Mary Wilson
Well-known member
2022
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03777-z
Agnieszka Brojakowska 1,5, Anupreet Kour2,5, Mark Charles Thel 2, Eunbee Park 2Malik Bisserier 1, Venkata Naga Srikanth Garikipati3, Lahouaria Hadri 1, Paul J. Mills4Kenneth Walsh 2 & David A. Goukassian
With planned deep space and commercial spaceflights, gaps remain to address health risks in astronauts. Multiple studies have shown associations between clonal expansion of hema- topoietic cells with hematopoietic malignancies and cardiometabolic disease. This expansion of clones in the absence of overt hematopoietic disorders is termed clonal hematopoiesis (CH) of indeterminate potential (CHIP). Using deep, error-corrected, targeted DNA sequencing we assayed for somatic mutations in CH-driver genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated from de-identified blood samples collected from 14 astronauts who flew Shuttle missions between 1998–2001. We identified 34 nonsynonymous mutations of relatively low variant allele fraction in 17 CH-driver genes, with the most prevalent mutations in TP53 and DNMT3A. The presence of these small clones in the blood of relatively young astronaut cohort warrants further retrospective and prospective investigation of their clinical relevance and potential application in monitoring astronaut’s health.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42...4684&CJEVENT=59443218309011ed815c000a0a18050c
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03777-z
Agnieszka Brojakowska 1,5, Anupreet Kour2,5, Mark Charles Thel 2, Eunbee Park 2Malik Bisserier 1, Venkata Naga Srikanth Garikipati3, Lahouaria Hadri 1, Paul J. Mills4Kenneth Walsh 2 & David A. Goukassian
With planned deep space and commercial spaceflights, gaps remain to address health risks in astronauts. Multiple studies have shown associations between clonal expansion of hema- topoietic cells with hematopoietic malignancies and cardiometabolic disease. This expansion of clones in the absence of overt hematopoietic disorders is termed clonal hematopoiesis (CH) of indeterminate potential (CHIP). Using deep, error-corrected, targeted DNA sequencing we assayed for somatic mutations in CH-driver genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated from de-identified blood samples collected from 14 astronauts who flew Shuttle missions between 1998–2001. We identified 34 nonsynonymous mutations of relatively low variant allele fraction in 17 CH-driver genes, with the most prevalent mutations in TP53 and DNMT3A. The presence of these small clones in the blood of relatively young astronaut cohort warrants further retrospective and prospective investigation of their clinical relevance and potential application in monitoring astronaut’s health.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42...4684&CJEVENT=59443218309011ed815c000a0a18050c