Risk of chronic pancreatitis in carriers of loss-of-function CTRC variants: A meta-analysis.

The digestive protease chymotrypsin C (CTRC) protects the pancreas against pancreatitis by degrading potentially harmful trypsinogen. Loss-of-function genetic variants in CTRC increase risk for chronic pancreatitis (CP) with variable effect size, as judged by the reported odds ratio (OR) values. Her...

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Main Authors: Amanda Takáts, Gergő Berke, Noémi Gede, Balázs Csaba Németh, Heiko Witt, Stanisław Głuszek, Agnieszka Magdalena Rygiel, Péter Hegyi, Miklós Sahin-Tóth, Eszter Hegyi
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0268859&type=printable
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author Amanda Takáts
Gergő Berke
Noémi Gede
Balázs Csaba Németh
Heiko Witt
Stanisław Głuszek
Agnieszka Magdalena Rygiel
Péter Hegyi
Miklós Sahin-Tóth
Eszter Hegyi
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Gergő Berke
Noémi Gede
Balázs Csaba Németh
Heiko Witt
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Agnieszka Magdalena Rygiel
Péter Hegyi
Miklós Sahin-Tóth
Eszter Hegyi
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description The digestive protease chymotrypsin C (CTRC) protects the pancreas against pancreatitis by degrading potentially harmful trypsinogen. Loss-of-function genetic variants in CTRC increase risk for chronic pancreatitis (CP) with variable effect size, as judged by the reported odds ratio (OR) values. Here, we performed a meta-analysis of published studies on four variants that alter the CTRC amino-acid sequence, are clinically relatively common (global carrier frequency in CP >1%), reproducibly showed association with CP and their loss of function phenotype was verified experimentally. We found strong enrichment of CTRC variants p.A73T, p.V235I, p.K247_R254del, and p.R245W in CP cases versus controls, yielding OR values of 6.5 (95% confidence interval (CI) 2.4-17.8), 4.5 (CI 2.2-9.1), 5.4 (CI 2.6-11.0), and 2.6 (CI 1.6-4.2), respectively. Subgroup analysis demonstrated disease association of variants p.K247_R254del and p.R245W in alcoholic CP with similar effect sizes as seen in the overall CP group. Homozygosity or compound heterozygosity were rare and seemed to be associated with higher risk. We also identified a so far unreported linkage disequilibrium between variant p.K247_R254del and the common c.180C>T (p.G60 =) haplotype. Taken together, the results indicate that heterozygous loss-of-function CTRC variants increase the risk for CP approximately 3-7-fold. This meta-analysis confirms the clinical significance of CTRC variants and provides further justification for the genetic screening of CP patients.
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spelling doaj-art-8184d0267c1e4a1ca1cf5df61bbc19f02025-08-20T02:46:27ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-01175e026885910.1371/journal.pone.0268859Risk of chronic pancreatitis in carriers of loss-of-function CTRC variants: A meta-analysis.Amanda TakátsGergő BerkeNoémi GedeBalázs Csaba NémethHeiko WittStanisław GłuszekAgnieszka Magdalena RygielPéter HegyiMiklós Sahin-TóthEszter HegyiThe digestive protease chymotrypsin C (CTRC) protects the pancreas against pancreatitis by degrading potentially harmful trypsinogen. Loss-of-function genetic variants in CTRC increase risk for chronic pancreatitis (CP) with variable effect size, as judged by the reported odds ratio (OR) values. Here, we performed a meta-analysis of published studies on four variants that alter the CTRC amino-acid sequence, are clinically relatively common (global carrier frequency in CP >1%), reproducibly showed association with CP and their loss of function phenotype was verified experimentally. We found strong enrichment of CTRC variants p.A73T, p.V235I, p.K247_R254del, and p.R245W in CP cases versus controls, yielding OR values of 6.5 (95% confidence interval (CI) 2.4-17.8), 4.5 (CI 2.2-9.1), 5.4 (CI 2.6-11.0), and 2.6 (CI 1.6-4.2), respectively. Subgroup analysis demonstrated disease association of variants p.K247_R254del and p.R245W in alcoholic CP with similar effect sizes as seen in the overall CP group. Homozygosity or compound heterozygosity were rare and seemed to be associated with higher risk. We also identified a so far unreported linkage disequilibrium between variant p.K247_R254del and the common c.180C>T (p.G60 =) haplotype. Taken together, the results indicate that heterozygous loss-of-function CTRC variants increase the risk for CP approximately 3-7-fold. This meta-analysis confirms the clinical significance of CTRC variants and provides further justification for the genetic screening of CP patients.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0268859&type=printable
spellingShingle Amanda Takáts
Gergő Berke
Noémi Gede
Balázs Csaba Németh
Heiko Witt
Stanisław Głuszek
Agnieszka Magdalena Rygiel
Péter Hegyi
Miklós Sahin-Tóth
Eszter Hegyi
Risk of chronic pancreatitis in carriers of loss-of-function CTRC variants: A meta-analysis.
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title Risk of chronic pancreatitis in carriers of loss-of-function CTRC variants: A meta-analysis.
title_full Risk of chronic pancreatitis in carriers of loss-of-function CTRC variants: A meta-analysis.
title_fullStr Risk of chronic pancreatitis in carriers of loss-of-function CTRC variants: A meta-analysis.
title_full_unstemmed Risk of chronic pancreatitis in carriers of loss-of-function CTRC variants: A meta-analysis.
title_short Risk of chronic pancreatitis in carriers of loss-of-function CTRC variants: A meta-analysis.
title_sort risk of chronic pancreatitis in carriers of loss of function ctrc variants a meta analysis
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0268859&type=printable
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