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Published on: May 26, 2021
HSCT in two brothers with CGD arising from mutations in CYBC1 corrects the defect in neutrophil function
Iñigo Perez-Heras1, Christo Tsilifis2, Mary A Slatter2
1Paediatric Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Great North Children's Hospital (GNCH), Victoria Wing, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, United Kingdom.
Insights
Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) caused by CYBC1 mutations can be treated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Long-term follow-up shows sustained immune cure in one patient, but challenges remain.
Area of Science:
- Immunology
- Genetics
- Hematology
Background:
- Recessive mutations in CYBC1 cause a phenotype of chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) by disrupting the NADPH oxidase complex.
- Experience with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for this specific CGD subtype is limited.
Abstract:
Homozygous mutations in cytochrome b-245 chaperone 1 (CYBC1) have been recently described as causing recurrent infections and inflammatory disease in an Icelandic cohort and a patient from Saudi Arabia, by destabilising the dimerisation of gp91phox with p22phox, manifesting as phenotypic chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation is the treatment of choice in CGD, though experience of transplantation in this subtype of CGD is limited to a brief description in one patient. We provide clinical and transplant data for two Icelandic brothers with CGD due to homozygous p.Tyr2Ter mutations in CYBC1, demonstrating maintained cure of the immune defect 11 years post-transplant in one brother, and death in the peri-transplant period for the other.
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