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La enfermedad hepática relacionada con fibrosis quística se observa en el 10% de las personas portadoras de la enfermedad. La terapia con moduladores ha mejorado la morbimortalidad, pero teniendo en cuenta que presentan efectos secundarios infrecuentes es necesario monitorizar. Se analiza el algoritmo propuesto por Eldredge et al, que sugiere las decisiones a tomar basado en el resultado de perfil hepático y su aplicación en la práctica clínica.
Cystic fibrosis-related liver disease is seen in 10% of people with the disease. Therapy with modulators has improved morbidity and mortality, but taking into account that they present infrequent side effects, monitoring is necessary. The algorithm proposed by Eldredge et al is analyzed, which suggests the decisions to be made based on the liver profile result and its application in clinical practice.
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Humanos , Criança , Regulador de Condutância Transmembrana em Fibrose Cística/efeitos adversos , Fibrose Cística/complicações , Fibrose Cística/tratamento farmacológico , Hepatopatias/etiologia , Hepatopatias/prevenção & controleRESUMO
La fibrosis quística, la segunda enfermedad genética más frecuente, es el resultado de una proteína de canal mutada, la CFTR, que secreta iones de cloro que fluidifican las secreciones. La esperanza de vida en los pacientes ha aumentado en años recientes gracias a mejoras en el tratamiento. No obstante, las complicaciones hepáticas son la tercera causa de muerte y la comprensión de su fisiopatología es aún deficiente. Se considera que la obstrucción biliar secundaria a la presencia de secreciones espesas conduce a la cirrosis. Sin embargo, el ácido ursodesoxicólico no ha modificado la historia natural. Además, la presencia de hipertensión portal en ausencia de cirrosis no puede ser explicada. Se ha propuesto el rol de la CFTR como modulador de tolerancia inmune, que explica la presencia de una inflamación portal persistente que culmina en fibrosis. El eje intestino-hígado tendría un rol importante en la presentación y la progresión de esta enfermedad
Cystic fibrosis is the second most common genetic disease in infancy. It is the result of a mutated channel protein, the CFTR, which secretes chloride ions, fluidifying secretions. Recent improvements in the treatment have increased life expectancy in these patients. Nevertheless, liver involvement remains the third cause of death. Unfortunately, our understating of the physiopathology is still deficient. Biliary obstruction secondary to the presence of thick secretions is considered to lead to cirrhosis. However, treatment with ursodeoxycolic acid has not changed the natural history. Furthermore, the presence of portal hypertension in the absence of cirrhosis cannot be explained. Recently, the role of CFTR as modulator of immune tolerance has been proposed, which could explain the presence of a persistent portal inflammation leading to fibrosis, and the gut-liver axis would also have a role in disease presentation and progression.
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Humanos , Fibrose Cística , Hepatopatias/etiologia , Regulador de Condutância Transmembrana em Fibrose Cística/genética , Cirrose Hepática/terapia , MutaçãoRESUMO
Cystic fibrosis is the second most common genetic disease in infancy. It is the result of a mutated channel protein, the CFTR, which secretes chloride ions, fluidifying secretions. Recent improvements in the treatment have increased life expectancy in these patients. Nevertheless, liver involvement remains the third cause of death. Unfortunately, our understating of the physiopathology is still deficient. Biliary obstruction secondary to the presence of thick secretions is considered to lead to cirrhosis. However, treatment with ursodeoxycolic acid has not changed the natural history. Furthermore, the presence of portal hypertension in the absence of cirrhosis cannot be explained. Recently, the role of CFTR as modulator of immune tolerance has been proposed, which could explain the presence of a persistent portal inflammation leading to fibrosis, and the gut-liver axis would also have a role in disease presentation and progression.
La fibrosis quística, la segunda enfermedad genética más frecuente, es el resultado de una proteína de canal mutada, la CFTR, que secreta iones de cloro que fluidifican las secreciones. La esperanza de vida en los pacientes ha aumentado en años recientes gracias a mejoras en el tratamiento. No obstante, las complicaciones hepáticas son la tercera causa de muerte y la comprensión de su fisiopatología es aún deficiente. Se considera que la obstrucción biliar secundaria a la presencia de secreciones espesas conduce a la cirrosis. Sin embargo, el ácido ursodesoxicólico no ha modificado la historia natural. Además, la presencia de hipertensión portal en ausencia de cirrosis no puede ser explicada. Se ha propuesto el rol de la CFTR como modulador de tolerancia inmune, que explica la presencia de una inflamación portal persistente que culmina en fibrosis. El eje intestino-hígado tendría un rol importante en la presentación y la progresión de esta enfermedad.
