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Sidali S, Borie R, Sicre de Fontbrune F, El Husseini K, Rautou PE, Lainey E, Goria O, Crestani B, Cadranel J, Cottin V, Bunel V, Dumortier J, Jacquemin E, Reboux N, Hirschi S, Bourdin A, Meszaros M, Dharancy S, Hilaire S, Mallet V, Reynaud-Gaubert M, Terriou L, Gottrand F, Abou Chahla W, Khan JE, Carrier P, Saliba F, Rubbia-Brandt L, Aubert JD, Elkrief L, de Lédinghen V, Abergel A, Olivier T, Houssel P, Jouneau S, Wemeau L, Bergeron A, Leblanc T, Ollivier-Hourmand I, Nguyen Khac E, Morisse-Pradier H, Ba I, Boileau C, Roudot-Thoraval F, Vilgrain V, Bureau C, Nunes H, Naccache JM, Durand F, Francoz C, Roulot D, Valla D, Paradis V, Kannengiesser C, Plessier A. Liver disease in germline mutations of telomere-related genes: Prevalence, clinical, radiological, pathological features, outcome, and risk factors. Hepatology 2024; 79:1365-1380. [PMID: 37934624 DOI: 10.1097/hep.0000000000000667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/09/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIM Germline mutations of telomere-related genes (TRG) induce multiorgan dysfunction, and liver-specific manifestations have not been clearly outlined. We aimed to describe TRG mutations-associated liver diseases. APPROACH AND RESULTS Retrospective multicenter analysis of liver disease (transaminases > 30 IU/L and/or abnormal liver imaging) in patients with TRG mutations. Main measurements were characteristics, outcomes, and risk factors of liver disease in a TRG mutations cohort. The prevalence of liver disease was compared to a community-based control group (n = 1190) stratified for age and matched 1:3 for known risk factors of liver disease. Among 132 patients with TRG mutations, 95 (72%) had liver disease, with associated lung, blood, skin, rheumatological, and ophthalmological TRG diseases in 82%, 77%, 55%, 39%, and 30% of cases, respectively. Liver biopsy was performed in 52/95 patients, identifying porto-sinusoidal vascular disease in 48% and advanced fibrosis/cirrhosis in 15%. After a follow-up of 21 months (12-54), ascites, hepato-pulmonary syndrome, variceal bleeding, and HCC occurred in 14%, 13%, 13%, and 2% of cases, respectively. Five-year liver transplantation-free survival was 69%. A FIB-4 score ≥ 3·25 and ≥1 risk factor for cirrhosis were associated with poor liver transplantation-free survival. Liver disease was more frequent in patients with TRG mutations than in the paired control group [80/396, (20%)], OR 12.9 (CI 95%: 7.8-21.3, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS TRG mutations significantly increase the risk of developing liver disease. Although symptoms may be mild, they may be associated with severe disease. Porto-sinusoidal vascular disease and cirrhosis were the most frequent lesions, suggesting that the mechanism of action is multifactorial.
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- Sabrina Sidali
- Université de Paris, AP-HP, C, DMU DIGEST, Centre de Référence des Maladies Vasculaires du Foie, FILFOIE, ERN RARE-LIVER, Centre de Recherche sur l'inflammation, Inserm, Paris, France
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charles Nicolle, Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Rouen, France
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- APHP, Service de Pneumologie, Centre de Référence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, FHU APOLLO, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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- Hematology Transplant Unit, Hôpital Saint louis, APHP, Paris, France, and French National Referral Center for Aplastic Anemia, CRMR
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- APHP, Service de Pneumologie, Centre de Référence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, FHU APOLLO, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charles Nicolle, Pneumologie, Rouen, France
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- Université de Paris, AP-HP, C, DMU DIGEST, Centre de Référence des Maladies Vasculaires du Foie, FILFOIE, ERN RARE-LIVER, Centre de Recherche sur l'inflammation, Inserm, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, AP-HP, C, DMU DIGEST, Centre de Référence des Maladies Vasculaires du Foie, FILFOIE, ERN RARE-LIVER, Centre de Recherche sur l'inflammation, Inserm, Paris, France
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charles Nicolle, Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Rouen, France
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- APHP, Service de Pneumologie, Centre de Référence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, FHU APOLLO, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Lyon Sud, Pneumologie, Pierre-Bénite, France
