Assessment of plasma chitotriosidase activity, CCL18/ PARC concentration and NP-C suspicion index in the diagnosis of Niemann-Pick disease type C: a prospective observational study
Por:
De Castro-Oros, I, Irun, P, Cebolla, JJ, Rodriguez-Sureda, V, Mallen, M, Pueyo, MJ, Mozas, P, Dominguez, C, Pocovi, M, Lleó, A., Pagonabarraga J., Calvet, M.S., Turón, E., Moliner E., Pascual, B., Amer Ferrer, Guillermo
Publicada:
21 feb 2017
Resumen:
Background: Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C) is a rare, autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease caused by mutations in either the NPC1 or NPC2 genes. The diagnosis of NP-C remains challenging due to the non-specific, heterogeneous nature of signs/symptoms. This study assessed the utility of plasma chitotriosidase (ChT) and Chemokine (C-Cmotif) ligand 18 (CCL18)/pulmonary and activation-regulated chemokine (PARC) in conjunction with the NP-C suspicion index (NP-C SI) for guiding confirmatory laboratory testing in patients with suspected NP-C.
Methods: In a prospective observational cohort study, incorporating a retrospective determination of NP-C SI scores, two different diagnostic approaches were applied in two separate groups of unrelated patients from 51 Spanish medical centers (n = 118 in both groups). From Jan 2010 to Apr 2012 (Period 1), patients with = 2 clinical signs/symptoms of NP-C were considered ` suspected NP-C' cases, and NPC1/NPC2 sequencing, plasma chitotriosidase (ChT), CCL18/PARC and sphingomyelinase levels were assessed. Based on findings in Period 1, plasma ChT and CCL18/PARC, and NP-C SI prediction scores were determined in a second group of patients between May 2012 and Apr 2014 (Period 2), and NPC1 and NPC2 were sequenced only in those with elevated ChT and/or elevated CCL18/PARC and/or NP-C SI = 70. Filipin staining and 7-ketocholesterol (7-KC) measurements were performed in all patients with NP-C gene mutations, where possible.
Results: In total across Periods 1 and 2, 10/236 (4%) patients had a confirmed diagnosis o NP-C based on gene sequencing (5/118 [4.2%] in each Period): all of these patients had two causal NPC1 mutations. Single mutant NPC1 alleles were detected in 8/236 (3%) patients, overall. Positive filipin staining results comprised three classical and five variant biochemical phenotypes. No NPC2 mutations were detected. All patients with NPC1 mutations had high ChT activity, high CCL18/PARC concentrations and/or NP-C SI scores = 70. Plasma 7-KC was higher than control cut-off values in all patients with two NPC1 mutations, and in the majority of patients with single mutations. Family studies identified three further NP-C patients.
Conclusion: This approach may be very useful for laboratories that do not have mass spectrometry facilities and therefore, they cannot use other NP-C biomarkers for diagnosis.
Filiaciones:
De Castro-Oros, I:
Univ Zaragoza, Dept Biochem & Mol & Cellular Biol, Fac Sci, C Pedro Cerbuna 12, Zaragoza 50009, Spain
IIS Aragon, Zaragoza, Spain
Irun, P:
Univ Zaragoza, Dept Biochem & Mol & Cellular Biol, Fac Sci, C Pedro Cerbuna 12, Zaragoza 50009, Spain
IIS Aragon, Zaragoza, Spain
Inst Salud Carlos III, Ctr Invest Biomed Red CIBERER, Zaragoza, Spain
Cebolla, JJ:
Univ Zaragoza, Dept Biochem & Mol & Cellular Biol, Fac Sci, C Pedro Cerbuna 12, Zaragoza 50009, Spain
Spanish Fdn Study & Therapy Gaucher Dis, Zaragoza, Spain
Rodriguez-Sureda, V:
Inst Salud Carlos III, Ctr Invest Biomed Red CIBERER, Zaragoza, Spain
Vall Hebron Univ Hosp, Biochem & Mol Biol Res Ctr Nanomed, Barcelona, Spain
Mallen, M:
Univ Zaragoza, Dept Biochem & Mol & Cellular Biol, Fac Sci, C Pedro Cerbuna 12, Zaragoza 50009, Spain
Pueyo, MJ:
Univ Zaragoza, Dept Biochem & Mol & Cellular Biol, Fac Sci, C Pedro Cerbuna 12, Zaragoza 50009, Spain
Mozas, P:
Univ Zaragoza, Dept Biochem & Mol & Cellular Biol, Fac Sci, C Pedro Cerbuna 12, Zaragoza 50009, Spain
Dominguez, C:
Inst Salud Carlos III, Ctr Invest Biomed Red CIBERER, Zaragoza, Spain
Pocovi, M:
Univ Zaragoza, Dept Biochem & Mol & Cellular Biol, Fac Sci, C Pedro Cerbuna 12, Zaragoza 50009, Spain
IIS Aragon, Zaragoza, Spain
Lleó, A.:
Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Pagonabarraga J.:
Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Calvet, M.S.:
Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Amer Ferrer, Guillermo :
Hospital Son Espases, Palma, Mallorca, Spain
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