Pharmacogenomics of clinical response to Natalizumab in multiple sclerosis: a genome-wide multi-centric association study

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2024年9月12日

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Ferdinando Clarelli,
Andrea Corona,
Kimmo Pääkkönen,
Melissa Sorosina,
Alen Zollo,
Fredrik Piehl,
Tomas Olsson,
Pernilla Stridh,
Maja Jagodic,
Bernhard Hemmer,
Christiane Gasperi,
Adil Harroud,
Klementy Shchetynsky,
Alessandra Mingione,
Elisabetta Mascia,
Kaalindi Misra,
Antonino Giordano,
Maria Laura Terzi Mazzieri,
Alberto Priori,
Janna Saarela,
Ingrid Kockum,
Massimo Filippi,
Federica Esposito,
Filippo Giovanni Martinelli Boneschi

摘要

Background

Inter-individual differences in treatment response are marked in multiple sclerosis (MS). This is true for Natalizumab (NTZ), to which a subset of patients displays sub-optimal treatment response. We conducted a multi-centric genome-wide association study (GWAS), with additional pathway and network analysis to identify genetic predictors of response to NTZ.

Methods

MS patients from three different centers were included. Response to NTZ was dichotomized, nominating responders (R) relapse-free patients and non-responders (NR) all the others, over a follow-up of 4 years. Association analysis on ~ 4.7 M imputed autosomal common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was performed fitting logistic regression models, adjusted for baseline covariates, followed by meta-analysis at SNP and gene level. Finally, these signals were projected onto STRING interactome, to elicit modules and hub genes linked to response.

Results

Overall, 1834 patients were included: 119 from Italy (R = 94, NR = 25), 81 from Germany (R = 61, NR = 20), and 1634 from Sweden (R = 1349, NR = 285). The top-associated variant was rs11132400_T (p = 1.33 × 10^–6, OR = 0.58), affecting expression of several genes in the locus, like KLKB1. The interactome analysis implicated a module of 135 genes, with over-representation of terms like canonical WNT signaling pathway (p_adjust = 7.08 × 10^–6). Response-associated genes like GRB2 and LRP6, already implicated in MS pathogenesis, were topologically prioritized within the module.

Conclusion

This GWAS, the largest pharmacogenomic study of response to NTZ, suggested MS-implicated genes and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, an essential component for blood–brain barrier formation and maintenance, to be related to treatment response.