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Xue H, Yu A, Chen L, Guo Q, Zhang L, Lin N, Chen X, Xu L, Huang H. Prenatal genetic diagnosis of fetuses with dextrocardia using whole exome sequencing in a tertiary center. Sci Rep 2024; 14:16266. [PMID: 39009665 PMCID: PMC11251054 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-67164-w] [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: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 07/09/2024] [Indexed: 07/17/2024] Open
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To evaluate the genetic etiology of fetal dextrocardia, associated ultrasound anomalies, and perinatal outcomes, we investigated the utility of whole exome sequencing (WES) for prenatal diagnosis of dextrocardia. Fetuses with dextrocardia were prospectively collected between January 2016 and December 2022. Trio-WES was performed on fetuses with dextrocardia, following normal karyotyping and/or chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) results. A total of 29 fetuses with dextrocardia were collected, including 27 (93.1%) diagnosed with situs inversus totalis and 2 (6.9%) with situs inversus partialis. Cardiac malformations were present in nine cases, extra-cardiac anomalies were found in seven cases, and both cardiac and extra-cardiac malformations were identified in one case. The fetal karyotypes and CMA results of 29 cases were normal. Of the 29 cases with dextrocardia, 15 underwent WES, and the other 14 cases refused. Of the 15 cases that underwent WES, clinically relevant variants were identified in 5/15 (33.3%) cases, including the diagnostic variants DNAH5, DNAH11, LRRC56, PEX10, and ZIC3, which were verified by Sanger sequencing. Of the 10 cases with non-diagnostic results via WES, eight (80%) chose to continue the pregnancies. Of the 29 fetuses with dextrocardia, 10 were terminated during pregnancy, and 19 were live born. Fetal dextrocardia is often accompanied by cardiac and extra-cardiac anomalies, and fetal dextrocardia accompanied by situs inversus is associated with a high risk of primary ciliary dyskinesia. Trio-WES is recommended following normal karyotyping and CMA results because it can improve the diagnostic utility of genetic variants of fetal dextrocardia, accurately predict fetal prognosis, and guide perinatal management and the reproductive decisions of affected families.
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- Huili Xue
- Medical Genetic Diagnosis and Therapy Center, Fujian Key Laboratory for Prenatal Diagnosis and Birth Defect, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, No. 18 Daoshan Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou City, 350001, Fujian Province, China.
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, No. 18 Daoshan Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou City, 350001, Fujian Province, China
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- Medical Genetic Diagnosis and Therapy Center, Fujian Key Laboratory for Prenatal Diagnosis and Birth Defect, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, No. 18 Daoshan Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou City, 350001, Fujian Province, China
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- Medical Genetic Diagnosis and Therapy Center, Fujian Key Laboratory for Prenatal Diagnosis and Birth Defect, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, No. 18 Daoshan Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou City, 350001, Fujian Province, China
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- Fujian Medical University, No. 88 Jiaotong Road, Cangshan District, Fuzhou City, 350001, Fujian Province, China
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- Medical Genetic Diagnosis and Therapy Center, Fujian Key Laboratory for Prenatal Diagnosis and Birth Defect, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, No. 18 Daoshan Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou City, 350001, Fujian Province, China
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- Medical Genetic Diagnosis and Therapy Center, Fujian Key Laboratory for Prenatal Diagnosis and Birth Defect, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, No. 18 Daoshan Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou City, 350001, Fujian Province, China
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- Medical Genetic Diagnosis and Therapy Center, Fujian Key Laboratory for Prenatal Diagnosis and Birth Defect, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, No. 18 Daoshan Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou City, 350001, Fujian Province, China.
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- Medical Genetic Diagnosis and Therapy Center, Fujian Key Laboratory for Prenatal Diagnosis and Birth Defect, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, No. 18 Daoshan Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou City, 350001, Fujian Province, China.
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Xu Y, Ueda K, Nishikido T, Matsumoto T, Takeuchi K. Two Japanese Pediatric Patients With Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Caused by Loss-of-Function Variants in the CCNO gene. Cureus 2024; 16:e58854. [PMID: 38784318 PMCID: PMC11115999 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.58854] [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] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
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Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare congenital disorder caused by pathogenic variants of genes related to cilia. Here, we report two Japanese pediatric patients with PCD caused by pathogenic compound heterozygous variants in the cyclin O (CCNO) gene (Case 1, NM_021147.4:c.[262C>T];[781delC], p.[Gln88Ter];[Leu261fs]; Case 2, c.[262C>T];[c.248_252dupTGCCC], p.[Gln88Ter];[Gly85fs]). The clinical symptoms of the patients were varied. Neither of the patients had situs inversus. Transmission electron microscopy of the respiratory cilia from the nasal mucosa in Case 1 showed a remarkable reduction of cilia and the few residual cilia had central pair defects and microtubular disorganization.
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- Yifei Xu
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, JPN
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, JPN
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy, Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital, Izumi, JPN
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- Department of Pediatric Infection and Immunology, Fukuoka Children's Hospital, Fukuoka, JPN
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, JPN
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Chen W, Guo Z, Li M, Sheng W, Huang G. Next-Generation Sequencing-Based Copy Number Variation Analysis in Chinese Patients with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Revealed Novel DNAH5 Copy Number Variations. PHENOMICS (CHAM, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 4:24-33. [PMID: 38605905 PMCID: PMC11003934 DOI: 10.1007/s43657-023-00130-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare disorder characterized by extensive genetic heterogeneity. However, in the genetic pathogenesis of PCD, copy number variation (CNV) has not received sufficient attention and has rarely been reported, especially in China. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) followed by targeted CNV analysis was used in patients highly suspected to have PCD with negative results in routine whole-exome sequencing (WES) analysis. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and Sanger sequencing were used to confirm these CNVs. To further characterize the ciliary phenotypes, high-speed video microscopy analysis (HSVA), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and immunofluorescence (IF) analysis were used. Patient 1 (F1: II-1), a 0.6-year-old girl, came from a nonconsanguineous family-I. She presented with situs inversus totalis, neonatal respiratory distress, and sinusitis. The nasal nitric oxide level was markedly reduced. The respiratory cilia beat with reduced amplitude. TEM revealed shortened outer dynein arms (ODA) of cilia. chr5:13717907-13722661del spanning exons 71-72 was identified by NGS-based CNV analysis. Patient 2 (F2: IV-4), a 37-year-old man, and his eldest brother Patient 3 (F2: IV-2) came from a consanguineous family-II. Both had sinusitis, bronchiectasis and situs inversus totalis. The respiratory cilia of Patient 2 and Patient 3 were found to be uniformly immotile, with ODA defects. Two novel homozygous deletions chr5:13720087_13733030delinsGTTTTC and chr5:13649539_1 3707643del, spanning exons 69-71 and exons 77-79 were identified by NGS-based CNV analysis. Abnormalities in DNA copy number were confirmed by qPCR amplification. IF showed that the respiratory cilia of Patient 1 and Patient 2 were deficient in dynein axonemal heavy chain 5 (DNAH5) protein expression. This report identified three novel DNAH5 disease-associated variants by WES-based CNV analysis. Our study expands the genetic spectrum of PCD with DNAH5 in the Chinese population. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s43657-023-00130-0.
