Illinois State head men's golf coach Ray Kralis has announced the addition of Maxence Faucquez
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NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State head men's golf coach Ray Kralis has announced the addition of Maxence Faucquez
"Max is strong in three big areas - driving
"Those are the key ingredients for low scores as evidenced by his 71.36 scoring average over 13 events in 2023
Ranked as high as 650 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings
and we are excited to welcome him to the Redbird family
With the departure of this year's graduating class
I am confident we have a recruiting class that is up to the challenge of moving the program forward."
finished seventh at the Belgin International Amateur Championship
He had top-30 finishes at a pair of amateur championships
taking 24th at the French National U18 Championships with a four-round 297
and 27th at the English Boys Amateur Championship with a 289
He also finished fifth at the Grand Prix De Chiberta with a 278 (71-69-70-68)
and in the three-round Classic Du Prieure took sixth with a 218 (73-75-70)
who are off to a hot start to the fall season
February 19 at the Border Olympics hosted at Laredo Country Club in Laredo
This season ISU finished four of the five fall tournaments under par as a team and have seven golfers with scoring averages of 73 or lower
The team is ranked 65th in the opening NCAA rankings and are the top ranked team in the MVC heading into the spring season
with Southern Illinois sitting second in the rankings at 148th
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A man who lost consciousness mid-air during a parachute jump in northern France miraculously came to his senses just meters before hitting the ground
suffered only minor injuries after falling unconscious a few seconds into his jump at Marquette-lez-Lille on Monday last week
deputy technical director of the Lille-Bondue parachuting school where the man made the jump
told local outlet BFM TV that the skydiver first experienced a medical issue at "around 500 meters high" and that he regained consciousness just in time before landing
The man had reportedly already deployed his parachute and was able to land in a nearby garden
"He still had a fairly muscular landing," Motte said
"He was clearly conscious with a nice little scar which earned him ten stitches."
the man greatly reduced the severity of his injuries by raising his knees before hitting the ground
a reflex that allowed him to somewhat cushion the fall
He suffered injuries to his face and knees
witnessed the fall and came to the man's rescue
The jump was one of the first since the parachuting school reopened
The extreme sport has seen a slew of tragic deaths in recent years
In April, a Californian woman plunged to her death after her parachute failed to properly deploy
The experienced parachutist performed a jump at the Skydive Lodi Parachute Center
when her equipment reportedly became tangled
The death came just one month after the parachute and skydiving center was ordered to pay $40 million in connection with another incident five years ago
California teenager Tyler Turner fell to his death after his parachute failed to open back in 2016
The 18-year-old died along with skydiving instructor
The men plummeted 13,000 feet to the ground after Kwon was unable to get their parachutes to open
It was later determined that his instructor was not properly certified and
Turner's family were awarded a $40 million judgment against the owner of the skydiving center
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Chemerin is an extracellular protein with chemotactic activities and its expression is increased in various diseases such as metabolic syndrome and inflammatory conditions. Its role in lung pathology has not yet been extensively studied but both known pro- and anti-inflammatory properties have been observed. The aim of our study was to evaluate the involvement of the chemerin/ChemR23 system in the physiopathology of COVID-19 with a particular focus on its prognostic value.
Blood samples from confirmed COVID-19 patients were collected at day 1, 5 and 14 from admission to Erasme Hospital (Brussels – Belgium). Chemerin concentrations and inflammatory biomarkers were analyzed in the plasma. Blood cells subtypes and their expression of ChemR23 were determined by flow cytometry. The expression of chemerin and ChemR23 was evaluated on lung tissue from autopsied COVID-19 patients by immunohistochemistry (IHC).
Increased plasma chemerin levels are a marker of severity and may predict death of COVID-19 patients. However, multicentric studies are needed, before chemerin can be considered as a biomarker of severity and death used in daily clinical practice. Further studies are also necessary to identify the precise mechanisms of the chemerin/ChemR23 system in ARDS secondary to viral pneumonia.
Cytokines and Soluble Mediators in Immunity
Volume 13 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.941663
Background: Chemerin is an extracellular protein with chemotactic activities and its expression is increased in various diseases such as metabolic syndrome and inflammatory conditions
Its role in lung pathology has not yet been extensively studied but both known pro- and anti-inflammatory properties have been observed
The aim of our study was to evaluate the involvement of the chemerin/ChemR23 system in the physiopathology of COVID-19 with a particular focus on its prognostic value
Methods: Blood samples from confirmed COVID-19 patients were collected at day 1
5 and 14 from admission to Erasme Hospital (Brussels – Belgium)
Chemerin concentrations and inflammatory biomarkers were analyzed in the plasma
Blood cells subtypes and their expression of ChemR23 were determined by flow cytometry
The expression of chemerin and ChemR23 was evaluated on lung tissue from autopsied COVID-19 patients by immunohistochemistry (IHC)
Results: 21 healthy controls (HC) and 88 COVID-19 patients
including 40 in intensive care unit (ICU) were included
Plasma chemerin concentration were significantly higher in ICU patients than in HC at all time-points analyzed (p<0.0001)
they were higher in deceased patients compared to survivors (p<0.05)
Logistic univariate regression and multivariate analysis demonstrated that chemerin level at day 14 of admission was an independent risk factor for death
chemerin levels correlated with inflammatory biomarkers such as C-reactive protein and tumor necrosis factor α
IHC analysis revealed a strong expression of ChemR23 on smooth muscle cells and chemerin on myofibroblasts in advanced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Discussion: Increased plasma chemerin levels are a marker of severity and may predict death of COVID-19 patients
before chemerin can be considered as a biomarker of severity and death used in daily clinical practice
Further studies are also necessary to identify the precise mechanisms of the chemerin/ChemR23 system in ARDS secondary to viral pneumonia
these experiments revealed an important role for the chemerin/ChemR23 system in lung inflammation
Given that chemerin is elevated in most of the pathologies associated with a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 and seems to be associated with lung inflammation
we evaluated the chemerin/ChemR23 system in COVID-19 patients and correlated it with disease severity
This prospective observational study was conducted on adult patients (from 18 to 70 years) with a confirmed COVID-19 infection (positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test performed on a nasopharyngeal swab)
admitted to Erasme Hospital (Tertiary care center
These patients were further classified into three groups: non-hospitalized (NH)
hospitalized in a conventional care unit (H) and hospitalized in intensive care unit (ICU)
The study was approved by the local Ethical Committee (P2020/238 for blood biobanking
