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Lee Y, Lee K. Pancreatic Diseases: Genetics and Modeling Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Int J Stem Cells 2024; 17:253-269. [PMID: 38664226 PMCID: PMC11361847 DOI: 10.15283/ijsc24036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Revised: 04/01/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 08/31/2024] Open
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Pancreas serves endocrine and exocrine functions in the body; thus, their pathology can cause a broad range of irreparable consequences. Endocrine functions include the production of hormones such as insulin and glucagon, while exocrine functions involve the secretion of digestive enzymes. Disruption of these functions can lead to conditions like diabetes mellitus and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. Also, the symptoms and causality of pancreatic cancer very greatly depends on their origin: pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is one of the most fatal cancer; however, most of tumor derived from endocrine part of pancreas are benign. Pancreatitis, an inflammation of the pancreatic tissues, is caused by excessive alcohol consumption, the bile duct obstruction by gallstones, and the premature activation of digestive enzymes in the pancreas. Hereditary pancreatic diseases, such as maturity-onset diabetes of the young and hereditary pancreatitis, can be a candidate for disease modeling using human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs), due to their strong genetic influence. hPSC-derived pancreatic differentiation has been established for cell replacement therapy for diabetic patients and is robustly used for disease modeling. The disease modeling platform that allows interactions between immune cells and pancreatic cells is necessary to perform in-depth investigation of disease pathogenesis.
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- Yuri Lee
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
- College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
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Elgamal RM, Melton RL, Chiou J, McGrail CW, Gaulton KJ. Circulating pancreatic enzyme levels are a causal biomarker of type 1 diabetes. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2024:2024.08.08.24311619. [PMID: 39148858 PMCID: PMC11326359 DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.08.24311619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/17/2024]
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Novel biomarkers of type 1 diabetes (T1D) are needed for earlier detection of disease and identifying therapeutic targets. We identified biomarkers of T1D by combining plasma cis and trans protein QTLs (pQTLs) for 2,922 proteins in the UK Biobank with a T1D genome-wide association study (GWAS) in 157k samples. T1D risk variants at over 20% of known loci colocalized with cis or trans pQTLs, and distinct sets of T1D loci colocalized with immune, pancreatic secretion, or gut-related proteins. We identified 23 proteins with evidence for a causal role in using pQTLs as genetic instruments in Mendelian Randomization which included multiple sensitivity analyses. Proteins increasing T1D risk were involved in immune processes (e.g. HLA-DRA) and, more surprisingly, T1D protective proteins were enriched in pancreatic secretions (e.g. CPA1), cholesterol metabolism (e.g. APOA1), and gut homeostasis. Genetic variants associated with plasma levels of T1D-protective pancreatic enzymes such as CPA1 were enriched in cis-regulatory elements in pancreatic exocrine and gut enteroendocrine cells, and the protective effects of CPA1 and other enzymes on T1D were consistent when using instruments specific to acinar cells. Finally, pancreatic enzymes had decreased acinar expression in T1D, including CPA1 which was altered prior to onset. Together, these results reveal causal biomarkers and highlight processes in the exocrine pancreas, immune system, and gut that modulate T1D risk.
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- Ruth M Elgamal
- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, UC San Diego, La Jolla CA
- Department of Pediatrics, UC San Diego, La Jolla CA
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- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, UC San Diego, La Jolla CA
- Department of Pediatrics, UC San Diego, La Jolla CA
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- Pfizer Research and Discovery, Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA
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- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, UC San Diego, La Jolla CA
- Department of Pediatrics, UC San Diego, La Jolla CA
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Bontempo P, Surace C, Menale L, Alicata C, D’Elia G, Tomaiuolo AC, Minervino D, Lorefice E, Novelli A. A De Novo CaSR Missense Variant in Combination with Two Inherited Missense Variants in CFTR and SPINK1 Detected in a Patient with Chronic Pancreatitis. Biomedicines 2024; 12:1278. [PMID: 38927485 PMCID: PMC11201075 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12061278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2024] [Revised: 05/15/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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Chronic pancreatitis is often secondary to alcohol abuse, but pancreatitis with no other aetiology is frequently associated with variants in genes encoding proteins related to zymogen granule activation. Our goal was to identify genomic variants in a patient by analyzing an extended panel of genes associated with the intra-pancreatic activation of the trypsin pathway. A 23-year-old woman was addressed at our institution because of chronic pancreatitis of unknown aetiology presenting recurrent episodes since she was the age of four. Next Generation Sequencing was performed to analyze a panel of nine genes associated with pancreatitis (CaSR, CFTR, CPA1, CTRC, CTSB, KRT8, PRSS1, PRSS2, and SPINK1). Three missense variants were found: p.Leu997Phe, maternally inherited, in the CFTR gene; p.Ile73Phe, paternally inherited, in the SPINK1 gene; and p.Phe790Ser, a de novo variant, in the CaSR gene. They were classified, respectively as probably benign, a Variant of Uncertain Significance, and the last one, which has never been described in the literature, as likely being pathogenic following American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics standard guidelines. Extensive intra-pancreatic activation of trypsin pathway gene sequencing detected rare variants that were not found with other gene screening and showed that variants in different genes may interact in contributing to the onset of the pancreatitis phenotype.
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- Piera Bontempo
- Translational Cytogenomics Research Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico), 00146 Rome, Italy; (C.S.); (L.M.); (C.A.); (G.D.); (A.C.T.); (D.M.); (E.L.); (A.N.)
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Angyal D, Kleinfelder K, Ciciriello F, Groeneweg TA, De Marchi G, de Pretis N, Bernardoni L, Rodella L, Tomba F, De Angelis P, Surace C, Pintani E, Alghisi F, de Jonge HR, Melotti P, Sorio C, Lucidi V, Bijvelds MJC, Frulloni L. CFTR function is impaired in a subset of patients with pancreatitis carrying rare CFTR variants. Pancreatology 2024; 24:394-403. [PMID: 38493004 DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2024.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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BACKGROUND Many affected by pancreatitis harbor rare variants of the cystic fibrosis (CF) gene, CFTR, which encodes an epithelial chloride/bicarbonate channel. We investigated CFTR function and the effect of CFTR modulator drugs in pancreatitis patients carrying CFTR variants. METHODS Next-generation sequencing was performed to identify CFTR variants. Sweat tests and nasal potential difference (NPD) assays were performed to assess CFTR function in vivo. Intestinal current measurement (ICM) was performed on rectal biopsies. Patient-derived intestinal epithelial monolayers were used to evaluate chloride and bicarbonate transport and the effects of a CFTR modulator combination: elexacaftor, tezacaftor and ivacaftor (ETI). RESULTS Of 32 pancreatitis patients carrying CFTR variants, three had CF-causing mutations on both alleles and yielded CF-typical sweat test, NPD and ICM results. Fourteen subjects showed a more modest elevation in sweat chloride levels, including three that were provisionally diagnosed with CF. ICM indicated impaired CFTR function in nine out of 17 non-CF subjects tested. This group of nine included five carrying a wild type CFTR allele. In epithelial monolayers, a reduction in CFTR-dependent chloride transport was found in six out of 14 subjects tested, whereas bicarbonate secretion was reduced in only one individual. In epithelial monolayers of four of these six subjects, ETI improved CFTR function. CONCLUSIONS CFTR function is impaired in a subset of pancreatitis patients carrying CFTR variants. Mutations outside the CFTR locus may contribute to the anion transport defect. Bioassays on patient-derived intestinal tissue and organoids can be used to detect such defects and to assess the effect of CFTR modulators.
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- Dora Angyal
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000, CA, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Division of General Pathology, Verona, Italy
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- Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Piazza di Sant'Onofrio 4, 00165, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000, CA, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Borgo Roma Hospital, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134, Verona, Italy
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Borgo Roma Hospital, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134, Verona, Italy
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Borgo Roma Hospital, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134, Verona, Italy
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- Endoscopy Surgery Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, 37126, Verona, Italy
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- Endoscopy Surgery Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, 37126, Verona, Italy
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- Digestive Endoscopy and Surgery Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Viale di San Paolo 15, 00146, Rome, Italy
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- Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Piazza di Sant'Onofrio 4, 00165, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000, CA, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Division of General Pathology, Verona, Italy
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- Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Piazza di Sant'Onofrio 4, 00165, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000, CA, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Borgo Roma Hospital, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134, Verona, Italy
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Hines OJ, Pandol SJ. Management of chronic pancreatitis. BMJ 2024; 384:e070920. [PMID: 38408777 DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2023-070920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Chronic pancreatitis results from repeated episodes of pancreatic inflammation and associated fibrosis leading to the loss of functional exocrine and endocrine pancreatic function. The disease is manifested by abdominal pain, deterioration in quality of life, food maldigestion and malabsorption, diabetes, and an increased risk for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. This review summarizes the latest evidence on the diagnosis and management of chronic pancreatitis and its manifestations. In particular, this review discusses advances in understanding of the role of genetic disorders in the mechanisms of the disease and surgical options for patients refractory to medical therapy. Furthermore, clinical trials are under way to develop medical therapeutics.