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- Weicheng Chen
- Cardiovascular Center, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, 399 Wanyuan Road, Shanghai, 201102 China
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- Respirology Department, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102 China
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- Cardiovascular Center, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, 399 Wanyuan Road, Shanghai, 201102 China
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- Cardiovascular Center, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, 399 Wanyuan Road, Shanghai, 201102 China
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- Cardiovascular Center, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, 399 Wanyuan Road, Shanghai, 201102 China
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Zhao T, Huang X, Chen W, Gao H, Feng Z, Tan C, Sun J, Ma X, Yan W, Sheng W, Huang G. Clinical implications of respiratory ciliary dysfunction in heterotaxy patients with congenital heart disease: elevated risk of postoperative airway complications. Front Cardiovasc Med 2024; 10:1333277. [PMID: 38292451 PMCID: PMC10825948 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1333277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024] Open
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Objective Cardiac surgery in Congenital Heart Disease-Heterotaxy (CHD-HTX) patients often leads to increased postoperative airway complications. Abnormal respiratory ciliary function, resembling primary ciliary dyskinesia, has been observed. We expanded the sample size by retrospectively reviewing Ciliary Dysfunction (CD) in CHD-HTX patients to verify the increased risk of post-surgical respiratory complications. Methods We conducted a retrospective review of 69 CHD-HTX patients undergoing cardiac surgery, assessing abnormal respiratory function using nasal nitric oxide (nNO) levels and nasal ciliary motion observed in video microscopy. Data collected included demographics, surgical details, postoperative complications, length of stay, ICU hours, salvage procedures, intubation duration, and mortality. Results The CD and no-CD cohorts exhibited notable similarities in risk adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery-1 (RACHS-1) risk categories, age at the time of surgery, and the duration of follow-up evaluations. We observed a trend toward an increased length of post-operative stay in the CD group (15.0 vs. 14.0; P = 0.0017). CHD-HTX patients with CD showed significantly higher rates of respiratory complications (70% vs. 44.4%; P = 0.008). There were no notable variances observed in postoperative hospitalization duration, mechanical ventilation period, or surgical mortality. Conclusion Our findings suggest that CHD-HTX patients with CD may face an elevated risk of respiratory complications. These results offer guidance for perioperative management and serve as a reference for further pathological studies.
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- Tingting Zhao
- Children's Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Birth Defects, Shanghai, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Neonatal Diseases, Xiamen Children's Hospital Affiliated to Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, Xiamen, China
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- Children's Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Children's Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Birth Defects, Shanghai, China
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- Children's Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Birth Defects, Shanghai, China
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- Children's Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Birth Defects, Shanghai, China
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- Bengbu First People's Hospital Affiliated to Bengbu Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Children's Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Children's Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Birth Defects, Shanghai, China
- Research Unit of Early Intervention of Genetically Related Childhood Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Children's Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Birth Defects, Shanghai, China
- Research Unit of Early Intervention of Genetically Related Childhood Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Children's Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Birth Defects, Shanghai, China
- Research Unit of Early Intervention of Genetically Related Childhood Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Ge H, Zhou W, He M, Zheng H, Zhao X, Zhang T, Zhang Y, Shao C, Cheng C, Liu Y, Tian X, Xu K, Zhang X. Mutations in CFAP47, a previously reported MMAF causative gene, also contribute to the respiratory defects in patients with PCD. Mol Genet Genomic Med 2024; 12:e2278. [PMID: 37723893 PMCID: PMC10767284 DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.2278] [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: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a genetic ciliopathy characterized by dysfunction of motile cilia. Currently, approximately 50 causative genes accounting for 60%-70% of all PCD cases have been identified in PCD-affected individuals, but the etiology in approximately 30%-40% of PCD cases remains unknown. METHODS We analyzed the clinical and genetic data of two PCD individuals who were suspected of having PCD. Whole-exome sequencing and Sanger sequencing were performed to identify and verify the variants in CFAP47. We also evaluated the expression of CFAP47 by real-time quantitative PCR and immunofluorescence. Transmission electron microscopy in respiratory epithelial cells was also conducted to analyze ciliary function. RESULTS Two hemizygous missense variants of X-linked CFAP47 in two unrelated PCD individuals were identified. The expression of CFAP47 in two PCD individuals was significantly reduced in vivo and in vitro assays. A reduction in the amount of epithelial ciliary cells and basal bodies from PCD individuals was also observed. CONCLUSIONS We describe two hemizygous missense variants of X-linked CFAP47 in two unrelated PCD individuals and prove CFAP47 variants are related to a reduced number of epithelial ciliary cells. Therefore, we suggest that CFAP47 should be known as a novel pathogenic gene of human PCD.
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- Haijun Ge
- McKusick‐Zhang Center for Genetic Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular BiologyInstitute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College HospitalChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- McKusick‐Zhang Center for Genetic Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular BiologyInstitute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- McKusick‐Zhang Center for Genetic Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular BiologyInstitute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- McKusick‐Zhang Center for Genetic Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular BiologyInstitute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College HospitalChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College HospitalChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College HospitalChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College HospitalChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- McKusick‐Zhang Center for Genetic Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular BiologyInstitute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College HospitalChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College HospitalChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- McKusick‐Zhang Center for Genetic Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular BiologyInstitute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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Zhou W, Guo Z, Chen J, Chen Y, He C, Lu A, Qian L. Airway microbiota correlated with pulmonary exacerbation in primary ciliary dyskinesia patients. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0221323. [PMID: 37796006 PMCID: PMC10715216 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02213-23] [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: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
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IMPORTANCE PCD is a rare disease characterized by productive cough, rhinitis, and recurrent infections of the upper and lower airways. Because the diagnosis of PCD is often delayed, patients receive more antibiotics, experience a heavier financial burden, and have a worse prognosis; thus, it is very important to identify the pathogeny and use the correct antibiotic. In this large single-center study of PCD microbiota, we identified an outline of the bacterial microbes from the respiratory tract; furthermore, we found that the microbiota diversity in pediatric sputum was richer than that in pediatric BALF through sequencing, indicating a heterogeneous community structure. The microbiota diversity and richness were lower during pulmonary exacerbation than during pulmonary stabilization. A significantly higher abundance of Pseudomonas had a moderate distinguishing effect for lung exacerbation, which attracted more attention for the study of Pseudomonas therapy in pediatric patients with PCD.
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- Weitao Zhou
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Salemi M, Mandarà LGM, Salluzzo MG, Schillaci FA, Castiglione R, Cordella A, Iorio R, Perrotta CS, Ferri R, Romano C. NGS study in a sicilian case series with a genetic diagnosis for Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (PRNP, p.P102L). Mol Biol Rep 2023; 50:9715-9720. [PMID: 37812352 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-08764-z] [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: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Gerstmann Sträussler Scheinker (GSS) is an inherited, invariably fatal prion disease. Like other human prion diseases, GSS is caused by missense mutations in the prion protein (PrP) gene (PRNP), and by the formation and overtime accumulation of the misfolded, pathogenic scrapie PrP (PrPSc). The first mutation identified in the PRNP gene, and the one blamed as the main cause of the disease, is c.C305T:p.P102L. METHODS AND RESULTS The Sanger sequencing method was performed on the PRNP gene for the detection of c.C305T:p.P102L mutations in a cohort of 10 subjects; moreover, a study was carried out, using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), by sequencing a group of genes related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease (AD), movement disorders and dementia which show a phenotypic profile similar to that of GSS. The results obtained from the study using NGS indicate the potential role of other genetic variants which could contribute to the various GSS phenotypes. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, we highlight the large clinical variability in subjects presenting with GSS and p.P102L, as well as the hypothesis that the mutation in PrP codon 102 alone is not sufficient to trigger the cardinal clinical signs of the disease; furthermore, we do not exclude the possibility that further genetic variants play a decisive role in the aspects of the various phenotypes with which GSS manifests itself.
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- U.O.S. Medical Genetics, Maria Paternò Arezzo Hospital, Ragusa, RG, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, Baronissi, SA, Italy
- Genome Research Center for Health-CRGS, Baronissi, SA, Italy
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- Genomix4Life Srl, Baronissi, SA, Italy
- Genome Research Center for Health-CRGS, Baronissi, SA, Italy
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- Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, EN, Italy
- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Zhou N, Liang W, Zhang Y, Quan G, Li T, Huang S, Huo Y, Cui H, Cheng Y. ODAD1 variants resulting from splice-site mutations retain partial function and cause primary ciliary dyskinesia with outer dynein arm defects. Front Genet 2023; 14:1270278. [PMID: 38028630 PMCID: PMC10651219 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1270278] [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: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder caused by defects in motile ciliary function and/or structure. Outer dynein arm docking complex subunit 1 (ODAD1) is an important component of the outer dynein arm docking complex (ODA-DC). To date, 13 likely pathogenic mutations of ODAD1 have been reported. However, the pathogenesis of ODAD1 mutations remains elusive. To investigate the pathogenesis of splice-site mutations in ODAD1 discovered in this study and those reported previously, molecular and functional analyses were performed. Whole-exome sequencing revealed a compound mutation in ODAD1 (c.71-2A>C; c.598-2A>C) in a patient with PCD, with c.598-2A>C being a novel mutation that resulted in two mutant transcripts. The compound mutation in ODAD1 (c.71-2A>C; c.598-2A>C) led to aberrant splicing that resulted in the absence of the wild-type ODAD1 and defects of the outer dynein arm in ciliary axonemes, causing a decrease in ciliary beat frequency. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the truncated proteins resulting from splice-site mutations in ODAD1 could retain partial function and inhibit the interaction between wild-type ODAD1 and ODAD3. The results of this study expand the mutational and clinical spectrum of PCD, provide more evidence for genetic counseling, and offer new insights into gene-based therapeutic strategies for PCD.