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- APHP, Service de Pneumologie, Centre de Référence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, FHU APOLLO, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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- Hôpital Kremlin-Bicêtre AP-HP, Hépatologie Pédiatrique, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire Morvan, Hépatologie, Brest, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Strasbourg, Pneumologie, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Pneumologie, Montpellier, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Hépatologie, Montpellier, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Hépatologie, Lille, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Médecine interne- Hématologie, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, Department of pediatric gastroenterology hepatology and nutrition, Inserm, Lille, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Hémato-Pédiatrie, Lille, France
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- Hôpital Universitaire Dupuytren, Hépatologie, Limoges, France
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- Hôpital Paul-Brousse, AP-HP, Hépatologie, Villejuif, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Pneumologie, Lausanne, Suisse
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- Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours, Hépatologie, Tours, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire - Haut-Lévêque, Hépatologie, Pessac, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Hépatologie, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Hépatologie, Rennes, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Pneumologie, Lille, France
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- Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG), Pneumologie, Genève, Suisse
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- Hematology Transplant Unit, Hôpital Saint louis, APHP, Paris, France, and French National Referral Center for Aplastic Anemia, CRMR
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens-Picardie Site Sud, Hépatologie, Amiens, France
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- Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard AP-HP, Génétique, Paris, France
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- Hôpital Avicenne AP-HP, Pneumologie, Bobigny, France
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- Université de Paris, AP-HP, C, DMU DIGEST, Centre de Référence des Maladies Vasculaires du Foie, FILFOIE, ERN RARE-LIVER, Centre de Recherche sur l'inflammation, Inserm, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, AP-HP, C, DMU DIGEST, Centre de Référence des Maladies Vasculaires du Foie, FILFOIE, ERN RARE-LIVER, Centre de Recherche sur l'inflammation, Inserm, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, AP-HP, C, DMU DIGEST, Centre de Référence des Maladies Vasculaires du Foie, FILFOIE, ERN RARE-LIVER, Centre de Recherche sur l'inflammation, Inserm, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, AP-HP, C, DMU DIGEST, Centre de Référence des Maladies Vasculaires du Foie, FILFOIE, ERN RARE-LIVER, Centre de Recherche sur l'inflammation, Inserm, Paris, France
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Groen K, van der Vis JJ, van Batenburg AA, Kazemier KM, de Bruijn MJ, Stadhouders R, Arp P, Verkerk AJ, Schoemaker AE, de Bie CI, Massink MP, van Beek FT, Grutters JC, Vergouw LJ, van Moorsel CH. A new variant in the ZCCHC8 gene: diverse clinical phenotypes and expression in the lung. ERJ Open Res 2024; 10:00487-2023. [PMID: 38375433 PMCID: PMC10875464 DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00487-2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/21/2024] Open
Abstract
Introduction Pulmonary fibrosis is a severe disease which can be familial. A genetic cause can only be found in ∼40% of families. Searching for shared novel genetic variants may aid the discovery of new genetic causes of disease. Methods Whole-exome sequencing was performed in 152 unrelated patients with a suspected genetic cause of pulmonary fibrosis from the St Antonius interstitial lung disease biobank. Variants of interest were selected by filtering for novel, potentially deleterious variants that were present in at least three unrelated pulmonary fibrosis patients. Results The novel c.586G>A p.(E196K) variant in the ZCCHC8 gene was observed in three unrelated patients: two familial patients and one sporadic patient, who was later genealogically linked to one of the families. The variant was identified in nine additional relatives with pulmonary fibrosis and other telomere-related phenotypes, such as pulmonary arterial venous malformations, emphysema, myelodysplastic syndrome, acute myeloid leukaemia and dyskeratosis congenita. One family showed incomplete segregation, with absence of the variant in one pulmonary fibrosis patient who carried a PARN variant. The majority of ZCCHC8 variant carriers showed short telomeres in blood. ZCCHC8 protein was located in different lung cell types, including alveolar type 2 (AT2) pneumocytes, the culprit cells in pulmonary fibrosis. AT2 cells showed telomere shortening and increased DNA damage, which was comparable to patients with sporadic pulmonary fibrosis and those with pulmonary fibrosis carrying a telomere-related gene variant, respectively. Discussion The ZCCHC8 c.586G>A variant confirms the involvement of ZCCHC8 in pulmonary fibrosis and short-telomere syndromes and underlines the importance of including the ZCCHC8 gene in diagnostic gene panels for these diseases.
