Telomere Repair Gene Mutation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Summary
This study will evaluate and compare the genes of the telomere repair complex in healthy control subjects, patients with blood diseases, and patients with inflammatory bowel disease to identify what, if any, changes are associated specifically with inflammatory bowel disease.
Patients between 2 and 80 years of age with ulcerative colitis or regional enteritis may be eligible for this study. Participants are recruited from the practice of Dr. Stuart Danovitch, Washington, D.C.
Researchers have established that minor differences in a specific set of genes called the telomere repair complex are related to immune-mediated diseases of the bone marrow. NIH researchers are now interested in whether inflammatory bowel disease and other autoimmune diseases show a similar pattern of genetic differences.
Participants provide a cell sample for evaluation of the telomere repair complex. The sample is collected via buccal swab, a gentle scraping of the inside of the cheek, and stored for use in research.
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Description
We have identified inherited mutations in genes of the telomere repair complex in patients with acquired aplastic anemia. These mutations diminish the ability of cells to repair the ends of chromosomes, called telomeres, which normally shorten with each cell division. Mutations in TERC, the gene which encodes for the RNA template of the complex; in TERT, the gene for the enzyme in the complex, and also in the Schwachman-Bodian-Diamond syndrome gene (SBDS), which we believe to be associated with telomere repair, lead to reduced telomerase activity, diminished numbers of hematopoietic cells in the bone marrow, and presumably also a deficiency in the ability of cells to respond to immunological attack and destruction of the hematopoietic system.
This laboratory research protocol will allow us to evaluate whether similar gene mutations might underlie other autoimmune diseases, here specifically, inflammatory bowel disease, which share broad pathophysiologic features with immune-mediated aplastic anemia. We will directly assess by DNA sequencing suspect genes (TERC, TERT, SBDS, DNA helicases and others) in buccal mucosal samples obtained from patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Analyses from large numbers of controls have defined polymorphisms for these genes. IBD samples will allow us to determine whether mutations in these genes are more prevalent in this patient population and to test the hypotheses that telomere repair defects underlie human autoimmunity, or that these genes are specifically involved in hematology as risks factors for bone marrow failure.
Study Design
Time Perspective: Prospective
Conditions
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Location
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda
Maryland
United States
20892
Status
Completed
Source
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Results (where available)
Links
- Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00353639
- Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 15, 2010
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Mesalamine
An anti-inflammatory agent, structurally related to the SALICYLATES, which is active in INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE. It is considered to be the active moiety of SULPHASALAZINE. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed)
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Chronic, non-specific inflammation of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. Etiology may be genetic or environmental. This term includes CROHN DISEASE and ULCERATIVE COLITIS.
Leukocyte L1 Antigen Complex
A member of the S-100 protein family that is present at high levels in the blood and interstitial fluid in several infectious, inflammatory, and malignant disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and cystic fibrosis. It is a complex of a light chain (CALGRANULIN A) and a heavy chain (CALGRANULIN B). L1 binds calcium through an EF-hand motif, and has been shown to possess antimicrobial activity.
Echogenic Bowel
A PRENATAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY finding of excessively dense fetal bowel due to MECONIUM buildup.
Sulfasalazine
A drug that is used in the management of inflammatory bowel diseases. Its activity is generally considered to lie in its metabolic breakdown product, 5-aminosalicylic acid (see MESALAMINE) released in the colon. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p907)
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