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ArticleArthritis research & therapy2024

Decreased expression of NAT10 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from new-onset ankylosing spondylitis and its clinical significance.

Qing Luo, Juxiang Zhu, Shiqian Wang, Peng Fu, Biqi Fu, Zikun Huang, Junming Li

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Article in Arthritis research & therapy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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Qing Luo *Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China.
Juxiang Zhu *Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China.
Shiqian Wang *Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China.
Peng FuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China.
Biqi FuDepartment of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China.
Zikun HuangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China. 491353062@qq.com.
Junming LiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China. lisir361@163.com.
Nanchang University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi Medical College · CN

Funding

Jiangxi Province Double Thousand Plan Science and Technology Innovation High-end Talents (Youth) Project of China jxsq2019201094Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China 20212ACB216006Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China 20224BAB216038National Natural Science Foundation of China 82160307
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNAT10 is the firstly recognized RNA acetyltransferase that participates in multiple cellular biological processes and human disease. However, the role of N-acetyltransferase 10 (NAT10) in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is still poorly elaborated.

methodsFifty-six patients with New-Onset AS, 52 healthy controls (HC), 20 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 16 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were recruited from The First Afliated Hospital of Nanchang University, and their clinical characteristics were recorded. The expression level of NAT10 in peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) was examined using reverse transcription-quantitative PCR analysis. The correlations between the expression level of NAT10 in the New-Onset AS patients and disease activity of AS were examined, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were built to evaluate predictive value in AS. Univariate analysis and multivariate regression analysis were used to analyze the risk factors and construct predictive model.

resultsThe mRNA expressions of NAT10 in PBMC from new-onset AS patients were significantly low and there were negative correlation between mRNA NAT10 and ASDAS-CRP, BASDIA in new-onset AS patients. ROC analysis suggested that mRNA NAT10 has value in distinguishing new-onset AS patients from HC, RA and SLE. Furthermore, a novel predictive model based on mRNA NAT10 and neutrophil percentages (N%) was constructed for distinguishing new-onset AS patients from HC (AUC = 0.880, sensitivity = 84.62%, specificity = 76.92%) and the predictive model correlated with the activity of new-onset AS. Furthermore, the predictive model could distinguish new-onset AS patients from RA and SLE (AUC = 0.661, sensitivity = 90.38%, specificity = 47.22%). Moreover, the potential predictive value of the combination of predictive model-HLA-B27 for AS vs. HC with a sensitivity of 92.86% (39/42), a specificity of 100.00% (52/52) and an accuracy of 96.81% (91/94) was superior to that of HLA-B27, which in turn had a sensitivity of 84.44% (38/45), a specificity of 100.00% (52/52) and an accuracy of 92.78% (90/97).

conclusionThe present study suggested that the decreased mRNA NAT10 may play a role in AS pathogenesis and predictive model based on mRNA NAT10 and N% act as bioindicator for forecast and progression of diseases.

Indexed as

Arthritis, RheumatoidLupus Erythematosus, SystemicSpondylitis, AnkylosingAcetyltransferasesClinical RelevanceHLA-B27 AntigenHumansLeukocytes, MononuclearN-Terminal AcetyltransferasesRNA, MessengerAcetyltransferasesHLA-B27 AntigenNAT10 protein, humanN-Terminal AcetyltransferasesRNA, MessengerAnkylosing spondylitisDiagnosisNAT10

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PMID38167491
PMCPMC10759761
OpenAlexW4390507802

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