Motile Ciliary Disorders of the Nasal Epithelium in Adults With Bronchiectasis

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BACKGROUND: Motile ciliary disorder (MCD) has been implicated in chronic inflammatory airway diseases such as asthma and COPD.

RESEARCH QUESTION: What are the characteristics of MCD of the nasal epithelium and its association with disease severity and inflammatory endotypes in adults with bronchiectasis?.

STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: In this observational study, we recruited 167 patients with bronchiectasis and 39 healthy control participants who underwent brushing of the nasal epithelium. A subgroup of patients underwent bronchoscopy for bronchial epithelium sampling (n = 13), elective surgery for bronchial epithelium biopsy (n = 18), and blood sampling for next-generation sequencing (n = 37). We characterized systemic and airway inflammatory endotypes in bronchiectasis. We conducted immunofluorescence assays to profile ultrastructural (dynein axonemal heavy chain 5 [DNAH5], dynein intermediate chain 1 [DNAI1], radial spoke head protein 9 [RSPH9]) and ciliogenesis marker expression (Ezrin).

RESULTS: MCD was present in 89.8% of patients with bronchiectasis, 67.6% showed secondary MCD, and 16.2% showed primary plus secondary MCD. Compared with healthy control participants, patients with bronchiectasis yielded abnormal staining patterns of DNAH5, DNAI1, and RSPH9 (but not Ezrin) that were more prominent in moderate to severe bronchiectasis. MCD pattern scores largely were consistent between upper and lower airways and between large-to-medium and small airways in bronchiectasis. Coexisting nasal diseases and asthma did not confound nasal ciliary ultrastructural marker expression significantly. The propensity of MCD was unaffected by the airway or systemic inflammatory endotypes. MCD, particularly an ultrastructural abnormality, was notable in patients with mild bronchiectasis who showed blood or sputum eosinophilia.

INTERPRETATION: Nasal ciliary markers profiling provides complimentary information to clinical endotyping of bronchiectasis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:163

Enthalten in:

Chest - 163(2023), 5 vom: 20. Mai, Seite 1038-1050

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Ri-Lan [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Cui-Xia [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Chun-Li [VerfasserIn]
Cen, Lai-Jian [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiao-Xian [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Zhen-Hong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hui-Min [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiao-Fen [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Guan, Wei-Jie [VerfasserIn]
Wang, De Yun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Airway inflammation
Cilia
Dyneins
EC 3.6.4.2
Genetic testing
Immunofluorescence
Journal Article
Observational Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Ultrastructure

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Date Completed 12.05.2023

Date Revised 16.05.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.chest.2022.11.022

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34948175X