Abstract
Inherited platelet disorders resulting from platelet function defects and a normal platelet count cause a moderate or severe bleeding diathesis. Since the description of Glanzmann thrombasthenia resulting from defects of ITGA2B and ITGB3, new inherited platelet disorders have been discovered, facilitated by the use of high throughput sequencing and genomic analyses. Defects of RASGRP2 and FERMT3 responsible for severe bleeding syndromes and integrin activation have illustrated the critical role of signaling molecules. Important are mutations of P2RY12 encoding the major ADP receptor causal for an inherited platelet disorder with inheritance characteristics that depend on the variant identified. Interestingly, variants of GP6 encoding the major subunit of the collagen receptor GPVI/FcRγ associate only with mild bleeding. The numbers of genes involved in dense granule defects including Hermansky-Pudlak and Chediak Higashi syndromes continue to progress and are updated. The ANO6 gene encoding a Ca2+-activated ion channel required for phospholipid scrambling is responsible for the rare Scott syndrome and decreased procoagulant activity. A novel EPHB2 defect in a familial bleeding syndrome demonstrates a role for this tyrosine kinase receptor independent of the classical model of its interaction with ephrins. Such advances highlight the large diversity of variants affecting platelet function but not their production, despite the difficulties in establishing a clear phenotype when few families are affected. They have provided insights into essential pathways of platelet function and have been at the origin of new and improved therapies for ischemic disease. Nevertheless, many patients remain without a diagnosis and requiring new strategies that are now discussed.
Introduction
In this review we compare clinical, biological and genetic characteristics of inherited platelet disorders (IPD) with abnormal platelet function but a normal platelet count (listed in Table 1) and highlight anti-ischemic drugs developed based on the discoveries made regarding these disorders.1-10 A low platelet count does not exclude altered platelet function but we refrain from repeating details for disorders such as Bernard-Soulier and gray platelet syndromes included in our companion paper in this journal and summarized in Online Supplementary Table S1.11 After briefly detailing therapy, we discuss the current lessons and perspectives for clinical practice and highlight how it is important for clinicians to constitute a pivot between genetic platforms and basic research.
Glanzmann thrombasthenia
With a worldwide distribution, Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) is the most common platelet function disorder.12 Most importantly, studies on it led to the characterization of the IIb3 integrin mediator of platelet aggregation (Figure 1); this was accompanied by the emergence of a new category of powerful anti-ischemic drugs.13,14
Definition
Classically, GT is a severe bleeding diathesis with autosomal recessive transmission caused by an absence of platelet aggregation induced by all physiologic agonists.
Clinical phenotype
The clinical phenotype is marked by life-long spontaneous easy bruising, epistaxis and gum bleeding, often requiring platelet transfusions. Gastro-intestinal hemorrhage, menorrhagia and severe bleeding at menarche feature prominently, as does trauma-related hemorrhage. The first signs usually appear at birth, are intense during childhood but tend to decrease in later life. GT is prevalent in ethnic communities.15
Biological phenotype
Patients have a normal platelet count and morphology. Most have platelets lacking IIb3 although some express residual amounts but insufficient to support platelet aggregation: these have been termed type I and type II thrombasthenia. 12 A third category consists of phenotypic variants in which platelets have reduced to normal amounts of IIb3 unable to function. While type I GT patients possess platelets that fail to promote clot retraction, this can be subnormal or normal for some with residual or variant IIb3. Platelets respond to ristocetin and adhere to subendothelial matrix components under flow yet fail to spread; intriguingly they can attach to fibrin. If bleeding first occurs late in life, care must be taken to exclude acquired GT, which often has an immune origin.16 The severity of bleeding in GT is independent of the subtype.
