X-linked primary immunodeficiency associated with hemizygous mutations in the moesin (MSN) gene

Chantal Lagresle-Peyrou, Sonia Luce, Farid Ouchani, Tayebeh Shabi Soheili, Hanem Sadek, Myriam Chouteau, Amandine Durand, Isabelle Pic, Jacek Majewski, Chantal Brouzes, Nathalie Lambert, Armelle Bohineust, Els Verhoeyen, François-Loïc Cosset, Aude Magerus-Chatinet, Frédéric Rieux-Laucat, Virginie Gandemer, Delphine Monnier, Catherine Heijmans, Marielle van GijnVirgil A Dalm, Nizar Mahlaoui, Jean-Louis Stephan, Capucine Picard, Anne Durandy, Sven Kracker, Claire Hivroz, Nada Jabado, Geneviève de Saint Basile, Alain Fischer, Marina Cavazzana, Isabelle André-Schmutz

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: We investigated 7 male patients (from 5 different families) presenting with profound lymphopenia, hypogammaglobulinemia, fluctuating monocytopenia and neutropenia, a poor immune response to vaccine antigens, and increased susceptibility to bacterial and varicella zoster virus infections.

OBJECTIVE: We sought to characterize the genetic defect involved in a new form of X-linked immunodeficiency.

METHODS: We performed genetic analyses and an exhaustive phenotypic and functional characterization of the lymphocyte compartment.

RESULTS: We observed hemizygous mutations in the moesin (MSN) gene (located on the X chromosome and coding for MSN) in all 7 patients. Six of the latter had the same missense mutation, which led to an amino acid substitution (R171W) in the MSN four-point-one, ezrin, radixin, moesin domain. The seventh patient had a nonsense mutation leading to a premature stop codon mutation (R533X). The naive T-cell counts were particularly low for age, and most CD8(+) T cells expressed the senescence marker CD57. This phenotype was associated with impaired T-cell proliferation, which was rescued by expression of wild-type MSN. MSN-deficient T cells also displayed poor chemokine receptor expression, increased adhesion molecule expression, and altered migration and adhesion capacities.

CONCLUSION: Our observations establish a causal link between an ezrin-radixin-moesin protein mutation and a primary immunodeficiency that could be referred to as X-linked moesin-associated immunodeficiency.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1681–1689.e8
JournalJournal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume138
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2016

Keywords

  • Leukopenia
  • primary immunodeficiency
  • moesin
  • ezrin-radixin-moesin protein
  • adhesion
  • migration

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