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- Karlijn Groen
- Department of Pulmonology, St Antonius ILD Center of Excellence, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonology, St Antonius ILD Center of Excellence, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, St Antonius ILD Center of Excellence, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonology, St Antonius ILD Center of Excellence, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonology, St Antonius ILD Center of Excellence, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
- Center of Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Laboratory of Population Genomics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Laboratory of Population Genomics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonology, St Antonius ILD Center of Excellence, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonology, St Antonius ILD Center of Excellence, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
- Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Laboratory of Population Genomics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonology, St Antonius ILD Center of Excellence, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
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Borie R, Kannengiesser C, Antoniou K, Bonella F, Crestani B, Fabre A, Froidure A, Galvin L, Griese M, Grutters JC, Molina-Molina M, Poletti V, Prasse A, Renzoni E, van der Smagt J, van Moorsel CHM. European Respiratory Society statement on familial pulmonary fibrosis. Eur Respir J 2023; 61:13993003.01383-2022. [PMID: 36549714 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01383-2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Genetic predisposition to pulmonary fibrosis has been confirmed by the discovery of several gene mutations that cause pulmonary fibrosis. Although genetic sequencing of familial pulmonary fibrosis (FPF) cases is embedded in routine clinical practice in several countries, many centres have yet to incorporate genetic sequencing within interstitial lung disease (ILD) services and proper international consensus has not yet been established. An international and multidisciplinary expert Task Force (pulmonologists, geneticists, paediatrician, pathologist, genetic counsellor, patient representative and librarian) reviewed the literature between 1945 and 2022, and reached consensus for all of the following questions: 1) Which patients may benefit from genetic sequencing and clinical counselling? 2) What is known of the natural history of FPF? 3) Which genes are usually tested? 4) What is the evidence for telomere length measurement? 5) What is the role of common genetic variants (polymorphisms) in the diagnostic workup? 6) What are the optimal treatment options for FPF? 7) Which family members are eligible for genetic sequencing? 8) Which clinical screening and follow-up parameters may be considered in family members? Through a robust review of the literature, the Task Force offers a statement on genetic sequencing, clinical management and screening of patients with FPF and their relatives. This proposal may serve as a basis for a prospective evaluation and future international recommendations.
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- Raphael Borie
- Université Paris Cité, Inserm, PHERE, Hôpital Bichat, AP-HP, Service de Pneumologie A, Centre Constitutif du Centre de Référence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, FHU APOLLO, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Pneumonology, Department of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Center for Interstitial and Rare Lung Diseases, Pneumology Department, Ruhrlandklinik, University Hospital, University of Essen, European Reference Network (ERN)-LUNG, ILD Core Network, Essen, Germany
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- Université Paris Cité, Inserm, PHERE, Hôpital Bichat, AP-HP, Service de Pneumologie A, Centre Constitutif du Centre de Référence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, FHU APOLLO, Paris, France
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- Department of Histopathology, St Vincent's University Hospital and UCD School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Pulmonology Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc and Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- European Pulmonary Fibrosis Federation, Blackrock, Ireland
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- Dr von Haunersches Kinderspital, University of Munich, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munich, Germany
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- ILD Center of Excellence, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
- Division of Heart and Lungs, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, Respiratory Department, University Hospital of Bellvitge, IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), CIBERES, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Diseases of the Thorax, Ospedale GB Morgagni, Forlì, Italy
- Department of Experimental, Diagnostics and Speciality Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pulmonology, Hannover Medical School, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), BREATH, Hannover, Germany
- Fraunhofer ITEM, Hannover, Germany
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- Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield Clinical Group, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Margaret Turner Warwick Centre for Fibrosing Lung Disease, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Groen K, van der Vis JJ, van Batenburg AA, Kazemier KM, Grutters JC, van Moorsel CHM. Genetic Variant Overlap Analysis Identifies Established and Putative Genes Involved in Pulmonary Fibrosis. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24032790. [PMID: 36769106 PMCID: PMC9917193 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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In only around 40% of families with pulmonary fibrosis (PF) a suspected genetic cause can be found. Genetic overlap analysis of Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) data may be a powerful tool to discover new shared variants in novel genes for PF. As a proof of principle, we first selected unrelated PF patients for whom a genetic variant was detected (n = 125) in established PF genes and searched for overlapping variants. Second, we performed WES (n = 149) and identified novel potentially deleterious variants shared by at least two unrelated PF patients. These variants were genotyped in validation cohorts (n = 2748). In 125 unrelated patients, a potentially deleterious variant was detected in known PF genes of which 15 variants in six genes overlapped, involving 51 patients. Overlap analysis of WES data identified two novel variants of interest: TOM1L2 c.421T > C p.(Y141H) and TDP1c.1373dupG p.(S459fs*5), neither gene had been related to pulmonary fibrosis before. Both proteins were present in the alveolar epithelium. No apparent characteristics of telomere disease were observed. This study underlines the potential of searching for overlapping rare potentially deleterious variants to identify disease-associated variants and genes. A previously unreported variant was found in two putative new PF genes, but further research is needed to determine causality.