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- O Joe Hines
- Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Angyal D, Groeneweg TA, Leung A, Desain M, Dulla K, de Jonge HR, Bijvelds MJC. Pro-inflammatory cytokines stimulate CFTR-dependent anion secretion in pancreatic ductal epithelium. Cell Mol Biol Lett 2024; 29:18. [PMID: 38262945 PMCID: PMC10807165 DOI: 10.1186/s11658-024-00537-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 01/25/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Loss of CFTR-dependent anion and fluid secretion in the ducts of the exocrine pancreas is thought to contribute to the development of pancreatitis, but little is known about the impact of inflammation on ductal CFTR function. Here we used adult stem cell-derived cell cultures (organoids) obtained from porcine pancreas to evaluate the effects of pro-inflammatory cytokines on CFTR function. METHODS Organoids were cultured from porcine pancreas and used to prepare ductal epithelial monolayers. Monolayers were characterized by immunocytochemistry. Epithelial bicarbonate and chloride secretion, and the effect of IL-1β, IL-6, IFN-γ, and TNF-α on CFTR function was assessed by electrophysiology. RESULTS Immunolocalization of ductal markers, including CFTR, keratin 7, and zonula occludens 1, demonstrated that organoid-derived cells formed a highly polarized epithelium. Stimulation by secretin or VIP triggered CFTR-dependent anion secretion across epithelial monolayers, whereas purinergic receptor stimulation by UTP, elicited CFTR-independent anion secretion. Most of the anion secretory response was attributable to bicarbonate transport. The combination of IL-1β, IL-6, IFN-γ, and TNF-α markedly enhanced CFTR expression and anion secretion across ductal epithelial monolayers, whereas these cytokines had little effect when tested separately. Although TNF-α triggered apoptotic signaling, epithelial barrier function was not significantly affected by cytokine exposure. CONCLUSIONS Pro-inflammatory cytokines enhance CFTR-dependent anion secretion across pancreatic ductal epithelium. We propose that up-regulation of CFTR in the early stages of the inflammatory response, may serve to promote the removal of pathogenic stimuli from the ductal tree, and limit tissue injury.
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- Dora Angyal
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Binger Strasse 173, 55216, Ingelheim Am Rhein, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Singh A, Bush N, Bhullar FA, Faghih M, Moreau C, Mittal R, Seo JH, Talukdar R, Lakhtakia S, Singh VK, Akshintala VS. Pancreatic duct pressure: A review of technical aspects and clinical significance. Pancreatology 2023; 23:858-867. [PMID: 37798192 DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2023.09.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Pancreatic duct pressure (PDP) dynamics comprise an intricately modulated system that helps maintain homeostasis of pancreatic function. It is affected by various factors, including the rate of pancreatic fluid secretion, patency of the ductal system, sphincter of Oddi function, and pancreatic fluid characteristics. Disease states such as acute and chronic pancreatitis can alter the normal PDP dynamics. Ductal hypertension or increased PDP is suspected to be involved in the pathogenesis of pancreatic pain, endocrine and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, and recurrent pancreatitis. This review provides a comprehensive appraisal of the available literature on PDP, including the methods used in the measurement and clinical implications of elevated PDP.
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- Anmol Singh
- Division of Gastroenterology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States.
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Kondratyeva E, Melyanovskaya Y, Efremova A, Krasnova M, Mokrousova D, Bulatenko N, Petrova N, Polyakov A, Adyan T, Kovalskaia V, Bukharova T, Marakhonov A, Zinchenko R, Zhekaite E, Buhonin A, Goldshtein D. Clinical and Genetic Characteristics of a Patient with Cystic Fibrosis with a Complex Allele [E217G;G509D] and Functional Evaluation of the CFTR Channel. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:1705. [PMID: 37761847 PMCID: PMC10530926 DOI: 10.3390/genes14091705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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The intricate nature of complex alleles presents challenges in the classification of CFTR gene mutations, encompassing potential disease-causing, neutral, or treatment-modulating effects. Notably, the complex allele [E217G;G509D] remains absent from international databases, with its pathogenicity yet to be established. Assessing the functionality of apical membrane ion channels in intestinal epithelium employed the intestinal current measurements (ICM) method, using rectal biopsy material. The effectivity of CFTR-targeted therapy was evaluated using a model of intestinal organoids of a patient harboring the genotype F508del/[E217G;G509D]. ICM analysis revealed diminished chloride channel function. Remarkably, [E217G;G509D] presence within intestinal organoids correlated with heightened residual CFTR function. Employing CFTR modulators facilitated the restoration of the functional CFTR protein. This multifaceted study intertwines genetic investigations, functional analyses, and therapeutic interventions, shedding light on the intricate interplay of complex alleles within CFTR mutations. The results highlight the potential of targeted CFTR modulators to restore functional integrity, offering promise for advancing precision treatments in cystic fibrosis management.
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Varga Á, Madácsy T, Görög M, Kiss A, Susánszki P, Szabó V, Jójárt B, Dudás K, Farkas G, Szederkényi E, Lázár G, Farkas A, Ayaydin F, Pallagi P, Maléth J. Human pancreatic ductal organoids with controlled polarity provide a novel ex vivo tool to study epithelial cell physiology. Cell Mol Life Sci 2023; 80:192. [PMID: 37380797 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-023-04836-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
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Epithelial ion and fluid secretion determine the physiological functions of a broad range of organs, such as the lung, liver, or pancreas. The molecular mechanism of pancreatic ion secretion is challenging to investigate due to the limited access to functional human ductal epithelia. Patient-derived organoids may overcome these limitations, however direct accessibility of the apical membrane is not solved. In addition, due to the vectorial transport of ions and fluid the intraluminal pressure in the organoids is elevated, which may hinder the study of physiological processes. To overcome these, we developed an advanced culturing method for human pancreatic organoids based on the removal of the extracellular matrix that induced an apical-to-basal polarity switch also leading to reversed localization of proteins with polarized expression. The cells in the apical-out organoids had a cuboidal shape, whereas their resting intracellular Ca2+ concentration was more consistent compared to the cells in the apical-in organoids. Using this advanced model, we demonstrated the expression and function of two novel ion channels, the Ca2+ activated Cl- channel Anoctamin 1 (ANO1) and the epithelial Na+ channel (ENaC), which were not considered in ductal cells yet. Finally, we showed that the available functional assays, such as forskolin-induced swelling, or intracellular Cl- measurement have improved dynamic range when performed with apical-out organoids. Taken together our data suggest that polarity-switched human pancreatic ductal organoids are suitable models to expand our toolset in basic and translational research.
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- Árpád Varga
- Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
- ELRN-USZ Momentum Epithelial Cell Signaling and Secretion Research Group, Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, 6720, Hungary
- HCEMM-USZ Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
- ELRN-USZ Momentum Epithelial Cell Signaling and Secretion Research Group, Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, 6720, Hungary
- HCEMM-USZ Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
- ELRN-USZ Momentum Epithelial Cell Signaling and Secretion Research Group, Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, 6720, Hungary
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- Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
- ELRN-USZ Momentum Epithelial Cell Signaling and Secretion Research Group, Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, 6720, Hungary
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- Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
- ELRN-USZ Momentum Epithelial Cell Signaling and Secretion Research Group, Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, 6720, Hungary
- HCEMM-USZ Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
- ELRN-USZ Momentum Epithelial Cell Signaling and Secretion Research Group, Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, 6720, Hungary
- HCEMM-USZ Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Surgery, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Surgery, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- HCEMM-USZ Functional Cell Biology and Immunology Advanced Core Facility, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- HCEMM-USZ Functional Cell Biology and Immunology Advanced Core Facility, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
- ELRN-USZ Momentum Epithelial Cell Signaling and Secretion Research Group, Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, 6720, Hungary
- HCEMM-USZ Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
- ELRN-USZ Momentum Epithelial Cell Signaling and Secretion Research Group, Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, 6720, Hungary.
- HCEMM-USZ Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
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Barillaro M, Gonska T. Assessing accuracy of testing and diagnosis in cystic fibrosis. Expert Rev Respir Med 2023:1-13. [PMID: 37190981 DOI: 10.1080/17476348.2023.2213438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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- Malina Barillaro
- Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto ON, Canada
- Translational Medicine, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Translational Medicine, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Toronto, Toronto ON, Canada
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Hang SMT, Hegele RA, Berberich AJ. Genetic determinants of pancreatitis: relevance in severe hypertriglyceridemia. Curr Opin Lipidol 2023; 34:59-69. [PMID: 36752614 PMCID: PMC10069755 DOI: 10.1097/mol.0000000000000866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Not all patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia develop acute pancreatitis. We surveyed recent literature on inter-individual genetic variation in susceptibility to pancreatitis. RECENT FINDINGS Genetic determinants of pancreatitis include: rare Mendelian disorders caused by highly penetrant pathogenic variants in genes involved in trypsinogen activation; uncommon susceptibility variants in genes involved in trypsinogen activation, protein misfolding as well as calcium metabolism and cystic fibrosis, that have variable penetrance and show a range of odds ratios for pancreatitis; and common polymorphisms in many of the same genes that have only a small effect on risk. The role of these genetic variants in modulating pancreatitis risk in hypertriglyceridemia is unclear. However, among genetic determinants of plasma triglycerides, those predisposing to more severe hypertriglyceridemia associated with chylomicronemia appear to have higher pancreatitis risk. SUMMARY Currently, among patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia, the most consistent predictor of pancreatitis risk is the triglyceride level. Furthermore, pancreatitis risk appears to be modulated by a higher genetic burden of factors associated with greater magnitude of triglyceride elevation. The role of common and rare genetic determinants of pancreatitis itself in this metabolic context is unclear.
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- Shyann M T Hang
- Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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Hegyi P, Seidler U, Kunzelmann K. CFTR-beyond the airways: Recent findings on the role of the CFTR channel in the pancreas, the intestine and the kidneys. J Cyst Fibros 2023; 22 Suppl 1:S17-S22. [PMID: 36621373 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2022.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 12/31/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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With increased longevity of patients suffering from cystic fibrosis, and widespread lung transplantation facilities, the sequelae of defective CFTR in other organs than the airways come to the fore. This minireview highlights recent scientific progress in the understanding of CFTR function in the pancreas, the intestine and the kidney, and explores potential therapeutic strategies to combat defective CFTR function in these organs.
