Abstract
Background: Cerebral Cavernous Malformations (CCM) predispose patients to a lifetime risk of seizures and symptomatic hemorrhage. Only a small percentage of people affected will develop clinical symptoms and the molecular mechanisms underlying lesional activity remain unclear. We analyzed a panel of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in CCM patients. We looked for plasmatic inflammatory cytokines, checking for a pattern of plasma expression heterogeneity and any correlation with genetic variations identified with different CCM clinical phenotypes.
Methods: This was a case-control study from a long-term follow-up cohort including 23 CCM patients, of which 16 were symptomatic, and 7 were asymptomatic. A 200-SNP panel was considered through next-generation sequencing and 18 different plasma molecules were assessed through a suspension array system.
Results: Fcγ receptor IIa rs1801274 (FCGR2A) and protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 2 rs72872125 PTPN2 were statistically different between groups. Patients who had a combination of the presence of FCGR2A and the absence of PTPN2 also had symptoms earlier in life. The combination of genetic polymorphisms and serum level of GM-CSF showed the best diagnostic biomarker to distinguish symptomatic patients as formulated: [0.296*(FCGR2A)] + [-0.788*(PTPN2)] + [-0.107*(GM-CSF)].
Conclusion: We have shown that SNPs in inflammation genes might be related to a symptomatic phenotype in CCM. We also demonstrated that a formula based on two of these polymorphisms (FCGR2A+ and PTPN2+) is possibly capable of predicting a symptomatic phenotype during a patient’s lifetime.
Keywords: PTPN2, GM-CSF, cerebral cavernous malformation, biomarkers, Fcγ receptor IIa, peripheral plasma.
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