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- Karlijn Groen
- Department of Pulmonology, St. Antonius ILD Center of Excellence, St. Antonius Hospital, 3435 CM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonology, St. Antonius ILD Center of Excellence, St. Antonius Hospital, 3435 CM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, St. Antonius ILD Center of Excellence, St. Antonius Hospital, 3435 CM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonology, St. Antonius ILD Center of Excellence, St. Antonius Hospital, 3435 CM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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- Center of Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Division of Hearts and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonology, St. Antonius ILD Center of Excellence, St. Antonius Hospital, 3435 CM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
- Division of Hearts and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonology, St. Antonius ILD Center of Excellence, St. Antonius Hospital, 3435 CM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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Revy P, Kannengiesser C, Bertuch AA. Genetics of human telomere biology disorders. Nat Rev Genet 2023; 24:86-108. [PMID: 36151328 DOI: 10.1038/s41576-022-00527-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Telomeres are specialized nucleoprotein structures at the ends of linear chromosomes that prevent the activation of DNA damage response and repair pathways. Numerous factors localize at telomeres to regulate their length, structure and function, to avert replicative senescence or genome instability and cell death. In humans, Mendelian defects in several of these factors can result in abnormally short or dysfunctional telomeres, causing a group of rare heterogeneous premature-ageing diseases, termed telomeropathies, short-telomere syndromes or telomere biology disorders (TBDs). Here, we review the TBD-causing genes identified so far and describe their main functions associated with telomere biology. We present molecular aspects of TBDs, including genetic anticipation, phenocopy, incomplete penetrance and somatic genetic rescue, which underlie the complexity of these diseases. We also discuss the implications of phenotypic and genetic features of TBDs on fundamental aspects related to human telomere biology, ageing and cancer, as well as on diagnostic, therapeutic and clinical approaches.
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- Patrick Revy
- INSERM UMR 1163, Laboratory of Genome Dynamics in the Immune System, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Paris, France.
- Université Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.
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- APHP Service de Génétique, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
- Inserm U1152, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Departments of Paediatrics and Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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Alonso-Gonzalez A, Tosco-Herrera E, Molina-Molina M, Flores C. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and the role of genetics in the era of precision medicine. Front Med (Lausanne) 2023; 10:1152211. [PMID: 37181377 PMCID: PMC10172674 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1152211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, rare progressive lung disease, characterized by lung scarring and the irreversible loss of lung function. Two anti-fibrotic drugs, nintedanib and pirfenidone, have been demonstrated to slow down disease progression, although IPF mortality remains a challenge and the patients die after a few years from diagnosis. Rare pathogenic variants in genes that are involved in the surfactant metabolism and telomere maintenance, among others, have a high penetrance and tend to co-segregate with the disease in families. Common recurrent variants in the population with modest effect sizes have been also associated with the disease risk and progression. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) support at least 23 genetic risk loci, linking the disease pathogenesis with unexpected molecular pathways including cellular adhesion and signaling, wound healing, barrier function, airway clearance, and innate immunity and host defense, besides the surfactant metabolism and telomere biology. As the cost of high-throughput genomic technologies continuously decreases and new technologies and approaches arise, their widespread use by clinicians and researchers is efficiently contributing to a better understanding of the pathogenesis of progressive pulmonary fibrosis. Here we provide an overview of the genetic factors known to be involved in IPF pathogenesis and discuss how they will continue to further advance in this field. We also discuss how genomic technologies could help to further improve IPF diagnosis and prognosis as well as for assessing genetic risk in unaffected relatives. The development and validation of evidence-based guidelines for genetic-based screening of IPF will allow redefining and classifying this disease relying on molecular characteristics and contribute to the implementation of precision medicine approaches.