P2020/232 for bronchoalveolar lavage biobanking and immunohistochemistry analysis)
Covid and control samples were prepared and stored identically
The results of routine blood analysis were collected from the medical files including C-reactive protein (CRP)
Another cohort of patients was used for bronchoalveolar lavages (BAL) collection. In this cohort, BALs were performed to confirm a SARS-CoV-2 infection or exclude opportunistic superinfections (immunocompromised patients). BAL were collected from April 2020 to November 2020. They were performed, using a disposable video-bronchoscope (Ambu® aScopeTM, Ballerup, Denmark) as described by Taton et al. (25)
Samples were centrifuged (1400 rpm – 10 minutes)
then supernatants were stored at -80°C and cell pellets stabilized with Cytodelics stabilizer and then stored at -80°C (Biobank ULB-COVID-19
Only confirmed COVID-19 patients from this cohort were selected for further analysis
Control BAL samples were collected from patients with a pulmonary nodule or from non-infected lung transplant patients (performed as part of their routine follow up)
lymphocytes and macrophages counts on BAL were obtained from the medical files
Plasma and BAL chemerin levels were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (R&D systems
Samples were analyzed in duplicates according to the manufacturer’s instructions
Plasma levels of the Krebs Von den Lungen protein (KL-6) were detected using a sandwich ELISA assay on Lumipulse G600II and G1200 (Fujirebio
monokine induced by interferon-γ (MIG
macrophage inflammatory protein-1β (MIP-1β
CCL4) and tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) were measured in plasma by multiparameter-based immunoassays (Milliplex Human Cytokine/chemokine/Growth factor panel A magnetic bead panel kit-Merck
Belgium) according to the manufacturer’s instructions
Results were analyzed with a Bio-Plex 200® Multiplex reader
Bio-Plex ManagerTM Manager 4.1 Software (BIO-RAD laboratories
Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) lung tissues from PCR positive COVID-19 patients stored in the Biobank ULB-COVID-19 (Department of Pathology, Erasme Hospital, BB200022) were used for immunohistochemical (IHC) staining. Autopsies were performed after 72 hours to prevent infection of the medical staff (26)
areas presenting typical lesions of diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) early or late and samples with pneumonia or bronchopneumonia were selected
Control tissues were obtained from autopsied patients deceased for more than 48 hours without major lung lesion and patients deceased of an ARDS from another origin
IHC staining was performed using an automated immunostainer (Dako Omnis
4µm slides were incubated respectively with anti-ChemR23 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology
dilution 1:300) and anti-chemerin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology
dilution 1:100) antibodies and counterstained with hematoxylin
Then slides were scanned with a 40x magnification (Nanozoomer
Japan) before assessment by two pathologists
All data were tested for normality using the Shapiro-Wilk test and according to the distribution
parametric or non-parametric tests were applied
Differences between the groups were assessed by one-way ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis test
Tukey or Dunn’s tests were used as post-hoc tests
Data are reported as mean ± standard deviation (SD) or median with a confidence interval of 95% (CI 95%)
Categorical variables are listed as numbers with percentage
Chi-square test was performed to compare more than two groups and Fisher’s exact test was used for comparison between 2 groups
non-parametric Spearman correlation was performed
and data are reported as Spearman r and p-value
To determine the association of different variables to fatal outcome
a univariate logistic regression test was performed and then a multivariable regression model was chosen from a stepwise selection based on the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC)
The analyses were performed on Prism 6 or SAS 9.4 software packages and all significance levels were fixed at 0.05
In this study 88 patients with a positive nasopharyngeal throat swab for COVID-19 were included: 11 non-hospitalized (NH)
37 hospitalized in a conventional care unit (H) and 40 hospitalized in intensive care unit (ICU)
Blood samples were collected at the admission D1
Symptoms started on average 9 days before admission to the emergency department
21 healthy subjects (HC) (asymptomatic with negative PCR and serological tests (IgG and IgA)) were used as controls
Baseline characteristics of controls and patients are reported in Table 1 and multiple comparisons between subgroups are reported in Supplemental Table 1
Sixty-seven patients were men and 42 were women
Patients were older in H and ICU groups (57.6 ± 14.8 and 60.5 ± 10.9
mean ± SD) as compared to HC and NH groups (38.6 ± 7.9 and 42.2 ± 10.9 respectively; mean ± SD
No significant differences were found for BMI among COVID-19 patients (average BMI for NH
H and ICU groups: 28.6 kg/m² (27.2-30.45)
median (95% CI)) as well as for tobacco use (18.1% of the patients)
Table 1 Baseline characteristics and comorbidities
Routine biological analyses of the COVID-19 patients are reported in Table 2 and multiple comparisons between subgroups are reported in Supplemental Table 2. At admission and without oxygen support, the median peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) decreased with severity of disease and therefore was the lowest in the ICU group (p<0.0001) (Table 2)
Inflammation-related parameters such as CRP (p<0.0001)
LDH (p<0.0001) and D-dimer (p<0.001) were higher and significantly different in plasma from ICU patients compared to NH and H patients
Liver tests were slightly disturbed in ICU patients with a small elevation of the transaminases
no alteration of the renal function or the lipids tests was observed
ICU patients had higher and significantly different levels of circulating WBC (p<0.0001) with a predominance of PMN (p<0.0001) and lower levels of lymphocytes (p<0.001)
Table 2 Main biological parameters at admission
Figure 1 Flow cytometry analysis of the total number of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC)
natural killer (NK) cells CD56bright and NK cells CD56dim and their expression of ChemR23 in COVID-19 patients and healthy controls (HC) at day 1
Measurements by flow cytometry of total counts of pDCs
The expression of ChemR23 was evaluated by mean fluorescence intensity (MFI)
Data are presented as median with interquartile range and statistics analysis was performed using Kruskal-Wallis test followed by Dunn’s post-hoc test
n=11; hospitalized non-intensive care unit (H)
n=36; hospitalized in intensive care unit (ICU)
**: p<0.01; ***: p<0.001; ****: p<0.0001
no significant difference in the expression of ChemR23 was observed between COVID-19 and HC in the cell types analyzed
Figure 2 Chemerin assessment and its association with risk of death and inflammation
(A) Time course assessment of chemerin concentration in plasma of healthy controls and subgroups of COVID-19 patients
data from HC were obtained at only one time point
Data are presented as median with interquartile range and statistical analysis was performed using Kruskal-Wallis test followed by Dunn’s post-hoc test
(B) Comparison of plasma chemerin levels in recovered versus deceased COVID-19 patients
Data are presented as median with interquartile range and statistics analysis was performed using Mann-Whitney test
(C) Prediction of mortality by chemerin concentration at day 1 (black)
day 5 (blue) and day 14 (red) using a ROC analysis (D) Correlation between chemerin concentrations and inflammation
estimated by C-reactive protein (CRP) concentration at day 14
The r corresponds to the Spearman coefficient for non-parametric correlation
n=37; hospitalized in intensive care unit (ICU)
*: p<0.05; ***: p<0.001; ****: p<0.0001
Since higher chemerin levels are associated with metabolic syndrome (27)
