Discriminant analysis followed by unsupervised cluster analysis including exosomal cystatins predict presence of chronic rhinosinusitis, phenotype, and disease severity

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BACKGROUND: Cystatins are epithelial protease inhibitors that participate in sinonasal immunity and inflammation. Nasal mucus-derived exosomes (NMDEs) are small vesicles secreted by epithelial cells that carry protein cargo reflective of their host cell. NMDEs have been used as a noninvasive biomarker source to study chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) proteomics with superior sensitivity to whole mucus. The purpose of this study was to noninvasively quantify exosomal cystatins in a heterogenous population to determine their utility in predicting phenotype and disease severity.

METHODS: This was an Institutional Review Board-approved study in which NMDEs were purified from 105 patients undergoing sinonasal surgery by ultracentrifugation. Demographic and clinical variables were collected and phenotypes were assigned a priori. Linear discriminant analysis was executed based on normalized Cystatin values as phenotype predictor variables. Unsupervised cluster analysis was performed using Ward's linkage followed by Duda/Hart Je(2)/Je(1) index cluster stopping rules. Analysis of variance (ANOVA), Welch's test, and Fisher's exact tests were used for continuous and categorical variables.

RESULTS: NMDE Cystatin-2 expression segregated by phenotype (mean ± standard error [SEM]): control (23.4 ± 4.2 pg/µg, n = 32); CRS without NP (CRSsNP) (56.6 ± 8.3 pg/µg, n = 33); and CRSwNP (130.5 ± 16.7 pg/µg, n = 40) (p < 0.0001). Seven clusters were identified among patients where the highest NMDE Cystatin-2 levels clustered with asthma, tissue eosinophilia, and aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD).

CONCLUSION: Cystatin levels in NMDEs predict CRS phenotype and disease severity. As a "liquid biopsy," noninvasive NMDE collection offers a promising opportunity to study disease pathophysiology, discriminate disease states, and potentially reveal novel therapeutic targets.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

International forum of allergy & rhinology - 9(2019), 9 vom: 04. Sept., Seite 1069-1076

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Miyake, Michelle M [VerfasserIn]
Workman, Alan D [VerfasserIn]
Nocera, Angela L [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Dawei [VerfasserIn]
Mueller, Sarina K [VerfasserIn]
Finn, Kristen [VerfasserIn]
Amiji, Mansoor M [VerfasserIn]
Bleier, Benjamin S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CST2 protein, human
Chronic rhinosinusitis
Cluster analysis
Exosome
Journal Article
Nasal polyps
Salivary Cystatins
Sinonasal mucus

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Date Completed 27.05.2020

Date Revised 27.05.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/alr.22380

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM299353060