Genotype
Several hundred GT patients and their families have undergone gene sequencing.12,17,18 Mutations extend across both ITGA2B and ITGB3 and include missense mutations, stop codons, small deletions, inserts or duplications, splice defects often with frame-shifts. In classic GT, defects prevent or greatly limit the passage of the affected subunit (and the pro-IIb3 precursor) across the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus. The absence or incorrect conformation of one subunit results in the destruction of both the mutated and the unused normal subunit in maturing megakaryocytes. An exception is the ability of 3 to complex with v, forming v3, which is present in small amounts in platelets but is a major integrin of endothelial and other cells. For both ITGA2B and ITGB3 defects the bleeding phenotype predominates and the absence of v3 does not lead to major additive defects. Large gene deletions are rare.17 Recent haplotype analysis suggests that the mutational landscape of GT is constantly renewing.19
Missense mutations in domains such as the terminal - propeller of IIb and in the I (or A) region of 3 have helped to identify interfaces where IIb and 3 are in contact (Figure 1).19 Rare non-synonymous missense substitutions such as the classic p.D145N/Y and p.R240Q/W substitutions permit IIb3 expression and give rise to variant GT in which the integrin fails to function (Figure 1). These have been vital to the identification of key residues within the metal ion-dependent adhesion site (MIDAS) and adjacent domains of 3 that are essential for Ca2+ and ligand binding.12,13,18 Variant GT can also involve intracellular domains abrogating “inside-out” signaling linked to integrin activation; these include the p.S778P and p.R750ter mutations in 3.18 Resting IIb3 has a bent configuration; on platelet activation; conformational changes emanating from the cytoplasmic domains promote exposure of the ligand-binding epitopes and lead to its extension.20,21 Fibrinogen is the principal ligand for aggregation although other adhesive proteins can participate. Occupied IIb3 undergoes further conformational changes, including clustering, providing “outside-in” signaling pathways essential for thrombus consolidation, platelet spreading and clot retraction.13 Variants within the cytoplasmic domains of IIb or 3 interfere with the binding of talin and kindlin-3 during early IIb3 activation.12 Rare gain-of-function monoallelic variants in cytoplasmic and membrane proximal domains promote spontaneous conformational changes that result in macrothrombocytopenia, as detailed in our companion paper.11 Significantly, recent data obtained by next-generation sequencing have begun to reveal combinations of variants in different genes that modify the GT phenotype.22
Target for anti-platelet therapy
Because of the importance of IIb3 in the formation of arterial thrombi, a generation of antiplatelet drugs blocking IIb3 function was developed some 20 years ago.13 The main drugs are abciximab, a humanized Fab fragment of the murine monoclonal antibody 7E3 (c7E3), integrilin, a KGD-based cyclic heptapeptide and tirofiban a synthetic non-peptide inhibitor; all are given intravenously.13,23 These inhibitors have basically been used in acute coronary syndromes. While the associated bleeding risk has now restricted their use, they are still recommended for bailout in shunt thrombosis or as a bridge to supplement platelet inhibition by orally taken drugs such as anti- P2Y12 inhibitors.24
RASGRP2-(CalDAG-GEFI)-related disease
In 2014 a missense mutation (p.G248W) in RASGRP2 coding for calcium and diacylglycerol-regulated guanine nucleotide exchange factor I (CalDAG-GEFI) was reported for siblings with a severe bleeding disorder and much reduced platelet aggregation despite normal IIb3 levels. 25 Since this report, a characteristic GT-like defect of platelet function has been confirmed worldwide for 23 cases, as recently reviewed by Canault and Alessi.26
Definition
Gene variants of RASGRP2 represent a new autosomal recessive inherited bleeding disorder linked to major defects of platelet signaling resulting in impaired IIb3 activation (Figure 2). CalDAG-GEFI activates Rap1, which initiates “inside-out” signaling for IIb3 promoting the binding of talin to shift the integrin into its high-affinity state.27 Both mouse and human platelets lacking functional CalDAG-GEFI undergo a slow but sustained activation that supports the formation of small thrombi at low shear such as those found in the venous system but not the large thrombi characteristic of arterial blood flow.
Clinical phenotype
Bleeding manifestations start early in life and can be severe. Epistaxis is common and most patients have other cutaneous bleeds. Gastrointestinal bleeding has been reported in four patients and menorrhagia in seven out of nine women.26 The bleeding diathesis is not truly syndromic; CalDAG-GEFI is found in other blood cell lineages, vascular cells and the brain striatum and has been implicated in Huntington disease.26 It often occurs in ethnic groups. One case, a male of Jamaican origin, successfully underwent surgery for a brain tumor under recombinant activated factor VII administration despite inefficacy of platelet transfusions.28
Biological phenotype and genetics
A critical characteristic is that residual platelet aggregation and elevation of Ca2+ level, which is key for CalDAGGEFI activity, is retained for high doses of some physiological agonists.26 Furthermore, IIb3 fails to activate normally with decreased binding of the PAC1 IgM mono - clonal antibody. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) activates Rap1 independently of surface receptors and CalDAG-GEFI and PMA-induced platelet aggregation is a diagnostic test for this disease. Interestingly, platelet spreading on a collagen surface is much decreased and while platelets attach to fibrinogen, lamellipodia are not formed. In the profile of RASGRP2 variants updated by Canault & Alessi in 2020,26 12 of the 23 families had a premature stop codon or frameshift mutations while the others possessed missense mutations in functional domains important for CaLDAG-GEFI activity.
