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BACKGROUND: Pathogenic variants in the BCOR gene have been identified in males with X-linked recessive microphthalmia and in females with X-linked dominant oculofaciocardiodental (OFCD) syndrome. This latter condition has previously been regarded as rare but the increased availability of genetic testing in recent years has led to the identification of a greater number of patients. METHODS: We report the clinical and molecular findings in a series of 10 patients with pathogenic BCOR variants from 5 families, all seen in a single institution over a two year period. RESULTS: We emphasize the phenotypic variability in this cohort and the diverse genetic mechanisms involved which included point mutations and deletions of BCOR as well as the occurrence of gonadal and somatic mosaicism. CONCLUSION: In this report we demonstrate the novel findings of four newly identified variants in BCOR associated with an OFCD phenotype, and suggest that the frequency of this condition in females presenting with congenital cataract, including unilateral cataract, is more common than anticipated. We demonstrate the utility of screening for genetic causes of congenital cataract. Although gonadal mosaicism in OFCD had previously been reported, we demonstrate the presence of somatic mosaicism where BCOR mutations may only be detected in DNA from tissues other than blood such as buccal cells.
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Catarata/congénito , Catarata/diagnóstico , Catarata/genética , Defectos de los Tabiques Cardíacos/diagnóstico , Defectos de los Tabiques Cardíacos/genética , Microftalmía/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas/genética , Proteínas Represoras/genética , Anomalías Múltiples/genética , Anomalías Múltiples/fisiopatología , Estudios de Cohortes , Bases de Datos Genéticas , Femenino , Genes Ligados a X , Humanos , Lactante , Recién Nacido , Microftalmía/diagnóstico , Mosaicismo , Análisis de Secuencia por Matrices de Oligonucleótidos , Linaje , Fenotipo , Mutación Puntual , Enfermedades Raras/genética , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN , Eliminación de SecuenciaRESUMEN
Adverse drug reactions (ADR) can be broadly categorised as either on-target or off-target. On-target ADRs arise as a direct consequence of the pharmacological properties of the drug and are therefore predictable and dose-dependent. On-target ADRs comprise the majority (>80%) of ADRs, relate to the drug's interaction with its known pharmacological target and are a result of a complex interplay of genetic and ecologic factors. In contrast, off-target ADRs, including immune-mediated ADRs (IM-ADRs), are due to unintended pharmacological interactions such as inadvertent ligation of host cell receptors or non-pharmacological interactions mediated through an adaptive immune response. IM-ADRs can be classified according to the primary immune cell involved and include B-cell-mediated (Gell-Coombs type I-III reactions) and T-cell-mediated (Gell-Coombs type IV or delayed hypersensitivity) reactions. IM-ADRs mediated by T cells are associated with phenotypically distinct clinical diagnoses and can vary from a mild delayed rash to a life-threatening cutaneous, systemic or organ disease, such as Stephen Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis, drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms and drug-induced liver disease. T-cell-mediated ADRs are strongly linked to the carriage of particular HLA risk alleles which are in the case of abacavir hypersensitivity and HLA-B*57:01 has led to translation into the clinic as a routine screening test. In this review, we will discuss the immunogenetics and pathogenesis of IM-ADRs and how HLA associations inform both pre-drug screening strategies and mechanistic understanding.
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Linfocitos B/inmunología , Didesoxinucleósidos/efectos adversos , Hipersensibilidad a las Drogas/inmunología , Antígenos HLA-B/inmunología , Inmunidad Celular , Linfocitos T/inmunología , Linfocitos B/patología , Didesoxinucleósidos/uso terapéutico , Hipersensibilidad a las Drogas/genética , Hipersensibilidad a las Drogas/patología , Antígenos HLA-B/genética , Humanos , Factores de Riesgo , Linfocitos T/patologíaRESUMEN
Cytomegalovirus vectors are promising delivery vehicles for vaccine strategies that aim to elicit effector CD8+ T cells. To determine how the route of immunization affects CD8+ T-cell responses in the lungs of mice vaccinated with a murine cytomegalovirus vector expressing the respiratory syncytial virus matrix (M) protein, we infected CB6F1 mice via the intranasal or intraperitoneal route and evaluated the M-specific CD8+ T-cell response at early and late time points. We found that intranasal vaccination generated robust and durable tissue-resident effector and effector memory CD8+ T-cell populations that were undetectable after intraperitoneal vaccination. The generation of these antigen-experienced cells by intranasal vaccination resulted in earlier T-cell responses, interferon gamma secretion, and viral clearance after respiratory syncytial virus challenge. Collectively, these findings validate a novel approach to vaccination that emphasizes the route of delivery as a key determinant of immune priming at the site of vulnerability.