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- Peter Hegyi
- Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, 7624 Pécs, Hungary; Center for Translational Medicine and Institute of Pancreatic Diseases, Semmelweis University, 1085 Budapest, Hungary; Translational Pancreatology Research Group, Interdisciplinary Centre of Excellence for Research Development and Innovation, University of Szeged, 6725 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
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- Institute of Physiology, Regensburg University, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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Meléndez-Montañez JM, De Jesús-Rojas W. CFTR-Related Metabolic Syndrome: Genetic Variants Increasing Pancreatitis Risk in the Pediatric Puerto Rican Population. CHILDREN (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 10:children10020280. [PMID: 36832409 PMCID: PMC9955436 DOI: 10.3390/children10020280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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CFTR-related metabolic syndrome (CRMS) is a novel diagnosis due to widespread use of and advances in the newborn screening (NBS) process for cystic fibrosis (CF) in the United States of America, allowing for the diagnosis of asymptomatic children with CF. Before 2015, a large Puerto Rican pediatric population was not screened for CF in the NBS test. Studies have shown that patients presenting with idiopathic recurrent or chronic pancreatitis have an increased frequency of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene mutations. We present a retrospective chart review of 12 pediatric cases (n = 12) that were presented to an outpatient community clinic with clinical manifestations associated with CF. The pancreatic insufficiency prevalence (PIP) score was calculated on CFTR mutations. The mutations considered for the calculation of the PIP score were: F508del (c.1521_1523del), V201M (c.601G > A), I507del (c.1519_1521del), and L1335P (c.4004T > C). V201M mutation was classified as mild in both PIP scores, and a correlation with pancreatitis was noted. Clinical manifestations vary in cases with the V201M variant (c.601G > A). One case was diagnosed with CFTR-related disorder (CRD) and recurrent pancreatitis. It is important to consider CRMS or CRD as a differential diagnosis in the pediatric population of Puerto Rico due to the implications and increased risk of pancreatitis and other CF-related complications.
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Son RG, Kandasamy B, Bowden T, Azzam RK, Oakes SA, Philipson LH, Greeley SAW. Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis in a Child With INS-Related Monogenic Diabetes and a Heterozygous Pathogenic CFTR Mutation. J Endocr Soc 2023; 7:bvac182. [PMID: 36655002 PMCID: PMC9836200 DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvac182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Given the close anatomical and physiological links between the exocrine and endocrine pancreas, diseases of 1 compartment often affect the other through mechanisms that remain poorly understood. Pancreatitis has been associated with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, but its association with monogenic diabetes is unknown. Patients heterozygous for pathogenic CFTR variants are cystic fibrosis carriers and have been reported to have an increased risk of acute pancreatitis. We describe a 12-year-old patient with monogenic neonatal diabetes due to a pathogenic heterozygous paternally inherited mutation of the insulin gene (INS), c.94 G > A (p.Gly32Ser), who experienced 3 recurrent episodes of acute pancreatitis over 7 months in conjunction with poor glycemic control, despite extensive efforts to improve glycemic control in the past 4 years. Intriguingly, the maternal side of the family has an extensive history of adult-onset pancreatitis consistent with autosomal dominant inheritance and the proband is heterozygous for a maternally inherited, CFTR variant c.3909C > G (p.Asn1303Lys). Paternally inherited monogenic neonatal diabetes may have promoted earlier age-of-onset of pancreatitis in this pediatric patient compared to maternal relatives with adult-onset acute pancreatitis. Further study is needed to clarify how separate pathophysiologies associated with INS and CFTR mutations influence interactions between the endocrine and exocrine pancreas.
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- Rachel G Son
- Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medicine/Kovler Diabetes Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Kovler Diabetes Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medicine/Kovler Diabetes Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Section of Pediatric and Adult Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Thiopurines impair the apical plasma membrane expression of CFTR in pancreatic ductal cells via RAC1 inhibition. Cell Mol Life Sci 2023; 80:31. [PMID: 36609875 PMCID: PMC9825359 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-022-04662-y] [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: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Thiopurine-induced acute pancreatitis (TIP) is one of the most common adverse events among inflammatory bowel disease patients treated with azathioprine (AZA), representing a significant clinical burden. Previous studies focused on immune-mediated processes, however, the exact pathomechanism of TIP is essentially unclear. METHODS To model TIP in vivo, we triggered cerulein-induced experimental pancreatitis in mice receiving a daily oral dose of 1.5 mg/kg AZA. Also, freshly isolated mouse pancreatic cells were exposed to AZA ex vivo, and acinar cell viability, ductal and acinar Ca2+ signaling, ductal Cl- and HCO3- secretion, as well as cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) expression were assessed using microscopy techniques. Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate (RAC1) activity was measured with a G-LISA assay. Super-resolution microscopy was used to determine protein colocalization. RESULTS We demonstrated that AZA treatment increases tissue damage in the early phase of cerulein-induced pancreatitis in vivo. Also, both per os and ex vivo AZA exposure impaired pancreatic fluid and ductal HCO3- and Cl- secretion, but did not affect acinar cells. Furthermore, ex vivo AZA exposure also inhibited RAC1 activity in ductal cells leading to decreased co-localization of CFTR and the anchor protein ezrin, resulting in impaired plasma membrane localization of CFTR. CONCLUSIONS AZA impaired the ductal HCO3- and Cl- secretion through the inhibition of RAC1 activity leading to diminished ezrin-CFTR interaction and disturbed apical plasma membrane expression of CFTR. We report a novel direct toxic effect of AZA on pancreatic ductal cells and suggest that the restoration of ductal function might help to prevent TIP in the future.
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Thiel F, Reiser M, Weiss FU. A rare PRSS1 p.S127C mutation is associated with chronic pancreatitis and causes misfolding-induced ER-stress. Pancreatology 2022; 22:1112-1119. [PMID: 36369231 DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2022.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Revised: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND /Objectives: Sequence variants in several genes have been identified as being associated with an increased inherited risk to develop chronic pancreatitis (CP). In a genetic survey of a CP patient we identified in the PRSS1gene a new c.380C > G sequence variation, giving rise to a non-synonymous p.S127C mutation. Functional studies were performed to analyze the associated pathophysiology of the variant. METHODS Following generation of an expression vector for the new PRSS1 variant we compared its expression, secretion and catalytic activity with already known PRSS1 risk variants in HEK 293T cells. The intracellular protein accumulation and induction of endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-stress was analyzed. RESULTS Prediction tool analysis indicated a probably deleterious effect of the p.S127C variant on protein function which was confirmed by detection of a secretion defect in HEK293T cells leading to intracellular protein accumulation. While protein misfolding was associated with reduced trypsin activity, the increased expression of BIP and presence of spliced XBP1 indicated that the p.S127C variant induces ER stress and activates the UPR signaling pathway. CONCLUSIONS The disease mechanism of the PRSS1 p.S127C variant involves defective protein secretion and the induction of ER-stress due to accumulation of presumably misfolded trypsinogen within the ER. The new variant should be considered disease-causing with an incomplete penetrance. Our results confirm that in addition to dysregulated trypsin-activity or reduced fluid secretion, ER-stress induction is an important trigger for acinar cell damage and the development of recurrent or chronic pancreatic inflammation.
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- Franziska Thiel
- Department of Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Klinikum Vest GmbH - Paracelsus-Klinik Marl, Marl, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
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Eiseler K, Dropmann LM, Bugert P, Ewers M, Witt H. Genetic analysis of the aquaporin water channels AQP12A and AQP12B in patients with chronic pancreatitis. Pancreatology 2022; 22:1079-1083. [PMID: 36167651 DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2022.09.240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alterations in genes specifically expressed in the pancreas have been associated with chronic pancreatitis (CP). A significant percentage of patients with non-alcoholic CP, however, do not have mutations in known risk genes, suggesting the existence of further susceptibility genes. Four aquaporins are expressed in the exocrine pancreas: AQP1, AQP5, AQP8 and AQP12, the latter being found exclusively in this organ. Therefore, we investigated the two AQP12 genes, AQP12A and AQP12B, in CP patients. METHODS We analyzed all exons and adjacent intronic regions of AQP12A and AQP12B in 292 German patients with non-alcoholic CP and 143 control subjects by direct DNA sequencing. RESULTS In total, we discovered 41 non-synonymous changes, three of which were nonsense variants. Genotype and allele frequencies of these variants did not differ significantly between patients and controls (all p-values >0.05). Remarkably, we found a common nonsense variant in AQP12B, p.S152Tfs∗24, with an allele frequency of 15.7% in controls, including 2.8% homozygous subjects. This finding suggests that AQP12B is physiologically dispensable for normal pancreatic function. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that genetic alterations in AQP12A and AQP12B do not predispose to the development of non-alcoholic CP.
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- Katharina Eiseler
- Pediatric Nutritional Medicine & Else Kröner-Fresenius-Centre for Nutritional Medicine (EKFZ), Technical University Munich (TUM), Freising, Germany
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- Pediatric Nutritional Medicine & Else Kröner-Fresenius-Centre for Nutritional Medicine (EKFZ), Technical University Munich (TUM), Freising, Germany
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- Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Germany; German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg - Hessen, Mannheim, Germany
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- Pediatric Nutritional Medicine & Else Kröner-Fresenius-Centre for Nutritional Medicine (EKFZ), Technical University Munich (TUM), Freising, Germany
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- Pediatric Nutritional Medicine & Else Kröner-Fresenius-Centre for Nutritional Medicine (EKFZ), Technical University Munich (TUM), Freising, Germany.
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Berke G, Gede N, Szadai L, Ocskay K, Hegyi P, Sahin-Tóth M, Hegyi E. Bicarbonate defective CFTR variants increase risk for chronic pancreatitis: A meta-analysis. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0276397. [PMID: 36264955 PMCID: PMC9584382 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) plays a central role in pancreatic ductal fluid secretion by mediating Cl- and HCO3- ion transport across the apical membrane. Severe CFTR mutations that diminish chloride conductance cause cystic fibrosis (CF) if both alleles are affected, whereas heterozygous carrier status increases risk for chronic pancreatitis (CP). It has been proposed that a subset of CFTR variants characterized by a selective bicarbonate conductance defect (CFTRBD) may be associated with CP but not CF. However, a rigorous genetic analysis of the presumed association has been lacking. AIMS To investigate the role of heterozygous CFTRBD variants in CP by meta-analysis of published case-control studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS A systematic search was conducted in the MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, and CENTRAL databases for published studies that reported the CFTRBD variants p.R74Q, p.R75Q, p.R117H, p.R170H, p.L967S, p.L997F, p.D1152H, p.S1235R, and p.D1270N in CP patients and controls. RESULTS Twenty-two studies were eligible for quantitative synthesis. Combined analysis of the 9 CFTRBD variants indicated enrichment in CP patients versus controls (OR = 2.31, 95% CI = 1.17-4.56). Individual analysis of CFTRBD variants revealed no association of p.R75Q with CP (OR = 1.12, 95% CI = 0.89-1.40), whereas variants p.R117H and p.L967S were significantly overrepresented in cases relative to controls (OR = 3.16, 95% CI = 1.94-5.14, and OR = 3.88, 95% CI = 1.32-11.47, respectively). The remaining 6 low-frequency variants gave inconclusive results when analyzed individually, however, their pooled analysis indicated association with CP (OR = 2.08, 95% CI = 1.38-3.13). CONCLUSION Heterozygous CFTRBD variants, with the exception of p.R75Q, increase CP risk about 2-4-fold.