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Fibrose Cística , Hepatopatias , Humanos , Criança , Regulador de Condutância Transmembrana em Fibrose Cística/genética , Hepatopatias/etiologia , Cirrose Hepática/terapia , MutaçãoRESUMO
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the effect of treatment with the combination of three cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulators-elexacaftor+tezacaftor+ivacaftor (ETI)-on important clinical endpoints in individuals with cystic fibrosis. Methods: This was a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials that compared the use of ETI in individuals with CF and at least one F508del allele with that of placebo or with an active comparator such as other combinations of CFTR modulators, following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) recommendations and the Patients of interest, Intervention to be studied, Comparison of interventions, and Outcome of interest (PICO) methodology. We searched the following databases: MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and ClinicalTrials.gov from their inception to December 26th, 2022. The risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool, and the quality of evidence was based on the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE). Results: We retrieved 54 studies in the primary search. Of these, 6 met the inclusion criteria and were analyzed (1,127 patients; 577 and 550 in the intervention and control groups, respectively). The meta-analysis revealed that the use of ETI increased FEV1% [risk difference (RD), +10.47%; 95% CI, 6.88-14.06], reduced the number of acute pulmonary exacerbations (RD, −0.16; 95% CI, −0.28 to −0.04), and improved quality of life (RD, +14.93; 95% CI, 9.98-19.89) and BMI (RD, +1.07 kg/m2; 95% CI, 0.90-1.25). Adverse events did not differ between groups (RD, −0.03; 95% CI, −0.08 to 0.01), and none of the studies reported deaths. Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate that ETI treatment substantially improves clinically significant, patient-centered outcomes.
RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar o efeito do tratamento com a combinação de três moduladores da proteína cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR, reguladora de condutância transmembrana em fibrose cística) - elexacaftor + tezacaftor + ivacaftor (ETI) - sobre desfechos clínicos importantes em indivíduos com fibrose cística. Métodos: Revisão sistemática e meta-análise de ensaios clínicos randomizados que compararam o uso de ETI em indivíduos com fibrose cística com pelo menos um alelo F508del com o uso de placebo ou de um comparador ativo como outras combinações de moduladores da CFTR. O estudo foi realizado seguindo as recomendações Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) e a metodologia Patients of interest, Intervention to be studied, Comparison of interventions, and Outcome of interest (PICO). Foram realizadas buscas nos seguintes bancos de dados: MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials e ClinicalTrials.gov, desde a sua criação até 26 de dezembro de 2022. O risco de viés foi avaliado por meio da ferramenta de risco de viés da Cochrane, e a qualidade das evidências foi determinada com base no sistema Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE). Resultados: Foram identificados 54 estudos na busca primária. Destes, 6 preencheram os critérios de inclusão e foram analisados (1.127 pacientes: 577 pacientes intervenção e 550 pacientes controle). A meta-análise revelou que o uso de ETI aumentou o VEF1 em porcentagem do previsto [diferença de risco (DR): +10,47%; IC95%: 6,88-14,06], reduziu o número de exacerbações pulmonares agudas (DR: −0,16; IC95%: −0,28 a −0,04) e melhorou a qualidade de vida (DR: +14,93; IC95%: 9,98-19,89) e o IMC (DR: +1,07 kg/m2; IC95%: 0,90-1,25). Os eventos adversos não diferiram entre os grupos (DR: −0,03; IC95%: −0,08 a 0,01), e nenhum dos estudos relatou óbitos. Conclusões: Nossos achados demonstram que o tratamento com ETI melhora substancialmente os desfechos clinicamente significativos centrados no paciente.
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ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of treatment with elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ELX/TEZ/IVA) and to characterize its safety profile in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in a real-world clinical setting. Methods: This was a prospective observational study carried out in a CF referral center in Portugal involving adult CF patients who started treatment with ELX/TEZ/IVA. Clinical characteristics of the patients were collected, and effectiveness and safety data were evaluated. Results: Of the 56 patients followed in the center at the time of the study, 28 were eligible for ELX/TEZ/IVA treatment in accordance with the Portuguese National Authority for Medicines and Health Products at the time of the study. Of these, 24 met the follow-up time requirement to be included in the clinical effectiveness analysis. The mean follow-up time was 167.3 ± 96.4 days. Adverse events were generally mild and self-limited. Significant improvements in lung function, BMI, sweat chloride concentration, and number of pulmonary exacerbations were observed. No significant differences in outcomes between F508del homozygous and heterozygous patients were found. The effectiveness of this new CFTR modulator combination also applied to patients with advanced lung disease. Conclusions: Treatment with ELX/TEZ/IVA showed effective improvement in real-world clinical practice, namely in lung function, BMI, sweat chloride concentration, and number of pulmonary exacerbations, with no safety concerns.
RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar a efetividade do tratamento com elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ELX/TEZ/IVA) e caracterizar seu perfil de segurança em pacientes com fibrose cística (FC) em um cenário clínico de mundo real. Métodos: Estudo observacional prospectivo realizado em um centro de referência em FC de Portugal com pacientes adultos com FC que iniciaram o tratamento com ELX/TEZ/IVA. As características clínicas dos pacientes foram coletadas, e os dados de efetividade e segurança, avaliados. Resultados: Dos 56 pacientes acompanhados no centro na época do estudo, 28 eram elegíveis para o tratamento com ELX/TEZ/IVA de acordo com a Autoridade Nacional do Medicamento e Produtos de Saúde. Destes, 24 atenderam ao requisito de tempo de acompanhamento para inclusão na análise de efetividade clínica. O tempo médio de acompanhamento foi de 167,3 ± 96,4 dias. Os eventos adversos foram geralmente leves e autolimitados. Foram observadas melhoras significativas na função pulmonar, no IMC, na concentração de cloreto no suor e no número de exacerbações pulmonares. Não foram encontradas diferenças significativas nos resultados entre os pacientes homozigotos e heterozigotos para F508del. A efetividade dessa nova combinação de moduladores da CFRT em fibrose cística também se aplica a pacientes com doença pulmonar avançada. Conclusões: O tratamento com ELX/TEZ/IVA demonstrou melhora efetiva na prática clínica real, a saber, na função pulmonar, no IMC, na concentração de cloreto no suor e no número de exacerbações pulmonares, sem preocupações de segurança.
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Abstract Objective: To analyze the association between phenotypic and genotypic characteristics and disease severity in individuals with cystic fibrosis treated at a reference center in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Methods: This is a retrospective study that collected clinical and laboratory data, respiratory and gastrointestinal manifestations, type of treatment, Shwachman-Kulczycki score, and mutations from the patients' medical records. Results: The sample included 50 participants aged one to 33 years, 50% of whom were female. Out of the one hundred alleles of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator gene, the most prevalent mutations were DeltaF508 (45%) and S4X (18%). Mutation groups were only associated with pancreatic insufficiency (p=0.013) and not with disease severity (p=0.073). The latter presented an association with colonization by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus (p=0.007) and with underweight (p=0.036). Death was associated with age at diagnosis (p=0.016), respiratory symptomatology (p=0.013), colonization (p=0.024), underweight (p=0.017), and hospitalization (p=0.003). Conclusions: We could identify the association of mutations with pancreatic insufficiency; the association of Staphylococcus aureus colonization and underweight with disease severity; and the lack of association between mutations and disease severity. Environmental factors should be investigated more thoroughly since they seem to have an important effect on disease severity.
RESUMO Objetivo: Analisar a associação entre as características fenotípicas, genotípicas e a gravidade da doença em indivíduos com fibrose cística atendidos em um centro de referência de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo retrospectivo, em que os dados clínicos, laboratoriais, as manifestações respiratórias e gastrointestinais, o tipo de tratamento, o escore de Shwachman-Kulczycki e as mutações foram coletados dos prontuários de registros dos pacientes. Resultados: A amostra incluiu 50 participantes, de um a 33 anos de idade, sendo 50% do sexo feminino. Do total de cem alelos do gene Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator, as mutações mais prevalentes foram Delta F508 (45%) e S4X (18%). Os grupos de mutações apresentaram associação somente (p=0,013) com a insuficiência pancreática e não com a gravidade da doença (p=0,073). Esta última apresentou associação com a colonização por Pseudomonas aeruginosa e Staphylococcus aureus (p=0,007) e com baixo peso (p=0,036). O óbito foi associado com a idade no diagnóstico (p=0,016), a sintomatologia respiratória (p=0,013), a colonização (p=0,024), o baixo peso (p=0,017) e a ocorrência de internação (p=0,003). Conclusões: Foi possível observar associação entre as mutações e a presença de insuficiência pancreática; entre a colonização por Staphylococcus aureus e o baixo peso com a gravidade da doença; e ausência de associação entre as mutações e a gravidade da doença. Os fatores ambientais merecem ser investigados mais detalhadamente, pois parecem apresentar impacto importante na gravidade da doença.
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El daño del regulador de transmembrana de fibrosis quística (CFTR) puede causar una enfermedad grave fuera de los pulmones. El canal de cloruro (Cl-) ha sido el más estudiado, sin embargo, el bicarbonato (HCO3 -) tiene un rol muy importante en el comportamiento de las secreciones y la inflamación secundaria. El hecho de que CFTR funcione no sólo como un canal de Cl- sino también de HCO3- es un campo para la investigación y el desarrollo de fármacos para pacientes con daño genético o adquirido, este último frecuente en la población general. Algunos moduladores de CFTR pueden tener un beneficio terapéutico en el tratamiento de pancreatitis en ambas situaciones. La disfunción del CFTR a nivel renal puede resultar excepcionalmente en alcalosis metabólica y reducción del impulso ventilatorio. Hasta la fecha no está claro cuales serian sus efectos en los sistemas gastrointestinal y hepatobiliar.
