Inherited IRAK-4 Deficiency in Acute Human Herpesvirus-6 Encephalitis

Autor: Zeynep Güneş Tepe, Yılmaz Yücehan Yazıcı, Umut Tank, Ladin Işık Köse, Murat Özer, Caner Aytekin, Serkan Belkaya
Přispěvatelé: Tepe, Zeynep Güneş, Yazıcı, Yılmaz Yücehan, Tank, Umut, Köse, Ladin Işık, Belkaya, Serkan
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Clinical Immunology
ISSN: 1573-2592
0271-9142
DOI: 10.1007/s10875-022-01369-4
Popis: Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) infection can rarely cause life-threatening conditions, such as encephalitis, in otherwise healthy children, with unclear pathogenesis. We studied a child who presented with acute HHV-6 encephalitis at the age of 10 months and who was homozygous for a novel missense mutation in IRAK4, encoding interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4, identified by whole-exome sequencing. We tested the damaging impact of this mutation in silico by molecular dynamics simulations and in vitro by biochemical and functional experiments utilizing cell lines and patient’s cells. We found that the mutation is severely hypomorphic, impairing both the expression and function of IRAK-4. Patient’s leukocytes had barely detectable levels of IRAK-4 and diminished anti-viral immune responses to various stimuli inducing different Toll-like receptors and cytosolic nucleic acid sensors. Overall, these findings suggest that acute HHV-6 encephalitis can result from inborn errors of immunity to virus. This study represents the first report of isolated acute HHV-6 infection causing encephalitis in an inherited primary immunodeficiency, notably autosomal recessive (AR) partial IRAK-4 deficiency, and the first report of AR IRAK-4 deficiency presenting with a severe viral disease, notably HHV-6 encephalitis upon an acute infection, thereby expanding the clinical spectrum of IRAK-4 deficiency.
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