Leukocyte adhesion deficiency III syndrome
Around 2009, several groups reported that genetic variants of FERMT3 encoding kindlin-3, which is expressed in all hematopoietic cells, caused leukocyte adhesion deficiency III (LAD-III) syndrome.29 Kindlin-3 together with its paralogs kindlin-1 and kindlin-2 are key regulators of cellular functions and cell-matrix interactions but kindlin-3 predominates in platelets.
Definition
LAD-III syndrome, with an autosomal recessive inheritance, combines a rare immunodeficiency and bleeding syndrome of extreme severity characterized by leukocytosis, platelet dysfunction and recurrent infections. The genetic defects result in loss of activation of 1, 2 and 3 integrins.
Clinical phenotype
Patients are detected when children have GT-like bleeding with severe non-purulent infections and often osteopetrosis. The clinical phenotype is based on the description of a limited number of largely homozygous patients mostly from ethnic Turkish and Arab populations.29
Biological phenotype and genetics
As in GT, platelets of patients with LAD-III syndrome fail to aggregate in response to all physiological agonists and PMA.30 This translates into markedly reduced thrombus formation when whole blood is perfused over collagen, von Willebrand factor or fibrinogen-containing microspots.31 IIb3 integrin is present but fails to bind fibrinogen or the PAC-1 monoclonal antibody when platelets are activated (Figure 2). Most disease-causing variants in FERMT3 abrogate kindlin-3 expression.29 As first shown in mice, kindlin-3 is an essential cytoplasmic cofactor for the activation of 1, 2 and 3 integrins.32 Kindlin-3 binds in a phosphorylation-dependent manner to a subterminal NITY motif of the 3 cytoplasmic tail; it coordinates with talin, which binds independently to trigger “inside-out” integrin activation.27,32 Initially there was controversy about the role of a CaLDAG-GEFI mutation in this disorder but this was dispelled when a splice site mutation in RASGRP2 observed in seven subjects with LAD-III syndrome was shown to be in linkage disequilibrium with FERMT3; the two genes are located very closely on chromosome 11q.33,34 Most mutations are nonsense or involve frameshifts.
Defect of platelet procoagulant activity: Scott syndrome
The original patient reported many years ago in New York had impaired platelet procoagulant activity and fibrin formation but other platelet functions were normal.35 The affected gene ANO6 (also called TMEM16F) was discovered in 2010 when a constitutively active mutant was identified in a cDNA library obtained from a Ba/F3 cell line overexposing phosphatidylserine on the cell surface; a homozygous deleterious variant of ANO6 in a patient with Scott syndrome validated the findings.36
Definition
Scott syndrome is characterized by autosomal recessive transmission, a lack of phosphatidylserine exposure and phosphatidylserine-bearing microparticle production from platelets and red blood cells.37,38 Loss of Ca2+-dependent binding of the intrinsic tenase (FVIIIa, IXa, X) and prothrombinase (FVa, Xa, prothrombin) complexes results in reduced thrombin generation.
Clinical phenotype
Only six cases of Scott syndrome have been detailed and all are women.39 Bleeding is predominant after surgery or trauma; menorrhagia and post-partum hemorrhage are marked. Although spontaneous mucocutaneous bleeding is rare, it was severe in one young woman and included epistaxis, gum and gastrointestinal bleeding.39
Biological phenotype
The major diagnostic clues are elevated residual levels of prothrombin in sera and a marked defect of platelet procoagulant activity. Full diagnosis requires flow cytometry measurements of platelet phosphatidylserine exposure (annexin V-binding) and microparticle release upon activation by thrombin in combination with collagen or by the ionophore A23187.40 Loss of mitochondrial membrane potential, a major factor in phosphatidylserine exposure, late phase procoagulant ballooning and capping of adhesive proteins all still occur but may be reduced. Caspasedependent apoptotic or necrotic pathways of phosphatidylserine expression are normal.40 Platelet numbers, morphology, adhesion, secretion and aggregation are largely unaffected.
Genotype
Gene variants of ANO6 encoding a multi-pass transmembrane protein that is an essential component of the Ca2+-dependent “scramblase” activity cause Scott syndrome. 39 For the original patient a homozygous variant at a splice acceptor site in intron 12 resulted in a premature stop codon.36 Two French siblings showed compound heterozygosity for a large deletion of exons 1-10 in one allele and a premature stop codon on the other.41 Compound heterozygosity with premature termination was also seen in a Welsh family.42 All mutations result in abrogated TMEM16F expression.