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Lu D, Yang W, Zhang R, Li Y, Cheng T, Liao Y, Chen L, Liu H. Clinical Characteristics and Immune Responses in Children with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia during Pneumonia Episodes: A Case-Control Study. CHILDREN (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 10:1727. [PMID: 38002818 PMCID: PMC10670724 DOI: 10.3390/children10111727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study explored the clinical features and immune responses of children with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) during pneumonia episodes. METHODS The 61 children with PCD who were admitted to hospital because of pneumonia were retrospectively enrolled into this study between April 2017 and August 2022. A total of 61 children with pneumonia but without chronic diseases were enrolled as the control group. The clinical characteristics, levels of inflammatory indicators, pathogens, and imaging features of the lungs were compared between the two groups. RESULTS The PCD group had higher levels of lymphocytes (42.80% versus 36.00%, p = 0.029) and eosinophils (2.40% versus 1.25%, p = 0.020), but lower neutrophil counts (3.99 versus 5.75 × 109/L, p = 0.011), percentages of neutrophils (46.39% versus 54.24%, p = 0.014), CRP (0.40 versus 4.20 mg/L, p < 0.001) and fibrinogen (257.50 versus 338.00 mg/dL, p = 0.010) levels. Children with PCD and children without chronic diseases were both most commonly infected with Mycoplasma pneumoniae (24.6% versus 51.9%). Children with PCD had significantly more common imaging features, including mucous plugging (p = 0.042), emphysema (p = 0.007), bronchiectasis (p < 0.001), mosaic attenuation (p = 0.012), interstitial inflammation (p = 0.015), and sinusitis (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION PCD is linked to immune system impairment, which significantly contributes to our understanding of the pathophysiology of this entity.
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- Danli Lu
- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Sichuan University, Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610000, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Chronobiology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- The Joint Laboratory for Lung Development and Related Diseases of West China Second University Hospital, School of Life Sciences of Fudan University, West China Institute of Women and Children’s Health, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Sichuan Birth Defects Clinical Research Center, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Sichuan University, Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610000, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Chronobiology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- The Joint Laboratory for Lung Development and Related Diseases of West China Second University Hospital, School of Life Sciences of Fudan University, West China Institute of Women and Children’s Health, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Sichuan Birth Defects Clinical Research Center, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Sichuan University, Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610000, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Chronobiology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- The Joint Laboratory for Lung Development and Related Diseases of West China Second University Hospital, School of Life Sciences of Fudan University, West China Institute of Women and Children’s Health, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Sichuan Birth Defects Clinical Research Center, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Sichuan University, Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610000, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Chronobiology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- The Joint Laboratory for Lung Development and Related Diseases of West China Second University Hospital, School of Life Sciences of Fudan University, West China Institute of Women and Children’s Health, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Sichuan Birth Defects Clinical Research Center, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Sichuan University, Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610000, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Chronobiology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- The Joint Laboratory for Lung Development and Related Diseases of West China Second University Hospital, School of Life Sciences of Fudan University, West China Institute of Women and Children’s Health, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Sichuan Birth Defects Clinical Research Center, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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Liu Z, Yan W, Liu S, Liu Z, Xu P, Fang W. Regulatory network and targeted interventions for CCDC family in tumor pathogenesis. Cancer Lett 2023; 565:216225. [PMID: 37182638 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2023.216225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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CCDC (coiled-coil domain-containing) is a coiled helix domain that exists in natural proteins. There are about 180 CCDC family genes, encoding proteins that are involved in intercellular transmembrane signal transduction and genetic signal transcription, among other functions. Alterations in expression, mutation, and DNA promoter methylation of CCDC family genes have been shown to be associated with the pathogenesis of many diseases, including primary ciliary dyskinesia, infertility, and tumors. In recent studies, CCDC family genes have been found to be involved in regulation of growth, invasion, metastasis, chemosensitivity, and other biological behaviors of malignant tumor cells in various cancer types, including nasopharyngeal carcinoma, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, and thyroid cancer. In this review, we summarize the involvement of CCDC family genes in tumor pathogenesis and the relevant upstream and downstream molecular mechanisms. In addition, we summarize the potential of CCDC family genes as tumor therapy targets. The findings discussed here help us to further understand the role and the therapeutic applications of CCDC family genes in tumors.
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- Zhen Liu
- Cancer Center, Integrated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, 510315, Guangzhou, China.
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- Cancer Center, Integrated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, 510315, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Pingxiang People's Hospital, Pingxiang, Jiangxi, 337000, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition, The First Affiliated Hospital (People's Hospital of Hunan Province), Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410002, China
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- Cancer Center, Integrated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, 510315, Guangzhou, China; Respiratory Department, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, 518034, China.
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- Cancer Center, Integrated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, 510315, Guangzhou, China.
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Xu K, Diaz AA, Duan F, Lee M, Xiao X, Liu H, Liu G, Cho MH, Gower AC, Alekseyev YO, Spira A, Aberle DR, Washko GR, Billatos E, Lenburg ME. Bronchial gene expression alterations associated with radiological bronchiectasis. Eur Respir J 2023; 61:2200120. [PMID: 36229050 PMCID: PMC9881226 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00120-2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Discovering airway gene expression alterations associated with radiological bronchiectasis may improve the understanding of the pathobiology of early-stage bronchiectasis. METHODS Presence of radiological bronchiectasis in 173 individuals without a clinical diagnosis of bronchiectasis was evaluated. Bronchial brushings from these individuals were transcriptomically profiled and analysed. Single-cell deconvolution was performed to estimate changes in cellular landscape that may be associated with early disease progression. RESULTS 20 participants have widespread radiological bronchiectasis (three or more lobes). Transcriptomic analysis reflects biological processes associated with bronchiectasis including decreased expression of genes involved in cell adhesion and increased expression of genes involved in inflammatory pathways (655 genes, false discovery rate <0.1, log2 fold-change >0.25). Deconvolution analysis suggests that radiological bronchiectasis is associated with an increased proportion of ciliated and deuterosomal cells, and a decreased proportion of basal cells. Gene expression patterns separated participants into three clusters: normal, intermediate and bronchiectatic. The bronchiectatic cluster was enriched by participants with more lobes of radiological bronchiectasis (p<0.0001), more symptoms (p=0.002), higher SERPINA1 mutation rates (p=0.03) and higher computed tomography derived bronchiectasis scores (p<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Genes involved in cell adhesion, Wnt signalling, ciliogenesis and interferon-γ pathways had altered expression in the bronchus of participants with widespread radiological bronchiectasis, possibly associated with decreased basal and increased ciliated cells. This gene expression pattern is not only highly enriched among individuals with radiological bronchiectasis, but also associated with airway-related symptoms in those without discernible radiological bronchiectasis, suggesting that it reflects a bronchiectasis-associated, but non-bronchiectasis-specific lung pathophysiological process.