Transmembrane regulator in cystic fibrosis (CFTR) can cause severe disease outside of the lungs. The chloride channel (Cl-) has been the most studied, however bicarbonate (HCO3 -) has a very important role in the behavior of secretions and secondary inflammation. The fact that CFTR works not only as a Cl- channel but also as an HCO3- channel is a field for research and development of drugs for patients with genetic or acquired damage, the latter frequent in the general population. Some CFTR modulators may have a therapeutic benefit in the treatment of pancreatitis in both situations. CFTR dysfunction at the renal level can exceptionally result in metabolic alkalosis and reduced ventilatory drive. To date it is not clear what its effects on the gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary systems would be.
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Humanos , Pancreatite , Bicarbonatos , Regulador de Condutância Transmembrana em Fibrose Cística , AlcaloseRESUMO
Las disglicemias, objetivadas en el test de tolerancia a la glucosa de 2 horas y en el monitoreo continuo de glicemia, son el factor de riesgo principal para el desarrollo de la diabetes relacionada a fibrosis quística (FQ) (DRFQ), la que constituiría la etapa final de un continuo de alteraciones del metabolismo de la glucosa en los pacientes con FQ. Estas disglicemias se deben tanto al daño directo de las células de los islotes pancreáticos productores de insulina, como al aumento de la resistencia a la insulina asociada al estado inflamatorio sistémico de la FQ. El uso cada vez más precoz de los moduladores del CFTR debiera contribuir a evitar el desarrollo de DRFQ y sus complicaciones. La siguiente revisión se enfoca en los efectos de los moduladores del CFTR en la tolerancia a la glucosa en pacientes con FQ.
Dysglycemia, observed in the 2-hour glucose tolerance test and in the continuous monitoring of glycemia, are the main risk factor for the development of diabetes related to cystic fibrosis (CF), which constitutes the final stage of a continuum of impaired glucose metabolism in people with CF. These dysglycemias are due both to direct damage to insulin-producing pancreatic islet cells, and to increased insulin resistance associated with the systemic inflammatory state of CF. The increasingly early use of CFTR modulators should help prevent the development of CRFD and its complications. The following review focuses on the effects of regulador de transmembrana de fibrosis quística (CFTR) modulators on glucose tolerance in people with CF.
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Humanos , Regulador de Condutância Transmembrana em Fibrose Cística , Fibrose Cística/complicações , Complicações do Diabetes , Teste de Tolerância a Glucose , InsulinaRESUMO
In many ways, cancer cells are different from healthy cells. A lot of tactical nano-based drug delivery systems are based on the difference between cancer and healthy cells. Currently, nanotechnology-based delivery systems are the most promising tool to deliver DNA-based products to cancer cells. This review aims to highlight the latest development in the lipids and polymeric nanocarrier for siRNA delivery to the cancer cells. It also provides the necessary information about siRNA development and its mechanism of action. Overall, this review gives us a clear picture of lipid and polymer-based drug delivery systems, which in the future could form the base to translate the basic siRNA biology into siRNA-based cancer therapies.
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Calcium-activated anion secretion is expected to ameliorate cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that carries an anion secretory defect in exocrine tissues. Human patients and animal models of the disease that present a mild intestinal phenotype have been postulated to bear a compensatory calcium-activated anion secretion in the intestine. TMEM16A is calcium-activated anion channel whose presence in the intestinal epithelium is contradictory. We aim to test the functional expression of TMEM16A using animal models with Cftr and/or Tmem16a intestinal silencing. Expression of TMEM16A was studied in a wild type and intestinal Tmem16a knockout mice by mRNA-seq, mass-spectrometry, q-PCR, Western blotting and immunolocalization. Calcium-activated anion secretion was recorded in the ileum and proximal colon of these animals including intestinal Cftr knockout and double mutants with dual Tmem16a and Cftr intestinal ablation. Mucus homeostasis was studied by immune-analysis of Mucin-2 (Muc2) and survival curves were recorded. Tmem16a transcript was found in intestine. Nevertheless, protein was barely detected in colon samples. Electrophysiological measurements demonstrated that the intestinal deletion of Tmem16a did not change calcium-activated anion secretion induced by carbachol or ATP in ileum and proximal colon. Muc2 architecture was not altered by Tmem16a silencing as was observed when Cftr was deleted from mouse intestine. Tmem16a silencing neither affected animal survival nor modified the lethality observed in the intestinal Cftr-null mouse. Our results demonstrate that TMEM16A function in the murine intestine is not related to electrogenic calcium-activated anion transport and does not affect mucus homeostasis and survival of animals.
