Rowczenio, DM;
Gomes, SM;
Arostegui, JI;
Mensa-Vilaro, A;
Omoyinmi, E;
Trojer, H;
Baginska, A;
... Hawkins, PN; + view all
(2017)
Late-Onset Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes Caused by Somatic NLRP3 Mosaicism - UK Single Center Experience.
Frontiers in Immunology
, 8
, Article 1410. 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01410.
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Abstract
Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS) is caused by gain-of-function NLRP3 mutations. Recently, somatic NLRP3 mosaicism has been reported in some CAPS patients who were previously classified as “mutation-negative.” We describe here the clinical and laboratory findings in eight British adult patients who presented with symptoms typical of CAPS other than an onset in mid-late adulthood. All patients underwent comprehensive clinical and laboratory investigations, including analysis of the NLRP3 gene using Sanger and amplicon-based deep sequencing (ADS) along with measurements of extracellular apoptosis-associated speck-like protein with CARD domain (ASC) aggregates. The clinical phenotype in all subjects was consistent with mid-spectrum CAPS, except a median age at disease onset of 50 years. Sanger sequencing of NLRP3 was non-diagnostic but ADS detected a somatic NLRP3 mutation in each case. In one patient, DNA isolated from blood demonstrated an increase in the mutant allele from 5 to 45% over 12 years. ASC aggregates in patients’ serum measured during active disease were significantly higher than healthy controls. This series represents 8% of CAPS patients diagnosed in a single center, suggesting that acquired NLRP3 mutations may not be an uncommon cause of the syndrome and should be sought in all patients with late-onset symptoms otherwise compatible with CAPS. Steadily worsening CAPS symptoms in one patient were associated with clonal expansion of the mutant allele predominantly affecting myeloid cells. Two patients developed AA amyloidosis, which previously has only been reported in CAPS in association with life-long germline NLRP3 mutations.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Late-Onset Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes Caused by Somatic NLRP3 Mosaicism - UK Single Center Experience |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01410 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01410 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2017 Rowczenio, Gomes, Aróstegui, Mensa-Vilaro, Omoyinmi, Trojer, Baginska, Baroja-Mazo, Pelegrin, Savic, Lane, Williams, Brogan, Lachmann and Hawkins. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Immunology, cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome, ASC aggregates, AA amyloidosis, NLRP3 somatic mutation, mutant allele, lL-1 beta, MULTISYSTEM INFLAMMATORY DISEASE, MUCKLE-WELLS-SYNDROME, LOW-LEVEL MOSAICISM, ARTICULAR SYNDROME, CIAS1 MUTATIONS, CLONAL HEMATOPOIESIS, IN-VIVO, GENE, PATIENT, CANCER |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Inflammation UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10038707 |
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