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- Ke Xu
- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- K. Xu and A.A. Diaz contributed equally to this work
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- K. Xu and A.A. Diaz contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Biostatistics and Center for Statistical Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- E. Billatos and M.E. Lenburg contributed equally to this article as lead authors and supervised the work
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- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- E. Billatos and M.E. Lenburg contributed equally to this article as lead authors and supervised the work
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Key J, Gispert S, Koornneef L, Sleddens-Linkels E, Kohli A, Torres-Odio S, Koepf G, Amr S, Reichlmeir M, Harter PN, West AP, Münch C, Baarends WM, Auburger G. CLPP Depletion Causes Diplotene Arrest; Underlying Testis Mitochondrial Dysfunction Occurs with Accumulation of Perrault Proteins ERAL1, PEO1, and HARS2. Cells 2022; 12:52. [PMID: 36611846 PMCID: PMC9818230 DOI: 10.3390/cells12010052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Human Perrault syndrome (PRLTS) is autosomal, recessively inherited, and characterized by ovarian insufficiency with hearing loss. Among the genetic causes are mutations of matrix peptidase CLPP, which trigger additional azoospermia. Here, we analyzed the impact of CLPP deficiency on male mouse meiosis stages. Histology, immunocytology, different OMICS and biochemical approaches, and RT-qPCR were employed in CLPP-null mouse testis. Meiotic chromosome pairing and synapsis proceeded normally. However, the foci number of the crossover marker MLH1 was slightly reduced, and foci persisted in diplotene, most likely due to premature desynapsis, associated with an accumulation of the DNA damage marker γH2AX. No meiotic M-phase cells were detected. Proteome profiles identified strong deficits of proteins involved in male meiotic prophase (HSPA2, SHCBP1L, DMRT7, and HSF5), versus an accumulation of AURKAIP1. Histone H3 cleavage, mtDNA extrusion, and cGAMP increase suggested innate immunity activation. However, the deletion of downstream STING/IFNAR failed to alleviate pathology. As markers of underlying mitochondrial pathology, we observed an accumulation of PRLTS proteins ERAL1, PEO1, and HARS2. We propose that the loss of CLPP leads to the extrusion of mitochondrial nucleotide-binding proteins to cytosol and nucleus, affecting late meiotic prophase progression, and causing cell death prior to M-phase entry. This phenotype is more severe than in mito-mice or mutator-mice.
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- Jana Key
- Experimental Neurology, Medical Faculty, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Experimental Neurology, Medical Faculty, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Erasmus Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Erasmus Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biochemistry II, Goethe University Medical School, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine, Health Science Center, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX 77807, USA
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- Experimental Neurology, Medical Faculty, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry II, Goethe University Medical School, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Experimental Neurology, Medical Faculty, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Neurology (Edinger-Institute), University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Heinrich-Hoffmann-Strasse 7, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, College of Medicine, Health Science Center, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX 77807, USA
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- Institute of Biochemistry II, Goethe University Medical School, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Frankfurt Cancer Institute, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Cardio-Pulmonary Institute, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Erasmus Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Experimental Neurology, Medical Faculty, Goethe University, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Yang W, Chen L, Guo J, Shi F, Yang Q, Xie L, Lu D, Li Y, Luo J, Wang L, Qiu L, Chen T, Li Y, Zhang R, Chen L, Xu W, Liu H. Multiomics Analysis of a DNAH5-Mutated PCD Organoid Model Revealed the Key Role of the TGF-β/BMP and Notch Pathways in Epithelial Differentiation and the Immune Response in DNAH5-Mutated Patients. Cells 2022; 11:cells11244013. [PMID: 36552777 PMCID: PMC9776854 DOI: 10.3390/cells11244013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Dynein axonemal heavy chain 5 (DNAH5) is the most mutated gene in primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), leading to abnormal cilia ultrastructure and function. Few studies have revealed the genetic characteristics and pathogenetic mechanisms of PCD caused by DNAH5 mutation. Here, we established a child PCD airway organoid directly from the bronchoscopic biopsy of a patient with the DNAH5 mutation. The motile cilia in the organoid were observed and could be stably maintained for an extended time. We further found abnormal ciliary function and a decreased immune response caused by the DNAH5 mutation through single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-Seq) and proteomic analyses. Additionally, the directed induction of the ciliated cells, regulated by TGF-β/BMP and the Notch pathway, also increased the expression of inflammatory cytokines. Taken together, these results demonstrated that the combination of multiomics analysis and organoid modelling could reveal the close connection between the immune response and the DNAH5 gene.
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- Wenhao Yang
- Department of Paediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610000, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Chronobiology (Sichuan University), Chengdu 610000, China
- The Joint Laboratory for Lung Development and Related Diseases of West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and School of Life Sciences of Fudan University, West China Institute of Women and Children’s Health, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Sichuan Birth Defects Clinical Research Centre, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Department of Paediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610000, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Chronobiology (Sichuan University), Chengdu 610000, China
- The Joint Laboratory for Lung Development and Related Diseases of West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and School of Life Sciences of Fudan University, West China Institute of Women and Children’s Health, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Sichuan Birth Defects Clinical Research Centre, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Department of Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Joint Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine (SCU-CUHK), Key Laboratory of Obstetric, Gynaecologic, and Paediatric Diseases and Birth Defects of Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610000, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Chronobiology (Sichuan University), Chengdu 610000, China
- The Joint Laboratory for Lung Development and Related Diseases of West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and School of Life Sciences of Fudan University, West China Institute of Women and Children’s Health, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Sichuan Birth Defects Clinical Research Centre, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Sichuan Birth Defects Clinical Research Centre, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610000, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Chronobiology (Sichuan University), Chengdu 610000, China
- The Joint Laboratory for Lung Development and Related Diseases of West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and School of Life Sciences of Fudan University, West China Institute of Women and Children’s Health, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Sichuan Birth Defects Clinical Research Centre, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Department of Paediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610000, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Chronobiology (Sichuan University), Chengdu 610000, China
- The Joint Laboratory for Lung Development and Related Diseases of West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and School of Life Sciences of Fudan University, West China Institute of Women and Children’s Health, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Sichuan Birth Defects Clinical Research Centre, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Sichuan Birth Defects Clinical Research Centre, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Department of Paediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610000, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Chronobiology (Sichuan University), Chengdu 610000, China
- The Joint Laboratory for Lung Development and Related Diseases of West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and School of Life Sciences of Fudan University, West China Institute of Women and Children’s Health, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Sichuan Birth Defects Clinical Research Centre, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- The Joint Laboratory for Lung Development and Related Diseases of West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and School of Life Sciences of Fudan University, West China Institute of Women and Children’s Health, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Department of Paediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610000, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Chronobiology (Sichuan University), Chengdu 610000, China
- The Joint Laboratory for Lung Development and Related Diseases of West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and School of Life Sciences of Fudan University, West China Institute of Women and Children’s Health, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Sichuan Birth Defects Clinical Research Centre, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Department of Paediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610000, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Chronobiology (Sichuan University), Chengdu 610000, China
- The Joint Laboratory for Lung Development and Related Diseases of West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and School of Life Sciences of Fudan University, West China Institute of Women and Children’s Health, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Sichuan Birth Defects Clinical Research Centre, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Department of Paediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610000, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Chronobiology (Sichuan University), Chengdu 610000, China
- The Joint Laboratory for Lung Development and Related Diseases of West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and School of Life Sciences of Fudan University, West China Institute of Women and Children’s Health, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Sichuan Birth Defects Clinical Research Centre, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Department of Paediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610000, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Chronobiology (Sichuan University), Chengdu 610000, China
- The Joint Laboratory for Lung Development and Related Diseases of West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and School of Life Sciences of Fudan University, West China Institute of Women and Children’s Health, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Sichuan Birth Defects Clinical Research Centre, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Sichuan Birth Defects Clinical Research Centre, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
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- Department of Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Joint Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine (SCU-CUHK), Key Laboratory of Obstetric, Gynaecologic, and Paediatric Diseases and Birth Defects of Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Correspondence: (W.X.); (H.L.)
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- Department of Paediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610000, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Chronobiology (Sichuan University), Chengdu 610000, China
- The Joint Laboratory for Lung Development and Related Diseases of West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and School of Life Sciences of Fudan University, West China Institute of Women and Children’s Health, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Sichuan Birth Defects Clinical Research Centre, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China
- Correspondence: (W.X.); (H.L.)