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- Aitana Alonso-Gonzalez
- Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Servei de Pneumologia, Laboratori de Pneumologia Experimental, IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain
- Campus de Bellvitge, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
- CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Genomics Division, Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Fernando Pessoa Canarias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
- *Correspondence: Carlos Flores,
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Papiris SA, Kannengiesser C, Borie R, Kolilekas L, Kallieri M, Apollonatou V, Ba I, Nathan N, Bush A, Griese M, Dieude P, Crestani B, Manali ED. Genetics in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Clinical Perspective. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12:2928. [PMID: 36552935 PMCID: PMC9777433 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12122928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Unraveling the genetic background in a significant proportion of patients with both sporadic and familial IPF provided new insights into the pathogenic pathways of pulmonary fibrosis. AIM The aim of the present study is to overview the clinical significance of genetics in IPF. PERSPECTIVE It is fascinating to realize the so-far underestimated but dynamically increasing impact that genetics has on aspects related to the pathophysiology, accurate and early diagnosis, and treatment and prevention of this devastating disease. Genetics in IPF have contributed as no other in unchaining the disease from the dogma of a "a sporadic entity of the elderly, limited to the lungs" and allowed all scientists, but mostly clinicians, all over the world to consider its many aspects and "faces" in all age groups, including its co-existence with several extra pulmonary conditions from cutaneous albinism to bone-marrow and liver failure. CONCLUSION By providing additional evidence for unsuspected characteristics such as immunodeficiency, impaired mucus, and surfactant and telomere maintenance that very often co-exist through the interaction of common and rare genetic variants in the same patient, genetics have created a generous and pluralistic yet unifying platform that could lead to the understanding of the injurious and pro-fibrotic effects of many seemingly unrelated extrinsic and intrinsic offending factors. The same platform constantly instructs us about our limitations as well as about the heritability, the knowledge and the wisdom that is still missing.
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- Spyros A. Papiris
- 2nd Pulmonary Medicine Department, General University Hospital “Attikon”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece
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- Département de Génétique, APHP Hôpital Bichat, Université de Paris, 75018 Paris, France
- INSERM UMR 1152, Université de Paris, 75018 Paris, France
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- Service de Pneumologie A, INSERM UMR_1152, Centre de Référence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, FHU APOLLO, APHP Hôpital Bichat, Sorbonne Université, 75018 Paris, France
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- 7th Pulmonary Department, Athens Chest Hospital “Sotiria”, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Pulmonary Medicine Department, General University Hospital “Attikon”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Pulmonary Medicine Department, General University Hospital “Attikon”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece
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- Département de Génétique, APHP Hôpital Bichat, Université de Paris, 75018 Paris, France
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- Peditric Pulmonology Department and Reference Centre for Rare Lung Diseases RespiRare, INSERM UMR_S933 Laboratory of Childhood Genetic Diseases, Armand Trousseau Hospital, Sorbonne University and APHP, 75012 Paris, France
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- Paediatrics and Paediatric Respirology, Imperial College, Imperial Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal Brompton Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London SW3 6NP, UK
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Dr von Hauner Children’s Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, German Center for Lung Research, 80337 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology, INSERM U1152, APHP Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Université de Paris, 75018 Paris, France
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- Service de Pneumologie A, INSERM UMR_1152, Centre de Référence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, FHU APOLLO, APHP Hôpital Bichat, Sorbonne Université, 75018 Paris, France
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- 2nd Pulmonary Medicine Department, General University Hospital “Attikon”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece
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Terwiel M, Borie R, Crestani B, Galvin L, Bonella F, Fabre A, Froidure A, Griese M, Grutters JC, Johannson K, Kannengiesser C, Kawano-Dourado L, Molina-Molina M, Prasse A, Renzoni EA, van der Smagt J, Poletti V, Antoniou K, van Moorsel CHM. Genetic testing in interstitial lung disease: An international survey. Respirology 2022; 27:747-757. [PMID: 35652243 DOI: 10.1111/resp.14303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Genetic analysis is emerging for interstitial lung diseases (ILDs); however, ILD practices are not yet standardized. We surveyed patients', relatives' and pulmonologists' experiences and needs on genetic testing in ILD to evaluate the current situation and identify future needs. METHODS A clinical epidemiologist (MT) together with members of the ERS taskforce and representatives of the European Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and related disorders Federation (EU-IPFF) patient organisation developed a survey for patients, relatives and pulmonologists. Online surveys consisted of questions on five main topics: awareness of hereditary ILD, the provision of information, genetic testing, screening of asymptomatic relatives and clinical impact of genetic analysis in ILD. RESULTS Survey respondents consisted of 458 patients with ILD, 181 patients' relatives and 352 pulmonologists. Most respondents think genetic testing can be useful, particularly for explaining the cause of disease, predicting its course, determining risk for developing disease and the need to test relatives. Informing patients and relatives on genetic analysis is primarily performed by the pulmonologist, but 88% (218) of pulmonologists identify a need for more information and 96% (240) ask for guidelines on genetic testing in ILD. A third of the pulmonologists who would offer genetic testing currently do not offer a genetic test, primarily because they have limited access to genetic tests. Following genetic testing, 72% (171) of pulmonologists may change the diagnostic work-up and 57% (137) may change the therapeutic approach. CONCLUSION This survey shows that there is wide support for implementation of genetic testing in ILD and a high need for information, guidelines and access to testing among patients, their relatives and pulmonologists.
