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Article Dans Une Revue New England Journal of Medicine Année : 2015

Inherited DOCK2 Deficiency in Patients with Early-Onset Invasive Infections

Kerry Dobbs
Adel Alwahadneh
  • Fonction : Auteur
Waleed Al-Herz
  • Fonction : Auteur

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Background Combined immunodeficiencies are marked by inborn errors of T-cell immunity in which the T cells that are present are quantitatively or functionally deficient. Impaired humoral immunity is also common. Patients have severe infections, autoimmunity, or both. The specific molecular, cellular, and clinical features of many types of combined immunodeficiencies remain unknown. Methods We performed genetic and cellular immunologic studies involving five unrelated children with early-onset invasive bacterial and viral infections, lymphopenia, and defective T-cell, B-cell, and natural killer (NK)-cell responses. Two patients died early in childhood; after allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation, the other three had normalization of T-cell function and clinical improvement. Results We identified biallelic mutations in the dedicator of cytokinesis 2 gene (DOCK2) in these five patients. RAC1 activation was impaired in the T cells. Chemokine-induced migration and actin polymerization were defective in the T cells, B cells, and NK cells. NK-cell degranulation was also affected. Interferon-α and interferon-λ production by peripheral-blood mononuclear cells was diminished after viral infection. Moreover, in DOCK2-deficient fibroblasts, viral replication was increased and virus-induced cell death was enhanced; these conditions were normalized by treatment with interferon alfa-2b or after expression of wild-type DOCK2. Conclusions Autosomal recessive DOCK2 deficiency is a new mendelian disorder with pleiotropic defects of hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic immunity. Children with clinical features of combined immunodeficiencies, especially with early-onset, invasive infections, may have this condition. (Supported by the National Institutes of Health and others.).

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hal-03691724 , version 1 (09-06-2022)

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Kerry Dobbs, Cecilia Domínguez Conde, Shen-Ying Zhang, Silvia Parolini, Magali Audry, et al.. Inherited DOCK2 Deficiency in Patients with Early-Onset Invasive Infections. New England Journal of Medicine, 2015, 372 (25), pp.2409-2422. ⟨10.1056/NEJMoa1413462⟩. ⟨hal-03691724⟩

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