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Best S, Yu J, Lord J, Roche M, Watson CM, Bevers RPJ, Stuckey A, Madhusudhan S, Jewell R, Sisodiya SM, Lin S, Turner S, Robinson H, Leslie JS, Baple E, Toomes C, Inglehearn C, Wheway G, Johnson CA. Uncovering the burden of hidden ciliopathies in the 100 000 Genomes Project: a reverse phenotyping approach. J Med Genet 2022; 59:1151-1164. [PMID: 35764379 PMCID: PMC9691823 DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2022-108476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND The 100 000 Genomes Project (100K) recruited National Health Service patients with eligible rare diseases and cancer between 2016 and 2018. PanelApp virtual gene panels were applied to whole genome sequencing data according to Human Phenotyping Ontology (HPO) terms entered by recruiting clinicians to guide focused analysis. METHODS We developed a reverse phenotyping strategy to identify 100K participants with pathogenic variants in nine prioritised disease genes (BBS1, BBS10, ALMS1, OFD1, DYNC2H1, WDR34, NPHP1, TMEM67, CEP290), representative of the full phenotypic spectrum of multisystemic primary ciliopathies. We mapped genotype data 'backwards' onto available clinical data to assess potential matches against phenotypes. Participants with novel molecular diagnoses and key clinical features compatible with the identified disease gene were reported to recruiting clinicians. RESULTS We identified 62 reportable molecular diagnoses with variants in these nine ciliopathy genes. Forty-four have been reported by 100K, 5 were previously unreported and 13 are new diagnoses. We identified 11 participants with unreportable, novel molecular diagnoses, who lacked key clinical features to justify reporting to recruiting clinicians. Two participants had likely pathogenic structural variants and one a deep intronic predicted splice variant. These variants would not be prioritised for review by standard 100K diagnostic pipelines. CONCLUSION Reverse phenotyping improves the rate of successful molecular diagnosis for unsolved 100K participants with primary ciliopathies. Previous analyses likely missed these diagnoses because incomplete HPO term entry led to incorrect gene panel choice, meaning that pathogenic variants were not prioritised. Better phenotyping data are therefore essential for accurate variant interpretation and improved patient benefit.
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- Sunayna Best
- Division of Molecular Medicine, Leeds Institute of Medical Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- Yorkshire Regional Genetics Service, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
- Faculty of Medicine, Human Development and Health, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Windsor House Group Practice, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Leeds Institute of Medical Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- North East and Yorkshire Genomic Laboratory Hub, Central Lab, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
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- Genomics England, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Genomics England, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Yorkshire Regional Genetics Service, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
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- University College London (UCL) Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
- Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy, Chalfont, UK
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Torquay, UK
- Exeter Genomics Laboratory, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Torquay, UK
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- Exeter Genomics Laboratory, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK
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- RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
- Peninsula Clinical Genetics Service, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Leeds Institute of Medical Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Leeds Institute of Medical Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
- Faculty of Medicine, Human Development and Health, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Leeds Institute of Medical Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Peng B, Gao YH, Xie JQ, He XW, Wang CC, Xu JF, Zhang GJ. Clinical and genetic spectrum of primary ciliary dyskinesia in Chinese patients: a systematic review. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2022; 17:283. [PMID: 35854386 PMCID: PMC9295413 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-022-02427-1] [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: 03/05/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) represents a highly heterogenous disorder with extensive clinical and genetic patterns among populations of different geographic location and ethnic origin. However, data about Chinese patients are limited. We aimed to summarize the clinical and genetic spectrum of Chinese PCD patients based on all available literatures. Methods We searched Embase, Pubmed, Web of Science and Chinese databases including CNKI, SinoMed and Wanfang from 1981 to 2021, to identify articles reporting patients with PCD in China, which had included information about transmission electron microscopy and/or genetic testing. Results A total of 244 Chinese PCD patients in 52 articles were included. Of these patients, the mean age was 13.1 years, and 55 patients (22.5%) were diagnosed with PCD after 18 years old. Compared with patients diagnosed with PCD in childhood or infancy, patients diagnosed with PCD in adulthood had a higher prevalence of chronic wet cough, sinusitis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) isolation and radiological bronchiectasis as well as worse lung function. 25 PCD-related genes were identified in 142 patients, and DNAH5, DNAH11, CCDC39 and CCDC40 were the most frequently detected mutations. More than half of genetic variants were loss-of-function mutations, and the majority of these variants were seen only once. Correlations between PCD phenotype, genotype and ciliary ultrastructure were also evidenced. Conclusions Diagnostic delay and under-recognition of PCD remain a big issue in China, which contributes to progressive lung disease and PA infection indicating worse outcome. Specialist equipment and expertise are urgently required to facilitate the early diagnosis and treatment of PCD. Trial registry PROSPERO; No.: CRD42021257804; URL:www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/ Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13023-022-02427-1.
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- Bo Peng
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 1 Jianshe East Road, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, No. 507 Zhengmin Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Xiangyang Central Hospital, Xiangyang, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Xuchang Central Hospital, Xuchang, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 1 Jianshe East Road, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, No. 507 Zhengmin Road, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 1 Jianshe East Road, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China.
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Li Y, Fu W, Geng G, Dai J, Fu Z, Tian D. Clinical and genetic features of primary ciliary dyskinesia in a cohort of consecutive clinically suspect children in western China. BMC Pediatr 2022; 22:402. [PMID: 35804324 PMCID: PMC9264530 DOI: 10.1186/s12887-022-03469-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare, inherited disorder of the motile cilia that exhibits genetic and clinical heterogeneity among different populations. PCD diagnosis remains challenging owing to the heterogeneity of associated clinical features and lack of a gold standard diagnostic test. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical and genetic characteristics of a group of children with clinically suspected PCD in one region of China, with the goal of providing a more robust knowledge base regarding the genetic stratification underlying this disease in Chinese populations. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the data from 38 patients with clinically suspected PCD who had undergone next-generation sequencing (NGS) between November 2016 and March 2021 in the respiratory department of a tertiary Children's hospital in Western China. The genetic features of the confirmed cases were summarized by reviewing data associated with other cohorts of Chinese children. RESULTS Overall, 16 patients were ultimately diagnosed with PCD with a median age of 8.5 years. All patients presented with a chronic wet cough, 93.75% exhibited chronic or recurrent sinusitis/rhinitis, 43.75% experienced recurrent wheezing, 56.25% reported respiratory symptoms present since infancy, 31.25% had a history of neonatal respiratory distress (NRD), and 25% exhibited otitis media. Only 18.75% of these patients exhibited laterality defects. High frequencies of DNAH11 mutations were detected by integrating data from PCD patient cohorts in China. CONCLUSION The high frequency of DNAH11 mutations may limit the utility of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) as a first-line approach to diagnosing PCD in China in the absence of other indicators.
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- Ying Li
- Department of Respiratory, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 136, Zhongshan 2nd Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400014, China.,Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing, 400014, China.,China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Respiratory, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 136, Zhongshan 2nd Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400014, China.,Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing, 400014, China.,China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Respiratory, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 136, Zhongshan 2nd Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400014, China.,Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing, 400014, China.,China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Respiratory, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 136, Zhongshan 2nd Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400014, China.,Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing, 400014, China.,China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Respiratory, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 136, Zhongshan 2nd Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400014, China.,Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing, 400014, China.,China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Respiratory, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 136, Zhongshan 2nd Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400014, China. .,Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing, 400014, China. .,China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China. .,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China.
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Yang B, Lei C, Yang D, Lu C, Xu Y, Wang L, Guo T, Wang R, Luo H. Identification of a Novel OFD1 Variant in a Patient with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia. Pharmgenomics Pers Med 2022; 15:697-704. [PMID: 35847568 PMCID: PMC9285985 DOI: 10.2147/pgpm.s365740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Background OFD1 encodes a protein with 1012 amino acids, which is a component of basal bodies and centrioles, essential for cilia biogenesis. OFD1 was reported to be associated with X-chromosome linked dysmorphology syndrome in early studies and recent studies reported a few cases with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) caused by OFD1 deficiency. Case Presentation We report a 31-year-old man who suffered from recurrent respiratory infections with typical manifestations of primary ciliary dyskinesia. In addition to respiratory manifestations, the patient also had situs inversus, obesity, gastroesophageal reflux, and hearing impairment. Clubbing fingers and mild streblomicrodactyly were also observed. Examination Result We performed whole-exome sequencing to identify a novel variant c.2795delA:p.(Lys932Argfs*3) in OFD1. The hemizygous variant was predicted to be likely pathogenic by bioinformatic analysis software and ACMG guideline. High-speed video microscopy (HSVM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and immunofluorescence were performed to analyze the respiratory cilia. A high beating frequency and a stiff beating pattern were observed under HSVM, while there were no significant abnormalities in TEM and immunofluorescence. The sperm flagella examinations were also generally normal. Conclusion Our study identified a novel frameshift variant in OFD1 causing PCD, enriched the genetic spectrum of OFD1 variants, and verified that OFD1 mutation can lead to only a PCD characteristic phenotype, while other OFD1-associated syndromic symptoms such as dysmorphic features and renal symptoms were not present.