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- Gergő Berke
- Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
- Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- Division of Pancreatic Diseases, Heart and Vascular Centre, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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Chetwood JD, Volovets A, Sivam S, Koh C. Surgical considerations in cystic fibrosis: what every general surgeon needs to know. ANZ J Surg 2022; 92:2425-2432. [PMID: 35920692 PMCID: PMC9804981 DOI: 10.1111/ans.17948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a complex multiorgan disease, which often affects the gastrointestinal tract. With improved CF specific therapies and multidisciplinary management, patients with CF are now living longer with a median life expectancy of around 50 years. This increased life expectancy has resulted in corresponding increase in presentations of the CF patient with comorbid surgical conditions that were never important considerations. Investigations and management of these conditions, such as distal intestinal obstruction syndrome and colorectal cancer warrant good clinical understanding of the unique challenges that CF patients present including chronic immunosuppression, impaired respiratory function and their multi-organ dysfunction. The purpose of this review is to provide general surgeons with a contemporary update on the CF related surgical issues as they are likely to become increasingly involved in the care of these complex patients and form an integral part of the multidisciplinary team.
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- John D. Chetwood
- AW Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver CentreRoyal Prince Alfred HospitalSydneyNew South WalesAustralia,Sydney Medical SchoolUniversity of SydneySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- AW Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver CentreRoyal Prince Alfred HospitalSydneyNew South WalesAustralia,Sydney Medical SchoolUniversity of SydneySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Department of Respiratory and Sleep MedicineRoyal Prince Alfred HospitalSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe)Royal Prince Alfred HospitalSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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Han SY, Conwell DL, Diaz PT, Ferketich A, Jeon CY, Yadav D, Hart PA. The deleterious effects of smoking on the development and progression of chronic pancreatitis. Pancreatology 2022; 22:683-687. [PMID: 35981948 PMCID: PMC9474634 DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2022.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Revised: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Samuel Y Han
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine. University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology. the Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Cedars Sinai Cancer, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
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Schlosser T, Fischer D, Büttner S, Blank V, Hoffmeister A. Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator function in patients with chronic pancreatitis. Medicine (Baltimore) 2022; 101:e28904. [PMID: 35212296 PMCID: PMC8878632 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000028904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Pathogenesis of chronic pancreatitis (CP) is still not entirely understood with many patients probably having more than 1 underlying etiology. Besides toxic-metabolic factors, genetics contribute to disease development. Mutations in cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) are shown to increase risk for CP. Activity of CFTR can easily be accessed in vivo by measurement of nasal potential difference (PD). METHODS We compared in this monocentric study 17 CP patients from the outpatient unit of our university hospital with 30 healthy controls regarding nasal PDs by using a superfusion protocol. Additionally, demographic and lifestyle data of all persons were recorded. RESULTS Seventeen patients (12% female, median age 48 years) with CP and 30 healthy volunteers (47% female, 25 years) were included in the study. Patients with CP had a significant higher proportion of CFTR dysfunction (P = .04). Furthermore, demographics differed between the 2 groups with CP patients being older (P < .001). There were differences in daily alcohol consumption (P = .001) and smoking habits (smokers vs nonsmokers: P = .01, pack years: P = .002). CONCLUSIONS PD measurement is an easily accessible way to show CFTR dysfunction as an etiological factor of CP. Cigarette smoking might impair CFTR function and therefore be 1 preventable cause of CP evolution.
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- Tobias Schlosser
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine II, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine II, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
- Outpatient Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine II, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine II, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine II, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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Perito ER, Pohl JF, Bakker C, Armfield MA, Barth B, Cuneo A, Mascarenhas M, Mehta M, Schwarzenberg SJ. Outpatient Pain Management in Children With Chronic Pancreatitis: A Scoping Systematic Review. Pancreas 2022; 51:135-147. [PMID: 35404888 PMCID: PMC9009154 DOI: 10.1097/mpa.0000000000001973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Although pain management is central to pediatric chronic pancreatitis (CP) care, no evidence-based guidelines exist. In this scoping systematic review, we sought promising strategies for CP pain treatment in children. METHODS We systematically reviewed literature on pain management in children and adults with CP, and 2 conditions with similar pain courses: juvenile idiopathic arthritis and sickle cell disease. RESULTS Of 8997 studies identified, 287 met inclusion criteria. There are no published studies of analgesic medications, antioxidants, dietary modification, integrative medicine, or regional nerve blocks in children with CP. In adults with CP, studies of nonopioid analgesics, pancreatic enzymes, and dietary interventions have mixed results. Retrospective studies suggest that endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and surgical procedures, most durably total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplant, improve pain for children with CP. Follow-up was short relative to a child's life. Large studies in adults also suggest benefit from endoscopic therapy and surgery, but lack conclusive evidence about optimal procedure or timing. Studies on other painful pediatric chronic illnesses revealed little generalizable to children with CP. CONCLUSIONS No therapy had sufficient high-quality studies to warrant untempered, evidence-based support for use in children with CP. Multicenter studies are needed to identify pain management "best practices."
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- Emily R Perito
- From the Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern and Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX
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- From the Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern and Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX
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Whitcomb DC. Central role of the sentinel acute pancreatitis event (SAPE) model in understanding recurrent acute pancreatitis (RAP): Implications for precision medicine. Front Pediatr 2022; 10:941852. [PMID: 36046477 PMCID: PMC9421067 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.941852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Traditional approaches to understanding the origins of chronic pancreatitis (CP) and find treatments led to abysmal failure. Thus, no drugs now exists to meet this need. Outdated concepts of the etiopathogenesis of CP have been replaced with new insights and disease models that provide the framework for early detection of the pathogenic pancreatitis process. Application of these principals require a new paradigm in disease definition and management, i.e. personalized / precision medicine. The key is acute pancreatitis (AP) starting with the first (sentinel) acute pancreatitis (AP) event (SAPE). This event sensitizes the pancreas to recurrent acute pancreatitis (RAP) as ongoing stressors drive various inflammatory responses to cause CP. The problem is the complex etiologies of AP and the additional genetic and environmental factors that promote progression to RAP and CP. This paper provides a background on the key conceptual changes that facilitate new approaches and the rationale for using mechanism-specific therapies to prevent RAP and CP.
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- David C Whitcomb
- Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology, and Human Genetics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (Chief 1999-2016), University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.,Ariel Precision Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Angyal D, Bijvelds MJC, Bruno MJ, Peppelenbosch MP, de Jonge HR. Bicarbonate Transport in Cystic Fibrosis and Pancreatitis. Cells 2021; 11:cells11010054. [PMID: 35011616 PMCID: PMC8750324 DOI: 10.3390/cells11010054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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CFTR, the cystic fibrosis (CF) gene-encoded epithelial anion channel, has a prominent role in driving chloride, bicarbonate and fluid secretion in the ductal cells of the exocrine pancreas. Whereas severe mutations in CFTR cause fibrosis of the pancreas in utero, CFTR mutants with residual function, or CFTR variants with a normal chloride but defective bicarbonate permeability (CFTRBD), are associated with an enhanced risk of pancreatitis. Recent studies indicate that CFTR function is not only compromised in genetic but also in selected patients with an acquired form of pancreatitis induced by alcohol, bile salts or smoking. In this review, we summarize recent insights into the mechanism and regulation of CFTR-mediated and modulated bicarbonate secretion in the pancreatic duct, including the role of the osmotic stress/chloride sensor WNK1 and the scaffolding protein IRBIT, and current knowledge about the role of CFTR in genetic and acquired forms of pancreatitis. Furthermore, we discuss the perspectives for CFTR modulator therapy in the treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and pancreatitis and introduce pancreatic organoids as a promising model system to study CFTR function in the human pancreas, its role in the pathology of pancreatitis and its sensitivity to CFTR modulators on a personalized basis.
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Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Modulator Use Is Associated With Reduced Pancreatitis Hospitalizations in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis. Am J Gastroenterol 2021; 116:2446-2454. [PMID: 34665155 PMCID: PMC8900539 DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Acute pancreatitis (AP) occurs among patients with pancreas-sufficient cystic fibrosis (PS-CF) but is reportedly less common among patients with pancreas-insufficient cystic fibrosis (PI-CF). The incidence of AP may be influenced by cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulator use. We hypothesized that CFTR modulators would reduce AP hospitalizations, with the greatest benefit in PS-CF. METHODS MarketScan (2012-2018) was queried for AP hospitalizations and CFTR modulator use among patients with CF. Multivariable Poisson models that enabled crossover between CFTR modulator treatment groups were used to analyze the rate of AP hospitalizations on and off therapy. Pancreas insufficiency was defined by the use of pancreas enzyme replacement therapy. RESULTS A total of 10,417 patients with CF were identified, including 1,795 who received a CFTR modulator. AP was more common in PS-CF than PI-CF (2.9% vs 0.9%, P = 0.007). Overall, the observed rate ratio of AP during CFTR modulator use was 0.33 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.10, 1.11, P = 0.07) for PS-CF and 0.38 (95% CI 0.16, 0.89, P = 0.03) for PI-CF, indicating a 67% and 62% relative reduction in AP hospitalizations, respectively. In a subset analysis of 1,795 patients who all had some CFTR modulator use, the rate ratio of AP during CFTR modulator use was 0.36 (95% CI 0.13, 1.01, P = 0.05) for PS-CF and 0.53 (95% CI 0.18, 1.58, P = 0.26) for PI-CF. DISCUSSION CFTR modulator use is associated with a reduction in AP hospitalizations among patients with CF. These observational data support the prospective study of CFTR modulators to reduce AP hospitalizations among patients with CF.
