A novel mutation in TRAC in a patient with abnormal newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiency
Abstract
Background: The T cell receptor (TCR)-α chain plays a key role in TCR structure and function. Biallelic mutations in TRAC, encoding the constant region of the TCR-α chain, obliterates TCR expression and results in immunodeficiency. TCR-α chain deficiency presents at infancy or childhood with repeated viral and bacterial infections, enlarged liver, spleen, and lymph nodes as well as autoimmune features and lymphoma (OMIM #615387).
Aim: To broaden the genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of TCR-α chain deficiency.
Methods: We present a case report of a patient with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) due to a novel autosomal recessive mutation in TRAC.
Results: Our patient was identified at 13 days of life due to abnormal T cell receptor excision circle levels detected by newborn screening (NBS). Immune evaluation revealed profound lymphopenia, depressed responses to the mitogen PHA and a skewed T cell repertoire, all consistent with SCID. The patient was found to carry a novel homozygous mutation in the TRAC gene.
Conclusion: A novel homozygous mutation in the TRAC gene caused profound T cell lymphopenia and aberrant in vitro mitogenic response, the hallmarks of SCID.
Statement of Novelty: TCR-α chain deficiency is a rare and relatively new condition and not very well defined. We herein report a novel mutation in TRAC resulting in SCID.
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LymphoSign Journal
Volume 9 • Number 1 • March 2022
Pages: 5 - 10
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Received: 10 February 2022
Accepted: 20 February 2022
Accepted manuscript online: 25 February 2022
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JennyGarkaby, Laura EdithAbrego Fuentes, JessicaWillett Pachul, AbbyWatts-Dickens, and MeghanFraser. 2022. A novel mutation in TRAC in a patient with abnormal newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiency. LymphoSign Journal.
9(1): 5-10. https://doi.org/10.14785/lymphosign-2022-0001
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