Ephrin type-B receptor 2-related disorder
Recently, we demonstrated that defects in Ephrin type- B receptor 2 (EPHB2) cause a bleeding syndrome and IPD in two siblings from a consanguineous French family.43
Definition
Recurrent bleeding, normal platelet counts but abnormal function were linked to a variant of EPHB2, encoding a member of the EPH receptor family of transmembrane tyrosine kinases. The molecular basis of this IPD confirms a specific role for EPHB2 in platelet function via tyrosine phosphorylation of intermediates involved in GPVI and G-protein–coupled receptor-mediated signaling.
Clinical phenotype
Both affected family members showed excessive spontaneous subcutaneous and heavy bleeding upon minor wounds.43 One sibling developed anemia after chronic gastrointestinal bleeding requiring iron supplementation. Due to its rarity the clinical phenotype remains poorly defined.
Biological phenotype
Ephrin receptors consist of a N-terminal glycosylated ligand-binding domain, a transmembrane region, and an intracellular kinase domain. Interactions largely occur between neighboring cells; studies using mice revealed a role in thrombus formation and in both contact-dependent and -independent signaling.43 Platelets from our family showed decreased aggregation and secretion in response to ADP, arachidonic acid, collagen, and analogs of thromboxane A2. The mutation did not affect EPHB2- ephrin interactions but phosphorylation of Lyn, Syk and FcR, the initial steps in GPVI signaling and of Src were drastically impaired as was inside-out IIb3 activation.
Genotype
A homozygous missense variant (p.R745C) in the EPHB2 gene was identified by whole exome sequencing in both siblings; their asymptomatic parents were heterozygous. The p.R745C substitution is located within the tyrosine kinase domain.
P2Y12 receptor-related disorder
The use of ticlopidine as an anti-platelet agent in the 1970s showed the benefit of blocking the interaction between ADP and platelets in anti-ischemic treatment.44 The recognition in 1992 of an Italian family with a ticlopidine- like platelet function profile and in 1995 of a French family with a similar defect was crucial to identifying how ADP activates platelets.45,46 Some 20 years later only a few such families have been identified.
Definition
P2Y12-related disease affects the full aggregation response of platelets to ADP and the stabilization of aggregates. Human platelets possess two ADP receptors that act in synergy: (i) P2Y1, a Gq-coupled receptor, which initiates platelet shape changes and ADP-induced aggregation through the mobilization of internal Ca2+ stores, and (ii) P2Y12, a Gi-coupled receptor linked to adenylyl cyclase and phosphoinositide 3-kinase activation (Figure 3).
Clinical phenotype
The disease is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner and is manifested clinically as moderate to severe mucocutaneous bleeding, including after surgery.45,46 Beyond the classical forms, a family with severe hemorrhage has been recently observed with autosomal dominant transmission; other cases with a monoallelic form have mild bleeding.47,50
Biological phenotype
ADP, even at high doses, fails to induce full and irreversible platelet aggregation. With other agonists such as thrombin receptor agonist peptide (TRAP), the snake venom protein convulxin or ristocetin, platelet aggregation may remain partially reversible. A key feature is defective Gi-mediated inhibition of platelet adenylyl cyclase by ADP with loss of vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) de-phosphorylation, readily evaluated in a diagnostic test.48 Variants can result in qualitative or quantitative defects of P2Y12, the latter can also be attributed to defective receptor recycling.
Genotype
The patient that we first described in 1995 has a two nucleotide deletion in the coding region of P2RY12 moving the reading frame before the introduction of a premature stop (p.I240fs*29).10 Subsequently described mutations with autosomal recessive transmission include those of the initially reported Italian family, heterozygous for two missense mutations, p.R256Q and p.R265W (Figure 3).48,49 Here, two asymptomatic family members carried the heterozygous p.R265W variant. This is important because recently a single allele p.R265P variant, affecting the same amino acid but with a different substitution, was associated with a severe phenotype and autosomal dominant transmission in an unrelated family (Figure 3).47 Significantly, platelet mRNA for this allele was three-fold overexpressed, limiting wild-type homodimer formation (key to ADP-receptor signaling) and introducing a dominant- negative effect.47 Other mutations with a single affected P2RY12 allele and mild bleeding in families with autosomal dominant transmission are shown in Figure 3.48 Missense mutations allowing normal P2Y12 synthesis and affecting domains close to or part of the ADP-binding pockets cause qualitative defects (Figure 3).48,50 Special mention should be made of a novel cytoplasmic domain p.P341A variant affecting the PDZ-binding domain and causing abnormal endosomal recycling of platelet internal pools leading to a surface deficit of P2Y12.51 Interestingly, p.R122C and p.K174E P2RY12 variants have been associated with an intronic polymorphism within FR2 (encoding PAR-1) in a patient with chronic bleeding and in a patient with type 1 von Willebrand disease showing that hemorrhage can be part of a complex trait.52,53
Antiplatelet therapy
P2Y12 identification was key to the development of nextgeneration therapies including the orally available thienopyridines (clopidogrel and prasugrel). These are prodrugs requiring cytochrome P450-based conversion to a short-lived active metabolite that binds covalently to P2Y12 although drug-resistance to clopidogrel can affect up to a third of patients.14 Ticagrelor and cangrelor are direct-acting and rapidly reversible antagonists; cangrelor given intravenously has the advantage of acting immediately.
