Xiaolong Dong1, Luyao Liu1, Ying Wang1, Xiaotao Yang2, Wenjie Wang1, Li Lin1, Bijun Sun1, Jia Hou1, Wenjing Ying1, Xiaoying Hui1, Qinhua Zhou1, Danru Liu1, Haili Yao1, Jinqiao Sun3, Xiaochuan Wang4. 1. Department of Clinical Immunology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, 399 Wanyuan Road, Shanghai, 201102, China. 2. Kunming Children's Hospital Affiliated to Kunming Medical University, Kunming, 650000, Yunnan, China. 3. Department of Clinical Immunology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, 399 Wanyuan Road, Shanghai, 201102, China. jinqiaosun@fudan.edu.cn. 4. Department of Clinical Immunology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, 399 Wanyuan Road, Shanghai, 201102, China. xchwang@shmu.edu.cn.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced protein 3 (TNFAIP3, A20) is a negative regulator of the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) pathway. It has recently been recognized that TNFAIP3 deficiency leads to early onset of autoinflammatory and autoimmune syndrome resembling Behçet's disease. Here, we report a novel mutation in TNFAIP3 in a Chinese patient, who had Behçet-like phenotype and persistent Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) viremia. METHODS: The clinical data were collected. Immunological function was detected. Gene mutation was detected by whole-exome sequencing (WES) and confirmed by Sanger sequencing. mRNA and protein levels were detected in the patient under lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation by real-time PCR and Western blot. RESULTS: The patient is a 13-year-old boy, presenting with intermittent fever for 5 months, who also experienced diffuse lymphadenopathy, arthritis, and recurrent multiple gastrointestinal ulcers. EBV DNA was detected in the serum and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of the patient. The immunological phenotype showed increased proportion of double-negative T cells (CD3+CD4-CD8-). A novel missense mutation (c.1428G > A) locating at the zinc fingers 2 (ZF2) domain of TNFAIP3 inherited from his mother was confirmed. Compared with age-matched healthy controls, decrease expression of A20 was observed in the patient. The NF-κB pathway was found to be overactivated, and the synthesis of TNF-α was upregulated in the patient-derived cells. However, cells from the mother showed a milder response to LPS than cells from the patient. CONCLUSIONS: The present research indicated that the TNFAIP3 mutation of c.1428G > A (p.M476I) leads to the reduced suppression of NF-κB activation and accounted for the autoinflammatory phenotype and persistent EBV viremia in the patient.
PURPOSE:Tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced protein 3 (TNFAIP3, A20) is a negative regulator of the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) pathway. It has recently been recognized that TNFAIP3 deficiency leads to early onset of autoinflammatory and autoimmune syndrome resembling Behçet's disease. Here, we report a novel mutation in TNFAIP3 in a Chinese patient, who had Behçet-like phenotype and persistent Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) viremia. METHODS: The clinical data were collected. Immunological function was detected. Gene mutation was detected by whole-exome sequencing (WES) and confirmed by Sanger sequencing. mRNA and protein levels were detected in the patient under lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation by real-time PCR and Western blot. RESULTS: The patient is a 13-year-old boy, presenting with intermittent fever for 5 months, who also experienced diffuse lymphadenopathy, arthritis, and recurrent multiple gastrointestinal ulcers. EBV DNA was detected in the serum and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of the patient. The immunological phenotype showed increased proportion of double-negative T cells (CD3+CD4-CD8-). A novel missense mutation (c.1428G > A) locating at the zinc fingers 2 (ZF2) domain of TNFAIP3 inherited from his mother was confirmed. Compared with age-matched healthy controls, decrease expression of A20 was observed in the patient. The NF-κB pathway was found to be overactivated, and the synthesis of TNF-α was upregulated in the patient-derived cells. However, cells from the mother showed a milder response to LPS than cells from the patient. CONCLUSIONS: The present research indicated that the TNFAIP3 mutation of c.1428G > A (p.M476I) leads to the reduced suppression of NF-κB activation and accounted for the autoinflammatory phenotype and persistent EBV viremia in the patient.
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