Variable Syndromic Immunodeficiency in Patients with Biallelic PRIM1 Mutations

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Beitragende

  • Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
  • Gesundheit Nord gGmb - Klinikverbund Bremen

Abstract

Mutations in genes of the DNA polymerase complex have been linked to impaired immunological function next to distinct syndromic features. Biallelic mutations in PRIM1 are associated with a primordial dwarfism syndrome with variable hypogammaglobulinemia. The disease is mostly lethal in infancy due to pulmonary infections as well as hepatic cirrhosis. We studied 3 novel patients with PRIM1-deficiency with a focus on immunological consequences. All three shared dysmorphic features including a prominent forehead, triangular face and bilateral cryptorchidism. P1 carried the novel homozygous PRIM1 splice variant c.103+2T>G, allowing residual protein expression and associated with a mild clinical phenotype. P2 and P3 carried the known homozygous variant c.638+36C>G and died in infancy. Paradoxically, B cell lymphopenia was most pronounced in P1. No other significant lymphocyte abnormalities were detected. Interestingly, all 3 patients showed variable, but intermittently excessive Type I interferon signatures. In summary, the B-cell deficiency in PRIM1-deficiency is markedly variable and the severity of syndromic manifestations is not predictive of the immunological phenotype. We highlight a potential contribution of pathological type I interferon activation to disease pathogenesis which warrants further investigations.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer129
Seitenumfang5
FachzeitschriftJournal of clinical immunology
Jahrgang44
Ausgabenummer6
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 22 Mai 2024
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMedCentral PMC11108906
Scopus 85193734679

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Alleles, B-Lymphocytes/immunology, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/genetics, Infant, Interferon Type I/metabolism, Male, Mutation/genetics, Phenotype