Other platelet primary receptor defects
Glycoprotein VI-related disease
Rare inherited autosomal recessive defects of the GP6 gene cause a mild bleeding syndrome. GPVI is a receptor for collagen as well as other extracellular matrix components and, as recently identified, fibrin.54,55 A member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, GPVI forms a non-covalent complex with FcRγ and acts in synergy with integrin 21. Early evidence of an inherited GPVI deficiency came from a Japanese woman with lifelong although mild mucocutaneous bleeding and platelets refractory to collagen despite responding to other agonists; immunological studies confirmed the specific absence of GPVI.56 The first genotyped patients with GP6 variants belonged to families from France and Belgium with autosomal recessive compound heterozygous mutations.57,58 However, most studies have centered on a cluster of patients from Chile with a homozygous 2 bp insertion followed by a stop at position 242.59 All evidence suggests a founder effect. The Chilean patients had mild bleeding and heterozygous family members were asymptomatic. A defective platelet interaction with fibrin and immobilized fibrinogen helps to explain the diminished thrombus build up under flow.
Thromboxane prostanoid type receptor-related disease
The TBXA2R gene encodes the thromboxane prostanoid type receptor (TP), the major thromboxane A2 (TXA2) receptor on platelets.60 Its activation leads to Ca2+ mobilization and platelet aggregation. It associates mainly with Gq and principally modulates platelet activation through the PLCpathway. Platelet aggregation is characterized by a decreased response to arachidonic acid or TXA2 analogs such as U46619 and I-BOP.61 From as early as 1994, Japanese families were described with a bleeding disorder due to a non-responsive TPreceptor.62,63 A p.R60L variant in the first intracytoplasmic loop of TPwith autosomal dominant transmission predominated, but it was homozygous in one member with mild mucocutaneous bleeding. Globally, three more families were later reported with autosomal dominant transmission; two had missense mutations with a dominant-negative effect linked to impaired receptor dimerization while a third had a frameshift variant, a stop codon and reduced TPexpression.60,64
Antiplatelet therapy
The apparent preservation of hemostasis in the absence of GPVI has prompted research for anti-ischemic drugs and, in particular, treatment for stroke.14 Revacept is a recombinant soluble dimeric GPVI-Fc fusion protein blocking GPVI-reactive sites in collagen and is the object of ongoing clinical trials. Fab fragments of a monoclonal antibody blocking GPVI, ACT017, have exhibited excellent safety and tolerability profiles in a phase 1 study in humans.65 An exciting challenge for anti-GPVI drugs will be to block thrombus build up through inhibition of the GPVI-fibrin interaction while preserving the initial interaction with collagen. Anti-GPVI agents may also have a role in cancer therapy by inhibiting platelet-tumor cell interactions; galactin-3 is a novel counter-receptor for GPVI on tumor cells.66 Attempts at treating ischemic disease based on inhibition of TXA2R have largely failed compared to the efficiency of aspirin and related drugs.14
Classic dense granule defects
Much information has been obtained from studies on disorders of platelet lysosome-related organelles.67,68
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is named after the Czechoslovakian physicians who in 1959 described two patients with oculocutaneous albinism, prolonged bleeding and pigmented macrophages in the bone marrow.67 Many of the advances regarding HPS have been linked to the numerous mouse and other animal models of storage pool diseases.68,69
Definition
HPS is a heterogeneous autosomal recessive multisystem disorder resulting from defects of ten genes encoding proteins essential for the biogenesis of platelet dense granules, a member of the lysosomal-related organelle family. 67-69 Association with albinism reflects defects in the biogenesis of melanosomes in the melanocytes of the skin, hair and choroid of the eye while pigment epithelial cells of the retina can also be affected.
