Absent B cells, agammaglobulinemia, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in folliculin-interacting protein 1 deficiency

  • Francesco Saettini
    Pediatric Hematology Department, Fondazione Monza e Brianza per il Bambino e la sua Mamma (MBBM), University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy;
  • Cecilia Poli
    Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX;
  • Jaime Vengoechea
    Department of Human Genetics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA;
  • Sonia Bonanomi
    Pediatric Hematology Department, Fondazione Monza e Brianza per il Bambino e la sua Mamma (MBBM), University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy;
  • Julio C. Orellana
    Division Alergia e Inmunología Clínica, Hospital de Niños de la Santísima Trinidad, Córdoba, Argentina;
  • Grazia Fazio
    Centro Ricerca Tettamanti, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy;
  • Fred H. Rodriguez
    Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, and
  • Loreani P. Noguera
    Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile;
  • Claire Booth
    Molecular and Cellular Immunology Section, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom;
  • Valentina Jarur-Chamy
    Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile;
  • Marissa Shams
    Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA;
  • Maria Iascone
    Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Università Settore Scientifico-Disciplinare Laboratorio di Genetica Medica (USSD LGM), Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy;
  • Maja Vukic
    Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands;
  • Serena Gasperini
    Metabolic Rare Disease Unit, Pediatric Department, Fondazione MBBM, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy;
  • Manuel Quadri
    Centro Ricerca Tettamanti, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy;
  • Amairelys Barroeta Seijas
    Molecular and Cellular Immunology Section, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom;
  • Elizabeth Rivers
    Molecular and Cellular Immunology Section, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom;
  • Mario Mauri
    Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca–San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy;
  • Raffaele Badolato
    Pediatrics Clinic and Institute of Molecular Medicine A. Novicelli, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy;
  • Gianni Cazzaniga
    Centro Ricerca Tettamanti, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy;
  • Cristina Bugarin
    Centro Ricerca Tettamanti, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy;
  • Giuseppe Gaipa
    Centro Ricerca Tettamanti, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy;
  • Wilma G. M. Kroes
    Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands;
  • Daniele Moratto
    Flow Cytometry Laboratory, Diagnostic Department, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy;
  • Monique M. van Oostaijen-ten Dam
    Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands;
  • Frank Baas
    Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands;
  • Silvère van der Maarel
    Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands;
  • Rocco Piazza
    Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca–San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy;
  • Zeynep H. Coban-Akdemir
    Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX;
  • James R. Lupski
    Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX;
  • Bo Yuan
    Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX;
  • Ivan K. Chinn
    Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX;
  • Lucia Daxinger
    Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands;
  • Andrea Biondi
    Pediatric Hematology Department, Fondazione Monza e Brianza per il Bambino e la sua Mamma (MBBM), University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy;

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Agammaglobulinemia is the most profound primary antibody deficiency that can occur due to an early termination of B-cell development. We here investigated 3 novel patients, including the first known adult, from unrelated families with agammaglobulinemia, recurrent infections, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Two of them also presented with intermittent or severe chronic neutropenia. We identified homozygous or compound-heterozygous variants in the gene for folliculin interacting protein 1 (FNIP1), leading to loss of the FNIP1 protein. B-cell metabolism, including mitochondrial numbers and activity and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT pathway, was impaired. These defects recapitulated the Fnip1−/− animal model. Moreover, we identified either uniparental disomy or copy-number variants (CNVs) in 2 patients, expanding the variant spectrum of this novel inborn error of immunity. The results indicate that FNIP1 deficiency can be caused by complex genetic mechanisms and support the clinical utility of exome sequencing and CNV analysis in patients with broad phenotypes, including agammaglobulinemia and HCM. FNIP1 deficiency is a novel inborn error of immunity characterized by early and severe B-cell development defect, agammaglobulinemia, variable neutropenia, and HCM. Our findings elucidate a functional and relevant role of FNIP1 in B-cell development and metabolism and potentially neutrophil activity.</jats:p>

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  • Blood

    Blood 137 (4), 493-499, 2021-01-28

    American Society of Hematology

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