IgG4-related disease and B-cell malignancy due to an IKZF1 gain-of-function variant

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BACKGROUND: Monoallelic loss-of-function IKZF1 (IKAROS) variants cause B-cell deficiency or combined immunodeficiency, whereas monoallelic gain-of-function (GOF) IKZF1 variants have recently been reported to cause hypergammaglobulinemia, abnormal plasma cell differentiation, autoimmune and allergic manifestations, and infections.

OBJECTIVE: We studied 7 relatives with autoimmune/inflammatory and lymphoproliferative manifestations to identify the immunologic disturbances and the genetic cause of their disease.

METHODS: We analyzed biopsy results and performed whole-exome sequencing and immunologic studies.

RESULTS: Disease onset occurred at a mean age of 25.2 years (range, 10-64, years). Six patients suffered from autoimmune/inflammatory diseases, 4 had confirmed IG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), and 5 developed B-cell malignancies: lymphoma in 4 and multiple myeloma in the remaining patient. Patients without immunosuppression were not particularly prone to infectious diseases. Three patients suffered from life-threatening coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia, of whom 1 had autoantibodies neutralizing IFN-α. The recently described IKZF1 GOF p.R183H variant was found in the 5 affected relatives tested and in a 6-year-old asymptomatic girl. Immunologic analysis revealed hypergammaglobulinemia and high frequencies of certain lymphocyte subsets (exhausted B cells, effector memory CD4 T cells, effector memory CD4 T cells that have regained surface expression of CD45RA and CD28-CD57+ CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, TH2, and Tfh2 cells) attesting to immune dysregulation. Partial clinical responses to rituximab and corticosteroids were observed, and treatment with lenalidomide, which promotes IKAROS degradation, was initiated in 3 patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Heterozygosity for GOF IKZF1 variants underlies autoimmunity/inflammatory diseases, IgG4-RD, and B-cell malignancies, the onset of which may occur in adulthood. Clinical and immunologic data are similar to those for patients with unexplained IgG4-RD. Patients may therefore benefit from treatments inhibiting pathways displaying IKAROS-mediated overactivity.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - (2024) vom: 04. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

García-Solís, Blanca [VerfasserIn]
Tapia-Torres, María [VerfasserIn]
García-Soidán, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Hernández-Brito, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Martínez-Saavedra, María Teresa [VerfasserIn]
Lorenzo-Salazar, José M [VerfasserIn]
García-Hernández, Sonia [VerfasserIn]
Van Den Rym, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Mayani, Karan [VerfasserIn]
Govantes-Rodríguez, José Vicente [VerfasserIn]
Gervais, Adrian [VerfasserIn]
Bastard, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Puel, Anne [VerfasserIn]
Casanova, Jean-Laurent [VerfasserIn]
Flores, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Pérez de Diego, Rebeca [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez-Gallego, Carlos [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Allergy
Gain-of-function
IKAROS
IKZF1
IgG4-related disease
Inborn errors of immunity
Journal Article
Lymphoma
Multiple myeloma
Primary immunodeficiency

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Date Revised 28.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1016/j.jaci.2024.03.018

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NLM370693515