Multiomics dissection of human RAG deficiency reveals distinctive patterns of immune dysregulation but a common inflammatory signature

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Contributors

  • Centralized Sequencing Program Group - (Author)
  • Department of Paediatrics
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
  • National Taiwan University
  • Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Leidos Inc
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)
  • Ministry of Health, Algeria
  • Necmettin Erbakan University
  • Kuwait University
  • Al-Sabah Hospital
  • University of Rome Tor Vergata
  • IRCCS Ospedale pediatrico Bambino Gesù - Roma
  • Marmara University
  • Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)
  • Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus
  • University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden
  • Newcastle University
  • Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
  • University of Brescia
  • Brescia Civil Hospital
  • National Center for Gene Therapy and Drugs based on RNA Technology
  • University of Zurich
  • University Children's Hospital Zurich
  • Cantonal Hospital Aarau
  • KU Leuven
  • Université Paris Cité
  • Nationwide Children’s Hospital
  • Cairo University
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Dr. Luis Calvo Mackenna Hospital
  • Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita
  • Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos
  • Universidad del Desarrollo
  • Sidra Medicine

Abstract

Human recombination-activating gene (RAG) deficiency can manifest with distinct clinical and immunological phenotypes. By applying a multiomics approach to a large group of RAG-mutated patients, we aimed at characterizing the immunopathology associated with each phenotype. Although defective T and B cell development is common to all phenotypes, patients with hypomorphic RAG variants can generate T and B cells with signatures of immune dysregulation and produce autoantibodies to a broad range of self-antigens, including type I interferons. T helper 2 (TH2) cell skewing and a prominent inflammatory signature characterize Omenn syndrome, whereas more hypomorphic forms of RAG deficiency are associated with a type 1 immune profile both in blood and tissues. We used cellular indexing of transcriptomes and epitopes by sequencing (CITE-seq) analysis to define the cell lineage–specific contribution to the immunopathology of the distinct RAG phenotypes. These insights may help improve the diagnosis and clinical management of the various forms of the disease.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article numbereadq1697
JournalScience immunology
Volume10
Issue number103
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2025
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMedCentral PMC12087669
Scopus 85215861817
ORCID /0009-0003-6519-0482/work/197321265

Keywords

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Keywords

  • Humans, Inflammation/immunology, Homeodomain Proteins/genetics, Male, Female, DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics, B-Lymphocytes/immunology, Mutation, Child, Preschool, Phenotype, Multiomics, Nuclear Proteins