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Trial reportImmunologic research2019

Novel nonsense IL-12Rβ1 mutation associated with recurrent tuberculosis.

Noor Ul Akbar, Shahid Niaz Khan, Muhammad Usman Amin, Muhammad Ishfaq, Otavio Cabral-Marques, Lena F Schimke, Asif Iqbal, Ikram Ullah, Mubashir Hussain, Ijaz Ali and 4 more

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Trial report in Immunologic research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 10 institutions in 5 countries.

Noor Ul AkbarDepartment of Zoology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, Pakistan.
Shahid Niaz KhanDepartment of Zoology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, Pakistan.
Muhammad Usman AminDepartment of Pharmacy, Abasyn University, Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan.
Muhammad IshfaqCentre for Omic Sciences, Islamia College University, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Otavio Cabral-MarquesCenter for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Lena F SchimkeCenter for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Asif IqbalDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Ikram UllahSuliman Bin Aba-Alkhail Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences (SA-CIRBS), International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Mubashir HussainDepartment of Microbiology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, Pakistan.
Ijaz AliDepartment of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Nasar KhanInterdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.
Nadia El KhawankyDepartment of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Freiburg University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany.
Hazir RahmanDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM), Mardan, KPK, Pakistan.
Taj Ali KhanDepartment of Microbiology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, Pakistan. microbiologist63@yahoo.com.
Kohat University of Science and Technology · PKUniversity of Freiburg · DEAarhus University · DKAbasyn University · PKAbdul Wali Khan University Mardan · PKCOMSATS University Islamabad · PKInternational Islamic University, Islamabad · PKIslamia College University · PKUniversity Medical Center Freiburg · DEUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The interleukin (IL)-12/interferon(IFN)γ axis plays an important role in the control of mycobacterial diseases as demonstrated by the increased susceptibility to mycobacterial species in patients with an inborn error of the IL-12-dependent IFNγ immunity. Here, we report a novel mutation in the IL-12Rβ1 gene in a female Pakistani patient who was born in a consanguineous marriage and developed severe bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) infection and recurrent tuberculosis. After reviewing the patient's clinical records, she was investigated for IL-12/IFNγ defects using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), flow cytometry, and DNA genetic Sanger sequencing. Quantification of secretory cytokines from the patient's peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) revealed significantly reduced IFNγ production. Flow cytometric analysis revealed no surface expression of IL-12Rβ1 on PHA-activated T lymphocytes. In addition, IL-12-induced impaired STAT4 phosphorylation in the patient's lymphocytes when compared with those from five healthy controls. The genetic analysis of IL-12Rβ1 gene identified a novel nonsense mutation c.199G>T/p.E67* within exon 3, which encodes part of the cytokine-binding region (CBR). In silico analysis indicates that this novel nonsense mutation generates a truncated protein with an apparent inactivating effect. Our data expand the genetic spectrum of IL-12Rβ1 deficiency. Moreover, our findings highlight the need for developing newborn screening for patients with primary immunodeficiency associated with mycobacterial infections in areas where BCG vaccination is mandatory in order to improve the treatment of patients, and consequently their quality of life.

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Codon, NonsenseReceptors, Interleukin-12TuberculosisAdultChildExonsFemaleHumansPhosphorylationRecurrenceSTAT4 Transcription FactorT-LymphocytesCodon, NonsenseIL12RB1 protein, humanReceptors, Interleukin-12STAT4 protein, humanSTAT4 Transcription FactorIFNγIL-12Rβ1Novel mutationTuberculosis

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PMID31741236
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