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Los moduladores cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) representan el presente y el futuro del manejo farmacológico para los pacientes con fibrosis quística. El objetivo de esta publicación es realizar una revisión de esta opción terapéutica. Se revisaron artículos científicos consultando las bases de datos MedLine, información disponible a través de la página oficial Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, desde 2009 hasta 2018, en el idioma inglés. Sin restricciones respecto al tipo de estudio, se seleccionaron 12 artículos que incluyeron información sobre el estado actual de la investigación sobre moduladores CFTR. Actualmente, están aprobados por la Food and Drug Administration tres moduladores: ivacaftor, lumacaftor + ivacaftor y tezacaftor + ivacaftor, y hay otros 11 en diferentes fases de estudio. La terapia con moduladores CFTR es una realidad en desarrollo que apunta al máximo objetivo de la medicina personalizada y que promete mejorar la calidad de vida de pacientes con fibrosis quística.
Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulators are the present and future of drug management for patients with cystic fibrosis. The objective of this article is to review this therapeutic option. Scientific articles were reviewed by searching the MedLine database, which is available through the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's official website, from 2009 to 2018, in English. Twelve articles about the current status of research in CFTR modulators were selected without restrictions regarding the type of study. To date, the United States Food and Drug Administration has approved three modulators: ivacaftor, lumacaftor + ivacaftor, and tezacaftor + ivacaftor, while other 11 drugs are being studied in different investigation phases. CFTR modulator therapy is a developing reality aimed at the highest goal of personalized medicine and promises to improve the quality of life of cystic fibrosis patients.
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Humanos , Criança , Adolescente , Terapêutica , Regulador de Condutância Transmembrana em Fibrose Cística , Fibrose Cística , MutaçãoRESUMO
Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulators are the present and future of drug management for patients with cystic fibrosis. The objective of this article is to review this therapeutic option. Scientific articles were reviewed by searching the MedLine database, which is available through the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's official website, from 2009 to 2018, in English. Twelve articles about the current status of research in CFTR modulators were selected without restrictions regarding the type of study. To date, the United States Food and Drug Administration has approved three modulators: ivacaftor, lumacaftor + ivacaftor, and tezacaftor + ivacaftor, while other 11 drugs are being studied in different investigation phases. CFTR modulator therapy is a developing reality aimed at the highest goal of personalized medicine and promises to improve the quality of life of cystic fibrosis patients.
Los moduladores cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) representan el presente y el futuro del manejo farmacológico para los pacientes con fibrosis quística. El objetivo de esta publicación es realizar una revisión de esta opción terapéutica. Se revisaron artículos científicos consultando las bases de datos MedLine, información disponible a través de la página oficial Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, desde 2009 hasta 2018, en el idioma inglés. Sin restricciones respecto al tipo de estudio, se seleccionaron 12 artículos que incluyeron información sobre el estado actual de la investigación sobre moduladores CFTR. Actualmente, están aprobados por la Food and Drug Administration tres moduladores: ivacaftor, lumacaftor + ivacaftor y tezacaftor + ivacaftor, y hay otros 11 en diferentes fases de estudio. La terapia con moduladores CFTR es una realidad en desarrollo que apunta al máximo objetivo de la medicina personalizada y que promete mejorar la calidad de vida de pacientes con fibrosis quística.
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Regulador de Condutância Transmembrana em Fibrose Cística/efeitos dos fármacos , Fibrose Cística/tratamento farmacológico , Qualidade de Vida , Aminofenóis/administração & dosagem , Aminopiridinas/administração & dosagem , Benzodioxóis/administração & dosagem , Fibrose Cística/fisiopatologia , Regulador de Condutância Transmembrana em Fibrose Cística/metabolismo , Combinação de Medicamentos , Humanos , Indóis/administração & dosagem , Medicina de Precisão , Quinolonas/administração & dosagemRESUMO
Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive multisystemic disease caused by a mutation in the gene encoding the CFTR protein (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator). For decades treatments were focused on pulmonary and extrapulmonary symptoms, but in recent years new treatments based on genetics and CFTR mutations have been proposed. The first treatment to appear was genetic therapy, which did not show long-term benefits. These new treatments have allowed a more individualized scheme by using potentiators and modulators of CFTR. Phase III studies and systematic revisions have demonstrated pulmonary function improvement, lower rates of FEV1 decline, reduction in pulmonary exacerbations, BMI improvement and better chloride transport revealed by the sweat test. Recent literature has also shown that these effects persist in the long term.