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- Binyi Yang
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Research Unit of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Hunan Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Research Unit of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Hunan Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Research Unit of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Hunan Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Research Unit of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Hunan Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Research Unit of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Hunan Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Research Unit of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Hunan Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Research Unit of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Hunan Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Research Unit of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Hunan Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Correspondence: Rongchun Wang; Hong Luo, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China, Email ;
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Research Unit of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Hunan Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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Chang AB, Morgan LC, Duncan EL, Chatfield MD, Schultz A, Leo PJ, McCallum GB, McInerney-Leo AM, McPhail SM, Zhao Y, Kruljac C, Smith-Vaughan HC, Morris PS, Marchant JM, Yerkovich ST, Cook AL, Wurzel D, Versteegh L, O'Farrell H, McElrea MS, Fletcher S, D'Antoine H, Stroil-Salama E, Robinson PJ, Grimwood K. Reducing exacerbations in children and adults with primary ciliary dyskinesia using erdosteine and/or azithromycin therapy (REPEAT trial): study protocol for a multicentre, double-blind, double-dummy, 2×2 partial factorial, randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open Respir Res 2022; 9:9/1/e001236. [PMID: 35534039 PMCID: PMC9086630 DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2022-001236] [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: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Introduction Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare, progressive, inherited ciliopathic disorder, which is incurable and frequently complicated by the development of bronchiectasis. There are few randomised controlled trials (RCTs) involving children and adults with PCD and thus evidence of efficacy for interventions are usually extrapolated from people with cystic fibrosis. Our planned RCT seeks to address some of these unmet needs by employing a currently prescribed (but unapproved for long-term use in PCD) macrolide antibiotic (azithromycin) and a novel mucolytic agent (erdosteine). The primary aim of our RCT is to determine whether regular oral azithromycin and erdosteine over a 12-month period reduces acute respiratory exacerbations among children and adults with PCD. Our primary hypothesis is that: people with PCD who regularly use oral azithromycin and/or erdosteine will have fewer exacerbations than those receiving the corresponding placebo medications. Our secondary aims are to determine the effect of the trial medications on PCD-specific quality-of-life (QoL) and other clinical outcomes (lung function, time-to-next exacerbation, hospitalisations) and nasopharyngeal bacterial carriage and antimicrobial resistance. Methods and analysis We are currently undertaking a multicentre, double-blind, double-dummy RCT to evaluate whether 12 months of azithromycin and/or erdosteine is beneficial for children and adults with PCD. We plan to recruit 104 children and adults with PCD to a parallel, 2×2 partial factorial superiority RCT at five sites across Australia. Our primary endpoint is the rate of exacerbations over 12 months. Our main secondary outcomes are QoL, lung function and nasopharyngeal carriage by respiratory bacterial pathogens and their associated azithromycin resistance. Ethics and dissemination Our RCT is conducted in accordance with Good Clinical Practice and the Australian legislation and National Health and Medical Research Council guidelines for ethical conduct of Research, including that for First Nations Australians. Trial registration number ACTRN12619000564156.
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- Anne B Chang
- Child Health Division and NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Paediatric Bronchiectasis (AusBREATHE), Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia .,Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Health and Ageing, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Life Course & Population Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.,Department of Endocrinology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.,Australian Translational Genomics Centre, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Child Health Division and NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Paediatric Bronchiectasis (AusBREATHE), Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian Translational Genomics Centre, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Child Health Division and NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Paediatric Bronchiectasis (AusBREATHE), Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Child Health Division and NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Paediatric Bronchiectasis (AusBREATHE), Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.,Health Gains Planning, Northern Territory Department of Health, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Child Health Division and NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Paediatric Bronchiectasis (AusBREATHE), Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Child Health Division and NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Paediatric Bronchiectasis (AusBREATHE), Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Child Health Division and NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Paediatric Bronchiectasis (AusBREATHE), Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.,Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Child Health Division and NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Paediatric Bronchiectasis (AusBREATHE), Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Child Health Division and NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Paediatric Bronchiectasis (AusBREATHE), Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.,Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Child Health Division and NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Paediatric Bronchiectasis (AusBREATHE), Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Lung Foundation of Australia, Metro South Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Brisbane South Palliative Care Collaborative, Metro South, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Departments of Infectious Disease and Paediatrics, Gold Coast Health, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.,School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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Xu Y, Yang B, Lei C, Yang D, Ding S, Lu C, Wang L, Guo T, Wang R, Luo H. Novel Compound Heterozygous Variants in CCDC40 Associated with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia and Multiple Morphological Abnormalities of the Sperm Flagella. Pharmgenomics Pers Med 2022; 15:341-350. [PMID: 35449766 PMCID: PMC9017783 DOI: 10.2147/pgpm.s359821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetic disease caused by mutations of genes coding motile-cilia-related proteins. CCDC40 variants can cause PCD via disrupting the assembling of inner dynein and dynein regulating complex in cilia and flagella, but none has been reported associated with multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella (MMAF). We identified and validated the disease-causing variants in our patient via whole-exome and Sanger sequencing. We used high-speed video microscopy analysis (HSVA) and immunofluorescence to analyze the functional and structural deficiency of respiratory cilia. Papanicolaou staining and scanning electron microscope was applied to analyze the morphological sperm defects resulted from the PCD associated variants. We identified novel compound variants (c.901C>T, p.(Arg301*); c.2065_2068dup, p.(Ala690Glyfs*67)) in CCDC40 in a male patient with male infertility. HSVA revealed the rigid and stiff ciliary beating pattern. Immunofluorescence indicated loss of inner dynein arm protein DNAH2 both in cilia and the sperms of the patient. Diagnosis of MMAF was confirmed through sperm Papanicolaou staining and scanning electron microscope. We first describe a patient with a combination of PCD and MMAF associated with novel compound heterozygous variants in CCDC40. Our results present initial evidence that CCDC40 associated with MMAF, which expands the genetic spectrum of PCD and MMAF and provides precise clinical genetic counseling to this family.
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- Yingjie Xu
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Research Unit of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Hunan Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Research Unit of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Hunan Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Research Unit of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Hunan Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Research Unit of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Hunan Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Research Unit of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Hunan Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Research Unit of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Hunan Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Research Unit of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Hunan Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Research Unit of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Hunan Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Research Unit of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Hunan Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Correspondence: Rongchun Wang; Hong Luo, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 139 Renmin Middle Road, Furong District, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China, Email ;
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Research Unit of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
- Hunan Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Respiratory Disease, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People’s Republic of China
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Vece TJ, Popler J, Gower WA. Pediatric pulmonology 2020 year in review: Rare and diffuse lung disease. Pediatr Pulmonol 2022; 57:807-813. [PMID: 34964566 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.25807] [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: 11/28/2021] [Revised: 12/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Pediatric Pulmonology publishes original research, review articles, and case reports on topics related to a wide range of children's respiratory disorders. Here we review some of the most notable manuscripts published in 2020 in this journal on (1) children's interstitial lung disease (chILD), (2) congenital airway and lung anomalies, and (3) primary ciliary dyskinesia and other non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. The articles reviewed are discussed in context with published works from other journals.
