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Defining the nasal transcriptome in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's).

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To determine whether disease processes related to granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's) (GPA) are reflected in gene expression profiles of the nasal mucosa. METHODS:Nasal brushings of the inferior turbinate were obtained from 32 patients with GPA (10 with active nasal disease, 13 with prior nasal disease, and 9 with no history of nasal disease) and a composite comparator group with and without inflammatory nasal disease (12 healthy people, 15 with sarcoidosis, and 8 with allergic rhinitis). Differential gene expression was assessed between subgroups of GPA and comparators. RESULTS:A total of 339 genes were differentially expressed between the GPA and comparator groups (absolute fold change >1.5; false discovery rate <0.05). Top canonical pathways up-regulated in nasal brushings from patients with GPA included granulocyte adhesion and diapedesis (P?=?8.6(-22) ), agranulocyte adhesion and diapedesis (P?=?1.3(-14) ), IL10 signaling (P?=?3.0(-11) ), LXR/RXR activation (P?=?4.3(-11) ), and TREM1 signaling (P?=?9.0(-11) ). A set of genes differentially expressed in GPA independently of nasal disease activity status included genes related to epithelial barrier integrity (fibronectin 1, desmosomal proteins) and several matricellular proteins (e.g., osteonectin, osteopontin). Significant overlap of differentially expressed genes was observed between active and prior nasal disease GPA subgroups. Peripheral blood neutrophil and mononuclear gene expression levels associated with GPA were similarly altered in the nasal gene expression profiles of patients with active or prior nasal disease. CONCLUSION:Profiling the nasal transcriptome in GPA reveals gene expression signatures related to innate immunity, inflammatory cell chemotaxis, extracellular matrix composition, and epithelial barrier integrity. Thus, airway-based expression profiling is feasible and informative in GPA.

SUBMITTER: Grayson PC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4519398 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Defining the nasal transcriptome in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's).

Grayson Peter C PC Steiling Katrina K Platt Michael M Berman Jeffrey S JS Zhang Xiaohui X Xiao Ji J Alekseyev Yuriy O YO Liu Gang G Monach Paul A PA Kaplan Mariana J MJ Spira Avrum A Merkel Peter A PA

Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) 20150501 8

<h4>Objective</h4>To determine whether disease processes related to granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's) (GPA) are reflected in gene expression profiles of the nasal mucosa.<h4>Methods</h4>Nasal brushings of the inferior turbinate were obtained from 32 patients with GPA (10 with active nasal disease, 13 with prior nasal disease, and 9 with no history of nasal disease) and a composite comparator group with and without inflammatory nasal disease (12 healthy people, 15 with sarcoidosis, and ...[more]

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Project description:The objective of this study is to assess the relationship between inflammatory disease in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA, Wegener's) and the development of subclinical atherosclerosis. A total of 46 adult patients with GPA were enrolled. Disease status was measured by Birmingham vasculitis assessment scores as modified for GPA, vasculitis damage index, disease duration, and number of relapses. Classic atherosclerotic risk factors, platelet aggregation responses, and circulating microparticle (MP) levels were recorded. All patients underwent carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) measurement as outcome for subclinical atherosclerosis. In univariate analyses, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, creatinine, and age were significantly associated with higher IMT (ρ values 0.37, 0.38, 0.35, and 0.054, respectively [P < 0.02 for all]). In a multiple regression model, greater number of relapses, older age at the onset of disease, and higher diastolic blood pressure were found to be associated with higher IMT (P values 0.003, <0.001, and 0.031, respectively). MP counts and platelet reactivity correlated well with disease activity in GPA. Furthermore, MPs were found to activate vascular endothelial cells and platelets in vitro. The cumulative burden of systemic inflammation in GPA correlated with the development of subclinical atherosclerosis. The correlation with subclinical atherosclerosis could be because of glucocorticoid use and not the inflammatory process in GPA, giving the inherent bias that exits with the use of glucocorticoid with each relapse. The findings of increased levels of circulating leukocyte-derived MPs and enhanced platelet reactivity during relapse suggest possible roles for MPs and platelets in disease pathogenesis and support a growing literature that links inflammation, atherosclerosis, and platelet activation. This hypothesis is further substantiated by our demonstration that MPs isolated from plasma of GPA patients can activate platelets and vascular endothelial cells.

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Defining the nasal transcriptome in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's).

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Defining the nasal transcriptome in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's).

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