Successful treatment of JAK1-associated inflammatory disease

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BACKGROUND: Gain-of-function variants of JAK1 drive a rare immune dysregulation syndrome associated with atopic dermatitis, allergy, and eosinophilia.

OBJECTIVES: This study sought to describe the clinical and immunological characteristics associated with a new gain-of-function variant of JAK1 and report the therapeutic efficacy of Janus kinase (JAK) inhibition.

METHODS: The investigators identified a family affected by JAK1-associated autoinflammatory disease and performed clinical assessment and immunological monitoring on 9 patients. JAK1 signaling was studied by flow and mass cytometry in patients' cells at basal state or after immune stimulation. A molecular disease signature in the blood was studied at the transcriptomic level. Patients were treated with 1 of 2 JAK inhibitors: either baricitinib or upadacitinib. Clinical, cellular, and molecular response were evaluated over a 2-year period.

RESULTS: Affected individuals displayed a syndromic disease with prominent allergy including atopic dermatitis, ichthyosis, arthralgia, chronic diarrhea, disseminated calcifying fibrous tumors, and elevated whole blood histamine levels. A variant of JAK1 localized in the pseudokinase domain was identified in all 9 affected, tested patients. Hyper-phosphorylation of STAT3 was found in 5 of 6 patients tested. Treatment of patients' cells with baricitinib controlled most of the atypical hyper-phosphorylation of STAT3. Administration of baricitinib to patients led to rapid improvement of the disease in all adults and was associated with reduction of systemic inflammation.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with this new JAK1 gain-of-function pathogenic variant displayed very high levels of blood histamine and showed a variable combination of atopy with articular and gastrointestinal manifestations as well as calcifying fibrous tumors. The disease, which appears to be linked to STAT3 hyperactivation, was well controlled under treatment by JAK inhibitors in adult patients.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:152

Enthalten in:

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 152(2023), 4 vom: 10. Okt., Seite 972-983

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fayand, Antoine [VerfasserIn]
Hentgen, Véronique [VerfasserIn]
Posseme, Céline [VerfasserIn]
Lacout, Carole [VerfasserIn]
Picard, Capucine [VerfasserIn]
Moguelet, Philippe [VerfasserIn]
Cescato, Margaux [VerfasserIn]
Sbeih, Nabiha [VerfasserIn]
Moreau, Thomas R J [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Yixiang Y J [VerfasserIn]
Charuel, Jean-Luc [VerfasserIn]
Corneau, Aurélien [VerfasserIn]
Deibener-Kaminsky, Joelle [VerfasserIn]
Dupuy, Stéphanie [VerfasserIn]
Fusaro, Mathieu [VerfasserIn]
Hoareau, Benedicte [VerfasserIn]
Hovnanian, Alain [VerfasserIn]
Langlois, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Le Corre, Laurent [VerfasserIn]
Maciel, Thiago T [VerfasserIn]
Miskinyte, Snaigune [VerfasserIn]
Miyara, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Moulinet, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Perret, Magali [VerfasserIn]
Schuhmacher, Marie Hélène [VerfasserIn]
Rignault-Bricard, Rachel [VerfasserIn]
Viel, Sébastien [VerfasserIn]
Vinit, Angélique [VerfasserIn]
Soria, Angèle [VerfasserIn]
Duffy, Darragh [VerfasserIn]
Launay, Jean-Marie [VerfasserIn]
Callebert, Jacques [VerfasserIn]
Herbeuval, Jean Philippe [VerfasserIn]
Rodero, Mathieu P [VerfasserIn]
Georgin-Lavialle, Sophie [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

820484N8I3
Allergy
Atopic dermatitis
Baricitinib
EC 2.7.10.2
Histamine
ISP4442I3Y
Inborn errors of immunity
JAK 1
JAK inhibitors
JAK1 protein, human
Janus Kinase 1
Janus Kinase Inhibitors
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 23.10.2023

Date Revised 24.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jaci.2023.06.004

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358453054