Identification of a novel WAS mutation and the non-splicing effect of a second-site mutation in a Chinese pedigree with Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Research

Xin Ji¹  Xin Guo¹  Xuening Hou¹  Yifeng Sun¹  Jihong Hao¹  Futian Ma² 

[1] Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, 215#, Heping West Road, 050000, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China;Department of Hematology and Oncology, Children’s Hospital of Hebei Province, 133#, Jianhua South Street, 050031, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China;

关键词: Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome;    Microthrombocytopenia;    Novel mutation;    Splicing effect;    In vitro models;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13023-022-02589-y

 received in 2022-05-09, accepted in 2022-12-07,  发布年份 2022

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundWiskott–Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a rare X-linked immunodeficiency disorder caused by abnormal expression of the WAS protein (WASp) due to mutations in the WAS gene, and is generally characterized by microthrombocytopenia, eczema, recurrent infections, and high susceptibility to autoimmune complications and hematological malignancies.ResultsHerein, we identified a novel WAS mutation (c.158 T > C) using next-generation sequencing in a Chinese pedigree with WAS. The expression of WASp in the patients and their families was detected by flow cytometry and western blot analysis. To explore the exon-splicing effect of intron mutations and the correlation between the genotype and clinical phenotype, four groups of wild-type (WT), exon mutant, intron mutant, and combined mutant recombinant plasmids were transfected into COS-7 cells in vitro. The proband showed dramatically decreased WASp expression, while the female carriers showed a slightly lower level of WASp. The expression of products in the mutant and WT recombinant plasmids was detected by real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which showed a significant reduction in the combined mutant group than in the WT, exon mutant, and intron mutant groups. The length of the expression products in the four groups showed no differences, each containing 360 base pairs. Sequence analysis confirmed that the c.158 T > C mutation appeared in the exon mutant and combined mutant groups, whereas the intron variant c.273 + 14C > T caused no other sequence changes.ConclusionThis study confirmed that the intron mutation did not affect the splicing of exons and excluded the influence of the double mutations at the transcription level on the severe clinical manifestations in the cousin. This in vitro study provided new insights into the pathogenesis of intronic mutations in WAS.

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