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- Timothy J Vece
- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Program for Rare and Interstitial Lung Disease, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Children's Physician Group - Pulmonology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Program for Rare and Interstitial Lung Disease, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Dong S, Bei F, Yu T, Sun L, Chen X, Yan H. A Novel Compound Heterozygous Mutation in the DNAH11 Gene Found in Neonatal Twins With Primary Ciliary Dyskinesis. Front Genet 2022; 13:814511. [PMID: 35295944 PMCID: PMC8919259 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.814511] [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: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetically heterogeneous disorder of motile cilia. Common features of PCD include upper and lower respiratory tract disease, secretory otitis media, situs inversus and fertility problems. To date, although several PCD-associated genes have been identified, the genetic causes of most PCD cases remain elusive. Methods: In this case study, we analyzed the clinical and genetic data of one case of monochorionic diamniotic twins which were suspected of having PCD on the basis of clinical and radiological features including situs inversus, recurrent wet cough and sinusitis as well as varying degrees of respiratory distress. Whole-exome sequencing was performed to identify variants of the DNAH11 gene in the twins. Sanger sequencing and real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) were used for validation of DNAH11 variants both in the patient and the twins. Results: In the twins, we found a novel mutation at c.2436C > G (p.Y812 *) and a pathogenic deletion encompassing 2.0 Kb of 7P15.3 ([GRCh38] chr7: g.21,816,397-21,818,402). The deleted region included exons 64 and 65 of DNAH11. Sanger sequencing also revealed that the twins’ father was a carrier of heterozygous C.2436C > G and a heterozygous deletion was detected in the mother. No other clinically relevant genetic variants were identified. Conclusion: We describe a novel DNAH11 gene compound heterozygous mutation in newborn twins with PCD and recommend that PCD diagnosis should be considered in newborns presenting with respiratory distress and/or situs inversus. Early diagnosis and treatment of PCD will help control disease progression and improve the patient’s quality of life.
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- Shumei Dong
- Department of Neonatology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neonatology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.,Pediatric Translational Medicine Institute, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Fetal Medicine and Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neonatology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Pediatric Translational Medicine Institute, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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LncRNA functional annotation with improved false discovery rate achieved by disease associations. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2022; 20:322-332. [PMID: 35035785 PMCID: PMC8724965 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2021.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2021] [Revised: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The long non‐coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play critical roles in various biological processes and are associated with many diseases. Functional annotation of lncRNAs in diseases attracts great attention in understanding their etiology. However, the traditional co-expression-based analysis usually produces a significant number of false positive function assignments. It is thus crucial to develop a new approach to obtain lower false discovery rate for functional annotation of lncRNAs. Here, a novel strategy termed DAnet which combining disease associations with cis-regulatory network between lncRNAs and neighboring protein-coding genes was developed, and the performance of DAnet was systematically compared with that of the traditional differential expression-based approach. Based on a gold standard analysis of the experimentally validated lncRNAs, the proposed strategy was found to perform better in identifying the experimentally validated lncRNAs compared with the other method. Moreover, the majority of biological pathways (40%∼100%) identified by DAnet were reported to be associated with the studied diseases. In sum, the DAnet is expected to be used to identify the function of specific lncRNAs in a particular disease or multiple diseases.
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Hyland RM, Brody SL. Impact of Motile Ciliopathies on Human Development and Clinical Consequences in the Newborn. Cells 2021; 11:125. [PMID: 35011687 PMCID: PMC8750550 DOI: 10.3390/cells11010125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Motile cilia are hairlike organelles that project outward from a tissue-restricted subset of cells to direct fluid flow. During human development motile cilia guide determination of the left-right axis in the embryo, and in the fetal and neonatal periods they have essential roles in airway clearance in the respiratory tract and regulating cerebral spinal fluid flow in the brain. Dysregulation of motile cilia is best understood through the lens of the genetic disorder primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD). PCD encompasses all genetic motile ciliopathies resulting from over 60 known genetic mutations and has a unique but often underrecognized neonatal presentation. Neonatal respiratory distress is now known to occur in the majority of patients with PCD, laterality defects are common, and very rarely brain ventricle enlargement occurs. The developmental function of motile cilia and the effect and pathophysiology of motile ciliopathies are incompletely understood in humans. In this review, we will examine the current understanding of the role of motile cilia in human development and clinical considerations when assessing the newborn for suspected motile ciliopathies.
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- Rachael M. Hyland
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Newborn Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110,USA;
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Johnson JL. Mutations in Hsp90 Cochaperones Result in a Wide Variety of Human Disorders. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:787260. [PMID: 34957217 PMCID: PMC8694271 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.787260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The Hsp90 molecular chaperone, along with a set of approximately 50 cochaperones, mediates the folding and activation of hundreds of cellular proteins in an ATP-dependent cycle. Cochaperones differ in how they interact with Hsp90 and their ability to modulate ATPase activity of Hsp90. Cochaperones often compete for the same binding site on Hsp90, and changes in levels of cochaperone expression that occur during neurodegeneration, cancer, or aging may result in altered Hsp90-cochaperone complexes and client activity. This review summarizes information about loss-of-function mutations of individual cochaperones and discusses the overall association of cochaperone alterations with a broad range of diseases. Cochaperone mutations result in ciliary or muscle defects, neurological development or degeneration disorders, and other disorders. In many cases, diseases were linked to defects in established cochaperone-client interactions. A better understanding of the functional consequences of defective cochaperones will provide new insights into their functions and may lead to specialized approaches to modulate Hsp90 functions and treat some of these human disorders.
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- Jill L Johnson
- Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Reproductive Biology, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States
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OFD Type I syndrome: lessons learned from a rare ciliopathy. Biochem Soc Trans 2021; 48:1929-1939. [PMID: 32897366 DOI: 10.1042/bst20191029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Revised: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The OFD1 gene was initially identified as the gene responsible for the X-linked dominant male lethal OFD type I syndrome, a developmental disorder ascribed to cilia disfunction. The transcript has been subsequently associated to four different X-linked recessive conditions, namely Joubert syndrome, retinitis pigmentosa, primary ciliary dyskinesia and Simpson-Golabi-Behmel type 2 syndrome. The centrosomal/basal body OFD1 protein has indeed been shown to be required for primary cilia formation and left-right asymmetry. The protein is also involved in other tasks, e.g. regulation of cellular protein content, constrain of the centriolar length, chromatin remodeling at DNA double strand breaks, control of protein quality balance and cell cycle progression, which might be mediated by non-ciliary activities. OFD1 represents a paradigmatic model of a protein that performs its diverse actions according to the cell needs and depending on the subcellular localization, the cell type/tissue and other possible factors still to be determined. An increased number of multitask protein, such as OFD1, may represent a partial explanation to human complexity, as compared with less complex organisms with an equal or slightly lower number of proteins.
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Gao Y, Xu C, Tan Q, Shen Q, Wu H, Lv M, Li K, Tang D, Song B, Xu Y, Zhou P, Wei Z, Tao F, Cao Y, He X. Case Report: Novel Biallelic Mutations in ARMC4 Cause Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia and Male Infertility in a Chinese Family. Front Genet 2021; 12:715339. [PMID: 34394199 PMCID: PMC8362595 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.715339] [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: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous ciliopathy affecting the cilia and sperm flagella. Mutations in genes related to the structural and functional defects of respiratory ciliary axoneme have been reported to be the predominant cause of this symptom; however, evidence regarding male infertility and genotype–phenotype associations between some of these genes and flagellar axoneme remains unclear. Here, we reported a male patient from a non-consanguineous Chinese family who exhibited left/right body asymmetry and oligoasthenoterazoospermia factor infertility. Novel compound heterozygous mutations in ARMC4 (NM:018076: c.2095C>T: p. Gln699*; c.1679C>T: p. Ala560Val) were identified in this patient, and his parents were a heterozygous carrier for the mutations. Morphological and ultrastructural analysis of the spermatozoa from the man showed aberrant sperm flagella with axonemal disorganization and outer dynein arm (ODA) loss. In addition, immunofluorescence analysis of the spermatozoa from the proband and a control man revealed a significant lower expression of ARMC4 protein due to pathogenic mutations. Therefore, our findings help to expand the spectrum of ARMC4 pathogenic mutations and linked biallelic ARMC4 mutations to male infertility for the first time.