Clinical phenotype
The bleeding diathesis includes easy bruising, epistaxis, gingival bleeding, menorrhagia, postpartum hemorrhage and prolonged bleeding after surgery.67 Platelet transfusions prevent the hemorrhagic risk during surgery, while tranexamic acid is often used preventively or to stop moderate bleeding. Oculocutaneous albinism involves hypopigmentation of the skin and hair associated with characteristic ocular findings. Granulomatous colitis, neutropenia, immunodeficiency and fatal pulmonary fibrosis can feature according to the subtype.67-69
Biological phenotype
Platelet aggregation is characterized by an impaired second wave.68,69 The specific absence of dense granules means that the platelet secretory pool of ADP, ATP, serotonin, calcium, and polyphosphate is reduced or lacking. Dense granules can be evaluated by whole mount electron microscopy due to their opacity to electrons (Figure 4). Total platelet ADP and ATP and the secretion of ATP during platelet aggregation is now mostly measured by bioluminescence. Quantifying mepacrine uptake by flow cytometry is an indirect method for assessing dense granule content. Granule secretion can also be measured by flow cytometry based on the translocation of P-selectin and lysosomal-associated membrane protein (LAMP-3, CD63) to the platelet surface; exposure of LAMP-3 can be spontaneous.
Genotype
Identification of pathogenic variants for HPS involves ten subtypes (HPS1-10) and ten genes: AP3B1, AP3D1, BLOC1S3 encoding for BLOS-3, BLOC1S6 encoding for pallidin, DTNBP1 encoding for dysbindin, HPS1, HPS3-6.69-71 All of the genes encode subunits organized in four multi-subunit protein complexes, named biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles complex (BLOC)-1, -2 and -3 and the adaptor protein-3 complex (AP-3).67-71 The HPS phenotype is related to the BLOC complex affected (Figure 4). BLOC-1 consists of eight subunits of which dysbindin (HPS7), BLOS-3 (HPS8) and pallidin (HPS9) are mutated in rare patients with a mild or absent bleeding diathesis and variable hypopigmentation. HPS3, HPS5, and HPS6 are subunits of BLOC-2; mutations in these genes are more frequent than those in the BLOC-1 and affected individuals have a mild clinical phenotype with a bleeding syndrome and hypopigmentation only. HPS1 and HPS4 are subunits of BLOC-3; mutations in these cases are predominantly associated with severe manifestations (severe oculocutaneous albinism, pulmonary fibrosis, granulomatous colitis). BLOC-3 defects are the most frequent form of HPS with p.His497Glnfs*90 in HPS1, the first HPS mutation to be discovered; this form is common in Puerto Rico.67 The AP-3 complex has four subunits with AP3B1 encoding 3A mutated in HPS-2 and AP3D1 encoding AP-3mutated in HPS-10. AP-3 is important for dense granule biogenesis and protein delivery to the forming granule (e.g., the serotonin transporter, VMAT2).69-72 Variants of AP3B1 are said to cause HPS type II. Interestingly, Enders et al. detected a homozygous nonsense mutation in AP3B1 together with a heterozygous bystander RAB27A mutation in a child with bleeding, albinism, developmental delay and a susceptibility to infections; HPS type II was diagnosed rather than Griscelli syndrome as would indicate a RAB27A mutation.72 HPS-10 is a very rare form of HPS characterized by partial oculocutaneous albinism, bleeding, neutropenia and immunodeficiency. Defective protein disulfide isomerase release from platelets and endothelial cells in HPS contributes to the impaired thrombus formation and could represent a novel target for antithrombotic drugs.73
Chediak-Higashi syndrome
The most important clinical problem of patients with Chediak-Higashi syndrome is immunodeficiency with lifethreatening infections. There is mild bleeding with a partial to severe reduction of dense granules.67,69,74 It is a rare but fatal autosomal recessive disorder with multiple clinical features, including hypopigmentation of skin and hair, reduction of leukocytes, giant organelles in circulating granulated cells, and neurological dysfunction. Recurrent infections are associated with defective function of natural killer cells. Immune dysregulation often leads to lymphoproliferative histiocytosis with an accelerated phase that determines the prognosis.73 Platelet function defects resemble those seen in HPS. The LYST gene (also called CHS1) alone is responsible for this disease and a wide variety of mutations have been described.67,69,74 Chediak-Higashi syndrome is particularly prevalent in Puerto Rico.67,69 LYST is a member of the BEACH protein family and is required for sorting resident endosomal proteins into late multivesicular endosomes (Figure 4B).71,74
Other defects involving platelet granules
As well as the above disorders, qualitative defects can lead to decreased dense granule content, inability to secrete their contents or combined dense- and -granule deficiency.71,75,76 An absent second wave of aggregation in response to ADP and collagen is characteristic. This can be secondary to mutations of genes for membrane receptors: P2RY12, GP6, TBXA2R, EPHB2, G6b-B; or genetic defects often accompanied by thrombocytopenia (Online Supplementary Table S1).11 Applying next-generation sequencing procedures targeting 329 preselected genes, Leo et al. analyzed 18 patients including six with secretion defects, highlighting 49 genes not previously known to be causal of IPD.77 Gorski et al. performed a similar study using whole exome sequencing of 14 patients with bleeding caused by primary platelet secretion defects.78 Both studies exposed the complications of whole exome sequencing and next-generation sequencing when isolated gene variants are identified as potentially causal without statistical validation or comprehensive biological studies or usage of mouse models.