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- Michelle Terwiel
- ILD Center of Excellence, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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- Service de Pneumologie A, Hôpital Bichat, APHP, Paris, France.,INSERM, Unité 1152, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Service de Pneumologie A, Hôpital Bichat, APHP, Paris, France.,INSERM, Unité 1152, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- European Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Related Disorders Federation, Overijse, Belgium
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- Center for Interstitial and Rare Lung Diseases, Ruhrlandklinik University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Histopathology, St Vincent's University Hospital & School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Service de Pneumologie, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc and Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UC Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munich, Germany
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- ILD Center of Excellence, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- INSERM, Unité 1152, Université de Paris, Paris, France.,Laboratoire de Génétique, Hôpital Bichat, APHP, Paris, France
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- INSERM, Unité 1152, Université de Paris, Paris, France.,Pneumologie, Hôpital Bichat, APHP, Paris, France.,HCOR Research Institute, Hospital do Coracao, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- ILD Unit, Respiratory Department, Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, CIBERES, Barcelona, Spain
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- Pneumologie, Hannover Hochschule, Hannover, Germany
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- Royal Brompton and Harefield Clinical Group, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.,Margaret Turner Warwick Centre for Fibrosing Lung Diseases, NHLI, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Klinische Genetica, University Medical Center Utrecht/Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Diseases of the Thorax, University of Bologna/GB Morgagni Hospital, Forli, Italy
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- Department of Thoracic Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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Terwiel M, Grutters JC, van Moorsel CHM. Clustering of lung diseases in the family of interstitial lung disease patients. BMC Pulm Med 2022; 22:134. [PMID: 35392870 PMCID: PMC8991662 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-022-01927-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background The presence of familial interstitial lung disease (ILD) has been found to predict development of progressive pulmonary fibrosis. However, the role of non-ILD lung diseases in ILD patients’ families has not yet been investigated. We aimed to identify associations between ILDs and non-ILD lung diseases from ILD patients’ self-reported family health history. Methods We analysed questionnaires on family health history of 1164 ILD patients for the occurrence of ILD and non-ILD lung disease in relatives. Logistic regression analysis was used to study associations with diagnosis groups. Results Familial pulmonary fibrosis was reported by 20% of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF; OR 9.2, 95% CI 4.7–17.9), and 15% of patients with unclassifiable pulmonary fibrosis (OR 4.1, 95% CI 2.0–8.2). Familial occurrence was reported by 14% of patients with sarcoidosis (OR 3.3, 95% CI 1.9–5.8). Regarding non-ILD lung disease, significantly more patients with IPF (36%) reported lung cancer in their family (OR 2.3, 95% CI 1.4–3.5), and patients with hypersensitivity pneumonitis (18%) mostly reported COPD (OR 2.3, 95% CI 1.3–4.2). Comparison of sporadic and familial ILD patients’ reports showed that emphysema (OR 4.6, 95% CI 1.8–11.6), and lung cancer (OR 2.4, 95% CI 1.2–4.9) were predictive for familial pulmonary fibrosis, particularly when reported both in a family (OR 16.7, 95% CI 3.2–86.6; p < 0.001). Conclusions Our findings provide evidence for clustering of ILD and non-ILD lung diseases in families and show that self-reported emphysema and lung cancer of relatives in this population predicts familial pulmonary fibrosis. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12890-022-01927-x.