we investigated the existence of such possible associations in our population
Hypertension was found in 45/109 patients (41.3%)
predominantly in H and ICU groups (p<0.0001) and chemerin levels were higher in patients with hypertension (Hypertension: 164.7 ng/mL (141.3-183.5) versus non-hypertension: 118.4 ng/mL (110.8-127.0)
mostly belonging to H and ICU groups but no difference in chemerin levels was observed
Other comorbidities were uncommon: CKD in 8/109 (7.3%)
COPD in 6/109 (5.5%) and immunosuppression in 10/109 (9.2%) and none was associated with higher chemerin levels
immunosuppression in our cohort referred to patients with an immunosuppressive treatment (9/109) or having a neoplasia (1/109)
none of our patients presented a hepatic disease such as viral or auto-immune hepatitis
During the study period, dexamethasone treatment in patients requiring oxygen therapy was introduced to reduce mortality (28)
no NH patient received dexamethasone whereas 20/37 H and 35/40 ICU patients benefited from this treatment
this treatment did not modify chemerin levels (147.7 ng/mL (125.6-167.7) versus 158.0 ng/mL (127.2-189.0) in dexamethasone treated and untreated groups respectively
Low correlation between chemerin levels and IFN-γ (r=0.32
no correlation was shown for IFN-α (r=0.21
Figure 3 Correlations analysis between chemerin concentration and the levels of different cytokines and chemokines measured by multiplex in plasma of COVID-19 patients at all time-points
IL-8: interleukin 8; MIG: monokine induced by interferon-γ; MIP-1β: macrophage inflammatory protein-1β; TNFα: tumor necrosis factor α
As expected, the duration of hospitalization was lower in the H group compared to the ICU group (6–10) days vs 21.5 (16–28) respectively
An ARDS occurred in 38 out of 88 (43.2%) COVID-19 patients
Chemerin levels were higher in patients with ARDS than without ARDS at D5 (181,8 (141.3-272.5) versus 115.7 (95.4-129.9) ng/ml
p<0.001) and D14 (270.8 (162.3-332.2) versus 132.2 (119.8-149.4) ng/ml
Table 3 Risk of death: Univariate logistic regression and multivariate model
Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were also generated to evaluate the predictive value of plasma chemerin on mortality. This showed that day 14 chemerin’s concentration best estimated mortality risk (AUC=0.85, p<0.01) compared to D1 (AUC=0.68, p<0.05) and D5 concentrations (AUC=0.73, p<0.05) (Figure 2D)
a chemerin concentration above 291.4 ng/mL at D14
predicted the risk of death with a sensitivity of 77.78%
a positive predictive value of 63.64% and a negative predictive value of 95.00%
In addition to plasma chemerin analysis, BALs from 9 controls and 19 COVID-19 patients (Supplemental Table 3) were used for chemerin assessment
The levels of chemerin on BAL were at least 1000x lower than observed in blood and no statistical difference was observed between chemerin concentrations in the BAL of controls and COVID-19 patients (42 (35–120) versus 44 (35–112) pg/mL respectively
there was no significant difference in KL-6 levels at D1 versus D14 (p=NS)
no correlation between chemerin and KL-6 levels was found (r=0.07
no expression of ChemR23 was reported on PMNs nor lymphocytes
Lysis phenomena were also observed with essentially a desquamation of epithelial and endothelial cells (ECs)
Given that no fibrosis was present in control lungs
Figure 4 Immunohistochemistry staining of ChemR23 on lung slides from autopsied COVID-19 patients and controls (autopsied patient without major pulmonary lesion (control) and patient with ARDS from another origin (ARDS other))
Representative staining of smooth muscle cells from arteries and bronchia
Representative staining of endothelial cells (black arrows)
Representative image from area of acute pneumonia in COVID-19 patients
Figure 5 Immunohistochemistry staining of chemerin on lung slides from autopsied COVID-19 patient
patient with ARDS from another origin (ARDS other) and control
(A) Representative image of alveolar lining staining
(B) Representative image of endothelial cell (black arrow) staining
D) Representative image of chemerin staining of spindle cell (red arrows) in organizing phase of diffuse alveolar damage
In the present study we analyzed the chemerin/ChemR23 system in a cohort of confirmed COVID-19 patients
that chemerin concentrations are elevated in plasma of COVID-19 patients and are associated with the severity of the disease
inflammation and are an independent risk factor of mortality
which correspond to our results (75.9 ng/mL (63.7-94.3))
control values for chemerin were around 373.0 ng/mL
we determined chemerin concentration in plasma
Chemerin can be degraded by many proteases that are possibly increased in acute inflammatory state
this could explain why chemerin concentrations were lower in their COVID-19 patients compared to their controls
Further studies evaluating the dosage of chemerin in plasma versus serum in patients with an acute inflammatory state are needed to address this hypothesis
discrepancy among data could also results from difference in subgroup size (40 patients in our ICU group vs 9 in Kukla et al.) and the fact that possibly more severe patients could be included in our study taken into consideration that we are part of a tertiary care center
chemerin levels tended to increase with the severity of the disease (e.g
admission to ICU and development of an ARDS) and were higher in deceased patients as compared to subjects that recovered from the disease
chemerin levels increased significantly with time but this increase was only significant for H patients and not in ICU patients
even is a trend is seen between D5 and D14
Our hypothesis is that the higher mortality rate observed in ICU group (18%) compared to H group (2.7%) led to a loss of late samples that could have shown higher chemerin levels (ICU D1 n=40; ICU D5 n=35; ICU D14 n=25)
The decrease in the number of samples in D14 also led to a lower statistical power
The increased levels of chemerin detected in plasma of COVID-19 patients were not observed in BAL and they were much lower than the ones observed in blood
This could be explained by the important dilution factor of the BAL and possible degradation of chemerin by proteases
no BAL were obtained from healthy subjects and the number of BAL collected was relatively small and from heterogenous patients (some having an added bacterial infection
All of these could interfere with our results and further studies are therefore necessary to determine chemerin levels in the BAL of these patients
we were unable to find studies where chemerin levels were measured in BAL for comparison
ChemR23 decrease on NK cells could be related to a modulating effect of pro-inflammatory cytokines or chemokines
there is no available information regarding the regulation of the expression of ChemR23 on NK cells by other molecules than chemerin
the role of the chemerin/ChemR23 on endothelial dysfunction observed in the COVID-19 patients deserves further studies
This was confirmed by univariate logistic regression and the multivariate model
We selected patients from first and second wave of SARS-CoV-2 infection and admission criteria to ICU and treatments changed during this period
Although dexamethasone treatment did not modify chemerin levels
other factors could be involved and bias our results
flow cytometry analysis of BAL was limited due to the low number of cells in these samples and no BAL samples were obtained from healthy participants
autopsies of COVID-19 patients were performed 72 hours after the patient’s death
we therefore selected control tissues coming from late autopsies
a desquamation of epithelial and/or endothelial cells was observed in tissues from COVID-19 patients and controls
probably affecting the quality of the staining
our study demonstrates that increased plasma chemerin levels are a marker of severity and death in COVID-19 patients
multicentric studies and validation cohorts are needed to affirm chemerin as a biomarker of severity and death to be used in daily clinical practice
