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Andreea Cislaru¹, Radka Saldova^2,3,4, Alessandra Heggenstaller⁵

¹Department of Chemistry, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare W23 F2H6, Ireland.

|August 22, 2025

Resumen

Los patrones de N-glicosilación sérica se ven alterados en la Cistinosis Nefropática (NC), un trastorno genético poco frecuente. Este estudio sugiere posibles biomarcadores de diagnóstico y destaca la necesidad de estudios más amplios para comprender la fisiopatología de la NC.

Área de la Ciencia:

La bioquímica
La genética
Enfermedades raras

Sus antecedentes:

Los cambios de glicosilación son biomarcadores potenciales para trastornos genéticos raros como las enfermedades de almacenamiento lisosomal (LSD).
La Cistinosis Nefropática (NC) implica la acumulación de cistina debido a la disfunción de la cistinosina, un transportador lisosomal N-glucosilado.
La investigación de la N-glicosilación en NC puede revelar marcadores de diagnóstico y conocimientos fisiopatológicos.

Objetivo del estudio:

Para explorar el potencial de biomarcadores de diagnóstico del suero total y de la IgG N-glucosilación en la Cistinosis Nefropática (NC).
Investigar la relevancia fisiopatológica de la alteración de la N-glucosilación en la NC.
Proporcionar recomendaciones para la estratificación por edad en estudios de cohorte juveniles de N-glicanos.

Principales métodos:

Análisis del suero total y de la IgG N-glucosilación mediante cromatografía líquida de interacción hidrófila de ultra rendimiento (HILIC-UPLC).
Aplicación de métodos de reducción de dimensionalidad para predecir el estado NC a partir de datos de glicano.
Estudio doble ciego en el que participaron 12 participantes irlandeses con y sin NC.

Principales resultados:

Se observó un poder predictivo modesto (66,6% para el suero, 50% para la IgG) al predecir el estado de NC utilizando datos de glicano.
Se identificaron diferencias significativas en la N-glicosilación específica en suero, particularmente en la sialización, en pacientes con NC tras el desenmascaramiento de los datos.
Esta es la primera evidencia de alteración de la N-glicosilación sérica en la Cistinosis Nefropática.

Conclusiones:

La N-glucosilación sérica está alterada en la Cistinosis Nefropática, lo que sugiere posibles alteraciones sistémicas y desregulación de las vías de N-glucosilación.
Se necesitan más investigaciones y estudios de validación más amplios para explorar el papel de estos cambios en la fisiopatología de la NC.
La estratificación por edad es crucial para estudiar los N-glicanos en cohortes juveniles debido a los perfiles únicos de glicanos en comparación con los adultos.

Palabras clave:

N-glucosilación Glicoproteínas IgG Cistinosis Nefropática Enfermedad de almacenamiento lisosomal el suero

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