scholarly journals Whole exome sequencing reveals a novel LRBA mutation and clonal hematopoiesis in a common variable immunodeficiency patient presented with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanling Ren ◽  
Feng Xiao ◽  
Fei Cheng ◽  
Xin Huang ◽  
Jianhu Li ◽  
...  

AbstractCommon variable immunodeficiency (CVID) was a kind of primary immunodeficiency disorders with heterogeneous phenotype and genotype. Lipopolysaccharide-responsive and beige-like anchor (LRBA) mutation was identified as disease associated in CVID, advanced genetic method will help to detect atypical cases. We report a case of adult patient manifested as hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), bone marrow examination suggested prosperity to MDS, manifested as increased immature myeloid cells and dysplastic hematopoiesis. Whole exome sequencing (WES) identified a novel heterogeneous c.1876T > C (p.W626R) mutation in LRBA and four somatic mutations: ASXL1 (c.1967dupA); PTPN11 (c.226G > A), U2AF1 (c.101C > T and c.470A > G), among which ASXL1 was a high-risk marker of clonal hematopoiesis. Combined with her recurrent severe infections and immune abnormalities such as hypoimmunoglobulinemia, the patient was diagnosed with CVID. Subsequent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation saved her from severe cytopenia and immune deficiency. This case report highlights the great promise of utilization of WES for diagnosing rare disease with atypical manifestations and guiding further treatment.

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Maffucci ◽  
Charles A. Filion ◽  
Bertrand Boisson ◽  
Yuval Itan ◽  
Lei Shang ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ran Li ◽  
Yali Zheng ◽  
Yuqian Li ◽  
Rongbao Zhang ◽  
Fang Wang ◽  
...  

Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) belongs to the primary immunodeficiency disorders (PIDs), presenting a profound heterogeneity in phenotype and genotype, with monogenic or complex causes. Recurrent respiratory infections are the most common clinical manifestations. CVID patients can also develop various autoimmune and lymphoproliferative complications. Genetic testing such as whole exome sequencing (WES) can be utilized to investigate likely genetic defects, helping for better clinical management. We described the clinical phenotypes of three sporadic cases of CVID, who developed recurrent respiratory infections with different autoimmune and lymphoproliferative complications. WES was applied to screen disease-causing or disease-associated mutations. Two patients were identified to have monogenic disorders, with compound heterozygous mutations in LRBA for one patient and a frameshift insertion in NFKB1 for another. The third patient was identified to be a complex form of CVID. Two novel mutations were identified, respectively, in LRBA and NFKB1. A combination of clinical and genetic diagnosis can be more extensively utilized in the clinical practice due to the complexity and heterogeneity of CVID.


Blood ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 124 (21) ◽  
pp. 4385-4385
Author(s):  
Hideki Muramatsu ◽  
Yusuke Okuno ◽  
Kenichi Yoshida ◽  
Sayoko Doisaki ◽  
Asahito Hama ◽  
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Abstract Introduction: Congenital bone marrow failure syndromes (CBMFSs) are a heterogeneous class of diseases with overlapping phenotypes. Therefore, a precise and comprehensive genetic diagnostic system is strongly warranted to arrive at appropriate clinical decisions to avoid ineffective therapies and/or lethal complications of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. However, a large panel of newly identified causative genes of CBMFSs have been identified in recent years; therefore, it is virtually impossible to establish a routine genetic diagnostic test using conventional Sanger sequencing. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) is a promising solution for the diagnosis of inherited diseases because it tests virtually all genes simultaneously. For the introduction of WES into clinical practice, it is necessary to clarify whether this technique has superior diagnostic efficacy to conventional clinical genetic tests. Methods: We performed WES in 250 patients with CBMFSs lacking genetic diagnoses. Exome capture was performed using the SureSelect® Human All Exon V3–5 kit (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA), which covers all known coding exons, followed by massively parallel sequencing using the HiSeq 2000 Sequencing System (Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA). Our established pipeline for WES (genomon: http://genomon.hgc.jp/exome/) detected >20,000 candidate variants per patient. Diagnoses were based on variants of 130 genes with pathogenicities confirmed by published studies. Results: Genetic diagnoses were possible in 68 patients (27%). The best efficacy was achieved in patients with Fanconi anemia [35/73, 48%; FANCG (n = 17), FANCA (n = 14), FANCB (n = 1), FANCF (n = 1), SLX4 (n = 1), and BRCA2 (n = 1)], although Sanger sequencing was not applied because of the large sizes of its causative genes. Encouraging results were obtained in patients with Diamond–Blackfan anemia [11/ 61, 18%; RPS26 (n = 3), RPS7 (n = 2), RPS19 (n = 2), RPL5 (n = 2), RPL35A (n = 1), and RPL11 (n = 1)] and dyskeratosis congenita [7/29, 24%; TERT (n = 3), TINF2 (n = 2), and DKC1 (n = 2)]. Five genetic diagnoses (7%) were inconsistent with clinical diagnoses, possibly because of overlapping disease phenotypes. Conclusion: Relative to conventional genetic testing, WES was found to be effective for the diagnoses of CBMFSs. Furthermore, the efficacy of WES will increase as our knowledge of gene mutations expands. In conclusion, the use of WES in clinical practice is warranted. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


