Due to the central role that factor H plays in the regulation of complement, there are a number of clinical implications arising from aberrant factor H activity. Overactive factor H may result in reduced complement activity on pathogenic cells – increasing susceptibility to microbial infections. Underactive factor H may result in increased complement activity on healthy host cells – resulting in autoimmune diseases. It is not surprising, therefore, that rare mutations or common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the complement factor H gene (CFH) often result in pathologies. Moreover, the complement inhibitory activities of factor H, and other complement regulators, are often used by pathogens to increase virulence.
In 2005, several independent research groups identified an SNP in CFH, which results in the protein change p.Y402H, as a risk factor for Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) present in around a third of Europeans. Although its allele frequency varies considerably between different populations, Y402H has been consistently associated with AMD onset and progression. Homozygous individuals have an approximately seven-fold greater odds of association with AMD while heterozygotes have a two-to-three-fold greater odds of association with the disease. This SNP, located in CCP module 7 of factor H, has been shown to affect the ability of factor H protein to localise to sites of inflammation in retinal tissues (e.g. by polyanions and pentraxins) and to regulate the activation of complement and immune cells. The SNP has also been shown to affect the function of factor H-like protein 1, an alternatively spliced version of factor H consisting of CCPs 1 to 7 only, which is thought to have a greater role in intraocular complement regulation. The British complementologist, Simon J. Clark demonstrated that FHL-1 was the predominant form of FH protecting Bruch's membrane, an integral part of the outer Blood-retinal barrier and a major site of early AMD. Further studies suggested that haploinsufficiency of FHL-1 lead to the manifestation of an AMD-like disease at a significantly earlier age. However, the genetic variants in CFH with the greatest effect on an individual's risk of AMD have been shown to affect CCPs 1 to 4, which are involved in dampening the effects of the alternative pathway of complement. A rare functional coding change, p.R1210C, in CFH results in a functional deficiency in factor H and leads to a substantially higher risk of macular degeneration as well as complement-mediated renal conditions.
Variation in other genes of the regulators of complement activation locus, such as complement factor H-related genes, as well as in other complement proteins (e.g. factor I, C2/factor B, and C3) have also been associated with greater AMD risk. The current theory is that complement dysregulation is a key driver of chronic inflammation in AMD.
Alterations in the immune response are involved in pathogenesis of many neuropsychiatric disorders including schizophrenia. Recent studies indicated alterations in the complement system, including those which may result in the overactivation of the alternative complement pathway, may predispose to schizophrenia. For example, the CFH SNP rs424535 (2783-526T>A) was positively associated with schizophrenia.
It was found that rs800292(184G >A) SNP was positively associated with stroke and rs800912 minor allele of the CFH gene might be considered as a risk factor for ischemic stroke.
Gemini Therapeutics Inc. was a Massachusetts based precision medicine company focused on the development of new therapies through a deeper understanding of disease. Based on the biological activity of human factor H, Gemini was developing a recombinant human factor H protein, GEM103, for the treatment of dry AMD. GEM-103 was evaluated in phase I (NCT04246866) and II (NCT04643886) clinical trials in AMD patients, but failed to achieve its clinical end points and the developmental program was terminated Gemini Therapeutics merged with Disc Medicine in 2022
Other companies currently focusing on developing FH, FHL-1, or variations thereof, as therapeutics for treating AMD, include Character Biosciences Inc, and 4D Molecular Therapeutics
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