PMID- 30898172 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190820 LR - 20200225 IS - 1824-7288 (Electronic) IS - 1720-8424 (Linking) VI - 45 IP - 1 DP - 2019 Mar 21 TI - The gliadin-CFTR connection: new perspectives for the treatment of celiac disease. PG - 40 LID - 10.1186/s13052-019-0627-9 [doi] LID - 40 AB - Familial loss-of-function mutations of the gene coding for the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) channel protein cause cystic fibrosis (CF), the most frequent inherited life-threatening disease in the Caucasian population. A recent study indicates that the gluten/gliadin-derived peptide (P31-43) can cause CFTR inhibition in intestinal epithelial cells, thus causing a local stress response that contributes to the immunopathology of celiac disease (CD). Accordingly, an increased prevalence of CD has been observed in several cohorts of CF patients. CD is characterized by a permanent intolerance to gluten/gliadin proteins occurring in a proportion of susceptible individuals who bear the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DQ2/DQ8. In CD, perturbations of the intestinal environment, together with the activation of the innate immune system by P31-43, are essential for rendering other immunodominant gliadin peptide fully antigenic, thus triggering an adaptive immune response with an autoimmune component. P31-43-induced CFTR inhibition elicits the danger signals that ignite the epithelial stress response and perturb epithelial proteostasis. Importantly, potentiators of CFTR channel gating, such as the FDA-approved drug Ivacaftor, prevent P31-43 driven CFTR inhibition and suppress the gliadin-induced stress response in cells from celiac patients, as well as the immunopathology developing in gliadin-sensitive mice. Thus, CFTR potentiators may represent a novel therapeutic option for celiac patients. FAU - Maiuri, Luigi AU - Maiuri L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4962-9016 AD - Department of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy. AD - European Institute for Research in Cystic Fibrosis, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. FAU - Villella, Valeria R AU - Villella VR AD - Department of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy. FAU - Raia, Valeria AU - Raia V AD - Regional Cystic Fibrosis Center, Pediatric Unit, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Federico II University Naples, Naples, Italy. FAU - Kroemer, Guido AU - Kroemer G AD - Equipe11 labellisee Ligue Nationale contrele Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France. kroemer@orange.fr. AD - INSERM U1138, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France. kroemer@orange.fr. AD - Universite Paris Descartes, Paris, France. kroemer@orange.fr. AD - Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France. kroemer@orange.fr. AD - Pole de Biologie, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, Paris, France. kroemer@orange.fr. AD - Karolinska Institute, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska University Hospital, 17176, Stockholm, Sweden. kroemer@orange.fr. LA - eng PT - Editorial DEP - 20190321 PL - England TA - Ital J Pediatr JT - Italian journal of pediatrics JID - 101510759 RN - 0 (Aminophenols) RN - 0 (CFTR protein, human) RN - 0 (Chloride Channel Agonists) RN - 0 (Quinolones) RN - 126880-72-6 (Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator) RN - 1Y740ILL1Z (ivacaftor) RN - 9007-90-3 (Gliadin) MH - Adaptive Immunity MH - Aminophenols/therapeutic use MH - Celiac Disease/drug therapy/*immunology MH - Chloride Channel Agonists/therapeutic use MH - Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator/antagonists & inhibitors/*immunology MH - Epithelial Cells/immunology MH - Gliadin/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Intestinal Mucosa/immunology/pathology MH - Quinolones/therapeutic use PMC - PMC6429699 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CFTR OT - Celiac disease OT - Gliadin COIS- ETHICS APPROVAL AND CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE: Not applicable. CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION: Not applicable. COMPETING INTERESTS: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. A patent application by LM is pending (filing date, July 26, 2017. No 102017000085714). GK is a scientific co-founder of Samsara therapeutics. PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. EDAT- 2019/03/23 06:00 MHDA- 2019/08/21 06:00 PMCR- 2019/03/21 CRDT- 2019/03/23 06:00 PHST- 2019/02/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/02/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/03/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/03/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/08/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/03/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s13052-019-0627-9 [pii] AID - 627 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s13052-019-0627-9 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Ital J Pediatr. 2019 Mar 21;45(1):40. doi: 10.1186/s13052-019-0627-9.