La Fibrosis Quística es una enfermedad multisistémica autosómica recesiva causada por la mutación del gen que codifica al canal CFTR (proteína de regulación de transmembrana de Fibrosis Quística). Desde hace varias décadas se han utilizado tratamientos enfocados en síntomas pulmonares y extrapulmonares, pero los últimos años han surgido tratamientos basados en genética y mutaciones del CFTR. Inicialmente fue la terapia génica, la cual a largo plazo no demostró beneficios. Las nuevas terapias han permitido un tratamiento individualizado, mediante potenciadores y moduladores del CFTR, demostrándose en estudios fase III y revisiones sistemáticas mejoría en la función pulmonar, disminución de la velocidad de declinación del VEF1, reducción de exacerbaciones pulmonares, mejoría del IMC y del transporte de cloro medido en test del sudor, observándose efectos mantenidos a largo plazo.
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Humanos , Criança , Fibrose Cística/tratamento farmacológico , Terapia Genética/métodos , Regulador de Condutância Transmembrana em Fibrose Cística/genética , Fibrose Cística/genética , MutaçãoRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate children with cystic fibrosis (CF) who had a late diagnosis of CF (LD-CF) despite newborn screening (NBS) and compare their clinical outcomes with children diagnosed after a positive NBS (NBS-CF). STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective review of patients with LD-CF in New South Wales, Australia, from 1988 to 2010 was performed. LD-CF was defined as NBS-negative (negative immunoreactive trypsinogen or no F508del) or NBS-positive but discharged following sweat chloride < 60 mmol/L. Cases of LD-CF were each matched 1:2 with patients with NBS-CF for age, sex, hospital, and exocrine pancreatic status. RESULTS: A total of 45 LD-CF cases were identified (39 NBS-negative and 6 NBS-positive) with 90 NBS-CF matched controls. Median age (IQR) of diagnosis for LD-CF and NBS-CF was 1.35 (0.4-2.8) and 0.12 (0.03-0.2) years, respectively (P <.0001). Estimated incidence of LD-CF was 1 in 45 000 live births. Compared with NBS-CF, LD-CF had more respiratory manifestations at time of diagnosis (66% vs 4%; P <.0001), a higher rate of hospital admission per year for respiratory illness (0.49 vs 0.2; P = .0004), worse lung function (forced expiratory volume in 1 second percentage of predicted, 0.88 vs 0.97; P = .007), and higher rates of chronic colonization with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (47% vs 24%; P = .01). The LD-CF cohort also appeared to be shorter than NBS-CF controls (mean height z-score -0.65 vs -0.03; P = .02). CONCLUSIONS: LD-CF, despite NBS, seems to be associated with worse health before diagnosis and worse later growth and respiratory outcomes, thus providing further support for NBS programs for CF.
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Fibrose Cística/diagnóstico , Diagnóstico Tardio/efeitos adversos , Hospitalização/estatística & dados numéricos , Triagem Neonatal/métodos , Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde , Fatores Etários , Fibrose Cística/mortalidade , Fibrose Cística/terapia , Bases de Dados Factuais , Progressão da Doença , Feminino , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , New South Wales , Prognóstico , Testes de Função Respiratória , Estudos Retrospectivos , Medição de Risco , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Fatores Sexuais , Taxa de SobrevidaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a disabling genetic disease with an increased prevalence in European heritage populations. Currently, the most used technique for collection of CF samples and diagnosis is provided through uncomfortable tests, with uncertain results, mostly based on chloride concentration in sweat. Since CF mutation induces many metabolic changes in patients, exploring these alterations might be an alternative to visualize potential biomarkers that could be used as interesting tools for further diagnostic upgrade, prioritizing simplicity, low cost, and quickness. METHODS: This contribution describes an accurate strategy to provide potential biomarkers related to CF, which may be understood as a potential tool for new diagnostic approaches and/or for monitoring disease evolution. Therefore, the present proposal consists of using skin imprints on silica plates as a way of sample collection, followed by direct-infusion high-resolution mass spectrometry and multivariate data analysis, intending to identify metabolic changes in skin composition of CF patients. RESULTS: Metabolomics analysis allowed identifying chemical markers that can be traced back to CF in patients' skin imprints, differently from control subjects. Seven chemical markers from several molecular classes were elected, represented by bile acids, a glutaric acid derivative, thyrotropin-releasing hormone, an inflammatory mediator, a phosphatidic acid, and diacylglycerol isomers, all reflecting metabolic disturbances that occur due to of CF. CONCLUSION: The comfortable method of sample collection combined with the identified set of biomarkers represent potential tools that open the range of possibilities to manage CF and follow the disease evolution. This exploratory approach points to new perspectives about the development of diagnostic assay using biomarkers and the management CF.
