TY - JOUR
T1 - Absence of an osteopetrosis phenotype in IKBKG (NEMO) mutation-positive women
T2 - A case-control study
AU - Frost, Morten
AU - Tencerova, Michaela
AU - Andreasen, Christina M.
AU - Andersen, Thomas L.
AU - Ejersted, Charlotte
AU - Svaneby, Dea
AU - Qui, Weimin
AU - Kassem, Moustapha
AU - Zarei, Allahdad
AU - McAlister, William H.
AU - Veis, Deborah J.
AU - Whyte, Michael P.
AU - Frederiksen, Anja L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - Background: NF-κB essential modulator (NEMO), encoded by IKBKG, is necessary for activation of the ubiquitous transcription factor nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB). Animal studies suggest NEMO is required for NF-κB mediated bone homeostasis, but this has not been thoroughly studied in humans. IKBKG loss-of-function mutation causes incontinentia pigmenti (IP), a rare X-linked disease featuring linear hypopigmentation, alopecia, hypodontia, and immunodeficiency. Single case reports describe osteopetrosis (OPT) in boys carrying hypomorphic IKBKG mutations. Method: We studied the bone phenotype in women with IP with evaluation of radiographs of the spine and non-dominant arm and leg; lumbar spine and femoral neck aBMD using DXA; μ-CT and histomorphometry of trans-iliac crest biopsy specimens; bone turnover markers; and cellular phenotype in bone marrow skeletal (stromal) stem cells (BM-MSCs) in a cross-sectional, age-, sex-, and BMI-matched case-control study. X-chromosome inactivation was measured in blood leucocytes and BM-MSCs using a PCR method with methylation of HpaII sites. NF-κB activity was quantitated in BM-MSCs using a luciferase NF-κB reporter assay. Results: Seven Caucasian women with IP (age: 24–67 years and BMI: 20.0–35.2 kg/m 2 ) and IKBKG mutation (del exon 4–10 (n = 4); c.460C>T (n = 3)) were compared to matched controls. The IKBKG mutation carriers had extremely skewed X-inactivation (>90:10%) in blood, but not in BM-MSCs. NF-κB activity was lower in BM-MSCs from IKBKG mutation carriers (n = 5) compared to controls (3094 ± 679 vs. 5422 ± 1038/μg protein, p < 0.01). However, no differences were identified on skeletal radiographics, aBMD, μ-architecture of the iliac crest, or bone turnover markers. The IKBKG mutation carriers had a 1.7–fold greater extent of eroded surfaces relative to osteoid surfaces (p < 0.01), and a 2.0–fold greater proportion of arrested reversal surface relative to active reversal surface (p < 0.01). Conclusion: Unlike mutation-positive males, the IKBKG mutation-positive women did not manifest OPT.
AB - Background: NF-κB essential modulator (NEMO), encoded by IKBKG, is necessary for activation of the ubiquitous transcription factor nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB). Animal studies suggest NEMO is required for NF-κB mediated bone homeostasis, but this has not been thoroughly studied in humans. IKBKG loss-of-function mutation causes incontinentia pigmenti (IP), a rare X-linked disease featuring linear hypopigmentation, alopecia, hypodontia, and immunodeficiency. Single case reports describe osteopetrosis (OPT) in boys carrying hypomorphic IKBKG mutations. Method: We studied the bone phenotype in women with IP with evaluation of radiographs of the spine and non-dominant arm and leg; lumbar spine and femoral neck aBMD using DXA; μ-CT and histomorphometry of trans-iliac crest biopsy specimens; bone turnover markers; and cellular phenotype in bone marrow skeletal (stromal) stem cells (BM-MSCs) in a cross-sectional, age-, sex-, and BMI-matched case-control study. X-chromosome inactivation was measured in blood leucocytes and BM-MSCs using a PCR method with methylation of HpaII sites. NF-κB activity was quantitated in BM-MSCs using a luciferase NF-κB reporter assay. Results: Seven Caucasian women with IP (age: 24–67 years and BMI: 20.0–35.2 kg/m 2 ) and IKBKG mutation (del exon 4–10 (n = 4); c.460C>T (n = 3)) were compared to matched controls. The IKBKG mutation carriers had extremely skewed X-inactivation (>90:10%) in blood, but not in BM-MSCs. NF-κB activity was lower in BM-MSCs from IKBKG mutation carriers (n = 5) compared to controls (3094 ± 679 vs. 5422 ± 1038/μg protein, p < 0.01). However, no differences were identified on skeletal radiographics, aBMD, μ-architecture of the iliac crest, or bone turnover markers. The IKBKG mutation carriers had a 1.7–fold greater extent of eroded surfaces relative to osteoid surfaces (p < 0.01), and a 2.0–fold greater proportion of arrested reversal surface relative to active reversal surface (p < 0.01). Conclusion: Unlike mutation-positive males, the IKBKG mutation-positive women did not manifest OPT.
KW - IKBKG
KW - Incontinentia pigmenti
KW - NEMO
KW - NF-κB
KW - Osteopetrosis
KW - X-chromosome inactivation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bone.2019.01.014
DO - 10.1016/j.bone.2019.01.014
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30659980
AN - SCOPUS:85061156005
SN - 8756-3282
VL - 121
SP - 243
EP - 254
JO - Bone
JF - Bone
ER -