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1
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What are types of genetic differences that make you more susceptible to a disease?

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Family history

Race

2
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What is a characteristic of an autosomal dominant condition?

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Men and women are affected equally

3
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What is a characteristic of a X linked condition?

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Affects males in a family

Inherited from mother

No affected offspring with only father affected

4
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What is a characteristic of an autosomal recessive condition?

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Affected siblings have healthy parents

5
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What are the 4 mechanisms by which an autosomal dominant disease is expressed in the body

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  1. Haploinsufficiency - not enough protein made
  2. Gain-of-function - mutant protein causes disease
  3. Dominant negative - mutant protein inhibits wild type by interacting with it
  4. Somatic second hit
6
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Describe the process by which somatic second hit leads to condition

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When cell divides, it may experience a mutation as we age

In normal people - asymptomatic, still have one more copy of the healthy gene

If this happens a second time = no more of the protein is encoded. If this is an oncogene => cancer

In patients with only one normal copy of the gene = somatic second hit (mutation when dividing) is catastrophic

7
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What type of genetic condition is somatic second hit?

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Inheritance = dominant

Cellularly = recessive, need somatic second hit to be expressed

8
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What conditions are characterised for being somatic second hit?

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BRCA - ovarian and breast cancer

Polycystic kidney disease

9
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What two genes are linked to polycystic kidney disease?

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PKD1 and PKD2

Not possible to distinguish in an individual which gene is defective

10
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What percentage of patients with kidney transplants do ADPKD sufferers represent?

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10% - most common Mendelian condition in the UK

11
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What is the pathophysiology of ADPKD?

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  1. Cysts accumulate in the kidney and liver at random
  2. Grow over course of a person’s life
  3. High blood pressure develops
  4. Renal function gradually deteriorates
12
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What is the median age of kidney failure in ADPKD patients?

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55-65 years

13
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How is ADPKD diagnosed?

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Family history

Flank pain or blood in urine

Scan for another reason

May present with kidney failure of high BP

14
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What does CT scan of ADPKD sufferers show?

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Enlarged, cystic architecture of the kidney

Circular, non enhancing, homogenous lesions that surround and abliterate normal parenchyma

15
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What is a nephroctomy?

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Removal of the kidney

Done in patients with extremely enlarged kidneys

16
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What are the extrarenal manifestations of ADPKD?

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Increased risk of brain aneurysm

Liver cysts - commonly asymptomatic as don’t cause functional problems

17
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What are treatment options for ADPKD sufferers?

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  1. Control of BP - protect kidney function
  2. Avoid dehydration - ADH released from posterior pituitary activates cAMP in cells lining the cysts = causes them to enlarhe
  3. Drugs - Tolvaptan blocks V2 receptors and reduces rate of growth of cysts/ progression of kidney failure
  4. Treat urine infection - if infection gets into cysts = difficult to treat since blood supply is removed
18
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Why do ADPKD sufferers have increased dialysis survival rates compared to sufferers of other renal conditions?

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ADPKD is mainly a renal condition

Other conditions = multisystemic

19
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Why is there a smaller transplant pool amongst ADPKD sufferers?

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Genetic condition -> family members are likely to have it

20
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Treatment for extrarenal manifestations of ADPKD

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Aneurysms - screening

Liver cysts - rarely need transplant (1%)

Octreotide - agonist for somatostatin receptor, reduces cAMP levels in cyst cells