Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in dermatomyositis patients: A 10-year retrospective review in Hospital Selayang,Malaysia

AimThe objective of our review is to investigate the association between dermatomyositis patients and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) together with the clinical presentation of the patients and their management in otorhinolaryngology.BackgroundNPC is a malignant disease with good prognosis on early diagnosis. However, the relationship between the dermatomyositis and NPC and its management is not well defined.Materials and methodsA 10-year retrospective review of case records of 21 dermatomyositis patients seen in Otorhinolaryngology Department of Hospital Selayang from January 2000 to November 2010.ResultsThese patients ranged from 19 to 74 years old and a total of 8 (38%) out of 21 adults with dermatomyositis were detected to have malignancy. Five out of 8 patients had NPC (62.5%). The mean age of patients with NPC and dermatomyositis was 48 years. NPC is diagnosed in 4 out of 5 patients (80%) in the first year of diagnosis of dermatomyositis. The clinical findings of the examination of nasopharynx ranged from hyperemia to exophytic nasopharyngeal mass. Histologically, it is only related to NPC of WHO types II and III.ConclusionsThere is a strong relationship between dermatomyositis and malignancy, especially NPC. Clinicians should have a high index of suspicion for malignancy in all dermatomyositis patients. Rigid nasoendoscopies and biopsies, serum Epstein–Barr viral capsid IgA antibody and imaging studies are helpful in detecting NPC in dermatomyositis patients.     

Secreted Histidyl-tRNA Synthetase Splice Variants Elaborate Major Epitopes for Autoantibodies in Inflammatory Myositis

Inflammatory and debilitating myositis and interstitial lung disease are commonly associated with autoantibodies (anti-Jo-1 antibodies) to cytoplasmic histidyl-tRNA synthetase (HisRS). Anti-Jo-1 antibodies from different disease-afflicted patients react mostly with spatially separated epitopes in the three-dimensional structure of human HisRS. We noted that two HisRS splice variants (SVs) include these spatially separated regions, but each SV lacks the HisRS catalytic domain. Despite the large deletions, the two SVs cross-react with a substantial population of anti-Jo-l antibodies from myositis patients. Moreover, expression of at least one of the SVs is up-regulated in dermatomyositis patients, and cell-based experiments show that both SVs and HisRS can be secreted. We suggest that, in patients with inflammatory myositis, anti-Jo-1 antibodies may have extracellular activity.     

YKL-40、CCL27、CXCL10、Th17细胞及其相关细胞因子IL-17与皮肌炎患者疾病活动度和临床指标的相关性分析

摘要 目的：探讨人软骨糖蛋白-39（YKL-40）、趋化因子配体-27（CCL27）、趋化因子配体-10（CXCL10）、辅助性T细胞17（Th17）及其相关细胞因子白细胞介素-17（IL-17）与皮肌炎患者疾病活动度和临床指标的相关性。方法：选择2020年2月至2022年2月河北北方学院附属第一医院皮肤科收治的80例皮肌炎患者为皮肌炎组,另选取同期40名健康体检人员作为对照组,检测对比两组血清YKL-40、CCL27、CXCL10、IL-17水平及外周血Th17细胞比例。皮肌炎患者根据病情分为活动期组和缓解期组,比较两组YKL-40、CCL27、CXCL10、IL-17水平、Th17细胞比例、皮肌炎相关临床指标及肌炎疾病活动性评估视觉模拟量表（MYOACT）评分,采用Pearson相关系数分析YKL-40、CCL27、CXCL10、IL-17水平、Th17细胞比例与MYOACT评分、皮肌炎相关临床指标的相关性。结果：皮肌炎组的YKL-40、CCL27、CXCL10、IL-17水平及Th17细胞比例均高于对照组（P＜0.05）。活动期组的YKL-40、CCL27、CXCL10、IL-17水平及Th17细胞比例均高于缓解期组（P＜0.05）。活动期组的MYOACT评分及红细胞沉降率（ESR）、铁蛋白（Fer）、乳酸脱氢酶（LDH）、肌酸激酶（CK）水平均高于缓解期组（P＜0.05）。Pearson相关性分析显示,皮肌炎患者的YKL-40、CCL27、CXCL10、IL-17水平、Th17细胞比例与MYOACT评分、ESR、Fer、LDH、CK水平均呈正相关（P＜0.05）。结论：血清YKL-40、CCL27、CXCL10、IL-17水平及外周血Th17细胞比例与皮肌炎病情严重程度有一定相关性,可作为皮肌炎病情的辅助评估指标。