Telomere length is associated with disease severity and declines with age in dyskeratosis congenita.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Dyskeratosis congenita is a cancer-prone bone marrow failure syndrome caused by aberrations in telomere biology. DESIGN AND METHODS:We studied 65 patients with dyskeratosis congenita and 127 unaffected relatives. Telomere length was measured by automated multicolor flow fluorescence in situ hybridization in peripheral blood leukocyte subsets. We age-adjusted telomere length using Z-scores (standard deviations from the mean for age). RESULTS:We confirmed that telomere lengths below the first percentile for age are very sensitive and specific for the diagnosis of dyskeratosis congenita. We provide evidence that lymphocytes alone and not granulocytes may suffice for clinical screening, while lymphocyte subsets may be required for challenging cases, including identification of silent carriers. We show for the first time using flow fluorescence in situ hybridization that the shortest telomeres are associated with severe variants (Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson and Revesz syndromes), mutations in DKC1, TINF2, or unknown genes, and moderate or severe aplastic anemia. In the first longitudinal follow up of dyskeratosis congenita patients, we demonstrate that telomere lengths decline with age, in contrast to the apparent stable telomere length observed in cross-sectional data. CONCLUSIONS:Telomere length by flow fluorescence in situ hybridization is an important diagnostic test for dyskeratosis congenita; age-adjusted values provide a quantitative measure of disease severity (clinical subset, mutated gene, and degree of bone marrow failure). Patients with dyskeratosis congenita have accelerated telomere shortening. This study is registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov (identifier: NCT00027274).

journal_name

Haematologica

journal_title

Haematologica

authors

Alter BP,Rosenberg PS,Giri N,Baerlocher GM,Lansdorp PM,Savage SA

doi

10.3324/haematol.2011.055269

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-03-01 00:00:00

pages

353-9

issue

3

eissn

0390-6078

issn

1592-8721

pii

haematol.2011.055269

journal_volume

97

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