Inherited p40phox deficiency differs from classic chronic granulomatous disease.

Inherited p40phox deficiency differs from classic chronic granulomatous disease.

J Clin Invest. 2018 Jul 03;:

Authors: van de Geer A, Nieto-Patlán A, Kuhns DB, Tool AT, Arias AA, Bouaziz M, de Boer M, Franco JL, Gazendam RP, van Hamme JL, van Houdt M, van Leeuwen K, Verkuijlen PJ, van den Berg TK, Alzate JF, Arango-Franco CA, Batura V, Bernasconi AR, Boardman B, Booth C, Burns SO, Cabarcas F, Cerf Bensussan N, Charbit-Henrion F, Corveleyn A, Deswarte C, Esnaola Azcoiti M, Foell D, Gallin JI, Garcés C, Guedes M, Hinze CH, Holland SM, Hughes SM, Ibañez P, Malech HL, Meyts I, Moncada-Velez M, Moriya K, Neves E, Oleastro M, Perez L, Rattina V, Oleaga-Quintas C, Warner N, Muise AM, Serafin López J, Trindade E, Vasconselos J, Vermeire S, Wittkowski H, Worth A, Abel L, Dinauer MC, Arkwright PD, Roos D, Casanova JL, Kuijpers TW, Bustamante J

Abstract
Bi-allelic loss-of-function mutations of the NCF4 gene, encoding the p40phox subunit of the phagocyte NADPH oxidase, have been described in only one patient. We report 24 p40phox-deficient patients from 12 additional families in eight countries. These patients display eight different in-frame or out-of-frame mutations of NCF4, homozygous in 11 families and compound heterozygous in another. When overexpressed in NB4 neutrophil-like cells and EBV-transformed B cells in vitro, the mutant alleles were found to be loss-of-function, with the exception of the p.R58C and c.120_134del alleles, which were hypomorphic. Particle-induced NADPH oxidase activity was subnormal in the patients’ neutrophils, whereas PMA-induced DHR oxidation, which is widely used as a diagnostic test for CGD, was normal in some of the patients. Moreover, the NADPH oxidase activity of EBV-transformed B cells was also subnormal, whereas that of mononuclear phagocytes was normal. Finally, the killing of Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus hyphae by neutrophils was conserved in these patients. The patients described here suffer from hyperinflammation and peripheral infections, but they do not display any of the invasive bacterial and fungal infections seen in CGD. In conclusion, inherited p40phox deficiency underlies a distinctive condition, resembling a mild, atypical form of CGD.

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