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic common disease within the white population, caused by mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator gene (CFTR). It mainly involves progressive respiratory diseases and pancreatic exocrine insufficiency. Atypical CF represents approximately 2 percent of cases and affects adolescents or adults with pancreatic exocrine sufficiency, normal or borderline sweat chloride test, or presenting a single clinical feature, such as chronic rhinosinusitis, nasal polyposis, pancreatitis, biliary cirrhosis, portal hypertension, or obstructive azoospermia. Clinical heterogeneity depends on the amount of functional protein, which is influenced by the type of mutation. Other genes and environmental exposure could modify the phenotype. Certain conditions may result from CFTR dysfunction without fulfilling diagnostic criteria for CF: the term CFTR-related disease is used to describe a single organ disease, and in cases where a mild CF phenotype is apparent, it is called atypical CF. We describe a case of osteocondroplastic tracheobronchopaty as a form of mild presentation of atypical CF or CFTR-related disease.
La fibrosis quística (FQ), enfermedad genética frecuente de la raza blanca, es causada por la mutación del gen que codifica para la proteína reguladora de transmembrana (CFTR). Produce principalmente una enfermedad respiratoria progresiva e insuficiencia pancreática. La FQ atípica representa el 2 por ciento de los casos. Aparece en adolescentes y adultos con suficiencia pancreática, test del sudor normal o dudoso o solo un sistema afectado: sinusitis crónica, poliposis nasal, pancreatitis, cirrosis biliar, hipertensión portal o azospermia obstructiva. La heterogeneidad clínica depende de la cantidad de CFTR funcionante, la que está influenciada por el tipo de mutación. Otros genes o la exposición ambiental podrían modificar el fenotipo. Cuando existe un órgano comprometido se la ha llamado enfermedad relacionada CFTR; en casos leves es el término FQ atípica. Esta revisión describe un paciente con traqueobroncopatía osteocondroplástica como forma de presentación de FQ atípica o de enfermedad relacionada a CFTR.
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Humanos , Criança , Regulador de Condutância Transmembrana em Fibrose Cística , Doenças Respiratórias/diagnóstico , Doenças Respiratórias/genética , Fibrose Cística/diagnóstico , Fibrose Cística/genéticaRESUMO
There is a group of patients with sweat test values at intermediate range (30-59 mmol / l chloride) whose diagnosis is difficult to be classified, especially after the introduction of neonatal screening for cystic fibrosis in some countries. This has introduced new terminology and panels of experts from the United States and Europe have created guidelines for the evaluation and management of these individuals. There are few studies on the evolution of these patients, however all of them agree on a more benign evolution than for those who have altered sweat test (sweat chloride higher to 60 mmol /l). The clinical monitoring is essential to obtain a proper diagnosis.
Existe un grupo de pacientes con valores de test de sudor en rango intermedio (30-59 mmol/l de cloro) cuyo diagnóstico es difícil de catalogar, especialmente luego de la introducción en algunos países del tamizaje neonatal para fibrosis quística. Se ha introducido nueva terminología y paneles de expertos de Estados Unidos y Europa han creado guías para la evaluación y manejo de estos individuos. Existen escasas descripciones sobre la evolución de estos pacientes aunque coinciden en una evolución más benigna que en aquellos que tienen test de sudor alterado (cloro mayor a 60 mmol/l).El seguimiento clínico es fundamental para llegar a un diagnóstico adecuado.
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Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Recém-Nascido , Lactente , Fibrose Cística/diagnóstico , Suor/química , Triagem Neonatal/métodos , Regulador de Condutância Transmembrana em Fibrose Cística , Cloro/análiseRESUMO
Mutations in the CFTR gene in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patients have geographic differences and there is scant data on their prevalence in Venezuelan patients. This study determined the frequency of common CFTR gene mutations in these patients. We amplified and sequenced exons 7, 10, 11, 19, 20 and 21, which contain the most common CFTR mutations, from 105 Venezuelan patients in the National CF Program. Eleven different mutations were identified, four with frequencies greater than 1%: p.Phe508del (26,17%), p.Gly542X (3,33%), p.Arg334Trp (1,43%) and p.Arg1162X (1.43%). No mutations were found in 63.3% of patients. This report represents the largest group of Venezuelan CF patients ever examined and includes a wider mutation panel than has been previously studied in this population. Southern European CFTR mutations predominate in the Venezuelan population, but a high percentage of the causative alleles remain unidentified.
