NRAMP1 and VDR gene polymorphisms have been variably associated with susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) amongst populations having different genetic background. NRAMP1 and VDR gene variants' association with susceptibility to active infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) was analyzed in the Warao Amerindian population, an ethnic population from Venezuela's Orinoco delta region. Genomic DNA was extracted from individuals with and without TB to evaluate genetic polymorphism by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). Four NRAMP1 gene polymorphisms were analyzed: D543N (rs17235409), 3' UTR (rs17235416), INT4 (rs3731865), and 274C/T (rs2276631), and one VDR gene polymorphism: FokI (rs2228570). The results showed that the genotypes D543N-A/A, 3'UTR-TGTG+/+, INT4-C/C, and 274C/T-T/T of known polymorphism in the NRAMP1 gene, as well as the genotypes FokI-F/f and FokI-f/f in the VDR gene were most often found in indigenous Warao with active TB. Binomial logistic regression was used for evaluating associations between polymorphisms and risk of contracting TB, an association between NRAMP1-D543N-A/A genotype distribution and TB susceptibility was found in Warao Amerindians. Regarding Venezuelan populations having different genetic backgrounds; statistically significant TB associations concerning NRAMP1-D543N-A/A, INT4-C/C and 3'UTR-TGTG+/+ variant genotype distributions in Warao Amerindians (indigenous) compared to Creole (admixed non-indigenous population) individuals were found. In conclusion, the results thus indicated that the association between NRAMP1-D543N-A/A genotype and TB in Warao Amerindians could support such allele's role in host susceptibility to Mtb infection.
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