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- Yang Gao
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, Anhui Medical University, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Hefei, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, Anhui Medical University, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Hefei, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Anhui Provincial Human Sperm Bank, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, Anhui Medical University, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Hefei, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, Anhui Medical University, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Hefei, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health and Genetics, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health and Genetics, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, Anhui Medical University, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Hefei, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, Anhui Medical University, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Hefei, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, Anhui Medical University, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Hefei, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, Anhui Medical University, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Hefei, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, Anhui Medical University, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Hefei, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, Anhui Medical University, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Hefei, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, Anhui Medical University, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Hefei, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, Anhui Medical University, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Hefei, China
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Zhao X, Bian C, Liu K, Xu W, Liu Y, Tian X, Bai J, Xu KF, Zhang X. Clinical characteristics and genetic spectrum of 26 individuals of Chinese origin with primary ciliary dyskinesia. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2021; 16:293. [PMID: 34210339 PMCID: PMC8252271 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-021-01840-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare, highly heterogeneous genetic disorder involving the impairment of motile cilia. With no single gold standard for PCD diagnosis and complicated multiorgan dysfunction, the diagnosis of PCD can be difficult in clinical settings. Some methods for diagnosis, such as nasal nitric oxide measurement and digital high-speed video microscopy with ciliary beat pattern analysis, can be expensive or unavailable. To confirm PCD diagnosis, we used a strategy combining assessment of typical symptoms with whole-exome sequencing (WES) and/or low-pass whole-genome sequencing (WGS) as an unbiased detection tool to identify known pathogenic mutations, novel variations, and copy number variations. Results A total of 26 individuals of Chinese origin with a confirmed PCD diagnosis aged 13 to 61 years (median age, 24.5 years) were included. Biallelic pathogenic mutations were identified in 19 of the 26 patients, including 8 recorded HGMD mutations and 24 novel mutations. The detection rate reached 73.1%. DNAH5 was the most frequently mutated gene, and c.8383C > T was the most common mutated variant, but it is relatively rare in PCD patients from other ethnic groups. Conclusion This study demonstrates the practical clinical utility of combining WES and low-pass WGS as a no-bias detecting tool in adult patients with PCD, showing a clinical characteristics and genetic spectrum of Chinese PCD patients. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13023-021-01840-2.
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- Xinyue Zhao
- McKusick-Zhang Center for Genetic Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100005, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China
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- McKusick-Zhang Center for Genetic Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100005, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China
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- McKusick-Zhang Center for Genetic Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100005, China.
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China.
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China
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- McKusick-Zhang Center for Genetic Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100005, China
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Xia H, Huang X, Deng S, Xu H, Yang Y, Liu X, Yuan L, Deng H. DNAH11 compound heterozygous variants cause heterotaxy and congenital heart disease. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0252786. [PMID: 34133440 PMCID: PMC8208527 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Heterotaxy (HTX), a condition characterized by internal organs not being arranged as expected relative to each other and to the left-right axis, is often accompanied with congenital heart disease (CHD). The purpose was to detect the pathogenic variants in a Chinese family with HTX and CHD. A non-consanguineous Han Chinese family with HTX and CHD, and 200 unrelated healthy subjects were enlisted. Exome sequencing and Sanger sequencing were applied to identify the genetic basis of the HTX family. Compound heterozygous variants, c.3426-1G>A and c.4306C>T (p.(Arg1436Trp)), in the dynein axonemal heavy chain 11 gene (DNAH11) were identified in the proband via exome sequencing and further confirmed by Sanger sequencing. Neither c.3426-1G>A nor c.4306C>T variant in the DNAH11 gene was detected in 200 healthy controls. The DNAH11 c.3426-1G>A variant was predicted as altering the acceptor splice site and most likely affecting splicing. The DNAH11 c.4306C>T variant was predicted to be damaging, which may reduce the phenotype severity. The compound heterozygous variants, c.3426-1G>A and c.4306C>T, in the DNAH11 gene might be the pathogenic alterations resulting in HTX and CHD in this family. These findings broaden the variant spectrum of the DNAH11 gene and increase knowledge used in genetic counseling for the HTX family.
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- Hong Xia
- Center for Experimental Medicine, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Department of Emergency, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- * E-mail: (HD); (LY)
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- * E-mail: (HD); (LY)
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Uludag Yanaral T, Karaaslan P, Uzunoglu E, Atalay YO, Tobias JD. Liver Transplantation in a Child with Kartagener Syndrome: A Case Report. Int Med Case Rep J 2021; 14:295-299. [PMID: 34007221 PMCID: PMC8123947 DOI: 10.2147/imcrj.s311843] [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: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Kartagener syndrome (KS) is a rare genetic disorder consisting of the triad of situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, and bronchiectasis. Although there are previous reports regarding the anaesthetic considerations in KS, none have included liver transplantation. Case Presentation An 11-year-old boy with a diagnosis of KS underwent liver transplantation due to extrahepatic biliary atresia. Previous diagnostic imaging confirmed situs inversus and the absence of an inferior vena cava. The patient's peak airway pressure intermittently increased intraoperatively from 15 to 30 cm H2O due to increased pulmonary secretions, which required frequent suctioning of the endotracheal tube. Intraoperative volume resuscitation included 200 mL of 5% albumin, 5 units of erythrocyte suspension and 3 units of fresh frozen plasma. Intermittently, a norepinephrine infusion was required to maintain the MAP. Coagulation function was monitoring using the thromboelastogram to guide the use of blood products including fresh frozen plasma. At the end of the surgery, the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit. He was discharged from the intensive care unit on postoperative day 5, and from the hospital on postoperative day 28. He continues to do well with normal liver function 23 months after surgery. Conclusion Despite the risk of pulmonary related to airway secretions and exacerbation of hemodynamic instability related to anatomical variations in the inferior vena cava anatomy, KS patients can be safely anesthetized with careful planning and attention of the disease process, even for complex surgical procedures such as liver transplantation.
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- Tumay Uludag Yanaral
- Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Departments of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital & The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Zhang Y, Chen W, Zeng W, Lu Z, Zhou X. Biallelic loss of function NEK3 mutations deacetylate α-tubulin and downregulate NUP205 that predispose individuals to cilia-related abnormal cardiac left-right patterning. Cell Death Dis 2020; 11:1005. [PMID: 33230144 PMCID: PMC7684299 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-020-03214-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Defective left–right (LR) organization involving abnormalities in cilia ultrastructure causes laterality disorders including situs inversus (SI) and heterotaxy (Htx) with the prevalence approximately 1/10,000 births. In this study, we describe two unrelated family trios with abnormal cardiac LR patterning. Through whole-exome sequencing (WES), we identified compound heterozygous mutations (c.805-1G >C; p. Ile269GlnfsTer8/c.1117dupA; p.Thr373AsnfsTer19) (c.29T>C; p.Ile10Thr/c.356A>G; p.His119Arg) of NEK3, encoding a NIMA (never in mitosis A)-related kinase, in two affected individuals, respectively. Protein levels of NEK3 were abrogated in Patient-1 with biallelic loss-of function (LoF) NEK3 mutations that causes premature stop codon. Subsequence transcriptome analysis revealed that NNMT (nicotinamide N-methyltransferase) and SIRT2 (sirtuin2) was upregulated by NEK3 knockdown in human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells in vitro, which associates α-tubulin deacetylation by western blot and immunofluorescence. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis further identified defective ciliary ultrastructure in Patient-1. Furthermore, inner ring components of nuclear pore complex (NPC) including nucleoporin (NUP)205, NUP188, and NUP155 were significantly downregulated in NEK3-silenced cells. In conclusion, we identified biallelic mutations of NEK3 predispose individual to abnormal cardiac left–right patterning via SIRT2-mediated α-tubulin deacetylation and downregulation of inner ring nucleoporins. Our study suggested that NEK3 could be a candidate gene for human ciliopathies.
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- Yuan Zhang
- Department of Assisted Reproduction, and Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, 201204, Shanghai, China
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- Pediatric Cardiovascular Center, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, 201102, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 200433, Shanghai, China
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- Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, 201204, Shanghai, China
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- Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, 201204, Shanghai, China.
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