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LIG4 syndrome: clinical and molecular characterization in a Chinese cohort.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:DNA Ligase IV (LIG4) syndrome is a rare disease with few reports to date. Patients suffer from a broad spectrum of clinical features, including microcephaly, growth retardation, developmental delay, dysmorphic facial features, combined immunodeficiency, and malignancy predisposition. There may be a potential association between genotypes and phenotypes. We investigated the characteristics of LIG4 syndrome in a Chinese cohort. RESULTS:All seven patients had growth restriction. Most patients (6/7) had significant microcephaly (< -?3 SD). Recurrent bacterial infections of the lungs and intestines were the most common symptoms. One patient had myelodysplastic syndromes. One patient presented with an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)-like phenotype. Patients presented with combined immunodeficiency. The proportions of naïve CD4+ and naïve CD8+ T cells decreased notably in five patients. All patients harbored compound heterozygous mutations in the LIG4 gene, which consisted of a missense mutation (c.833G?>?T, p.R278L) and a deletion shift mutation, primarily c.1271_1275delAAAGA (p.K424Rfs*20). Two other deletion mutations, c.1144_1145delCT and c.1277_1278delAA, were novel. Patients with p.K424Rfs*20/p.R278 may have milder dysmorphism but more significant IgA/IgM deficiency compared to the frequently reported genotype p.R814X/p.K424Rfs*20. One patient underwent umbilical cord blood stem cell transplantation (UCBSCT) but died. CONCLUSIONS:The present study reported the clinical and molecular characteristics of a Chinese cohort with LIG4 syndrome, and the results further expand the phenotypic and genotypic spectrum and our understanding of genotype-to-phenotype correlations in LIG4 syndrome.

SUBMITTER: Sun B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7257218 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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LIG4 syndrome: clinical and molecular characterization in a Chinese cohort.

Sun Bijun B Chen Qiuyu Q Wang Ying Y Liu Danru D Hou Jia J Wang Wenjie W Ying Wenjing W Hui Xiaoying X Zhou Qinhua Q Sun Jinqiao J Wang Xiaochuan X

Orphanet journal of rare diseases 20200529 1

<h4>Background</h4>DNA Ligase IV (LIG4) syndrome is a rare disease with few reports to date. Patients suffer from a broad spectrum of clinical features, including microcephaly, growth retardation, developmental delay, dysmorphic facial features, combined immunodeficiency, and malignancy predisposition. There may be a potential association between genotypes and phenotypes. We investigated the characteristics of LIG4 syndrome in a Chinese cohort.<h4>Results</h4>All seven patients had growth restri ...[more]

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