A specific condition with defective granule secretion from platelets is familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, a rare primary immunodeficiency syndrome in which autosomal recessively inherited variants of UNC13D, STX11 and STYXBP2 can result in defects in the secretory machinery of dense bodies and -granules as well as lysosomes.79-82
Cytosolic signaling pathways
Rao and his colleagues were pioneers in identifying candidate proteins in patients with mild bleeding diatheses deficient in key signaling pathways and second messengers. 83 Gq, PLC-2, as well as defects in Ca2+-mobilization and protein kinase C-induced phosphorylation were highlighted. Abnormalities extended to granule secretion as well as IIb3 activation. However, most of the early patients still await full genetic analysis. We have chosen to highlight three genes involved in arachidonic acid metabolism in platelets.
The first is a defect of PLA2G4A encoding cytosolic PLA2 in three families. In the first family compound heterozygous missense mutations induced marked structural changes within cPLA2. In the second family heterozygous p.S111P and p.R485H missense variants respectively affected cPLA2 trafficking and abrogated the enzyme’s catalytic activity; while for the third family a homozygous p.D575H PLA2G4A variant was present.84-86 In all three cases, platelet aggregation and dense granule secretion with collagen and ADP were impaired; gastrointestinal bleeding was a feature.
An inherited defect of cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) is more specifically linked to defective platelet aggregation with arachidonic acid and absence of the second wave response to epinephrine, ADP and collagen. While failing to respond to arachidonic acid, platelets aggregate normally with TXA2 agonists. Several such patients with mild bleeding have been reported either with autosomal dominant or, more recently, autosomal recessive transmission of variants in PTGS1.87-89 Patients may lack COX- 1 or have a functionally defective but normally expressed enzyme. Bastida et al., using a high-throughput sequencing gene panel, found a heterozygous variant with an aspirin-like platelet functional defect linked to a heterozygous p.N143S missense mutation in PTGS1.88 Very recently, whole genome sequencing helped to identify a homozygous missense variant (p.W322S) in a large consanguineous family of Iranian descent with mild bleeding. 89
The third disease is Ghosal syndrome, a disorder with increased bone density that was linked to a deletion mapped to chromosome 7q33/34. The deletion includes TBXAS1, the gene for thromboxane synthase, a terminal enzyme in the arachidonic acid cascade converting prostaglandin H2 into TXA2. A key fiding was homozygous missense mutations alone in TBXAS1 in consanguineous families with Ghosal syndrome in ethnic groups; the affected residues were all highly conserved.90 Platelets from the patients had reduced aggregation and secretion in response to arachidonic acid; in contrast the response to U46619 directly activating TPwas normal. A role for TXA2 in bone remodeling is also indicated. Somewhat surprisingly, none of the patients had a bleeding diathesis (distinguishing them from patients with congenital defects of TBXA2R).
Therapy
The management of IPD involves both prevention of bleeding and treatment of mild and severe bleeding episodes and differs little for disorders of platelet count with the exception that the recent use of thrombopoietin mimetics is not applicable.11 As detailed in Figure 5, strategies involve the maintenance of a lifestyle that minimizes risk and being prepared in case of an emergency. Procedures range from local measures to the use of platelet transfusions or recombinant activated FVII to stop major bleeding as well as the establishment of and adherence to standardized protocols for prophylaxis prior to surgery or childbirth.15,91-93 A special case is type I GT in which the absence of IIb3 can lead to the formation of isoantibodies, making patients refractory to normal platelets.