Further studies are also needed to identify the precise mechanisms by which the chemerin/ChemR23 system affects ARDS secondary to viral pneumonia and its possible role in lung fibrosis
The original contributions presented in the study are included in the article/Supplementary Material
Further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author
The studies involving human participants were reviewed and approved by Local Ethical Committee
The patients/participants provided their written informed consent to participate in this study
The clinical data collection was performed by PL
Technical support and material were provided by VC
All authors critically reviewed the manuscript and approved its final version
(Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research) and is a grant holder of Fonds Erasme
NA was supported partially by a ULB grant and partially from Fonds Erasme
ND is a post-doctoral clinical master specialist of the F.N.R.S
received a grant from the Foundation Jaumotte-Demoulin
CD is a Senior Research Associate with the F.N.R.S
The CMMI is supported by the European Regional Development Fund and the Walloon Region (Wallonia-biomed
The department of Pathology of Erasme hospital (PL
and MR) was supported by Fonds Yvonne Boël
BB and FM received grants from Foundation ULB and Fonds Erasme
BB received financial support from Amgen and Boehringer Ingelheim
This article was published with the financial support of the Fonds Erasme
Anne Van Praet and Noémie Law-Weng-Sam (LoVMI) for blood samples handling
biobanking and Multiplex analysis; Flavienne Sandras (Department of Pathology
Erasme Hospital) for bronchoalveolar lavages and tissues biobanking; Justine Allard and Amandine Collin (DIAPath
CMMI) for technical assistance on immunohistochemistry; Mélina Houinsou Hans (Department of Biomedical Research
Erasme Hospital) for help with statistical analysis
BB received a financial support from Amgen and Boehringer Ingelheim
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Messenger RNA (mRNA) therapies are emerging in different disease areas
Our aim was to study the feasibility to treat the genetic defect in cystinosis using synthetic mRNA in cell models and ctns−/− zebrafish embryos
Cystinosis is a prototype lysosomal storage disorder caused by mutations in the CTNS gene
encoding the lysosomal cystine-H+ symporter cystinosin
and leading to cystine accumulation in all cells of the body
The kidneys are the first and the most severely affected organs
presenting glomerular and proximal tubular dysfunction
The current therapeutic standard cysteamine
but has many side effects and does not restore kidney function
we show that synthetic mRNA can restore lysosomal cystinosin expression following lipofection into CTNS−/− kidney cells and injection into ctns−/− zebrafish
A single CTNS mRNA administration decreases cellular cystine accumulation for up to 14 days in vitro
CTNS mRNA therapy improves proximal tubular reabsorption
and restores brush border expression of the multi-ligand receptor megalin
this proof-of-principle study takes the first steps in establishing an mRNA-based therapy to restore cystinosin expression
resulting in cystine reduction in vitro and in the ctns−/− larvae
and restoration of the zebrafish pronephros function
we take the first steps in exploring the potential of mRNA-based therapy to treat cystinosis
We specifically focus on the kidney phenotype by studying the effect of the mRNA-treatment in 2D cultures of CTNS−/− human kidney epithelial cells
proximal tubular epithelial cells cultured on a hollow fiber and in a ctns−/− zebrafish cystinosis model
We opted for cystinosis as a prototypical disease to evaluate the potential of this approach
as cystinosis presents with the distinct phenotype of cystine accumulation offering a clear readout to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment
and affects both podocytes and proximal tubular cells
the ctns−/− zebrafish embryo was chosen as a stepping stone towards higher animal models as it enables to test the effectivity and potential toxicity of mRNA-based protein replacement after one-cell stage injection
we demonstrate that a single delivery of sequence-optimized mRNA results in a reduction of cystine levels for up to 2 weeks in vitro
a finding with general relevance for the future treatment of other lysosomal storage disorders
Transfection of cystinosis patient (CYS) derived proximal tubular epithelial cells (PTECs) and podocytes (PODOs) with CTNS-3HA mRNA results in lysosomal expression of cystinosin-3HA
reduction of cystine levels and reduced inulin leakage at 24 h post-transfection
(a) Cystinosin-3HA expression (green) after transfection of CYS PTECs and PODOs with 500 ng/ml CTNS-3HA mRNA (bottom) as compared with untreated cells (top)
(b) Quantification of PTECs and PODOs expressing cystinosin-3HA in randomly acquired microscopical fields (each dot is one field from 3 independent experiments)
Images were obtained using a Operetta CLS High Content Screening Microscope
Data were analysed with Mann–Whitney tests
(c–f) Lysosomal localization was demonstrated at 24 h post-transfection by co-staining of cystinosin-3HA (green) with LAMP1 (red) in confocal images in a 2D cell model (c,d) (scale bar = 20 µm) and in PTECs on the hollow fiber membranes (HFM—e,f) (scale bar = 50 µm and 20 µm)
(g,h) Reduction of lysosomal cystine accumulation in PTECs (g) and PODOs (h) at 24h post-transfection with increasing concentrations of CTNS-3HA mRNA
Cellular cystine levels were analysed by LC–MS
CTNS-3HA mRNA treated cells were compared with the GFP control using Kruskal Wallis test (PTECs) and Welch’s ANOVA (PODOs) (*)
A second comparison between the transfected cells and wildtype control (Kruskal–Wallis—#) was performed
Median and 95% CI are represented for PTECs and mean with SEM for PODOs (n = 3 independent experiments)
*p < 0.05; ***,###p < 0.001; ****p < 0.0001
cells treated with CTNS-3HA mRNA show a reduced perinuclear LAMP1 signal (% of total
The (peripheral) distribution in the CTNS-3HA treated PTECs was comparable to the wildtype control (Kruskal–Wallis test—#) (n = 120 cells)
(i) The fold change leakage of FITC-inulin (relative to untreated PTECs) was evaluated in PTECs cultured on the hollow fiber membranes at 24 h post-transfection (n = 3 biological replicates)
but with all tested mRNA concentrations leading to cystine concentrations approaching wildtype levels
Transfection of cystinosis patient (CYS) derived proximal tubular epithelial cells (PTECs) and podocytes (PODOs) results in functional cystinosin-3HA expression for up to 4 and 10 days
and reduces cystine levels for up to 10 and 18 days
(a,b) Time course of cystinosin-3HA expression in PTECs (a) and PODOs (b)
Images were obtained using the Operetta CLS High Content Screening Microscope and percentage of cells with detectable cystinosin-3HA expression quantified (each dot represents one observed field from 3 independent experiments)
Data were analysed using a Kruskal Wallis test (PTECs) and Welch’s ANOVA test (PODOs)
Median and 95% CI are represented for PTECs
*p < 0.05; ***p < 0.001; ****p < 0.0001
(c,d) Time course of cystine reduction in CYS PTECs (c) and PODOs (d) that were transfected with CTNS-3HA mRNA
14 and 18 days post-transfection and were expressed as percentage (%) of levels measured in cells transfected with GFP mRNA
Statistical significance was evaluated using individual tests for each time point
one-way ANOVA (****p < 0.001) and Kruskal Wallis test ($$p < 0.01; $$$p < 0.001; $$$$p < 0.0001)
Median and 95% CI are indicated for all time points
To show the functional effect of the CTNS-mCherry mRNA injection, cystine levels were measured in ctns−/− zebrafish larvae at 72 h and 120 h after one-cell stage injection. Cystine accumulation decreased to 65.0% (± 5.1) at 72 h and 73.1% (± 1.7) at 120 h as compared with the sham-treated fish (Fig. 4a), demonstrating the potential of the therapeutic approach.
