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1. Exome Sequencing Identifies a Novel MAP3K14 Mutation in Recessive Atypical Combined Immunodeficiency

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Nikola Schlechter, Brigitte Glanzmann, Eileen Garner Hoal, Mardelle Schoeman, Britt-Sabina Petersen, Andre Franke, Yu-Lung Lau, Michael Urban, Paul David van Helden, Monika Maria Esser, Marlo Möller, and Craig Kinnear

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nuclear factor-kappa B-inducing kinase, primary immunodeficiency, tuberculosis, whole exome sequencing, BCG dissemination, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607
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Primary immunodeficiency disorders (PIDs) render patients vulnerable to infection with a wide range of microorganisms and thus provide good in vivo models for the assessment of immune responses during infectious challenges. Priming of the immune system, especially in infancy, depends on different environmental exposures and medical practices. This may determine the timing and phenotype of clinical appearance of immune deficits as exemplified with early exposure to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination and dissemination in combined immunodeficiencies. Varied phenotype expression poses a challenge to identification of the putative immune deficit. Without the availability of genomic diagnosis and data analysis resources and with limited capacity for functional definition of immune pathways, it is difficult to establish a definitive diagnosis and to decide on appropriate treatment. This study describes the use of exome sequencing to identify a homozygous recessive variant in MAP3K14, NIKVal345Met, in a patient with combined immunodeficiency, disseminated BCG-osis, and paradoxically elevated lymphocytes. Laboratory testing confirmed hypogammaglobulinemia with normal CD19, but failed to confirm a definitive diagnosis for targeted treatment decisions. NIKVal345Met is predicted to be deleterious and pathogenic by two in silico prediction tools and is situated in a gene crucial for effective functioning of the non-canonical nuclear factor-kappa B signaling pathway. Functional analysis of NIKVal345Met- versus NIKWT-transfected human embryonic kidney-293T cells showed that this mutation significantly affects the kinase activity of NIK leading to decreased levels of phosphorylated IkappaB kinase-alpha (IKKα), the target of NIK. BCG-stimulated RAW264.7 cells transfected with NIKVal345Met also presented with reduced levels of phosphorylated IKKα, significantly increased p100 levels and significantly decreased p52 levels compared to cells transfected with NIKWT. Ideally, these experiments would have been conducted in patient-derived immune cells, but we were unable to source these cells from the patient. The functional analysis described in this paper supports previous illustrations of the importance of NIK in human immune responses and demonstrates the involvement of function-altering mutations in MAP3K14 in PIDs. The genomic approach used for this patient demonstrates its value in the diagnosis of an unusual PID and as a tool for detecting rarer mutations to help guide treatment approaches.

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2017
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2. Exome sequencing identifies a novel TTC37 mutation in the first reported case of Trichohepatoenteric syndrome (THE-S) in South Africa

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Glynis Johnson, Mardelle Schoeman, Brigitte Glanzmann, Nikola Schlechter, Glenda Durrheim, Craig J. Kinnear, Annika Neethling, Michael Urban, Eric Banda, Monika Esser, Eileen G. Hoal, Etienne Nel, Paul D. van Helden, and Marlo Möller

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Male, 0301 basic medicine, Proband, Sanger sequencing, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Genetic counseling, Biology, Compound heterozygosity, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, South Africa, 03 medical and health sciences, symbols.namesake, Fatal Outcome, 0302 clinical medicine, Primary immunodeficiency diseases, Consanguineous, Next generation sequencing, medicine, Genetics, Humans, Exome, Genetics(clinical), Sibling, Index case, Genetics (clinical), Exome sequencing, Fetal Growth Retardation, Facies, Infant, Sequence Analysis, DNA, 030104 developmental biology, Trichohepatoenteric syndrome, Diarrhea, Infantile, symbols, Autopsy, Carrier Proteins, Hair Diseases, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Research Article
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Background Trichohepatoenteric syndrome (THE-S) or phenotypic diarrhoea of infancy is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterised by severe infantile diarrhoea, facial dysmorphism, immunodeficiency and woolly hair. It was first described in 1982 in two infants with intractable diarrhoea, liver cirrhosis and abnormal hair structure on microscopy. We report on two siblings from a consanguineous family of Somali descent who, despite extensive clinical investigation, remained undiagnosed until their demise. The index patient died of fulminant cytomegalovirus pneumonitis at 3 months of age. Methods Whole exome sequencing (WES) was performed on a premortem DNA sample from the index case. Variants in a homozygous recessive state or compound heterozygous state were prioritized as potential candidate variants using TAPER™. Sanger sequencing was done to genotype the parents, unaffected sibling and a deceased sibling for the variant of interest. Results Exome sequencing identified a novel homozygous mutation (c.4507C > T, rs200067423) in TTC37 which was confirmed by Sanger sequencing in the index case. The identification of this mutation led to the diagnosis of THE-S in the proband and the same homozygous variant was confirmed in a male sibling who died 4 years earlier with severe chronic diarrhoea of infancy. The unaffected parents and sister were heterozygous for the identified variant. Conclusions WES permitted definitive genetic diagnosis despite an atypical presentation in the index case and suggests that severe infection, likely secondary to immunodeficiency, may be a presenting feature. In addition definitive molecular diagnosis allows for genetic counseling and future prenatal diagnosis, and demonstrates the value of WES for post-mortem diagnosis of disorders with a non-specific clinical presentation in which a Mendelian cause is suspected. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12881-017-0388-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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