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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 8, Pages 801-810Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10875-017-0448-9
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Immunodeficiency; NF-kappa B essential modulator; NEMO; toll-like receptors; NF-kappa B pathway
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- GOA grant from the Research Council of the KU Leuven, Belgium
- KOF mandate of the KU Leuven, Belgium
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Hypomorphic IKBKG mutations in males are typically associated with anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia with immunodeficiency (EDA-ID). Some mutations cause immunodeficiency without EDA (NEMO-ID). The immunological profile associated with these NEMO-ID variants is not fully documented. We present a 2-year-old patient with suspected immunodeficiency in which a hemizygous p.Glu57Lys IKBKG variant was identified. At the age of 1 year, he had an episode of otitis media that evolved into a bilateral mastoiditis (Pseudomonas spp). Hypogammaglobulinemia, specific (polysaccharide) antibody deficiency, and low switched memory B cell subsets were noticed. The mother was heterozygous for the variant but had no signs of incontinentia pigmenti. Patient peripheral blood mononuclear cells produced low amounts of IL-6 after stimulation with IL-1 beta, Pam(3)CSK(4,) and FSL-1. In patient fibroblasts, I kappa B-alpha was degraded normally upon stimulation with IL-1 beta or TNF-alpha. Transduction of wild-type and variant NEMO in NEMO-/- deficient SV40 fibroblasts revealed a slight but significant reduction of IL-6 production upon stimulation with IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha. In conclusion, we demonstrated that p.Glu57Lys leads to specific immunological defects in vitro. No other pathogenic PID variants were identified through whole exome sequencing. As rare polymorphisms have been described in IKBKG and polygenic inheritance remains an option in the presented case, this study emphasizes the need for thorough functional and genetic evaluation when encountering and interpreting suspected disease-causing NEMO-ID variants.
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