Pub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-08-21DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.08.009
Chiara Diquigiovanni, Nicola Rizzardi, Erica Cataldi-Stagetti, Livia Gozzellino, Federica Isidori, Francesca Valenti, Arianna Orsini, Annalisa Astolfi, Tania Giangregorio, Loris Pironi, Elisa Boschetti, Serena Arrigo, Alessandra Maresca, Penelope Magnoni, Anna Costanzini, Valerio Carelli, Mariko Taniguchi-Ikeda, Romana Fato, Christian Bergamini, Roberto De Giorgio, Elena Bonora
Background & aims: We recently identified a recessive syndrome due to DNA ligase 3 (LIG3) mutations in patients with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, leukoencephalopathy, and neurogenic bladder. LIG3 mutations affect mitochondrial DNA maintenance, leading to defective energy production. We aimed at identifying altered molecular pathways and developing possible targeted treatments to revert/ameliorate the cellular energy impairment.
Methods: Whole transcriptome analysis was performed on patient-derived fibroblasts total RNA and controls. Mitochondrial function, mitophagy, and l-glutamine supplementation effects were analyzed by live cell analysis, immunostaining, and Western blot. Patients were treated with Dipeptiven (Fresenius-Kabi) according to standard protocols. Patients' symptoms were analyzed by the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale questionnaire.
Results: We identified deregulated transcripts in mutant fibroblasts vs controls, including overexpression of genes involved in extracellular matrix development and remodeling and mitochondrial functions. Gut biopsy specimens of LIG3-mutant patients documented collagen and elastic fiber accumulation. Mutant fibroblasts exhibited impaired mitochondrial mitophagy indicative of dysfunctional turnover and altered Ca2+ homeostasis. Supplementation with l-glutamine (6 mmol/L), previously shown to increase mitochondrial DNA-defective cell survival, improved growth rate and adenosine 5'-triphosphate production in LIG3-mutant fibroblasts. These data led us to provide parenterally a dipeptide containing l-glutamine to 3 siblings carrying biallelic LIG3 mutations. Compared with baseline, gastrointestinal and extra-gastrointestinal symptoms significantly improved after 8 months of treatment.
Conclusions: LIG3 deficiency leads to mitochondrial dysfunction. High levels l-glutamine supplementation were beneficial in LIG3-mutant cells and improved symptom severity without noticeable adverse effects. Our results provide a proof of concept to design ad hoc clinical trials with l-glutamine in LIG3-mutant patients.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-08-30DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.08.021
Sun-Ho Lee, Williams Turpin, Osvaldo Espin-Garcia, Wei Xu, Kenneth Croitoru
{"title":"Development and Validation of an Integrative Risk Score for Future Risk of Crohn's Disease in Healthy First-Degree Relatives: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study.","authors":"Sun-Ho Lee, Williams Turpin, Osvaldo Espin-Garcia, Wei Xu, Kenneth Croitoru","doi":"10.1053/j.gastro.2024.08.021","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.gastro.2024.08.021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12590,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"150-153.e4"},"PeriodicalIF":25.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142106452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-09-26DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.09.023
Jonas J Rudbaek, Aleksejs Sazonovs, Tine Jess
{"title":"It Runs in the Family: What Studying Unaffected Individuals in Simplex and Multiplex Families Tells Us About Inflammatory Bowel Disease Development.","authors":"Jonas J Rudbaek, Aleksejs Sazonovs, Tine Jess","doi":"10.1053/j.gastro.2024.09.023","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.gastro.2024.09.023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12590,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"8-10"},"PeriodicalIF":25.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142344897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-07-31DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.07.034
Gianluca Ianiro
{"title":"Longitudinal Gut Microbiome Shifts Correlate With Clinical Outcomes of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors-Treated Melanoma: Time for Microbial Biomarkers in Oncology?","authors":"Gianluca Ianiro","doi":"10.1053/j.gastro.2024.07.034","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.gastro.2024.07.034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12590,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"177-178"},"PeriodicalIF":25.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141878635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-09-14DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.07.045
Santhi Swaroop Vege
{"title":"Comments on \"Diagnosis and Management of Pancreatic Cysts\".","authors":"Santhi Swaroop Vege","doi":"10.1053/j.gastro.2024.07.045","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.gastro.2024.07.045","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12590,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"186"},"PeriodicalIF":25.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142283922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-09-14DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.09.015
Timothy B Gardner, Walter G Park, Peter J Allen
{"title":"Reply.","authors":"Timothy B Gardner, Walter G Park, Peter J Allen","doi":"10.1053/j.gastro.2024.09.015","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.gastro.2024.09.015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12590,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"186-187"},"PeriodicalIF":25.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142283941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-11-06DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.09.019
Seamus O'Mahony
{"title":"Hacking Death in Dublin.","authors":"Seamus O'Mahony","doi":"10.1053/j.gastro.2024.09.019","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.gastro.2024.09.019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12590,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":25.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142581486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-08-19DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.08.013
Taylor A Karl, McKinzie Johnson, Frank I Scott
{"title":"Unanticipated Findings With Upadacitinib Therapy.","authors":"Taylor A Karl, McKinzie Johnson, Frank I Scott","doi":"10.1053/j.gastro.2024.08.013","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.gastro.2024.08.013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12590,"journal":{"name":"Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"e1-e4"},"PeriodicalIF":25.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142016906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}