Abstract
DNA double-strand break repair via non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) is involved in recombination of immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor genes. Mutations in NHEJ components result in syndromes that are characterized by microcephaly and immunodeficiency. We present a patient with lymphopenia, extreme radiosensitivity, severe dysmaturity, corpus callosum agenesis, polysyndactily, dysmorphic appearance, and erythema, which are suggestive of a new type of NHEJ deficiency. We identified two heterozygous mutations in LIG4. The p.S205LfsX29 mutation results in lack of the nuclear localization signal and appears to be a null mutation. The second mutation p.K635RfsX10 lacks the C-terminal region responsible for XRCC4 binding and LIG4 stability and activity, and therefore this mutant might be a null mutation as well or have very low residual activity. This is remarkable since Lig4 knockout mice are embryonic lethal and so far in humans no complete LIG4 deficiencies have been described. This case broadens the clinical spectrum of LIG4 deficiencies.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1611-1614 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Human Mutation |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 12 |
Early online date | 18 Sept 2013 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2013 |
Bibliographical note
AcknowledgmentsThe authors thank S. de Bruin-Versteeg for making the figures and M.J.Moorhouse for critically reading the manuscript.
Disclosure statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Contract grant sponsor: Sophia Kinderziekenhuis Fonds (grant 589 and Vidi grant 91712323).
Keywords
- LIG4
- immunodeficiency
- primordial dwarfism
- non-homologous end joining
- NHEJ