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Linfocitos T CD8-positivos/inmunología , Infecciones por Citomegalovirus/inmunología , Citomegalovirus/inmunología , Pulmón/inmunología , Infecciones por Virus Sincitial Respiratorio/inmunología , Virus Sincitiales Respiratorios/inmunología , Proteínas de la Matriz Viral/inmunología , Vacunas Virales/inmunología , Administración Intranasal , Animales , Linfocitos T CD8-positivos/virología , Línea Celular , Citomegalovirus/genética , Femenino , Vectores Genéticos , Memoria Inmunológica , Inyecciones Intraperitoneales , Interferón gamma/metabolismo , Activación de Linfocitos , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos , Infecciones por Virus Sincitial Respiratorio/prevención & control , Vacunación , Carga Viral , Proteínas de la Matriz Viral/genéticaRESUMEN
The herpesvirus lifestyle results in a long-term interaction between host and invading pathogen, resulting in exquisite adaptation of virus to host. We have sequenced the genomes of nine strains of murine cytomegalovirus (a betaherpesvirus), isolated from free-living mice trapped at locations separated geographically and temporally. Despite this separation these genomes were found to have low levels of nucleotide variation. Of the more than 160 open reading frames, almost 90% had a dN/dS ratio of amino acid substitutions of less than 0.6, indicating the level of purifying selection on the coding potential of MCMV. Examination of selection acting on individual genes at the codon level however indicates some level of positive selection, with 0.03% of codons showing strong evidence for positive selection. Conversely, 1.3% of codons show strong evidence of purifying selection. Alignments of both genome sequences and coding regions suggested that high levels of recombination have shaped the MCMV genome.
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Genoma Viral , Muromegalovirus/genética , Recombinación Genética , Selección Genética , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Sustitución de Aminoácidos , Animales , Codón/genética , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Sistemas de Lectura Abierta , Análisis de Secuencia de ADNRESUMEN
Murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) is widely used to model human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection. However, it is known that serially passaged laboratory strains of HCMV differ significantly from recently isolated clinical strains of HCMV. It is therefore axiomatic that clinical models of HCMV using serially passaged strains of MCMV may not be able to fully represent the complexities of the system they are attempting to model and may not fully represent the complex biology of MCMV. To determine whether genotypic and phenotypic differences also exist between laboratory strains of MCMV and wild derived strains of MCMV, we sequenced the genomes of three low-passage strains of MCMV, plus the laboratory strain, K181. We coupled this genetic characterization to their phenotypic characteristics. In contrast to what is seen with HCMV (and rhesus CMV), there were no major genomic rearrangements in the MCMV genomes. In addition, the genome size was remarkably conserved between MCMV strains with no major insertions or deletions. There was, however, significant sequence variation between strains of MCMV, particularly at the genomic termini. These more subtle genetic differences led to considerable differences in in vivo replication with some strains of MCMV, such as WP15B, replicating preferentially in otherwise-MCMV-resistant C57BL/6 mice. CBA mice were no more resistant to MCMV than C57BL/6 mice and for some MCMV strains appeared to control infection less well than C57BL/6 mice. It is apparent that the previously described host resistance patterns of inbred mice and MCMV are not consistently applicable for all MCMV strains.
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Variación Genética , Genoma Viral/genética , Muromegalovirus/genética , Fenotipo , Animales , Secuencia de Bases , Ratones , Ratones Mutantes , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN , Especificidad de la EspecieRESUMEN
Species-specific viruses are being genetically engineered to produce contraceptive biological controls for pest animals such as mice, rabbits and foxes. The virus vaccines are intended to trigger an autoimmune response in the target animals that interferes with their fertility in a process termed virally vectored immunocontraception. Laboratory experiments have shown that high levels of infertility can be induced in mice infected with recombinant murine cytomegalovirus and ectromelia virus expressing reproductive antigens as well as in rabbits using myxoma virus vectors. The strategies used to produce and deliver species-specific immunocontraceptive vaccines to free-living wildlife are presented in this review. Discussion includes coverage of the likely safety of the proposed vaccines as well as the implications of the approach for fertility control in other species.
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Anticoncepción Inmunológica/métodos , Vectores Genéticos , Control Biológico de Vectores/métodos , Vacunas Virales/genética , Animales , Zorros , Ratones , Conejos , Especificidad de la EspecieRESUMEN
Cytomegaloviruses are species-specific DNA viruses. Recombinant murine cytomegaloviruse (MCMV) expressing the mouse egg-coat protein zona pellucida 3 (mZP3) has been shown to sterilise female mice by breaking self-tolerance and inducing an immune response against the host ZP3. This virus has the potential to be used for mouse population control, however the effect of this recombinant immunocontraceptive virus in non-host species must be determined. Recombinant MCMV-mZP3, based on both laboratory and wild strains of virus, induced long-lived antibody responses against structural viral proteins and mZP3 when inoculated into laboratory rats, although no viral DNA or replicating virus was identified. The anti-mZP3 antibodies were specific for mouse ZP3, did not cross-react with rat ZP3, and had no effect on the fertility of the rats.