Injection of human CTNS-mCherry mRNA in fertilized eggs of ctns−/− zebrafish decreases cystine accumulation
restores tubular reabsorption and alleviates glomerular proteinuria
(a) Injected ctns−/− zebrafish larvae were collected in groups of 10–12 fish
Cystine levels in treated larvae were measured at 72 h and 120 h post-injection (n = 5 groups)
Statistical analysis was performed using a Student’s t-test
(b,c) mRNA treated ctns−/−[Tg(l-fabp:DBP:eGFP)] larvae were injected with 10 kDa dextran-AF647 for evaluation of low molecular weight proteinuria (LMWP) at 72 h post-injection and fixed for cryosection after 16 h
Sections were stained with Hoechst 33342 (blue) and wheat germ agglutinin (WGA
with the DBP-GFP visible in the liver (green)
Tubular intensity of dextran-AF647 fluorescence (magenta) was measured and used to quantify low molecular weight protein absorption
Data were analysed with a Student’s t-test and mean and SEM are indicated (n = 9 fish)
(d) Glomerular proteinuria was evaluated in the ctns−/−[Tg(l-fabp:DBP:eGFP)] larvae at 120 h post-injection of CTNS-mCherry mRNA
Images were generated with the Acquifer imaging machine
an automatized FIJI script was used within a mask determined by segmentation of blood vessels upon traversing blood cells
(e,f) Sections of injected ctns−/− fish were prepared at 72 h post-injection and stained for the megalin multi-ligand receptor on the proximal tubular brush border (green)
Confocal images were obtained and Alexa-488 intensity was measured in each tubule (n = 8 fish) and showed the restauration of proximal tubular megalin expression in treated larvae
Statistical significance was tested using an Student’s t-test and mean and SEM are indicated
(g) Paraffin sections of embryos at 120 h post-injection were stained for cleaved caspase-3 and the proximal tubulus identified (red circle)
High signal spots are accentuated by an arrow
these results demonstrate that CTNS mRNA-based cystinosin expression is feasible and effective in reducing intracellular cystine
the CTNS mRNA supplementation in the early stage zebrafish embryo improved the tubular reabsorption and reduced proteinuria
These results illustrate that CTNS mRNA-based therapy may represent a promising approach for the treatment of cystinosis
that was shown to not be toxic in the tested in vivo zebrafish embryo model
in vitro transcribed mRNA is suitable for human applications and is currently being tested in clinical trials for propionic acidemia (NCT04159103 and NCT05130437)
methylmalonic acidemia (NCT04899310 and NCT05295433)
ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (NCT05526066) and glycogen storage disease (NCT05095727))
In our study we could detect cystinosin-3HA protein for up to 4 days in the kidney epithelial cells
The CTNS-3HA mRNA used in this study was equipped with standard translation-promoting UTRs
but the identification of UTRs tailored to the specific cell types could further prolong the duration of protein expression
Cystinosin-mCherry was detectable for up to 72 h post-injection using immunostaining in the live zebrafish embryo
The faster decrease in detectable protein is likely caused by mRNA dilution due to the rapid cell division (from 1 to 1000 cells within 3 h) during early embryo development
but will also depend on the sensitivity of the specific methods for detection
which differed between the in vitro and in vivo studies
we hypothesize that low levels of protein expression can still have a functional effect
which also has important implications for the future investigation of a feasible dosing regimen
a suitable delivery vehicle should be identified first and the immunogenicity of the packaged mRNA evaluated in a rodent model
Both of these factors will greatly influence the future dosing schedule
a full safety study will have to be performed in a rodent model
after identification of the proper delivery vehicle
it will be important to evaluate if multiple organs can be reached by a single delivery vehicle or a mix of different delivery vehicles
equipped with multiple targeting molecules will be required
our study is the first step to establishing mRNA-based therapy for cystinosis and paves the way for mRNA therapeutics in other genetic kidney diseases
Ongoing studies will focus on the degree of correction that can be achieved with expression in the liver
which is the main target organ for current mRNA delivery systems
the search for kidney-targeted delivery vehicles that would allow for specific mRNA delivery to the kidney cells after systemic injection
Next to the delivery vehicle in a rodent model
special attention will be paid to the dosing frequency and the adaptive immune response
Experiments were performed after differentiation at 37 °C for 10 (PTECs) or 12 days (PODOs)
informed consent was obtained from the donors
Human CTNS mRNAs (based on NM_004937.3) with C-terminal 3xHA (amino acid sequence: YPYDVPDYASYPYDVPDYAYPYDVPDYA) or mCherry-tag (KM983420.1) were synthesized by RiboPro B.V
The Netherlands) and de-immunized via codon optimization and dsRNA reduction
Each mRNA was equipped with translation promoting 5ʹ and 3ʹ untranslated regions (UTRs)
mRNA quality was assessed by spectrophotometry and gel electrophoresis
0.15 µl of Lipofectamine MessengerMAX (LipoMM—Thermofisher) was mixed with 5 µl of Opti-MEM medium (Gibco) per sample and incubated for 10 min (min) at room temperature (RT)
The solution was mixed by pipetting 5 µl of Opti-MEM per 50 ng of mRNA
incubated for 5 min at room temperature (RT) before transfection and added to the cells (1/10 total volume)
Cystine levels were measured, as described previously47
Cells were lysed in 100 µl 50 mM N-ethylmaleimide (NEM-Sigma) and 50 µl of 12% sulfosalicylic acid (SSA-Sigma)
Cells are lysed by centrifugation at high speed (13,000 rpm
10 min) and the supernatant is isolated and stored at − 80 °C
Analysis of total cystine levels was performed in the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital
Values were normalized to total protein after a Bicinchoninic acid assay (Thermofisher) on the cell pellet
the lysosomal signal was quantified in the perinuclear (< 25% of area around the nucleus) and peripheral region (> 25% of area around the nucleus)
Lysosomal distribution was assessed in imageJ by calculating the % of LAMP1 intensity over the radius of the cell
by means of quantification of the area under the curve after application of the ‘plot profile’ tool illustrating the mean fluorescence for each pixel detected
three technical replicate samples (100 µl) were taken from the apical chamber of each biological replicate and fluorescence measured with a Tecan infinite M200PRO plate reader (Tecan Austria GmbH
Austria) using a 492 nm excitation wavelength and 518 nm emission wavelength
and the presence of eGFP was confirmed by PCR
All experiments were reported in accordance with the ARRIVE guidelines
Human mCherry-tagged CTNS mRNA solutions were prepared in RNAse free water (500 ng/µl) with 0.05% PhenolRed (Sigma)
All mRNA injections were performed at the one-cell stage using a FemtoJet microinjector (Thermofisher) and borosilicate glass microcapillaries (World Precision Instruments)
prepared using a micropipette puller device (Sutter Instruments)
