Yilmaz Melis, Zmajkovicova Katarina, Miller Rahim Z, Blair Grace, Ellison Maryssa, Ujhazi Boglarka, Lopez Maria Chitty, Dasso Joseph F, Bledsoe Jacob R, Csomos Krisztian, Maierhofer Barbara, Badarau Adriana, Pereira Joao P, Kanarek Henry, Geier Christoph B, Walter Jolan E
Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL, United States.
Research Department, Formerly X4 Pharmaceuticals (Austria) GmbH, Vienna, Austria.
Front Immunol. 2025 Aug 20;16:1641122. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1641122. eCollection 2025.
WHIM syndrome is typically caused by C-terminal gain-of-function variants in , yet clinical heterogeneity suggests additional genetic modifiers. We investigated a family in which the 22-year-old proband harbored two heterozygous variants: a novel missense variant, c.1022C>A (p.S341Y), and a frameshift variant in , c.980dup (p.A328Sfs*12). Functionally, CXCR4 p.S341Y substitution - located two residues upstream of the known pathogenic p.E343K variant - increased CXCL12-induced chemotaxis and ERK/AKT signaling while minimally affecting receptor internalization, supporting a partial gain-of-function. The variant co-segregated with mild neutropenia, recurrent respiratory infections, and cutaneous warts in the paternal lineage. In contrast, the maternal variant was associated with agammaglobulinemia and autoimmunity. Their co-inheritance in the proband resulted in a blended WHIM/CVID phenotype characterized by myelokathexis, B-cell maturation arrest and T-cell dysregulation. This case expands the phenotypic spectrum of variants and highlights how multilocus inheritance can obscure classical diagnostic boundaries and guide individualized therapy.
WHIM综合征通常由 中的C末端功能获得性变异引起,但临床异质性提示存在其他基因修饰因子。我们研究了一个家系,其中22岁的先证者携带两个杂合变异:一个新的错义变异c.1022C>A(p.S341Y),以及 中的一个移码变异c.980dup(p.A328Sfs*12)。在功能上,位于已知致病p.E343K变异上游两个残基处的CXCR4 p.S341Y替代增加了CXCL12诱导的趋化作用和ERK/AKT信号传导,同时对受体内化的影响最小,支持部分功能获得。该变异在父系家族中与轻度中性粒细胞减少、反复呼吸道感染和皮肤疣共分离。相比之下,母系 变异与无丙种球蛋白血症和自身免疫有关。它们在先证者中的共同遗传导致了一种混合的WHIM/CVID表型,其特征为髓细胞滞留、B细胞成熟停滞和T细胞失调。该病例扩展了 变异的表型谱,并突出了多位点遗传如何模糊经典诊断界限并指导个体化治疗。