Mutaciones en el gen CFTR en pacientes con Fibrosis Quística tienen diferencias geográficas y hay escasos datos de su prevalencia en pacientes Venezolanos. Este estudio determinó la frecuencia de mutaciones comunes presentes en el gen CFTR en estos pacientes. Nosotros examinamos los exones 7, 10, 11, 19, 20 y 21, que contienen las mutaciones más comunes reportadas, de pacientes Venezolanos del Programa Nacional de FQ, usando la reacción en cadena de la polimerasa y secuenciación automatizada. Once mutaciones diferentes fueron identificadas en 105 pacientes estudiados. Las mutaciones con frecuencias mayores a 1% fueron p.Phe508del (26,17%), p.Gly542X (3,33%), p.Arg334Trp (1,43%) y p.Arg1162X (1.43%). En el 63,35 de los pacientes ninguna mutación fue encontrada. Este reporte representa el grupo más grande de pacientes Venezolanos con FQ que ha sido examinado e incluido en el más amplio panel de mutaciones que ha sido examinado en esta población. Las mutaciones en el gen CFTR predominantes en el sur de Europa resultan ser las más predominantes en la población venezolana, pero un alto número de alelos resulta aún desconocido.
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Humanos , Regulador de Condutância Transmembrana em Fibrose Cística/genética , Fibrose Cística/genética , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto , Mutação Puntual , Deleção de Sequência , Alelos , Substituição de Aminoácidos , Fibrose Cística/epidemiologia , Análise Mutacional de DNA , Éxons/genética , Frequência do Gene , Genótipo , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Venezuela/epidemiologiaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of six mutations (F508del, G542X, G551D, R553X, R1162X, and N1303K) in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) diagnosed, at a referral center, on the basis of abnormal results in two determinations of sweat sodium and chloride concentrations. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study involving 70 patients with CF. The mean age of the patients was 12.38 ± 9.00 years, 51.43% were female, and 94.29% were White. Mutation screening was performed with polymerase chain reaction (for F508del), followed by enzymatic digestion (for other mutations). Clinical analysis was performed on the basis of gender, age, ethnicity, pulmonary/gastrointestinal symptoms, and Shwachman-Kulczycki (SK) score. RESULTS: All of the patients showed pulmonary symptoms, and 8 had no gastrointestinal symptoms. On the basis of the SK scores, CF was determined to be mild, moderate, and severe in 22 (42.3%), 17 (32.7%), and 13 (25.0%) of the patients, respectively. There was no association between F508del mutation and disease severity by SK score. Of the 140 alleles analyzed, F508del mutation was identified in 70 (50%). Other mutations (G542X, G551D, R553X, R1162X, and N1303K) were identified in 12 (7.93%) of the alleles studied. In F508del homozygous patients with severe disease, the OR was 0.124 (95% CI: 0.005-0.826). CONCLUSIONS: In 50% of the alleles studied, the molecular diagnosis of CF was confirmed by identifying a single mutation (F508del). If we consider the analysis of the six most common mutations in the Brazilian population (including F508del), the molecular diagnosis was confirmed in 58.57% of the alleles studied. .
OBJETIVO: Determinar a frequência de seis mutações (F508del, G542X, G551D, R553X, R1162X e N1303K) em pacientes com fibrose cística (FC) de um centro de referência, diagnosticados pela presença de duas dosagens de sódio e cloro no suor alteradas. MÉTODOS: Estudo de corte transversal com 70 pacientes com idade média de 12,38 ± 9,00 anos, sendo que 51,43% eram do sexo feminino, e 94,29% eram caucasoides. A triagem de mutações foi realizada pela técnica de reação em cadeia da polimerase (F508del), seguida por digestão enzimática (demais mutações). A análise clínica foi realizada utilizando as variáveis sexo, idade, etnia, manifestações pulmonares/digestivas e escore de Shwachman-Kulczycki (ESK). RESULTADOS: Todos os pacientes apresentaram manifestações pulmonares, e 8 não apresentaram manifestações digestivas. Os resultados do ESK evidenciaram doença leve, moderada e grave, respectivamente, em 22 (42,3%), 17 (32,7%) e 13 (25,0%) pacientes. Não houve associação da mutação F508del com o grau de doença pelo ESK. Dos 140 alelos analisados, a mutação F508del foi identificada em 70 (50%). As demais mutações (G542X, G551D, R553X, R1162X e N1303K) foram identificadas em 12 (7,93%) dos alelos analisados. Em pacientes homozigotos F508del com doença grave, a OR foi de 0,124 (IC95%: 0,005-0,826). CONCLUSÕES: O diagnóstico molecular de FC foi confirmado pela identificação de apenas uma mutação (F508del) em 50% dos alelos estudados. Se considerarmos a análise das seis mutações de maior frequência na população brasileira (incluindo F508del), o diagnóstico molecular foi confirmado em 58,57% dos alelos analisados. .