A tip opening diameter of ~ 2 µm was used and microinjections were set up with an injection volume of ~ 1.7 nl
resulting in a final concentration of ~ 0.85 ng mRNA per embryo
Unfertilized eggs were removed upon injection
Protein expression was quantified for randomly selected embryos based on fluorescence in a predetermined 200 × 100 pixels area in the head region and confirmed on western blot
Lysates were prepared from deyolked embryos by sonication with RIPA buffer (Thermofisher) and protease inhibitors (Roche)
Protein content was determined with a Bicinchoninic acid assay (Thermofisher) and 50 µg was loaded onto a NuPAge 4–12% BisTris gel (Thermofisher)
Proteins were transferred on a nitrocellulose membrane and incubated with anti-RFP (overnight
Bands were visualized with HRP-linked secondary antibodies and ECL Plus substrate (Thermofisher) in the Syngene Chemi XRQ System
Values were normalized to total protein after a Bicinchoninic acid assay (Thermofisher)
slides were stained with Hoechst 33342 and 2 µg/ml CF770-conjugated wheat-germ agglutinin (biotium) for 10 min at RT
Fish were fixed overnight in 4% PFA and washed with phosphate buffered saline (PBS-3x) and PBS with 0.1% Triton X-100 (Sigma)
Larvae were kept overnight in 30% sucrose (Merck)
followed by embedding in gelatine (Sigma) with 15% sucrose into a disposable mould (Electron microscopy sciences)
Sections were made with the NX70 cryostat (4 µm
USA) and blocked by overnight incubation in PBS + 0.1% Triton X-100 and 5% donkey (Abcam) or goat serum (DAKO)
followed by incubation with primary antibody (overnight) and secondary Alexa-labelled antibody (2 h)
Sections were stained with Hoechst 33342 and mounted with fluorescence mounting medium (DAKO)
The tubulus was identified based on the inclusion of a haematoxylin and eosin staining
Images were acquired on an Operetta CLS High Content Screening Microscope (Perkin-Elmer
Zeiss LSM 880-Airyscan (Cell and Tissue Imaging Cluster (CIC)
Zebrafish embryos were imaged with the Olympus IX71 widefield fluorescence microscope (Olympus—VIB bioimaging core Leuven
Belgium) and the SMZ18 fluorescence stereomicroscope with a P2-SHR Plan Apo 1× objective
Germany) and an X-Cite Xylis LED (Excelitas
10 kDa dextran images were obtained with laser scanning confocal microscopy (LC-LSM)
zebrafish were imaged with the Acquifer Imaging Machine
Data were analysed using GraphPad Prism version 8.0.0 for Windows (San Diego, California USA, www.graphpad.com)
Normality was assessed by a QQ-plot and equality of variances with an F-test (Brown–Forsythe)
When data was not normally distributed or n < 5
Average (± SEM) or median with 95% confidence interval (CI) [x,x] are presented for normal data and skewed data
Outliers were removed based on a ROUT outlier test (Q = 1%)
Two groups were compared with a Student’s t-test or Mann–Whitney test
multiple groups with an one-way ANOVA or Kruskal Wallis test with Bonferroni or Dunn’s multiple testing
Equality of variances was tested by means of a Brown–Forsythe F-test
followed by Welch’s correction in the t-test or one-way ANOVA (followed by Dunnett’s multiple testing)
A double-sided p-value < 0.05 was defined as being significant
The data that support the findings of this study can be found in the manuscript and Supplementary Data
The datasets generated and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request
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The authors thank Marianne Klawitter (Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Laleh Khodaparast and Ladan Khodaparast (Switch Laboratory
Belgium and VIB Center for Brain & Disease Research
Peter de Witte and Jan Maes (Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences
Frédéric Hendrickx and Kim van Kelst (Aquatic Facility
Belgium) for their assistance and contribution in the zebrafish experiments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the VIB Bio Imaging Core (VIB Leuven
Belgium) for their support and assistance in this work and Pieter Vanden Berghe (Confocal Imaging Cluster (CIC)
Belgium) for the usage of the confocal microscope (supported by Hercules AKUL/15/37_GOH1816N and FWO G.0929.15 to Pieter Vanden Berghe
The authors express gratitude to F.W.O Vlaanderen
for the support to Tjessa Bondue (11A7821N and 11A7823N) and Elena Levtchenko (1801120N)
We acknowledge the KU Leuven C1 Grant to Elena Levtchenko
Lambertus van den Heuvel and Rik Gijsbers (C14/17/11) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and STOP-FSGS Research Network for their support to Nicole Endlich (01GM1518B)
We acknowledge Cystinosis Ireland and the Cystinosis Foundation UK co-funded Research Award 2021
The collaboration project is co-funded by the PPP Allowance made available by Health ~ Holland (Geval 2020–2022)
Elena Levtchenko is a member of the European Reference Kidney Network (ERKNet)
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When Cyril Bondue first played Triple Triad
the peculiar card-collecting minigame from Final Fantasy VIII
like many other fans of Squaresoft’s (now Square Enix) enduring JRPG of the late ’90s
playing Triple Triad became more important than the main game itself
matching elements and snatching high-ranking cards proved far more intriguing than steering the oft aloof Squall Leonhart around Balamb
Dollet or Deling City—locales Bondue only cared to visit in order to seek out new NPCs with untapped and inestimable decks
“I remember winning cards but being unsure of how I triggered this or that effect,” explains Bondue
But I was looking at magazines and speaking more with people about the cards than the actual game itself
Bondue decided to take his love for Triple Triad a step further
While still attending school in his native Berlin
he decided to create a fan project based on an existing franchise
Triple Triad was at the forefront of his mind and thus Triple Triad Flash Online was born
TTFO has over 36,000 registered users and hosts approximately 140 games per day
not to mention fortnightly championships which see 150-200 players face off for coveted character cards
TTFO wasn’t as well established as it is now
Version 1 was simple in its makeup: as a neophyte coder
Bondue struggled with sophisticated design but quickly noticed a distinct interest in his creation as the user base began to slowly multiply
the speed in which any Triple Triad game plays out is variable
thus Version 1’s 30-second server requests meant bouts suffered tedious amounts of lag
This extended to the game’s chat function
meaning messages also took half a minute to deliver
and there was no way of inviting players to join games
Bondue realised the burgeoning community he had helped grow needed more from TTFO and decided to upgrade
Version 2 ushered in TTFO as it stands today
correcting all of the previous technical handicaps and punctuating the familiar interface with the equally familiar finger-clicking jingle which guarantees to set up camp in your head after first listen
Although keen at the time to overhaul its aesthetics
Bondue was clear to maintain the exact same ruleset
Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals
and I’ve chosen not to add any new cards,” explains Bondue
“I wanted to stick to the 110 original cards in order to keep the original balance of every original card
Adding cards can break this balance.”
