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Somatic Reversion of Pathogenic Dock8 Variants Alters Lymphocyte Differentiation and Function to Effectively Cure Dock8 Deficiency Publisher Pubmed



Pillay BA1, 2 ; Fusaro M3, 4, 5 ; Gray PE6, 7, 8 ; Statham AL1 ; Burnett L1, 2, 8 ; Bezrodnik L9 ; Kane A1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 12 ; Tong W8, 11 ; Abdo C13 ; Winter S3, 5, 14 ; Chevalier S4 ; Levy R3, 14, 15 ; Masson C3, 16 ; Schmitt Y3, 17, 18 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Pillay BA1, 2
  2. Fusaro M3, 4, 5
  3. Gray PE6, 7, 8
  4. Statham AL1
  5. Burnett L1, 2, 8
  6. Bezrodnik L9
  7. Kane A1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 12
  8. Tong W8, 11
  9. Abdo C13
  10. Winter S3, 5, 14
  11. Chevalier S4
  12. Levy R3, 14, 15
  13. Masson C3, 16
  14. Schmitt Y3, 17, 18
  15. Bole C17
  16. Malphettes M19
  17. Macintyre E13
  18. De Villartay JP20
  19. Ziegler JB6, 7, 8
  20. Smart JM21
  21. Peake J22
  22. Aghamohammadi A23
  23. Hammarstrom L24
  24. Abolhassani H23, 24
  25. Picard C3, 4, 5, 14
  26. Fischer A3, 14, 25, 26
  27. Latour S5
  28. Neven B14, 27
  29. Tangye SG1, 2, 8
  30. Ma CS1, 2, 8
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Authors Affiliations
  1. 1. Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  2. 2. St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW, Australia
  3. 3. Paris University, Imagine Institute, Universite de Paris, Paris, France
  4. 4. Study Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
  5. 5. Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV infection, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institut, Paris, France
  6. 6. Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
  7. 7. School of Women's and Children's Health, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  8. 8. Clinical Immunogenomics Research Consortia of Australasia, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  9. 9. Clinical Immunology Center and Immunology Unit, Ricardo Gutierrez Children Hospital, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos, Aires, Argentina
  10. 10. South Western Sydney Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  11. 11. HIV and Immunology Unit, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
  12. 12. Department of Immunology, Allergy and HIV, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, Sydney, Australia
  13. 13. Biological Onco-hematology, Universite de Paris, AP-HP and INEM, Paris, France
  14. 14. Pediatric Hematology and Immunology Unit, AP-HP, Paris, France
  15. 15. Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM UMR 1163, Paris, France
  16. 16. Imagine Institute, Bioinformatics Platform, INSERM UMR 1163, Paris, France
  17. 17. Genomic Core Facility, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
  18. 18. INSERM US24, CNRS UMS3633, Paris, France
  19. 19. Immuno-Pathologie Clinique, AP-HP, Hopital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
  20. 20. Laboratory of Genome Dynamics in The Immune System, INSERM UMR 1163, Paris, France
  21. 21. Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
  22. 22. Queensland Children's Hospital, University of Queensland, South Brisbane, Australia
  23. 23. Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  24. 24. Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
  25. 25. College de France, Paris, France
  26. 26. Imagine Institute, INSERM UMR 1163, Paris, France
  27. 27. Universite de Paris, Imagine Institute Laboratory of Immunogenetics of Pediatric Autoimmune Diseases, INSERM UMR 1163, Paris, France

Source: Journal of Clinical Investigation Published:2021


Abstract

Inborn errors of immunity cause monogenic immune dysregulatory conditions such as severe and recurrent pathogen infection, inflammation, allergy, and malignancy. Somatic reversion refers to the spontaneous repair of a pathogenic germline genetic variant and has been reported to occur in a number of inborn errors of immunity, with a range of impacts on clinical outcomes of these conditions. DOCK8 deficiency due to biallelic inactivating mutations in DOCK8 causes a combined immunodeficiency characterized by severe bacterial, viral, and fungal infections, as well as allergic disease and some cancers. Here, we describe the clinical, genetic, and cellular features of 3 patients with biallelic DOCK8 variants who, following somatic reversion in multiple lymphocyte subsets, exhibited improved clinical features, including complete resolution of infection and allergic disease, and cure over time. Acquisition of DOCK8 expression restored defective lymphocyte signalling, survival and proliferation, as well as CD8+ T cell cytotoxicity, CD4+ T cell cytokine production, and memory B cell generation compared with typical DOCK8-deficient patients. Our temporal analysis of DOCK8-revertant and DOCK8-deficient cells within the same individual established mechanisms of clinical improvement in these patients following somatic reversion and revealed further nonredundant functions of DOCK8 in human lymphocyte biology. Last, our findings have significant implications for future therapeutic options for the treatment of DOCK8 deficiency. Copyright: © 2021, American Society for Clinical Investigation.