Potential Transcriptional Biomarkers to Guide Glucocorticoid Replacement in Autoimmune Addison's Disease

© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Endocrine Society..

BACKGROUND: No reliable biomarkers exist to guide glucocorticoid (GC) replacement treatment in autoimmune Addison's disease (AAD), leading to overtreatment with alarming and persistent side effects or undertreatment, which could be fatal.

OBJECTIVE: To explore changes in gene expression following different GC replacement doses as a means of identifying candidate transcriptional biomarkers to guide GC replacement in AAD.

METHODS: Step 1: Global microarray expression analysis on RNA from whole blood before and after intravenous infusion of 100 mg hydrocortisone (HC) in 10 patients with AAD. In 3 of the most highly upregulated genes, we performed real-time PCR (rt-PCR) to compare gene expression levels before and 3, 4, and 6 hours after the HC infusion. Step 2: Rt-PCR to compare expression levels of 93 GC-regulated genes in normal versus very low morning cortisol levels in 27 patients with AAD.

RESULTS: Step 1: Two hours after infusion of 100 mg HC, there was a marked increase in FKBP5, MMP9, and DSIPI expression levels. MMP9 and DSIPI expression levels correlated with serum cortisol. Step 2: Expression levels of CEBPB, DDIT4, FKBP5, DSIPI, and VDR were increased and levels of ADARB1, ARIDB5, and POU2F1 decreased in normal versus very low morning cortisol. Normal serum cortisol levels positively correlated with DSIPI, DDIT4, and FKBP5 expression.

CONCLUSIONS: We introduce gene expression as a novel approach to guide GC replacement in AAD. We suggest that gene expression of DSIPI, DDIT4, and FKBP5 are particularly promising candidate biomarkers of GC replacement, followed by MMP9, CEBPB, VDR, ADARB1, ARID5B, and POU2F1.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5

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Journal of the Endocrine Society - 5(2021), 3 vom: 01. März, Seite bvaa202

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sævik, Åse Bjorvatn [VerfasserIn]
Wolff, Anette B [VerfasserIn]
Björnsdottir, Sigridur [VerfasserIn]
Simunkova, Katerina [VerfasserIn]
Hynne, Martha Schei [VerfasserIn]
Dolan, David William Peter [VerfasserIn]
Bratland, Eirik [VerfasserIn]
Knappskog, Per M [VerfasserIn]
Methlie, Paal [VerfasserIn]
Carlsen, Siri [VerfasserIn]
Isaksson, Magnus [VerfasserIn]
Bensing, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Kämpe, Olle [VerfasserIn]
Husebye, Eystein S [VerfasserIn]
Løvås, Kristian [VerfasserIn]
Øksnes, Marianne [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Addison’s disease
Biomarkers
Gene expression
Glucocorticoid
Journal Article
Primary adrenal insufficiency

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Date Revised 20.04.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1210/jendso/bvaa202

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM321144996