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Al-Selwi Y, Shaw JA, Kattner N. Understanding the Pancreatic Islet Microenvironment in Cystic Fibrosis and the Extrinsic Pathways Leading to Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes. CLINICAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND DIABETES 2021; 14:11795514211048813. [PMID: 34675737 PMCID: PMC8524685 DOI: 10.1177/11795514211048813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive chronic condition
effecting approximately 70 000 to 100 000 people globally and is
caused by a loss-of-function mutation in the CF transmembrane
conductance regulator. Through improvements in clinical care, life
expectancy in CF has increased considerably associated with rising
incidence of secondary complications including CF-related diabetes
(CFRD). CFRD is believed to result from β-cell loss as well as
insufficient insulin secretion due to β-cell dysfunction, but the
underlying pathophysiology is not yet fully understood. Here we review
the morphological and cellular changes in addition to the
architectural remodelling of the pancreatic exocrine and endocrine
compartments in CF and CFRD pancreas. We consider also potential
underlying proinflammatory signalling pathways impacting on endocrine
and specifically β-cell function, concluding that further research
focused on these mechanisms may uncover novel therapeutic targets
enabling restoration of normal insulin secretion.
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- Yara Al-Selwi
- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.,Institute of Transplantation, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Fűr G, Bálint ER, Orján EM, Balla Z, Kormányos ES, Czira B, Szűcs A, Kovács DP, Pallagi P, Maléth J, Venglovecz V, Hegyi P, Kiss L, Rakonczay Z. Mislocalization of CFTR expression in acute pancreatitis and the beneficial effect of VX-661 + VX-770 treatment on disease severity. J Physiol 2021; 599:4955-4971. [PMID: 34587656 DOI: 10.1113/jp281765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) has an essential role in maintaining pancreatic ductal function. Impaired CFTR function can trigger acute pancreatitis (AP) and exacerbate disease severity. We aimed to investigate the localization and expression of CFTR during AP, and determined the effects of a CFTR corrector (VX-661) and potentiator (VX-770) on disease severity. AP was induced in FVB/n mice by 6-10 hourly intraperitoneal injections of 50 μg/kg cerulein. Some mice were pre-treated with five to six daily injections of 2 mg/kg VX-661 + VX-770. Control animals were administered physiological saline instead of cerulein and dimethyl sulfoxide instead of VX compounds. AP severity was determined by measuring laboratory and histological parameters; CFTR and CK19 expression was measured. Activity of ion transporters was followed by intracellular pH or fluid secretion measurement of isolated pancreatic intra-/interlobular ducts. Cerulein-induced AP severity was greatest between 12 and 24 h. CFTR mRNA expression was significantly increased 24 h after AP induction. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated disturbed staining morphology of CFTR and CK19 proteins in AP. Mislocalization of CFTR protein was observed from 6 h, while expression increased at 24 h compared to control. Ductal HCO3 - transport activity was significantly increased 6 h after AP induction. AP mice pre-treatment with VX-661 + VX-770 significantly reduced the extent of tissue damage by about 20-30%, but other parameters were unchanged. Interestingly, VX-661 + VX-770 in vitro administration significantly increased the fluid secretion of ducts derived from AP animals. This study described the course of the CFTR expression and mislocalization in cerulein-induced AP. Our results suggest that the beneficial effects of CFTR correctors and potentiators should be further investigated in AP. KEY POINTS: Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is an important ion channel in epithelial cells. Its malfunction has several serious consequences, like developing or aggravating acute pancreatitis (AP). Here, the localization and expression of CFTR during cerulein-induced AP in mice were investigated and the effects of CFTR corrector (VX-661) and a potentiator (VX-770) on disease severity were determined. CFTR mRNA expression was significantly increased and mislocalization of CFTR protein was observed in AP compared to the control group. Interestingly, pre-treatment of AP mice with VX-661 + VX-770 significantly reduced the extent of pancreatic tissue damage by 20-30%. In vitro administration of VX-661 + VX-770 significantly increased the fluid secretion of ducts derived from AP animals. Based on these results, the utilization of CFTR correctors and potentiators should be further investigated in AP.
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- Gabriella Fűr
- Department of Pathophysiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Pathophysiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Pathophysiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Pathophysiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Pathophysiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Pathophysiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- First Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.,Momentum Epithelial Cell Signalling and Secretion Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences-University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- First Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.,Momentum Epithelial Cell Signalling and Secretion Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences-University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute for Translational Medicine and First Department of Medicine, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.,Momentum Translational Gastroenterology Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences-University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.,Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Pathophysiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Pathophysiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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Lim AYL, Gauld LM. Pleural effusion secondary to chronic pancreatitis in childhood. Respirol Case Rep 2021; 9:e00788. [PMID: 34094573 PMCID: PMC8150525 DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Revised: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Pleural effusion secondary to a pancreatico-pleural fistula is a very rare presentation in children, with limited reports in the literature. We describe two differing presentations of pleural effusions resulting from chronic pancreatitis (CP) with successful resolution of the pleural effusion. These cases highlight the need for consideration of this rare paediatric diagnosis, and the variety of investigations, management strategies, and complications that can occur in the setting of CP in children.
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- Adeline Y. L. Lim
- Department of Respiratory and Sleep MedicineQueensland Children's HospitalBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- Department of Respiratory and Sleep MedicineQueensland Children's HospitalBrisbaneQLDAustralia
- School of MedicineUniversity of QueenslandSt. LuciaQLDAustralia
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Genetic Risk Factors in Early-Onset Nonalcoholic Chronic Pancreatitis: An Update. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12050785. [PMID: 34065437 PMCID: PMC8160726 DOI: 10.3390/genes12050785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 05/15/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a progressive, irreversible inflammatory disorder of the pancreas, which results from interrelations between different genetic and environmental factors. Genetic variants are the primary cause of the disease in early-onset nonalcoholic CP patients. Novel CP-associated genes are continuously emerging from genetic studies on CP cohorts, providing important clues for distinct mechanisms involved in CP development. On the basis of functional studies, the genetic alterations have been sub-grouped into CP-driving pathological pathways. This review focuses on the concept of CP as a complex disease driven by multiple genetic factors. We will discuss only well-defined genetic risk factors and distinct functional pathways involved in CP development, especially in the context of the early-onset nonalcoholic CP group. The diagnostic implications of the genetic testing will be addressed as well.
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Trapp S, Aghdassi AA, Glaubitz J, Sendler M, Weiss FU, Kühn JP, Kromrey ML, Mahajan UM, Pallagi P, Rakonczay Z, Venglovecz V, Lerch MM, Hegyi P, Mayerle J. Pancreatitis severity in mice with impaired CFTR function but pancreatic sufficiency is mediated via ductal and inflammatory cells-Not acinar cells. J Cell Mol Med 2021; 25:4658-4670. [PMID: 33682322 PMCID: PMC8107082 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.16404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2020] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene (CFTR) are an established risk factor for cystic fibrosis (CF) and chronic pancreatitis. Whereas patients with CF usually develop complete exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, pancreatitis patients with CFTR mutations have mostly preserved exocrine pancreatic function. We therefore used a strain of transgenic mice with significant residual CFTR function (CFTRtm1HGU ) to induce pancreatitis experimentally by serial caerulein injections. Protease activation and necrosis were investigated in isolated acini, disease severity over 24h, pancreatic function by MRI, isolated duct stimulation and faecal chymotrypsin, and leucocyte function by ex vivo lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation. Pancreatic and lung injury were more severe in CFTRtm1HGU but intrapancreatic trypsin and serum enzyme activities higher than in wild-type controls only at 8h, a time interval previously attributed to leucocyte infiltration. CCK-induced trypsin activation and necrosis in acini from CFTRtm1HGU did not differ from controls. Fluid and bicarbonate secretion were greatly impaired, whereas faecal chymotrypsin remained unchanged. LPS stimulation of splenocytes from CFTRtm1HGU resulted in increased INF-γ and IL-6, but decreased IL-10 secretion. CFTR mutations that preserve residual pancreatic function significantly increase the severity of experimental pancreatitis-mostly via impairing duct cell function and a shift towards a pro-inflammatory phenotype, not by rendering acinar cells more susceptible to pathological stimuli.
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- Simon Trapp
- Department of Medicine A, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.,Department of Medicine II, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- First Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Pathophysiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Medicine A, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Translational Medicine/First Department of Medicine, Medical School, Institute for Translational Medicine, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Medicine A, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.,Department of Medicine II, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
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Zimmermann MT, Mathison AJ, Stodola T, Evans DB, Abrudan JL, Demos W, Tschannen M, Aldakkak M, Geurts J, Lomberk G, Tsai S, Urrutia R. Interpreting Sequence Variation in PDAC-Predisposing Genes Using a Multi-Tier Annotation Approach Performed at the Gene, Patient, and Cohort Level. Front Oncol 2021; 11:606820. [PMID: 33747920 PMCID: PMC7973372 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.606820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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We investigated germline variation in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) predisposition genes in 535 patients, using a custom-built panel and a new complementary bioinformatic approach. Our panel assessed genes belonging to DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints, migration, and preneoplastic pancreatic conditions. Our bioinformatics approach integrated annotations of variants by using data derived from both germline and somatic references. This integrated approach with expanded evidence enabled us to consider patterns even among private mutations, supporting a functional role for certain alleles, which we believe enhances individualized medicine beyond classic gene-centric approaches. Concurrent evaluation of three levels of evidence, at the gene, sample, and cohort level, has not been previously done. Overall, we identified in PDAC patient germline samples, 12% with mutations previously observed in pancreatic cancers, 23% with mutations previously discovered by sequencing other human tumors, and 46% with mutations with germline associations to cancer. Non-polymorphic protein-coding pathogenic variants were found in 18.4% of patient samples. Moreover, among patients with metastatic PDAC, 16% carried at least one pathogenic variant, and this subgroup was found to have an improved overall survival (22.0 months versus 9.8; p=0.008) despite a higher pre-treatment CA19-9 level (p=0.02). Genetic alterations in DNA damage repair genes were associated with longer overall survival among patients who underwent resection surgery (92 months vs. 46; p=0.06). ATM alterations were associated with more frequent metastatic stage (p = 0.04) while patients with BRCA1 or BRCA2 alterations had improved overall survival (79 months vs. 39; p=0.05). We found that mutations in genes associated with chronic pancreatitis were more common in non-white patients (p<0.001) and associated with longer overall survival (52 months vs. 26; p=0.004), indicating the need for greater study of the relationship among these factors. More than 90% of patients were found to have variants of uncertain significance, which is higher than previously reported. Furthermore, we generated 3D models for selected mutant proteins, which suggested distinct mechanisms underlying their dysfunction, likely caused by genetic alterations. Notably, this type of information is not predictable from sequence alone, underscoring the value of structural bioinformatics to improve genomic interpretation. In conclusion, the variation in PDAC predisposition genes appears to be more extensive than anticipated. This information adds to the growing body of literature on the genomic landscape of PDAC and brings us closer to a more widespread use of precision medicine for this challenging disease.
