Combined germline and somatic human FADD mutations cause autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome.
ALPS
FADD
LOH
autoimmunity
Journal
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology
ISSN: 1097-6825
Titre abrégé: J Allergy Clin Immunol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 1275002
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 Oct 2023
02 Oct 2023
Historique:
received:
23
03
2023
revised:
18
09
2023
accepted:
22
09
2023
pubmed:
5
10
2023
medline:
5
10
2023
entrez:
4
10
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
The autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) is a noninfectious and nonmalignant lymphoproliferative disease frequently associated with autoimmune cytopenia resulting from defective FAS signaling. We previously described germline monoallelic FAS (TNFRSF6) haploinsufficient mutations associated with somatic events, such as loss of heterozygosity on the second allele of FAS, as a cause of ALPS-FAS. These somatic events were identified by sequencing FAS in DNA from double-negative (DN) T cells, the pathognomonic T-cell subset in ALPS, in which the somatic events accumulated. We sought to identify whether a somatic event affecting the FAS-associated death domain (FADD) gene could be related to the disease onset in 4 unrelated patients with ALPS carrying a germline monoallelic mutation of the FADD protein inherited from a healthy parent. We sequenced FADD and performed array-based comparative genomic hybridization using DNA from sorted CD4 We found homozygous FADD mutations in the DN T cells from all 4 patients, which resulted from uniparental disomy. FADD deficiency caused by germline heterozygous FADD mutations associated with a somatic loss of heterozygosity was a phenocopy of ALPS-FAS without the more complex symptoms reported in patients with germline biallelic FADD mutations. The association of germline and somatic events affecting the FADD gene is a new genetic cause of ALPS.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) is a noninfectious and nonmalignant lymphoproliferative disease frequently associated with autoimmune cytopenia resulting from defective FAS signaling. We previously described germline monoallelic FAS (TNFRSF6) haploinsufficient mutations associated with somatic events, such as loss of heterozygosity on the second allele of FAS, as a cause of ALPS-FAS. These somatic events were identified by sequencing FAS in DNA from double-negative (DN) T cells, the pathognomonic T-cell subset in ALPS, in which the somatic events accumulated.
OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE
We sought to identify whether a somatic event affecting the FAS-associated death domain (FADD) gene could be related to the disease onset in 4 unrelated patients with ALPS carrying a germline monoallelic mutation of the FADD protein inherited from a healthy parent.
METHODS
METHODS
We sequenced FADD and performed array-based comparative genomic hybridization using DNA from sorted CD4
RESULTS
RESULTS
We found homozygous FADD mutations in the DN T cells from all 4 patients, which resulted from uniparental disomy. FADD deficiency caused by germline heterozygous FADD mutations associated with a somatic loss of heterozygosity was a phenocopy of ALPS-FAS without the more complex symptoms reported in patients with germline biallelic FADD mutations.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The association of germline and somatic events affecting the FADD gene is a new genetic cause of ALPS.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37793571
pii: S0091-6749(23)01209-5
doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2023.09.028
pii:
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.