pathology and by 15.0% (X2=4.54, p=0.033) more often than in the control group. It was also found that the presence of the A1A2-genotype unreliably reduced the chances of uterine bleeding in adolescent girls by 1.45 times (OR=2.12) and was a protective factor in the puberty menorrhagia occurrence (OR=0.47). It may be concluded that the identification of a hereditary factor of the reproductive system diseases of adolescent girls fundamentally changes the point of view on the tactics of disease management and subsequent therapy.

Keywords: ITGB3 (GP IIIA) gene polymorphism; adolescent girls; menorrhagia; thyroid gland.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Genetic Testing
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Integrin beta3* / genetics
  • Menorrhagia* / genetics
  • Puberty

Substances

  • Integrin beta3
  • ITGB3 protein, human