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COL6A5 variants in familial neuropathic chronic itch.

Brain. 2017 Mar 01;140(3):555-567
Filippo Martinelli-Boneschi 1 , Marina Colombi 2 , Marco Castori 3 , Grazia Devigili 4 , Roberto Eleopra 4 , Rayaz A Malik 5 , Marco Ritelli 2 , Nicoletta Zoppi 2 , Chiara Dordoni 2 , Melissa Sorosina 1 , Paola Grammatico 3 , Hassan Fadavi 5 , Monique M Gerrits 6 , Rowida Almomani 6 , Catharina G Faber 6 , Ingemar S J Merkies 6 , Daniela Toniolo , INGI Network , Massimiliano Cocca 7 , Claudio Doglioni 8 , Stephen G Waxman 9 , Sulayman D Dib-Hajj 9 , Michela M Taiana 10 , Jenny Sassone 10 , Raffaella Lombardi 10 , Daniele Cazzato 10 , Andrea Zauli 1 , Silvia Santoro 1 , Margherita Marchi 10 , Giuseppe Lauria 10
Filippo Martinelli-Boneschi 1 , Marina Colombi 2 , Marco Castori 3 , Grazia Devigili 4 , Roberto Eleopra 4 , Rayaz A Malik 5 , Marco Ritelli 2 , Nicoletta Zoppi 2 , Chiara Dordoni 2 , Melissa Sorosina 1 , Paola Grammatico 3 , Hassan Fadavi 5 , Monique M Gerrits 6 , Rowida Almomani 6 , Catharina G Faber 6 , Ingemar S J Merkies 6 , Daniela Toniolo , INGI Network , Massimiliano Cocca 7 , Claudio Doglioni 8 , Stephen G Waxman 9 , Sulayman D Dib-Hajj 9 , Michela M Taiana 10 , Jenny Sassone 10 , Raffaella Lombardi 10 , Daniele Cazzato 10 , Andrea Zauli 1 , Silvia Santoro 1 , Margherita Marchi 10 , Giuseppe Lauria 10
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Author information
  • 1 Laboratory of Human Genetics of Neurological Disorders and Department of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
  • 2 Division of Biology and Genetics, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
  • 3 Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy.
  • 4 Neurological Unit, University-Hospital "S. Maria della Misericordia", Udine, Italy.
  • 5 Institute of Human Development, Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Manchester and Central Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK.
  • 6 Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
  • 7 Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, 34100 Trieste, Italy.
  • 8 Department of Pathology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
  • 9 Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, CT 06515, USA.
  • 10 Neuroalgology Unit and Skin Biopsy, Peripheral Neuropathy and Neuropathic Pain Center, IRCCS Foundation "Carlo Besta" Neurological Institute, Milan, Italy.

摘要


Itch is thought to represent the peculiar response to stimuli conveyed by somatosensory pathways shared with pain through the activation of specific neurons and receptors. It can occur in association with dermatological, systemic and neurological diseases, or be the side effect of certain drugs. However, some patients suffer from chronic idiopathic itch that is frequently ascribed to psychological distress and for which no biomarker is available to date. We investigated three multigenerational families, one of which diagnosed with joint hypermobility syndrome/Ehlers-Danlos syndrome hypermobility type (JHS/EDS-HT), characterized by idiopathic chronic itch with predominantly proximal distribution. Skin biopsy was performed in all eight affected members and revealed in six of them reduced intraepidermal nerve fibre density consistent with small fibre neuropathy. Whole exome sequencing identified two COL6A5 rare variants co-segregating with chronic itch in eight affected members and absent in non-affected members, and in one unrelated sporadic patient with type 1 painless diabetic neuropathy and chronic itch. Two families and the diabetic patient carried the nonsense c.6814G>T (p.Glu2272*) variant and another family carried the missense c.6486G>C (p.Arg2162Ser) variant. Both variants were predicted as likely pathogenic by in silico analyses. The two variants were rare (minor allele frequency < 0.1%) in 6271 healthy controls and absent in 77 small fibre neuropathy and 167 JHS/EDS-HT patients without itch. Null-allele test on cDNA from patients' fibroblasts of both families carrying the nonsense variant demonstrated functional haploinsufficiency due to activation of nonsense mediated RNA decay. Immunofluorescence microscopy and western blotting revealed marked disorganization and reduced COL6A5 synthesis, respectively. Indirect immunofluorescence showed reduced COL6A5 expression in the skin of patients carrying the nonsense variant. Treatment with gabapentinoids provided satisfactory itch relief in the patients carrying the mutations. Our findings first revealed an association between COL6A5 gene and familiar chronic itch, suggesting a new contributor to the pathogenesis of neuropathic itch and identifying a new candidate therapeutic target.

KEYWORDS: COL6A5, itch, neuropathic pain, small fibre neuropathy