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Anticoncepción Inmunológica , Proteínas del Huevo/inmunología , Vectores Genéticos , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/inmunología , Muromegalovirus/genética , Receptores de Superficie Celular/inmunología , Animales , Anticuerpos Antivirales/sangre , Femenino , Fertilidad , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos BALB C , Muromegalovirus/inmunología , Ratas , Ratas Endogámicas Lew , Ratas Wistar , Especificidad de la Especie , Replicación Viral , Glicoproteínas de la Zona PelúcidaRESUMEN
Microsurgical models of vein-to-artery graft surgery have been developed in rats as a means of assessing vein graft adaptation and neo-intimal hyperplasia. Neo-intimal hyperplasia in these grafts is often attributed, at least in part, to an adaptive response by venous smooth muscle cells to the increased intraluminal pressure of the arterial pressure. However, considerable evidence suggests complete or near-complete cellular replacement in these grafts. A series of experiments were undertaken in which male vein or artery grafts were placed into either allogeneic female nude rat hosts or into syngeneic WKy female hosts as a means of determining donor cell survival. Grafts were removed at postsurgery week 2 or week 6 and the fate of the donor male cells assessed by PCR amplification of the testis-determining gene Sry. The Sry gene was undetectable in 2-week male to female vein grafts. When left for 6 weeks, donor cells were detectable in vein grafts only after multiple 50-cycle PCR analyses. Minimal donor cell survival was not due to an allograft response, as donor male cells were readily detectable in WKy male to female nude rat artery-to-artery grafts. These data were not nude rat specific, as poor donor cell survival was also evidenced in syngeneic male to female vein-to-artery grafts. In conclusion, we demonstrate only marginal survival of donor cells in rat vein-to-artery grafts. Neo-intimal hyperplasia in these grafts was not a consequence of donor venous smooth muscle cell proliferation.
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Arterias/trasplante , Supervivencia Celular , Supervivencia de Injerto , Venas/trasplante , Animales , Arterias/citología , Endotelio Vascular/citología , Femenino , Genes sry , Humanos , Masculino , Músculo Liso Vascular/citología , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa , Ratas , Ratas Endogámicas SHR , Ratas Endogámicas WKY , Ratas Desnudas , Quimera por Trasplante , Trasplante Homólogo , Venas/citologíaRESUMEN
Vein-to-artery graft surgery is used widely to by-pass arterial stenoses, but such grafts can fail over a prolonged period as a result of excessive neointimal hyperplasia causing thrombosis and graft occlusion. It has been suggested that neointimal hyperplasia, in vein grafts, is a result of the vessel wall adapting to the higher intraluminal pressure of the arterial circulation, compared with the venous circulation. Autologous artery grafts have been used to bypass arterial stenoses. Initially it was assumed that donor artery segments would not develop neointimal hyperplasia as they are already adapted to the arterial circulation but this is not so. In this study we postulated that surgical or postsurgical trauma was the cause of neointimal hyperplasia in autologous artery-to-artery grafts. In addition, as artery grafts are pre-adapted to the arterial circulation, autologous artery-to-artery grafts in hypertensive rats should develop similar levels of neointimal hyperplasia as seen in normotensive rats. Artery-to-artery grafts were placed in a series of 20 spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). In a separate series of sham grafting experiments the effects of anoxia and clamp trauma were assessed in SHR and WKy normotensive control rats. Finally, clamping, anoxia and anastomosis trauma were assessed in a similar series of rats. In the artery-to-artery graft series there was no difference in neointimal thickness between the SHR and that previously reported for normotensive rats. Minimal neointimal hyperplasia was demonstrated in the sham grafted series of rats and only slightly more in the single anastomosis series. It was only in the full grafting procedure that considerable neointimal hyperplasia developed. These data demonstrate that neointimal hyperplasia in artery-to-artery grafts is not exacerbated by the hypertension. In addition, trauma appears to be the initiator of neointimal hyperplasia and the extent of trauma correlates with the degree of neointimal hyperplasia.
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Arterias/patología , Arterias/trasplante , Músculo Liso Vascular/patología , Túnica Íntima/patología , Animales , Hiperplasia , Masculino , Ratas , Ratas Endogámicas SHR , Ratas Endogámicas WKY , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Vasculares/efectos adversosRESUMEN
In a 10-year retrospective study a close correlation was found between low temperatures and hospital admissions for severe painful crises of sickle-cell disease.