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- Michael T Zimmermann
- Bioinformatics Research and Development Laboratory, Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States.,Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States.,Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Division of Research, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States.,Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Division of Research, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States.,LaBahn Pancreatic Cancer Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States.,Genetic Counseling Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Division of Research, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States.,Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States.,LaBahn Pancreatic Cancer Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States.,Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Division of Research, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States.,Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States.,LaBahn Pancreatic Cancer Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States.,Division of Research, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States.,Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States.,LaBahn Pancreatic Cancer Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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Menstruation-Associated Acute Pancreatitis in Patients with Hereditary Pancreatitis. J Pediatr 2021; 230:248-250. [PMID: 33238169 PMCID: PMC8444632 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Two adolescent girls presented with recurrent episodes of menstrual cycle-associated acute pancreatitis and are diagnosed with hereditary pancreatitis, a cause of chronic pancreatitis. Hereditary pancreatitis should remain in the differential diagnosis for teenage girls with catamenial acute pancreatitis and family history of pancreatic disease.
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A high prevalence of genetic polymorphisms in idiopathic and alcohol-associated chronic pancreatitis patients in Ireland. HPB (Oxford) 2021; 23:231-237. [PMID: 32669225 DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2020.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Individual genetic architecture is considered central to susceptibility and progression of disease in chronic pancreatitis. The study aimed to evaluate the presence of common pancreatic gene mutations in a defined cohort of idiopathic and alcohol-induced chronic pancreatitis patients in Ireland. METHODS The study comprised patients with idiopathic and alcohol-induced chronic pancreatitis and historic controls. Variants in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, cationic trypsinogen (PRSS1) gene and serine protease inhibitor kazal type-1 (SPINK1) gene, were assessed by Taqman© genotyping assay. RESULTS Of n = 126 patients and n = 167 controls, mutations were detected in 23 (20%) and in 10 (6%) respectively (P < 0.001). The majority of mutations found were in the SPINK1 gene variant N34S (13%) which increased disease risk almost six-fold (OR 5.9). Neither CFTR severe mutation (F508del) (P = 0.649) nor mild variant (R117H) (P = 0.327) were over-represented amongst patients compared to control subjects. PRSS1 variants were not detected in either patient or control subjects. CONCLUSION There was a significant prevalence of chronic pancreatitis-associated gene mutations in this well-phenotyped cohort. In patients with alcohol-related or idiopathic chronic pancreatitis, the possibility of genetic mutations in the SPINK 1 gene should be considered as a contributing aetiology factor.
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Jia YC, Ding YX, Mei WT, Wang YT, Zheng Z, Qu YX, Liang K, Li J, Cao F, Li F. Extracellular vesicles and pancreatitis: mechanisms, status and perspectives. Int J Biol Sci 2021; 17:549-561. [PMID: 33613112 PMCID: PMC7893579 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.54858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Comprehensive reviews and large population-based cohort studies have played an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatitis and its sequelae. The incidence and mortality of pancreatitis have been reduced significantly due to substantial advancements in the pathophysiological mechanisms and clinically effective treatments. The study of extracellular vesicles (EVs) has the potential to identify cell-to-cell communication in diseases such as pancreatitis. Exosomes are a subset of EVs with an average diameter of 50~150 nm. Their diverse and unique constituents include nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids, which can be transferred to trigger phenotypic changes of recipient cells. In recent years, many reports have indicated the role of EVs in pancreatitis, including acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis and autoimmune pancreatitis, suggesting their potential influence on the development and progression of pancreatitis. Plasma exosomes of acute pancreatitis can effectively reach the alveolar cavity and activate alveolar macrophages to cause acute lung injury. Furthermore, upregulated exosomal miRNAs can be used as biomarkers for acute pancreatitis. Here, we summarized the current understanding of EVs in pancreatitis with an emphasis on their biological roles and their potential use as diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic agents for this disease.
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- Yu-Chen Jia
- Department of General Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Clinical Center for Acute Pancreatitis, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Clinical Center for Acute Pancreatitis, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Clinical Center for Acute Pancreatitis, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Clinical Center for Acute Pancreatitis, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Clinical Center for Acute Pancreatitis, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Clinical Center for Acute Pancreatitis, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Clinical Center for Acute Pancreatitis, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Clinical Center for Acute Pancreatitis, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Clinical Center for Acute Pancreatitis, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Soytürk M, Bengi G, Oğuz D, Kalkan İH, Yalnız M, Tahtacı M, Demir K, Kasap E, Oruç N, Ünal NG, Sezgin O, Özdoğan O, Altıntaş E, Yaraş S, Parlak E, Köksal AŞ, Saruç M, Ünal H, Ünsal B, Günay S, Duman D, Yurçi A, Kacar S, Filik L. Turkish Gastroenterology Association, Pancreas Study Group, Chronic Pancreatitis Committee Consensus Report. THE TURKISH JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF TURKISH SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY 2020; 31:S1-S41. [PMID: 33210608 PMCID: PMC7752168 DOI: 10.5152/tjg.2020.220920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Müjde Soytürk
- Department of Gastroenterology, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Kırıkkale University School of Medicine, Kırıkkale, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, TOBB University of Economics and Technology School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Fırat University School of Medicine, Elazığ, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Yıldırım Beyazıt University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, İstanbul University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Celal Bayar University School of Medicine, Manisa, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Sakarya University School of Medicine, Sakarya, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Acibadem University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Acibadem University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Health Sciences University, Katip Çelebi Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
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- Health Sciences University, Katip Çelebi Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Health Sciences University, Ankara State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Health Sciences University, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Tóth-Molnár E, Ding C. New insight into lacrimal gland function: Role of the duct epithelium in tear secretion. Ocul Surf 2020; 18:595-603. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtos.2020.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW We describe and contrast the strengths of precision medicine with Western medicine, and complex trait genetics with Mendelian genetics. Classic genetics focuses on highly penetrant pathogenic variants in a single gene believed to cause or confer a high risk for well-defined phenotypes. However, a minority of disorders have a single gene cause. Further, even individuals with identical Mendelian disease-associated genotypes may exhibit substantial phenotypic variability indicative of genetic and environmental modifiers. Still, most diseases are considered complex traits (or complex diseases). RECENT FINDINGS New insights into the genetic underpinnings of complex traits provide opportunities for advances in diagnosis and management. Precision medicine provides the framework for integrating complex trait knowledge into clinical care through a sophisticated analysis pipeline. Multidimensional modeling of acquired diseases includes multiple genetic risks scattered over many genes and gene regulators that must be interpreted on the basis of functional evidence (e.g., genomics, transcriptomics) with structured models and expert systems; strengthened with machine learning and artificial intelligence. The choice of genotyping approaches (shotgun sequencing, single nucleotide polymorphism chips, targeted panels) is discussed. SUMMARY The result of a good precision medicine tool is clinical-decision support and guidance to tackle complex disorders such as pancreatitis, diabetes, and pancreatic cancer oncogenesis.
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Beyer G, Habtezion A, Werner J, Lerch MM, Mayerle J. Chronic pancreatitis. Lancet 2020; 396:499-512. [PMID: 32798493 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(20)31318-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 59.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Revised: 05/02/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Chronic pancreatitis is a multifactorial, fibroinflammatory syndrome in which repetitive episodes of pancreatic inflammation lead to extensive fibrotic tissue replacement, resulting in chronic pain, exocrine and endocrine pancreatic insufficiency, reduced quality of life, and a shorter life expectancy. The incidence and prevalence of chronic pancreatitis is rising and no curative treatment is available. Using novel diagnostic algorithms, definitive chronic pancreatitis can be diagnosed by imaging criteria alone, whereas probable chronic pancreatitis requires clinical features and imaging criteria. Criteria for the diagnosis of early chronic pancreatitis are still under discussion and need prospective validation in clinical trials. Cross-sectional imaging should be used first; endoscopic ultrasound is needed only when CT or MRI are inconclusive or to plan therapeutic interventions. Management of chronic pancreatitis requires an interdisciplinary approach including primary care practitioners, gastroenterologists, surgeons, radiologists, pain specialists, and nutritional therapists. Patients with chronic pancreatitis should be seen at least once a year and re-evaluated for causal risk factors, symptom control, and complications such as malnutrition, pancreatic exocrine insufficiency, and diabetes; refer to a specialised centre if symptoms are poorly controlled or there is risk of deterioration. Scoring systems to monitor disease progression have been developed and validated internationally. Interventional treatments for pain or cholestasis should be done by specialists only, and early discussion of treatment approaches should include all medical disciplines involved in care. Throughout this Seminar, we address research needs such as staging of pancreatitis, aspects of malnutrition and pain, and cancer surveillance, to help improve the care of patients.
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- Georg Beyer
- Medical Department II, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, University Medicine, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Medical Department II, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
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Dike CR, Kao SC, Uc A. Progression from acute to chronic pancreatitis associated with CFTR and SPINK1 mutations. Pancreatology 2020; 20:1019-1020. [PMID: 32553420 DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2020.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA.