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- Michelle Terwiel
- Interstitial Lung Diseases Center of Excellence, Department of Pulmonology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Netherlands.
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- Interstitial Lung Diseases Center of Excellence, Department of Pulmonology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Netherlands.,Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Interstitial Lung Diseases Center of Excellence, Department of Pulmonology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Netherlands.,Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Platenburg M, van der Vis J, Kazemier K, Grutters J, van Moorsel C. The detrimental effect of quantity of smoking on survival in progressive fibrosing ILD. Respir Med 2022; 194:106760. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2022.106760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Utility of Telomerase Gene Mutation Testing in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in Routine Practice. Cells 2022; 11:cells11030372. [PMID: 35159182 PMCID: PMC8834025 DOI: 10.3390/cells11030372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Recent studies have suggested that causative variants in telomerase complex genes (TCGs) are present in around 10% of individuals with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) regardless of family history of the disease. However, the studies used a case-control rare variant enrichment study design which is not directly translatable to routine practice. To validate the prevalence results and to establish the individual level, routine clinical practice, and utility of those results we performed next generation sequencing of TCGs on a cohort of well-characterized consecutive individuals with IPF (diagnosis established according to ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT guidelines). Of 27 IPF patients, three had a family history of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (familial IPF) and 24 did not (sporadic IPF). Pathogenic/likely-pathogenic variants (according to American College of Medical Genetics criteria) in TCG were found in three individuals (11.1%) of the whole cohort; specifically, they were present in 2 out of 24 (8.3%) of the sporadic and in 1 out of 3 (33.3%) of the patients with familial IPF. Our results, which were established on an individual-patient level study design and in routine clinical practice (as opposed to the case-control study design), are roughly in line with the around 10% prevalence of causative TCG variants in patients with IPF.
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Molecular pathways and role of epigenetics in the idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Life Sci 2022; 291:120283. [PMID: 34998839 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.120283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Revised: 12/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal lung disease with unknown etiological factors that can progress to other dangerous diseases like lung cancer. Environmental and genetic predisposition are the two major etiological or risk factors involved in the pathology of the IPF. Among the environmental risk factors, smoking is one of the major causes for the development of IPF. Epigenetic pathways like nucleosomes remodeling, DNA methylation, histone modifications and miRNA mediated genes play a crucial role in development of IPF. Mutations in the genes make the epigenetic factors as important drug targets in IPF. Transcriptional changes due to environmental factors are also involved in the progression of IPF. The mutations in human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) have shown decreased life expectancy in IPF patients. The TERT-gene is highly expressed in chronic smokers and makes the role of epigenetics evident. Drug like nintedanib acts through vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFR), while drug pirfenidone acts through transforming growth factor (TGF), which is useful in IPF. Gefitinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor of EGFR, is useful as an anti-fibrosis agent in preclinical models. Newer drugs such as Celgene-CC90001 and FibroGen-FG-3019 are currently under investigations acts through the modulating epigenetic mechanisms. Thus, the study on epigenetics opens a wide window for the discovery of newer drugs. This study provides an elementary analysis of multiple regulators of epigenetics and their roles associated with the pathology of IPF. Further, this review also includes epigenetic drugs under development in preclinical and clinical stages.
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van der Vis JJ, van der Smagt JJ, van Batenburg AA, Goldschmeding R, van Es HW, Grutters JC, van Moorsel CHM. Pulmonary fibrosis in non-mutation carriers of families with short telomere syndrome gene mutations. Respirology 2021; 26:1160-1170. [PMID: 34580961 DOI: 10.1111/resp.14145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Diagnostic and predictive genetic testing for disease cause and risk estimation is common in many countries. For genetic diseases, predictive test results are commonly straightforward: presence of the mutation involves increased risk for disease and absence of the mutation involves no inherit risk for disease. Germline mutations in telomere-related genes (TRGs) can lead to telomere shortening and are associated with short telomere syndrome (STS). Telomere length is heritable, and in families with STS due to a TRG mutation, progeny with and without the TRG mutation is known to have shorter than average telomeres. We hypothesize that progeny of TRG mutation carriers who did not inherit the TRG mutation may still develop pulmonary fibrosis. METHODS A genetic screen of 99 unrelated families with familial pulmonary fibrosis revealed five patients with features of pulmonary fibrosis but without carrying the familial disease-causing TRG mutation. RESULTS Features of STS were present in each family, including short telomeres in blood and tissue of the non-mutation carrying patients. Additional genetic, clinical or environmental risk factors for pulmonary fibrosis were present in each non-mutation carrying patient. CONCLUSION Our study shows that non-mutation carrying first-degree relatives in families with STS are at increased risk for pulmonary fibrosis. Disease development may be triggered by inherited short telomeres and additional risk factors for disease. This observation has profound consequences for genetic counselling. Unlike any other genetic syndrome, absence of the mutation does not imply absence of disease risk. Therefore, clinical follow-up is still urged for non-mutation carrying first-degree family members.