however—the site’s main attraction—Bondue can be creative in order to generate interest in both existing and prospective users
By battling through four stages of competition
players can capture spoils with little experience
“Championships at TTFO are the only way to earn character cards,” says Bondue
“Character cards are level ten and therefore the most powerful in the game—they are very uncommon
Most players won’t have them but everyone wants them
and this encourages a lot of players to participate
Players don’t play with regular cards
You are given a set of cards [that] I choose and every new championship has its own set of rules
“Whereas when you join the game at first you’ll only have level one cards
you can join a championship at any time and level
When you win a game you can take a card from your opponent
you don’t really want to lose them—but here
they’re just there for the tournament
Championships make for more exciting games as you don’t have as much to lose.”
long-standing MMO Final Fantasy XIV introduced a reinterpretation of the Golden Saucer—a theme park-style area which featured in Final Fantasy VII—which boasts popular minigames from previous series instalments
It’d be natural for Bondue to consider the impact this may have on TTFO
Yet he feels it could be good for the community by virtue of introducing a new generation to the game
thus potentially raising the profile of his fan site
Bear in mind Triple Triad is a game within a game from last century
where schoolyard card swapping was (presumably) far more commonplace in a world predating the digital age
The idea of getting younger players involved who can then migrate to a more focused arena can’t be a bad thing
Although not specifically tailored to suit anyone but the TTFO community
Bondue is in the process of upgrading again with plans to roll out Version 3 at some stage later this year
Having worked on the particulars alongside community members since mid- 2014
a 3D Garden-esque lobby is set to offer a far more contemporary Triple Triad experience—and Bondue notes future Twitch livestreams as a possible way of further enticing new faces
But the old faces are the pillars of the community
has been an integral member of TTFO since 2011
“We’ve got players from all over the world,” he says as he praises the figurative closeness of the far-reaching group
“The majority are Europeanbased but there’s a strong North and South American presence
and there’s quite a few players from the Philippines and South East Asia who play a fair bit
“Some of these players have got some really different ways of approaching the game
[They] are always thinking outside the box
all the rules and the way people approach it—you’re always learning
I learned quickly that you can’t expect to win every game
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Supermarine Seafire F.XVII SX336 (G-KASX) took off for its first flight in five years
The shipboard fighter was damaged during a wheels up landing at Bondues (France) on 1 July 2011
It was repaired in the three years that followed
making the first post restoration flight on 3 July 2014
But since then SX336 was rarely seen in the air and since 2016 the Seafire totally disappeared off stage
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We reviewed the medical files of two L-HES patients followed in our center who developed serious vascular complications and performed a literature review for similar cases.
Patients with apparently clinically benign L-HES may develop arterial complications, consisting in dissection and/or aneurysm dilatation of medium-to-large vessels with serious consequences. The value of performing regular vascular imaging and monitoring during follow-up has yet to be determined.
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Background: Lymphocytic-variant hypereosinophilic syndrome (L-HES) is a form of reactive hypereosinophilia
most commonly associated with interleukin-5 over-production by clonal
most commonly CD3−CD4+CD2hiCD5hiCD45RO+ T-cells
Patients often present with predominant cutaneous and soft-tissue manifestations
while cardiovascular involvement is uncommon
Methods: We reviewed the medical files of two L-HES patients followed in our center who developed serious vascular complications and performed a literature review for similar cases
presented with an ischemic stroke secondary to left middle cerebral artery dissection after 10 years of indolent L-HES
Blood eosinophilia was controlled with oral corticosteroids (OCS)
but OCS-tapering attempts with hydroxyurea and pegylated interferon failed
prompting the introduction of mepolizumab with rapid normalization
had been asymptomatic for 10 years without treatment when a NSTEMI occurred
due to coronary artery occlusion secondary to a large cauliflower-aneurysm of the proximal aorta and aneurysmal dilatation of several coronary arteries
Aortic wall staining for eosinophil major basic protein showed eosinophils in the adventitia
Blood eosinophilia was controlled with OCS
Conclusions: Patients with apparently clinically benign L-HES may develop arterial complications
consisting in dissection and/or aneurysm dilatation of medium-to-large vessels with serious consequences
The value of performing regular vascular imaging and monitoring during follow-up has yet to be determined
Herein we report two patients with long-standing stable L-HES
who developed serious complications due to vascular injury
Medical records of patients were reviewed according to local ethics committee guidelines and a systematic literature review was conducted using the PubMed database. To formulate the search strategy, relevant keywords and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms were identified to cover vascular complications among HES patients. The search equation was developed by combining these terms using Boolean operators (Supplementary Material)
An initial search was performed to evaluate the relevance and specificity of the search equation
Based on the outcomes of the initial search
A full search was conducted using the refined search equation
and the search results were screened for L-HES vascular complications
Articles were selected for inclusion based on a full-text assessment of their relevance
The search strategy yielded a total of 77 articles
of which 3 articles met our criteria and were therefore included
Patient 1: A 52-year-old woman diagnosed with L-HES in 2010 developed aphasia and right brachiofacial paresis in July 2020. Cerebral computed tomography (CT)-scan showed a cortico-subcortical left hemispheric infarction, and magnetic resonance (MR)-angiography with vessel wall imaging sequences suggested dissection of the left middle cerebral artery (Figures 1A–C)
Her blood absolute eosinophil count (AEC) upon admission was 8.18 G/L
(A) Cerebral CT-scan showing left middle cerebral artery irregularities with “flute-beak” appearance
(B,C) Diffusion-weighted cerebral magnetic resonance showing cortico-subcortical left hemispheric infarction
and intramural hypersignal on T1 sequences of the left middle cerebral artery suggesting presence of a vessel-wall hematoma
Her past HES history started with the fortuitous discovery of asymptomatic blood hypereosinophilia in 1995
and Raynaud’s with toe chilblain in 2010
at which time the diagnosis of L-HES was made in presence of an AEC at 7.35 G/L and a circulating CD3−CD4+ T-cell population (1.9% of lymphocytes
Oral corticosteroid (OCS) therapy was initiated
with symptom improvement and normalization of AEC
with persistent clinical remission at 4 mg methylprednisolone (MPDN) daily although hypereosinophilia recurred
Her CD3−CD4+ T-cell counts were stable over time
and cardiovascular assessments including angiography of lower extremities and repeated echocardiography and cardiac MR were normal