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Hegyi P, Párniczky A, Lerch MM, Sheel ARG, Rebours V, Forsmark CE, Del Chiaro M, Rosendahl J, de-Madaria E, Szücs Á, Takaori K, Yadav D, Gheorghe C, Rakonczay Z, Molero X, Inui K, Masamune A, Fernandez-Del Castillo C, Shimosegawa T, Neoptolemos JP, Whitcomb DC, Sahin-Tóth M. International Consensus Guidelines for Risk Factors in Chronic Pancreatitis. Recommendations from the working group for the international consensus guidelines for chronic pancreatitis in collaboration with the International Association of Pancreatology, the American Pancreatic Association, the Japan Pancreas Society, and European Pancreatic Club. Pancreatology 2020; 20:579-585. [PMID: 32376198 DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2020.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Revised: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a complex inflammatory disease with remarkably impaired quality of life and permanent damage of the pancreas. This paper is part of the international consensus guidelines on CP and presents the consensus on factors elevating the risk for CP. METHODS An international working group with 20 experts on CP from the major pancreas societies (IAP, APA, JPS, and EPC) evaluated 14 statements generated from evidence on four questions deemed to be the most clinically relevant in CP. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach was used to evaluate the level of evidence available per statement. To determine the level of agreement, the working group voted on the 14 statements for strength of agreement, using a nine-point Likert scale in order to calculate Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient. RESULTS Strong consensus and agreement were obtained for the following statements: Alcohol, smoking, and certain genetic alterations are risk factors for CP. Past history, family history, onset of symptoms, and life-style factors including alcohol intake and smoking history should be determined. Alcohol consumption dose-dependently elevates the risk of CP up to 4-fold. Ever smokers, even smoking less than a pack of cigarettes per day, have an increased risk for CP, as compared to never smokers. CONCLUSIONS Both genetic and environmental factors can markedly elevate the risk for CP. Therefore, health-promoting lifestyle education and in certain cases genetic counselling should be employed to reduce the incidence of CP.
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- Péter Hegyi
- Institute for Translational Medicine & Department of Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary; First Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary; MTA-SZTE Momentum Translational Gastroenterology Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary; First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
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- Institute for Translational Medicine & Department of Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary; Heim Pál National Institute of Pediatrics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Pancreatology Unit, Beaujon Hospital, APHP, Paris, Université de Paris, Paris-Diderot, France
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery - University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany
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- Gastroenterology Department, Alicante University General Hospital, Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain
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- First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Exocrine Pancreas Research Unit, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron - Institut de Recerca, Autonomous University of Barcelona, CIBEREHD, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Second Teaching Hospital, Fujita Health University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, South Miyagi Medical Center, Ohgawara, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of General Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Gregório C, Rosset C, Alves LDS, Netto CBO, Machado SMDS, Bersch VP, Osvaldt AB, Ashton-Prolla P. Synchronous Periampullary Tumors in a Patient With Pancreas Divisum and Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Front Genet 2020; 11:395. [PMID: 32425982 PMCID: PMC7212385 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION In this study, we describe for the first time a Neurofibromatosis type 1 patient with pancreas divisum, multiple periampullary tumors and germline pathogenic variants in NF1 and CFTR genes. CASE REPORT A 62-year-old female NF1 patient presented with weakness, choluria, nausea, and diffuse abdominal pain to an emergency room service. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an abdominal mass involving the periampullary region and pancreas divisum. After surgical resection, three synchronous neoplasms were detected including two ampullary tumors (adenocarcinoma of the major ampulla and a neuroendocrine tumor of the minor ampulla) and a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). Germline multigene panel testing (MGPT) identified two pathogenic heterozygous germline variants: NF1 c.838del and CFTR c.1210-34TG[12]T[5]. CONCLUSION This is the first report of a Neurofibromatosis type 1 patient with pancreas divisum and multiple periampullary tumors harboring pathogenic germline variants in NF1 and CFTR genes. The identification of two germline variants and a developmental anomaly in this patient may explain the unusual and more severe findings and underscores the importance of comprehensive molecular analyses in patients with complex phenotypes.
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- Cleandra Gregório
- Laboratório de Medicina Genômica, Centro de Pesquisa Experimental, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Medicina Genômica, Centro de Pesquisa Experimental, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Serviço de Cirurgia do Aparelho Digestivo, Grupo de Vias Biliares e Pâncreas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Grupo do Pâncreas, Serviço de Cirurgia do Aparelho Digestivo, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Serviço de Cirurgia do Aparelho Digestivo, Grupo de Vias Biliares e Pâncreas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Medicina: Ciências Cirúrgicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Medicina Genômica, Centro de Pesquisa Experimental, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Serviço de Genética Médica, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Recurrent acute and chronic pancreatitis are increasingly recognized in childhood. Etiologies are vastly different in children compared with adults and mostly involve genetic and anatomical factors with negligible contribution of environmental risks. Pediatric acute recurrent pancreatitis (ARP) and chronic pancreatitis (CP) have significant impact on quality of life with high healthcare costs. Children with these conditions suffer from recurrent acute or chronic abdominal pain and they endure multiple emergency room visits, hospitalizations, procedures, and surgeries. Diagnostic methods are being developed; treatment options are limited. This review summarizes the most recent developments in pediatric ARP and CP. These discoveries will help physicians provide optimal care for children with these conditions.
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Yang X, Zhao C, Mahdy SA, Xu P, Yu M, Wu J, Wang L, Jacob TJ, Zhu L, Peng S, Deng Z, Chen L, Wang L. A chloride channel in rat pancreatic acinar AR42J cells is sensitive to extracellular acidification and dependent on ROS. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2020; 526:592-598. [PMID: 32247607 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.03.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Extracellular acidification, playing a promoting role in the process of acute pancreatitis, has been reported to activate Cl- channels in several types of cells. However, whether extracellular acidification aggravates acute pancreatitis via activating Cl- channels remains unclear. Here, we investigated the effects of extracellular acidification on Cl- channels in rat pancreatic acinar AR42J cells using whole-cell patch-clamp recordings. We found that extracellular acidification induced a moderately outward-rectified Cl- current, with a selectivity sequence of I- > Br- ≥ Cl- > gluconate-, while intracellular acidification failed to induce the currents. The acid-sensitive currents were inhibited by Cl- channel blockers, 4,4'-Diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid disodium salt hydrate and 5-Nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino) benzoic acid. After ClC-3 was silenced by ClC-3 shRNA, the acid-sensitive Cl- currents were attenuated significantly, indicating that ClC-3 plays a vital role in the induction of acid-sensitive Cl- currents. Extracellular acid elevated the intracellular level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) significantly, prior to inducing Cl- currents. When ROS production was scavenged, the acid-sensitive Cl- currents were abolished. Whereas, the level of acid-induced ROS was unaffected with silence of ClC-3. Our findings above demonstrate that extracellular acidification induces a Cl- current in pancreatic acinar cells via promoting ROS generation, implying an underlying mechanism that extracellular acidification might aggravate acute pancreatitis through Cl- channels.
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- Xiaoya Yang
- Department of Physiology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China; Department of Pathophysiology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Male Reproduction and Genetics, Family Planning Research Institute of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510600, China
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- Division of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Hand and Foot Surgery Department, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital (The First Hospital Affiliated to Shenzhen University), Shenzhen, 518000, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
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Gastrointestinal Complications. Respir Med 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42382-7_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Mouse pancreatic ductal organoid culture as a relevant model to study exocrine pancreatic ion secretion. J Transl Med 2020; 100:84-97. [PMID: 31409889 DOI: 10.1038/s41374-019-0300-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Revised: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Pancreatic exocrine secretory processes are challenging to investigate on primary epithelial cells. Pancreatic organoid cultures may help to overcome shortcomings of the current models, however the ion secretory processes in pancreatic organoids-and therefore their physiological relevance or their utility in disease modeling-are not known. To answer these questions, we provide side-by-side comparison of gene expression, morphology, and function of epithelial cells in primary isolated pancreatic ducts and organoids. We used mouse pancreatic ductal fragments for experiments or were grown in Matrigel to obtain organoid cultures. Using PCR analysis we showed that gene expression of ion channels and transporters remarkably overlap in primary ductal cells and organoids. Morphological analysis with scanning electron microscopy revealed that pancreatic organoids form polarized monolayers with brush border on the apical membrane. Whereas the expression and localization of key proteins involved in ductal secretion (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator, Na+/H+ exchanger 1 and electrogenic Na+/HCO3- cotransporter 1) are equivalent to the primary ductal fragments. Measurements of intracellular pH and Cl- levels revealed no significant difference in the activities of the apical Cl-/HCO3- exchange, or in the basolateral Na+ dependent HCO3- uptake. In summary we found that ion transport activities in the mouse pancreatic organoids are remarkably similar to those observed in freshly isolated primary ductal fragments. These results suggest that organoids can be suitable and robust model to study pancreatic ductal epithelial ion transport in health and diseases and facilitate drug development for secretory pancreatic disorders like cystic fibrosis, or chronic pancreatitis.