Conclusions
Of the disorders covered by this review, GT is the most frequent and widely screened disease.12,15 Genotyping has now identified several hundred disease-causing mutations in a constantly changing spectrum, so the classification of patients into type I and type II subgroups based on residual platelet IIb3 content should be updated to take into account mutation analysis.18,19 From 2001, the year in which P2RY12 was first characterized,10 newly identified genes include FERMT3, ANO6, RASGRP2 and EPHB2 thereby expanding the gene repertoire for IPD.25,26,33,34,36,43 The development of next-generation sequencing platforms targeting IPD genes,6,88 together with widening access to whole exome sequencing,4,7,8 and now whole genome sequencing,9 has both increased the number of patients with a genetic diagnosis and the speed at which this is performed. The multiplication of data has underlined the great diversity of variants responsible for gene dysfunction, the rarity of hot-spot mutations, the frequency of compound heterozygosity within the same gene (limiting the notion of consanguinity for recessive diseases); and raised the likelihood of additive effects of heterozygous variants on different genes modulating the phenotype. It is also worthy of mention that some inherited thrombocytopenias with associated functional platelet defects (Online Supplementary Table SI) may not have complete penetrance and some patients may therefore not be thrombocytopenic (e.g., those with mutations of RUNX1 and FLI1).11 The increasing understanding of the gene spectrum causing IPD is leading to better care of patients and it should be underlined how major anti-ischemic treatments have been initiated or improved as a result of this.
Future strategies
Despite the progress in gene identification a significant proportion of patients still fail to be genotyped. One successful strategy for the identification of causal genes in patients with inherited thrombocytopenia was by comparison with mouse models with similar phenotypes;11, 69 Another approach is ongoing screening of local whole exome or whole genome sequencing databases of patients for variants of each newly published IPD gene. A third strategy involves screening large families or those with consanguinity, as done for RASGRP2 and EPHB2, or statistical analysis of large cohorts of patients, aligning variant detection in unrelated families with a similar phenotype.26 The final proof that variants in new genes are causal will still require their expression in heterologous cells, the use of in silico modeling to assess changes in protein structure, or their reproduction in mouse, zebrafish or other animal models.3,4,94 When no genetic diagnosis has been achieved with standard approaches, gene analysis should be expanded to evaluate complex copy number variations, deep variants in non-coding regions and secondary defects involving the action of microRNA or retrotransposons, as we have detailed elsewhere.11
Currently the diagnosis of IPD is based largely on the concept of a monogenic heritable platelet disease, but a proportion of these diseases may be di- or polygenic in origin. Families with unexplained heritability may have unrecognized variants or other changes in regulatory regions in combinations that only advanced technologies may help to resolve. Thus in a large cohort of patients with primary immunodeficiency, genome-wide association studies have revealed loci that modulate platelet function with the co-localization of and interplay between novel high-penetrance monogenic variants and common variants.95 It is reassuring that IPD without thrombocytopenia are not associated with a propensity to develop hematological malignancies or bone marrow aplasia or fibrosis, as in some inherited thrombocytopenias such as RUNX1-related disease and ETV6-related disease.
Current advances suggest the need to redefine the circuit for patient screening from the first consultation. An information- gathering first consultation, blood cell counts and basic coagulation screening remain essential as is assigning a bleeding score and determining whether the platelet function abnormalities are isolated or syndromic.96 But flow charts with extensive biological testing in order to select the gene(s) to analyze need to be revisited and the choice of extensive biological testing before genotyping questioned. Platelet aggregation, flow cytometry and the examination of blood smears provide early information to guide the diagnosis.75,97 Nevertheless, when clinical and biological data are in favor of an IPD, in selected cases upfront DNA analysis may save time, money and improve patients’ care: however longitudinal studies are required to substantiate this expectation. For patients without access to a specialized platelet center, sending blood and DNA samples to expert centers is recommended. Validation of novel variant(s) on next-generation sequencing targeted gene platforms or after whole exome or whole genome sequencing requires confirmation by co-segregation or other studies as discussed above and it is here that selected biological phenotyping may be necessary.
As part of this roadmap, national centers regrouping platelet experts have a key inter-connecting role between the patients, local hematology laboratories and genomic platforms. In France, our creation of a Reference Center for IPD, led to the organization, on a national basis, of platelet studies with European links to next-generation sequencing and the preparation of personalized followup both for the patient and the local general practitioner. In this context it is indispensable that the medical personnel directly responsible for the patient remain in control of the diffusion of information both to the patient and in the scientific literature and especially take into account ethical considerations.98 In everyday clinical practice a patient-centered approach governed by the overarching principle of patient utility versus in-depth, detailed laboratory and genetic characterization is acceptable and in generally sufficient for patients’ care.99 On the other hand, our understanding of these disorders cannot be expanded without advanced research involving modern technologies. Here, informed explicit collaboration of the patient should be obtained.
Footnotes
- Received June 13, 2020
- Accepted August 12, 2020
Correspondence
Disclosures
No conflicts of interests to diclose.
Contributions
All the authors participated in the manuscript preparation. PN and ATN supervised the writing of the text.
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