Upon admission for stroke, HES was considered the most likely cause of vascular dissection after an extensive workup. Treatment with aspirin (80 mg/day) and atorvastatin (40 mg/day) was started in accordance with local protocols for the management of acute ischemic stroke. The daily OCS dose was increased and AEC normalized within 24 h (Figure 1D)
Her neurological symptoms resolved completely within months
Hypereosinophilia recurred with OCS-tapering
so classical second-line agents were introduced for OCS-sparing purposes
Neither hydroxyurea nor sub-cutaneous pegylated interferon-alpha (peg-IFN-α) achieved this goal
She recently started mepolizumab 300 mg/4 weeks
leading to a dramatic reduction of her AEC to 0.01 G/L
CT-angiography of the aorta revealed giant polylobulated aneurysms occupying the non-coronary VSs; the largest aneurysm
Patient 2 cardiovascular imaging and histology
(A) Coronary angiography showing aneurysmal dilation of CA (→) and extrinsic compression of the left main trunk by a VS aneurysm (➤)
(B) Aortic MR-angiography showing giant polylobulated aneurysms occupying the non-coronary and the left VS
(C) Perioperative transesophageal echocardiography showing mural thrombus in a VS aneurysm
(E) Immuno-fluorescent staining for eMBP-1 on resected aorta from patient 2 and from a control normo-eosinophilic subject with an aortic dissection
showing intact eosinophils (8 per high power field) and patchy extracellular granule protein deposition in patient 2’s aortic adventitia
Prominent non-specific staining was observed in the media in both patient and control
with a similar pattern to control staining with rabbit immunoglobulin (not shown)
Her past L-HES history was notable for pruriginous bullous skin lesions in 2010
associated with blood hypereosinophilia (4.47 G/L) and a CD3−CD4+ T-cell population (7% of total lymphocytes
Because the skin lesions regressed spontaneously
and both her AEC (2–3.7 G/L) and her aberrant T-cell subset remained stable over time
Cardiac assessments including yearly electrocardiogram
and serum Troponin were normal until January 2021
when ectasia of the aortic root and VS enlargement were noted
She is currently OCS-dependent with poor tolerance
Our literature review identified three other cases of severe vascular complications occurring in L-HES patients, either as unique case reports (5–6) or among complications mentioned in a L-HES patient cohort (7) (Supplementary Table S1)
Development of serious vascular complications such as arterial dissection and/or aneurysmal dilatations is uncommon in patients with HES, and in L-HES only 3 cases have been reported besides ours (5–7) (Supplementary Table S1)
Our observation suggests that patients with L-HES and uncontrolled eosinophilia may develop serious ischemic complications due to direct damage of the vascular wall of medium-to-large vessels many years after diagnosis
even in the setting of otherwise benign disease presentations
Although the causal role of eosinophils in vascular damage remains to be firmly established in the setting of HES
AECs should be well controlled by treatment thereafter to prevent recurrence
Our observation further underlines how unpredictable HES disease course can be and raises the question of how such rare but serious vascular complications can be detected before irreversible damage occurs. Currently, only repeated cardiac assessments (electrocardiogram, echocardiography and serum Troponin T) are recommended to detect cardiovascular complications in HES (2)
Our observation underscores that attention should be paid both to the heart and adjoining vascular structures during yearly echocardiography
In HES patients with persistent hypereosinophilia
yearly cardiac MR may increase the likelihood of detection
vascular imaging studies should be performed promptly in patients with clinical manifestations suggesting possible vasculopathy
and repeated in those with a history of vascular injury to detect involvement of other vascular beds
Inclusion of systematic vascular imaging among follow-up assessments in patients whose eosinophil counts are persistently elevated may be worth considering
CT-angiography has a higher resolution than MR-angiography but because of significant irradiation
MR-angiography is more appropriate for screening
dissection and (pseudo)aneurysmal formation of medium to large-caliber vessels are uncommon but serious complications of HES
Screening for these complications could be of clinical interest
further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author
Ethical approval was not required for the study involving humans in accordance with the local legislation and institutional requirements
Written informed consent to participate in this study was not required from the participants or the participants’ legal guardians/next of kin in accordance with the national legislation and the institutional requirements
Written informed consent was obtained from the individual(s) for the publication of any potentially identifiable images or data included in this article
The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research
FNRS (National Fund for Scientific Research) grants n° F 5/4/150/5 (FR)
AB is co-holder of an Actelion chair for Research in Pulmonary Hypertension
We are grateful to the technicians in the Immunodermatology Laboratory
as well as Professors Kristin Leiferman and Gerald Gleich
for eMBP1 and EDN immuno-staining of the resected aorta specimens
is a member of the EuroBloodNet European Reference Network
FR has received consultancy fees from AstraZeneca
AB has received consultancy fees from Amicus
FV has received consultancy fees from Livanova
The Supplementary Material for this article can be found online at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1256862/full#supplementary-material
Proposed refined diagnostic criteria and classification of eosinophil disorders and related syndromes
Hypereosinophilic syndrome: considerations for the cardiologist
Recurrent cardiac arrest due to eosinophilia-related coronary vasospasm successfully treated by benralizumab
Eosinophilia associated with CD3(−)CD4(+) T cells: characterization and outcome of a single-center cohort of 26 patients
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Dissection of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery in the hypereosinophilic syndrome
The lymphoid variant of hypereosinophilic syndrome: study of 21 patients with CD3−CD4+ aberrant T-cell phenotype
Coexistence of giant aneurysm of sinus of valsalva and coronary artery aneurysm associated with idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection and eosinophilic inflammation: a cause and effect relationship
Contributions of eosinophils to human health and disease
doi: 10.1146/annurev-pathmechdis-012419-032756
Crossref Full Text | Google Scholar
Molecular profiling of CD3−CD4+ T cells from patients with the lymphocytic variant of hypereosinophilic syndrome reveals targeting of growth control pathways
Peripheral T cell lymphoma presenting as hypereosinophilia with vasculitis
lymphocytic variant hypereosinophilic syndrome
Vanden Eynden F and Roufosse F (2023) Case report: Serious unexpected vascular events in two patients with lymphocytic variant hypereosinophilic syndrome
Received: 11 July 2023; Accepted: 4 September 2023;Published: 27 September 2023
© 2023 Torcida, Casalino, Bondue, Jodaitis, Vanden Eynden and Roufosse. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY)
*Correspondence: Florence Roufosse ZmxvcmVuY2Uucm91Zm9zc2VAaHVicnV4ZWxsZXMuYmU=
†These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship
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one of the organizers for the longest running hockey tournament on Vancouver Island
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Murray stated the organizers asked the Village of Port Alice if the tournament could be held at the shuttered Doug Bondue Arena like it always has been (other than the one year it was held in Port Hardy in the 90s)
loading and then evacuating the system after the ice is removed
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