- 作者：Gillian I Rice ; Gabriella M A Forte ; Marcin Szynkiewicz ; Diana S Chase ; Alec Aeby ; Mohamed S Abdel-Hamid ; Sam Ackroyd ; Rebecca Allcock ; Kathryn M Bailey ; Umberto Balottin ; Christine Barnerias ; Genevieve Bernard ; Christine Bodemer ; Maria P Botella ; Cristina Cereda ; Kate E Ch ; ler ; Lyvia Dabydeen ; Russell C Dale ; Corinne De Laet ; Christian G E L De Goede ; et al.
- 刊名：Lancet Neurology
- 出版年：December, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：12
- 期：12
- 页码：1159-1169
- 全文大小：412 K
Summary
Background
Aicardi-Gouti猫res syndrome (AGS) is an inflammatory disorder caused by mutations in any of six genes (TREX1, RNASEH2A, RNASEH2B, RNASEH2C, SAMHD1, and ADAR). The disease is severe and effective treatments are urgently needed. We investigated the status of interferon-related biomarkers in patients with AGS with a view to future use in diagnosis and clinical trials.Methods
In this case-control study, samples were collected prospectively from patients with mutation-proven AGS. The expression of six interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) was measured by quantitative PCR, and the median fold change, when compared with the median of healthy controls, was used to create an interferon score for each patient. Scores higher than the mean of controls plus two SD (>2路466) were designated as positive. Additionally, we collated historical data for interferon activity, measured with a viral cytopathic assay, in CSF and serum from mutation-positive patients with AGS. We also undertook neutralisation assays of interferon activity in serum, and looked for the presence of autoantibodies against a panel of interferon proteins.
Findings
74 (90%) of 82 patients had a positive interferon score (median 12路90, IQR 6路14-20路41) compared with two (7%) of 29 controls (median 0路93, IQR 0路57-1路30). Of the eight patients with a negative interferon score, seven had mutations in RNASEH2B (seven [27%] of all 26 patients with mutations in this gene). Repeat sampling in 16 patients was consistent for the presence or absence of an interferon signature on 39 of 41 occasions. Interferon activity (tested in 147 patients) was negatively correlated with age (CSF, r=鈭?路604; serum, r=鈭?路289), and was higher in CSF than in serum in 104 of 136 paired samples. Neutralisation assays suggested that measurable antiviral activity was related to interferon 伪 production. We did not record significantly increased concentrations of autoantibodies to interferon subtypes in patients with AGS, or an association between the presence of autoantibodies and interferon score or serum interferon activity.
Interpretation
AGS is consistently associated with an interferon signature, which is apparently sustained over time and can thus be used to differentiate patients with AGS from controls. If future studies show that interferon status is a reactive biomarker, the measurement of an interferon score might prove useful in the assessment of treatment efficacy in clinical trials.
Funding
European Union's Seventh Framework Programme; European Research Council.