Author(s):  
Edris Sharif Rahmani ◽  
Majid Fathi ◽  
Mohammad Foad Abazari ◽  
Hojat Shahraki ◽  
Vahid Ziaee Fellow ◽  
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Background: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an immune system disorder characterized by uncontrolled hyper-inflammation owing to hypercytokinemia from the activated but ineffective cytotoxic cells. Establishing a correct diagnosis for HLH patients due to the similarity of this disease with other conditions like malignant lymphoma and leukemia and similarity among its two forms is difficult and not always a successful procedure. Besides, the molecular characterization of HLH due to the locus and allelic heterogeneity is a challenging issue. Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, whole exome sequencing (WES) was used for mutation detection in a four-member Iranian family with children suffering from signs and symptoms of HLH disease. Data analysis was performed by using a multi-step in-house WES approach on Linux OS. Result: In this study, a homozygous nucleotide substitution mutation (c.551G>A:p.W184*) was detected in exon number six of the UNC13D gene. W184* drives to a premature stop codon, so produce a truncated protein. This mutation inherited from parents to a four-month female infant with an autosomal recessive pattern. Parents were carrying out the heterozygous form of W184* without any symptoms. The patient showed clinical signs such as fever, diarrhea, hepatosplenomegaly, high level of ferritin, and a positive family history of HLH disease. W184* has a damaging effect on cytotoxic T lymphocytes, and natural killer cells. These two types of immune system cells without a healthy product of the UNC13D gene will be unable to discharge toxic granules into the synaptic space, so the inflammation in the immune response does not disappear. Conclusion: According to this study, WES can be a reliable, fast, and cost-effective approach for the molecular characterization of HLH patients. Plus, WES specific data analysis platform introduced by this study potentially offers a high-speed analysis step. This cost-free platform doesn't require online data submission.


2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 310-318
Author(s):  
Yekaterina Kuligina ◽  
Anna Sokolenko ◽  
Ilya Bizin ◽  
Aleksandr Ivantsov ◽  
Yevgeniy Imyanitov ◽  
...  

Approximately 10 % of breast cancer (BC) incidence is attributed to inherited germ-line mutations in tumor suppressor genes, and about a half of all hereditary BC cases remain unexplained by known genetic determinants. Whole exome sequencing (WES) offers great promise for the identification of novel hereditary cancer genes, however the interpretation of disease-causing significance for newly identified variants presents a challenge. Here we present the results of WES analysis of 32 hereditary BC patients with unknown causative mutations. In total, 52070 germ-line genetic variants were identified. We designed a special selection algorithm, which uses a sequence of filtering steps for highlighting probably pathogenic mutations. The pipeline is capable to compute minor allele frequencies (MAF) based on public databases; to estimate the potential pathogenicity of mutation according to CADD-database; to summarize the data regarding the gene functions, its pattern of expression and protein interactions networks. As a result we assembled the list of 245 potentially deleterious germ-line mutations probably associated with increased risk of BC. Some of these variants were validated in a case-control study. For example, homozygous missense substitution BRCA1 p.Gln356Arg was detected in 0.9 % of consecutive BC cases; it was associated with 7-fold increased BC risk (95 % CI: 0.83 - 54.83). This finding supports the existence of recessive inheritance of breast cancer predisposition.


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