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- Joanne J van der Vis
- ILD Center of Excellence, Department of Pulmonology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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- ILD Center of Excellence, Department of Clinical Chemistry, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- ILD Center of Excellence, Department of Radiology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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- Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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A Comprehensive Family Health History and Genetic Analyses Are Complementary in the Detection of Risk for Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis. Chest 2021; 159:1709-1710. [PMID: 33965125 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Multi-target pharmacological mechanisms of Salvia miltiorrhiza against oral submucous fibrosis: A network pharmacology approach. Arch Oral Biol 2021; 126:105131. [PMID: 33894647 DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2021.105131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2021] [Revised: 04/11/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The herb Salvia miltiorrhiza is used to treat oral submucous fibrosis (OSF); however, the mechanism underlying its efficacy has not been elucidated. As such, a network pharmacology-based approach was applied to investigate the potential mechanisms of Salvia miltiorrhiza against OSF. MATERIALS AND METHODS Potential targets of Salvia miltiorrhiza were collected by Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology Database and Analysis Platform, Bioinformatics Analysis Tool for Molecular Mechanism of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Swiss Target Prediction. Potential targets of OSF were collected from DisGeNET, GeneCards, and National Center for Biotechnology Information Gene database. Salvia miltiorrhiza against OSF targets protein-protein interaction and enrichment analyses network were constructed by Cytoscape and Metascape. RESULTS Twelve active ingredients from Salvia miltiorrhiza and 57 potential OSF-related targets were identified. The constructed network predicted seven potential key targets of Salvia miltiorrhiza for the treatment of OSF. Functional enrichment analysis showed that biological processes such as cellular response to drugs and pathways such as bladder cancer were mainly regulated by the Salvia miltiorrhiza active ingredient targets. Furthermore, the protein-protein interaction network demonstrated that the molecular complex detection components were mainly related to the ErbB signaling pathway, cancer pathways and IL-17 signaling. CONCLUSIONS A network approach was employed to document how Salvia miltiorrhiza active ingredients change various pathways against OSF. Salvia miltiorrhiza active ingredient targets against OSF involved CYP19A1, EGFR, PTPN11, ACHE, TERT, MAPK8 and PGR and were enriched in several signaling pathways.
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Pardo A, Selman M. The Interplay of the Genetic Architecture, Aging, and Environmental Factors in the Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2021; 64:163-172. [PMID: 32946290 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2020-0373ps] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic fibrosing lung disease of indeterminate etiology and limited therapeutic options. The initiation, development, and progression of IPF are influenced by genetic predisposition, aging, and host and environmental factors, but the magnitude of the contribution of each of them and the sequence of the pathogenic events are uncertain. Current evidence indicates that accumulated environmental exposures in a genetically predisposed individual, usually over 60 years of age, leads to phenotypic and functional alterations of the lung epithelium. Aberrant activation of epithelial cells results, through a complex release of numerous mediators, in the local expansion of peculiar subsets of aggressive fibroblasts and myofibroblasts, which are crucial effector cells of fibrotic remodeling and loss of the normal lung architecture and function. Progressive increase of the mechanical stiffness activates cell-autonomous and matrix-dependent processes contributing to the perpetuation of the fibrotic response. This Perspective provides an integral overview of the major risk factors underpinning the pathogenesis of IPF, including gene variants, aging alterations, environmental factors, host risk factors, and epigenetic reprogramming.
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- Annie Pardo
- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, Mexico; and
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- Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias "Ismael Cosío Villegas," México City, Mexico
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van Moorsel CHM. Putting Genetics Into Practice: Challenges Associated With the Genetics of Short Telomere Syndromes. Chest 2020; 158:2249-2250. [PMID: 33280738 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.09.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/06/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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