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Son A, Ahuja M, Schwartz DM, Varga A, Swaim W, Kang N, Maleth J, Shin DM, Muallem S. Ca 2+ Influx Channel Inhibitor SARAF Protects Mice From Acute Pancreatitis. Gastroenterology 2019; 157:1660-1672.e2. [PMID: 31493399 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.08.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Revised: 08/06/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Pancreatitis is characterized by increased influx of Ca2+ into acinar cells, by unknown mechanisms. Inhibitors of Ca2+ influx channels could be effective in treating acute pancreatitis, but these have deleterious side effects that can result in death. We investigated the expression patterns and functions of acinar cell Ca2+ channels and factors that regulate them during development of acute pancreatitis, along with changes in the channel inactivator store-operated calcium entry-associated regulatory factor (SARAF). We investigated whether SARAF is a target for treatment of acute pancreatitis and its status in human with pancreatitis. METHODS We generated mice that expressed SARAF tagged with hemagglutinin, using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, and isolated acinar cells. We also performed studies with Saraf-/- mice, Sarafzf/zf mice, mice without disruption of Saraf (control mice), and mice that overexpress fluorescently labeled SARAF in acinar cells. We analyzed interactions between stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) and SARAF in HEK cells stimulated with carbachol using fluorescence resonance energy transfer microscopy and immunoprecipitation. Mice were given injections of caerulein or L-arginine to induce pancreatitis. Pancreatic tissues and blood samples were collected and levels of serum amylase, trypsin, tissue damage, inflammatory mediators, and inflammatory cells were measured. We performed quantitative polymerase chain reaction analyses of pancreatic tissues from 6 organ donors without pancreatic disease (controls) and 8 patients with alcohol-associated pancreatitis. RESULTS Pancreatic levels of Ca2+ influx channels or STIM1 did not differ significantly between acinar cells from mice with vs. without pancreatitis. By contrast, pancreatic levels of Saraf messenger RNA and SARAF protein initially markedly increased but then decreased during cell stimulation or injection of mice with caerulein, resulting in excessive Ca2+ influx. STIM1 interacted stably with SARAF following stimulation of HEK or mouse acinar cells with physiologic levels of carbachol, but only transiently following stimulation with pathologic levels of carbachol, leading to excessive Ca2+ influx. We observed reduced levels of SARAF messenger RNA in pancreatic tissues from patients with pancreatitis, compared with controls. SARAF knockout mice developed more severe pancreatitis than control mice after administration of caerulein or L-arginine, and pancreatic acinar cells from these mice had significant increases in Ca2+ influx. Conversely, overexpression of SARAF in acini reduced Ca2+ influx, eliminated inflammation, and reduced severity of acute pancreatitis. CONCLUSIONS In mice with pancreatitis, SARAF initially increases but is then degraded, resulting in excessive, pathological Ca2+ influx by acinar cells. SARAF knockout mice develop more severe pancreatitis than control mice, whereas mice that express SARAF from a transgene in acinar cells develop less-severe pancreatitis. SARAF therefore appears to prevent pancreatic damage during development of acute pancreatitis. Strategies to stabilize or restore SARAF to acinar cells might be developed for treatment of pancreatitis.
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- Aran Son
- Epithelial Signaling and Transport Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Epithelial Signaling and Transport Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Genetics and Pathogenesis of Allergy Section, Laboratory of Allergic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- HAS-USZ Momentum Epithelial Cell Signaling and Secretion Research Group, First Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- NIDCR imaging core, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Oral Biology, BK 21 PLUS Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, South Korea
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- HAS-USZ Momentum Epithelial Cell Signaling and Secretion Research Group, First Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Oral Biology, BK 21 PLUS Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, South Korea.
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- Epithelial Signaling and Transport Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Racz R, Nagy A, Rakonczay Z, Dunavari EK, Gerber G, Varga G. Defense Mechanisms Against Acid Exposure by Dental Enamel Formation, Saliva and Pancreatic Juice Production. Curr Pharm Des 2019; 24:2012-2022. [PMID: 29769002 PMCID: PMC6225347 DOI: 10.2174/1381612824666180515125654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Revised: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The pancreas, the salivary glands and the dental enamel producing ameloblasts have marked developmental, structural and functional similarities. One of the most striking similarities is their bicarbonate-rich secretory product, serving acid neutralization. An important difference between them is that while pancreatic juice and saliva are delivered into a lumen where they can be collected and analyzed, ameloblasts produce locally precipitating hydroxyapatite which cannot be easily studied. Interestingly, the ion and protein secretion by the pancreas, the salivary glands, and maturation ameloblasts are all two-step processes, of course with significant differences too. As they all have to defend against acid exposure by producing extremely large quantities of bicarbonate, the failure of this function leads to deteriorating consequences. The aim of the present review is to describe and characterize the defense mechanisms of the pancreas, the salivary glands and enamel-producing ameloblasts against acid exposure and to compare their functional capabilities to do this by producing bicarbonate.
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- Robert Racz
- Department of Oral Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
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- Department of Pathophysiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Oral Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Mikó A, Erőss B, Sarlós P, Hegyi Jr P, Márta K, Pécsi D, Vincze Á, Bódis B, Nemes O, Faluhelyi N, Farkas O, Papp R, Kelemen D, Szentesi A, Hegyi E, Papp M, Czakó L, Izbéki F, Gajdán L, Novák J, Sahin-Tóth M, Lerch MM, Neoptolemos J, Petersen OH, Hegyi P. Observational longitudinal multicentre investigation of acute pancreatitis (GOULASH PLUS): follow-up of the GOULASH study, protocol. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e025500. [PMID: 31481363 PMCID: PMC6731920 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammatory condition that can lead to late consequences. Recurrent AP (RAP) develops in 20% of patients and chronic pancreatitis (CP) occurs in 7%-12.8%. However, we do not have sufficient information to establish an evidence-based statement to define early CP, or how to prevent its development. AIM The aim of this study was to understand the influencing factors and to determine which parameters should be measured or used as a biomarker to detect the early phase of CP. METHODS/DESIGN This is an observational prospective follow-up study of the GOULASH-trial (ISRTCN 63827758) in which (1) all severity of pancreatitis are included; (2) patients receive only therapeutic modalities which are accepted by the evidence based medicine (EBM) guideline; (3) whole blood, serum and plasma samples are stored in our biobank; and (4) large amount of variables are collected and kept in our electronic database including anamnestic data, physical examination, laboratory parameters, imaging, therapy and complications. Therefore, this fully characterised patient cohort are well suitable for this longitudinal follow-up study. Patients' selection: patients enrolled in the GOULASH study will be offered to join to the longitudinal study. The follow-up will be at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 years after the episode of AP. Anamnestic data will be collected by questionnaires: (1) diet history questionnaire, (2) 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, (3) physical activity questionnaire and (4) stress questionnaire. Genetic tests will be performed for the genes associated with CP. The exocrine and endocrine pancreatic, liver and kidney functions will be determined by laboratory tests, stool sample analyses and imaging. Cost-effectiveness will be analysed to examine the relationship between events of interest and health-related quality of life or to explore subgroup differences. CONCLUSION This study will provide information about the risk and influencing factors leading to CP and identify the most useful measurable parameters. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ISRCTN63396106.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alexandra Mikó
- Institute for Translational Medicine, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
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- Institute for Translational Medicine, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
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- Division of Gastroenterology, First Department of Medicine, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Institute for Translational Medicine, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
- Gastroenterological Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute for Translational Medicine, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
- János Szentágothai Research Center, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Division of Gastroenterology, First Department of Medicine, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Division of Gastroenterology, First Department of Medicine, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, First Department of Medicine, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, First Department of Medicine, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Radiology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Radiology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Surgery Clinic, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Institute for Translational Medicine, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
- First Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute for Translational Medicine, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- First Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- First Department of Gastroenterology, Szent György University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
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- First Department of Gastroenterology, Szent György University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
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- First Department of Gastroenterology, Pándy Kálmán Hospital of Békés County, Gyula, Hungary
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Henry M Goldman School of Dental Medicine Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, UK
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- Department of Medicine A, Universitatsmedizin Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Cancer Research UK Liverpool Cancer Trials Unit, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Institute for Translational Medicine, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
- Surgery Clinic, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences- University of Szeged, Momentum Gastroenterology Multidisciplinary Research Group, Szeged, Hungary
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The incidence of acute pancreatitis continues to increase worldwide, and it is one of the most common gastrointestinal causes for hospital admission in the USA. In the past decade, substantial advancements have been made in our understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms of acute pancreatitis. Studies have elucidated mechanisms of calcium-mediated acinar cell injury and death and the importance of store-operated calcium entry channels and mitochondrial permeability transition pores. The cytoprotective role of the unfolded protein response and autophagy in preventing sustained endoplasmic reticulum stress, apoptosis and necrosis has also been characterized, as has the central role of unsaturated fatty acids in causing pancreatic organ failure. Characterization of these pathways has led to the identification of potential molecular targets for future therapeutic trials. At the patient level, two classification systems have been developed to classify the severity of acute pancreatitis into prognostically meaningful groups, and several landmark clinical trials have informed management strategies in areas of nutritional support and interventions for infected pancreatic necrosis that have resulted in important changes to acute pancreatitis management paradigms. In this Review, we provide a summary of recent advances in acute pancreatitis with a special emphasis on pathophysiological mechanisms and clinical management of the disorder.
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Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis as Initial Manifestations of Cystic Fibrosis and Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator-Related Disorders. Pancreas 2019; 48:888-893. [PMID: 31268981 PMCID: PMC6768061 DOI: 10.1097/mpa.0000000000001350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Recurrent pancreatitis is considered a rare manifestation of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) dysfunction; this case series highlights that pancreatitis can be a presenting symptoms of cystic fibrosis (CF) or a CFTR-related disorder (CFTR-RD). METHODS Retrospective review of patients younger than 30 years diagnosed as having acute recurrent pancreatitis (ARP) or chronic pancreatitis (CP) and subsequently diagnosed as having CF or CFTR-RD. RESULTS Among 18 patients, median time from diagnosis of ARP/CP to diagnosis of CF was 0.4 years (range, 0-33 years). Eight were classified as having CF by elevated sweat chloride testing (SCT). Five had intermediate SCT (30-59 mmol/L) with 2 pathogenic mutations. Five had CFTR-RD with intermediate SCT and 0 to 1 pathogenic mutations. Eight patients (44%) had exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, and pancreatic fluid collections were more common in this group. Based on the CFTR mutation, 6 patients were eligible for CFTR potentiator therapy, although none received it during the study period. Nine of the 18 had ≥1 other likely CF manifestations, including sinusitis (33%), nasal polyps (11%), pneumonia (22%), and gallbladder disease (22%). CONCLUSIONS Cystic fibrosis or CFTR-RD can present as ARP/CP. Complete diagnostic testing for CFTR-RD in patients with ARP/CP will broaden treatment options and help to identify comorbid illness.
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