autoinflammatory diseases I Flashcards

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What are the three main inherited autoinflammatory diseases (SAIDs)?

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CAPS (mutations in NLRP3)
FMF (HLH)
TRAPS (TNF receptor-associated periodic syndrome)

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What is the acquired SAID?

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AOSDs

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what is the genetic cause and 2 symptoms of Blau syndrome?

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Mutation in NOD2, leading to autoinflammation characterised by uveitis and granulomatous arthritis.

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What are four symptoms of autoinflammatory diseases?

Obvious immunological indicators.

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Fever, rash (also often not seen on dark skin), serositis (inflammation of linings), joint pain and arthritis.

High levels of inflammation and acute-phase proteins.

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when do monogenic autoinflammatory diseases normally have onset? When might this not be the case?

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Onset is normally during early infancy.

May have genuine late onset if due to acquired mutations and somatic mosaicism.

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What must you rule out when making auto-inflammatory diagnosis?

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Other causes of infection or immunodeficiency (mostly child), connective tissue disorders and malignancy.

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Are monogenic diseases of autoinflammation X linked, AD, AR?

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Normally autosomal dominant (why you can get late onset due to somatic mosaicism).

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What are the two main inflammasomo-pathies?

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CAPS and FMF (familial Mediterranean fever)

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What are the three manifestations of CAPS, the gene affected and their order of severity?

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All are autosomal dominant (apart from sporadic NOMID/CINCA) GOF hypomorphic mutations in NLRP3

mild: familial cold uticaria
moderate: Muckle Wells syndrome
severe: NOMID/CINCA

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symptoms of familial cold urticaria and muckle wells syndrome?

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familial cold urticaria: cold-induced urticaria/rash, arthralgia (joint pain) and conjunctivitis.

Muckle-Wells syndrome: urticarial rash, deafness and AA amyloidosis and renal failure.

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Symptoms of NOMID/CINCA?

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joint destruction, meningitis and CNS damage-deafness and blindness, retardation.

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What cells express NLRP3?

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myeloid cells (DCs, monocytes macrophages and neutrophils).

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What receptor-ligand signalling and cytokines can upregulate NLRP3 transcription?

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LPS (TLR4), CpG (TLR9) and TNF-a.

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What chaperone proteins can maintain NLRP3 in an autorepressive state?

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SGT1 and HSP90 bind to LRR to maintain autorepressive state.

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What happens upon NLRP3 activation?

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relief of repression, and NLRP3 polymerisatoin, binding of ASC adaptor (PYD-PYD domain interactions) which recruits CARD with capsase 1 to CARD domain.

Caspase 1 cleaves IL-1B and IL18.

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What is 1 effect of IL-1B autocrine signalling?

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Upregulation of all genes in IL-1B pathway.

17
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What foreign and self signals activate NLRP3?

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bacteria, fungi and viruses.

DAMPS, uric acid crystals (GOUT), alum crystals.
Amyloid B (Alzheimer's) and cholesterol crystals from type 2 diabetes.
18
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What is required to prime NLRP3 inflammasome for activation?

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TLR4-MyD88 deubiquitination of NLRP3 and NFKB mediated upregulated of NLRP3.

19
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Can IL-1 be detected directly in blood?

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nope, works in autocrine fashion

has to be detected through myeloid cell stimulation with LPS.

20
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Three drugs that can inhibit IL-1B production and are effective for CAPS?

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Vertex, a reversible inhibitor of caspase 1 (but also inhibits IL-6 and IL-18)

anakinra: a recombinant IL1Breceptor antagonist
canakinumab: monoclonal against IL-1B/