Clinical and mutational characteristics of X-linked agammaglobulinemia and its carrier identified by flow cytometric assessment combined with genetic analysis
| Autor: | Toshio Miyawaki, Kentaro Shinozaki, Keiko Nomura, Takeo Kubota, Yue Wang, Satoshi Tsukada, Hiroyoshi Matsukura, Takeshi Futatani, Hirokazu Kanegane |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Male X Chromosome Adolescent Genetic Linkage Immunology X-linked agammaglobulinemia medicine.disease_cause Hypogammaglobulinemia Agammaglobulinemia immune system diseases hemic and lymphatic diseases Obligate carrier Agammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine Kinase medicine Humans Immunology and Allergy Bruton's tyrosine kinase Missense mutation Allele Child X chromosome Mutation biology Genetic Carrier Screening Infant Protein-Tyrosine Kinases Flow Cytometry medicine.disease Child Preschool biology.protein Female |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 108:1012-1020 |
| ISSN: | 0091-6749 |
| DOI: | 10.1067/mai.2001.120133 |
| Popis: | Background: X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA), caused by mutations in Bruton's tyrosine kinase ( BTK ), is the most common form of inherited antibody deficiency. We previously reported that a flow cytometric evaluation of BTK expression in monocytes could easily detect XLA as well as its carrier. Objective: Our purpose was to perform further flow cytometric analysis in additional XLA families in Japan. Methods: In all, 106 hypogammaglobulinemic males (from 91 families) of various ages with a lack of mature B cells ( Results: Flow cytometric assessment revealed the deficient BTK expression status in 78 families (93 patients), and mutations in BTK were identified in 76 of 78 families with presumed XLA. Of the patients with normal BTK expression, 2 showed missense mutations in which the normal amount of altered BTK transcript would cause the XLA phenotype. As many as 30% of these patients with XLA were clinically or genetically recognized beyond 5 years of age. Higher concentrations (>300 mg/dL) of serum IgG were evident in the cases diagnosed among adults, seemingly preventing severe infections. Fifty-seven of 70 mothers of patients with BTK deficiency were diagnosed as obligate carriers on the basis of a bimodal BTK expression pattern. Nine of the remaining 13 mothers showing nonmosaic BTK expression had no mutations in 2 alleles; surprisingly, the other 4 mothers had the mutated alleles. Conclusions: A diagnostic approach based on flow cytometric assessment for XLA should be initially considered in genetic investigation of antibody deficiencies, regardless of the patient's age. (J Allergy Clin Immunol 2001;108:1012-20.) |
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