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2. Molecular and functional analysis of regulatory and structure-related genes of type I collagen in patients with osteogenesis imperfecta
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Pedroni, Marcus Vinícius Costa, 1985, D'Souza Li, Lília Freire Rodrigues, 1967, Steiner, Carlos Eduardo, 1969, Martinelli Júnior, Carlos Eduardo, Guerra, Andrea Trevas Maciel, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente, and UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS
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Colágenos fibrilares ,Dentinogênese imperfeita ,Bone and bones ,Dentinogenesis imperfecta ,Mutation ,Fibrillar collagens ,Ossos ,Colagenose ,Collagen diseases ,Mutação - Abstract
Orientadores: Lília Freire Rodrigues de Souza Li, Carlos Eduardo Steiner Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Resumo: A Osteogênese Imperfeita (OI) é um distúrbio genético caracterizado por baixa massa e fragilidade óssea, e outras manifestações do tecido conjuntivo, decorrente de defeitos qualitativos ou quantitativos do colágeno tipo I. Está associada a mutações nos genes COL1A1 e COL1A2 que codificam respectivamente as cadeias pro'alfa'1-(I) e pro'alfa'-2(I) formadoras da molécula do colágeno tipo I, e mais raramente mutações nos genes reguladores. A OI manifesta-se através de diferentes fenótipos (I-IV), segundo a classificação de Sillence et al. O objetivo deste trabalho foi a análise molecular dos genes COL1A1 e COL1A2 em famílias brasileiras portadoras de OI, em suas diferentes formas clínicas. Fizemos biópsia da pele de 12 famílias com OI para cultura primária dos fibroblastos. Desta cultura extraímos RNA total, que foi usado como molde para transcrição reversa e reação em cadeia de polimerase (PCR) dos genes e sequenciamento automático direto de cDNA. A expressão gênica foi determinada por Real Time PCR e o padrão e grau de expressão das proteínas do colágeno foram analisados por Imunocitoquímica e Western blot. Identificamos nove mutações missense em heterozigose em nove famílias, e duas mutações com alteração na matriz de leitura em famílias com fenótipos dos tipos I, III ou IV de OI. No gene COL1A1 encontramos quatro mutações já descritas: c.613G>A (p.P205A); c.769G> A (p.G257R); c.859G>A (p.G287S); c.1678G>A (p.G560R). No gene COL1A2 encontramos uma mutação já descrita: c.2314G> A (p.G772S) e quatro novas mutações: c.214G>A (p.G72S); c.775G>A (p.G259S); c.793G> C (p.G265R) e c.3467G>A (p.R1156K). Encontramos hiperexpressão dos transcritos de COL1A1 e COL1A2, porém expressão normal das cadeias 'alfa'1 e 'alfa'2 da proteína do colágeno em todos os pacientes. As cadeias mutada apresentaram padrão desorganizado nas células. Pacientes com OI apresentaram hiperexpressão dos genes de colágeno tipo I sugerindo que estes genes são regulados e que as meia vidas destas proteínas estão reduzidas Abstract: Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disorder characterized by low bone mass and bone fragility, and other manifestations of connective tissue, due to qualitative or quantitative defects of type I collagen. It is associated with mutations in COL1A1 and COL1A2 genes, that encode respectively the pro'alpha'-1(I) and pro'alpha'-2(I) chains, forming the molecule of type I collagen, and more rarely mutations in regulatory genes. The OI is manifested by various phenotypes (I-IV), according to the classification of Sillence et al. The objective of this study was the molecular analysis of COL1A1 and COL1A2 genes in Brazilian families with OI, in its different clinical forms. We performed skin biopsy from 12 families with OI for primary culture of fibroblasts. From this culture, we made total RNA extract, which was used as template for reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and automated sequencing directly from cDNA. Gene expression was determined by Real Time qPCR and the level of expression of collagen proteins were analyzed by immunocytochemistry and Western Blot. We identified heterozygous mutations in 11 families that have phenotypes of types I, III or IV of OI. In the COL1A1 gene found four previously described mutations: c.613G> A (p.P205A), c.769G> A (p.G257R), c.859G> A (p.G287S), c.1678G> A (p. G560R). In the COL1A2 gene we found one previously described mutation: c.2314G> A (p.G772S) and four new mutations: c.214G> A (p.G72S), c.775G> A (p.G259S), c.793G> C (p.G265R) and c.3467G> A (p.R1156K). We found upregulation of the transcripts of COL1A1 and COL1A2 genes, but a normal expression of 'alpha'1 and 'alpha'2 protein chains in all patients. The mutant chain showed disorganized on the immunocytochemestry. Patients with OI showed upregulation of type I collagen genes, suggesting regulation and decreasing half lives of the proteins Mestrado Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente Mestre em Ciências
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3. The Severity of Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Type I Collagen Pattern in Human Skin as Determined by Nonlinear Microscopy: Proof of Principle of a Diagnostic Method
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Adur, Javier, primary, DSouza-Li, Lilia, additional, Pedroni, Marcus Vinícius, additional, Steiner, Carlos E., additional, Pelegati, Vitor B., additional, de Thomaz, Andre A., additional, Carvalho, Hernandes F., additional, and Cesar, Carlos L., additional
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4. The Severity of Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Type I Collagen Pattern in Human Skin as Determined by Nonlinear Microscopy: Proof of Principle of a Diagnostic Method.
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Adur, Javier, DSouza-Li, Lilia, Pedroni, Marcus Vinícius, Steiner, Carlos E., Pelegati, Vitor B., de Thomaz, Andre A., Carvalho, Hernandes F., and Cesar, Carlos L.
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OSTEOGENESIS imperfecta ,COLLAGEN ,MICROSCOPY ,SKIN disease diagnosis ,SEVERITY of illness index ,BIOPSY ,BONE surgery - Abstract
Background: The confirmatory diagnosis of Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) requires invasive, commonly bone biopsy, time consuming and destructive methods. This paper proposes an alternative method using a combination of two-photon excitation fluorescence (TPEF) and second-harmonic generation (SHG) microscopies from easily obtained human skin biopsies. We show that this method can distinguish subtypes of human OI. Methodology/Principal Findings: Different aspects of collagen microstructure of skin fresh biopsies and standard H&E-stained sections of normal and OI patients (mild and severe forms) were distinguished by TPEF and SHG images. Moreover, important differences between subtypes of OI were identified using different methods of quantification such as collagen density, ratio between collagen and elastic tissue, and gray-level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) image-pattern analysis. Collagen density was lower in OI dermis, while the SHG/autofluorescence index of the dermis was significantly higher in OI as compared to that of the normal skin. We also showed that the energy value of GLCM texture analysis is useful to discriminate mild from severe OI and from normal skin. Conclusions/Significance: This work demonstrated that nonlinear microscopy techniques in combination with image-analysis approaches represent a powerful tool to investigate the collagen organization in skin dermis in patients with OI and has the potential to distinguish the different types of OI. The procedure outlined in this paper requires a skin biopsy, which is almost painless as compared to the bone biopsy commonly used in conventional methods. The data presented here complement existing clinical diagnostic techniques and can be used as a diagnostic procedure to confirm the disease, evaluate its severity and treatment efficacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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