Low Penetrance Broad Resistance and Favorable Outcome of Interleukin 12 Receptor ß1 Deficiency
1 Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, University René Descartes INSERM U550, Necker Medical School@0/$.6, 百拇医药
2 INSERM U429, Necker Hospital@0/$.6, 百拇医药
3 INSERM U411, Necker Hospital@0/$.6, 百拇医药
4 Pediatric Immunology and Hematology Unit, Necker Hospital@0/$.6, 百拇医药
5 Department of Molecular Medicine, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France@0/$.6, 百拇医药
6 MRC Center for Immune Regulation, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom@0/$.6, 百拇医药
7 Department of Pediatrics, St. Marienhospital, D-49377 Vechta, Germany@0/$.6, 百拇医药
8 Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Center, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia@0/$.6, 百拇医药
9 Pediatric Pneumology and Phtiseology Clinic SPAM, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, 82556 Bratislava, Slovak Republic@0/$.6, 百拇医药
10 Division of Pediatric Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, The Medical School, Ege University, 35100 Izmir, Turkey
11 Department of Clinical Chemistry and Immunology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds LS1 3EX, United Kingdomg+ds, 百拇医药
12 Department of Pediatrics, King Faycal Hospital and Research Center, 11211 Riyadh, Saudi Arabiag+ds, 百拇医药
13 Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit and Department of Immunology, Vall d'Hebron Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spaing+ds, 百拇医药
14 Primary Immunodeficiency Unit, Department of Dermatology of the Clinical Hospital, and Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Allergy and Immunology, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, 01246-903 Sao Paulo, Brazilg+ds, 百拇医药
15 Departement of Pediatrics, Catholic University of Louvain at Mont-Godinne, 5530 Yvoir, Belgiumg+ds, 百拇医药
16 Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94010g+ds, 百拇医药
17 Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, D35385 Giessen, Germanyg+ds, 百拇医药
18 Department of Pediatric Hematology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Louvain Medical School, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
19 Department of Immunology, Gran Canaria Dr Negrin Hospital, 35020 Las Palmas, Spainrv1+(@, 百拇医药
20 Division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London WC1N 3JH, United Kingdomrv1+(@, 百拇医药
21 Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Geneva, 1211, Geneva 4, Switzerlandrv1+(@, 百拇医药
22 Hamad Medical Corporation, P.O. Box: 3050, Doha, Qatarrv1+(@, 百拇医药
23 Department of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, University of Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germanyrv1+(@, 百拇医药
24 Center for Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, D-10963 Berlin, Germanyrv1+(@, 百拇医药
25 Division of Pediatrics, Soroka Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva 84101, Israelrv1+(@, 百拇医药
26 Pediatric Pulmonology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, D-30623 Hannover, Germanyrv1+(@, 百拇医药
27 Division of Infectious Diseases, University Children's Hospital of Zürich, CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland
28 Children's Hospital, Huddinge University Hospital, 141 86 Huddinge, Sweden+fm, http://www.100md.com
29 Departments of Clinical Immunology and Medicine, Addenbrookes Hospital NHS Trust, Hill Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom+fm, http://www.100md.com
Abstract+fm, http://www.100md.com
The clinical phenotype of interleukin 12 receptor ß1 chain (IL-12Rß1) deficiency and the function of human IL-12 in host defense remain largely unknown, due to the small number of patients reported. We now report 41 patients with complete IL-12Rß1 deficiency from 17 countries. The only opportunistic infections observed, in 34 patients, were of childhood onset and caused by weakly virulent Salmonella or Mycobacteria (Bacille Calmette-Guérin -BCG- and environmental Mycobacteria). Three patients had clinical tuberculosis, one of whom also had salmonellosis. Unlike salmonellosis, mycobacterial infections did not recur. BCG inoculation and BCG disease were both effective against subsequent environmental mycobacteriosis, but not against salmonellosis. Excluding the probands, seven of the 12 affected siblings have remained free of case-definition opportunistic infection. Finally, only five deaths occurred in childhood, and the remaining 36 patients are alive and well. Thus, a diagnosis of IL-12Rß1 deficiency should be considered in children with opportunistic mycobacteriosis or salmonellosis; healthy siblings of probands and selected cases of tuberculosis should also be investigated. The overall prognosis is good due to broad resistance to infection and the low penetrance and favorable outcome of infections. Unexpectedly, human IL-12 is redundant in protective immunity against most microorganisms other than Mycobacteria and Salmonella. Moreover, IL-12 is redundant for primary immunity to Mycobacteria and Salmonella in many individuals and for secondary immunity to Mycobacteria but not to Salmonella in most.
Key Words: Mycobacteria • Salmonella • immunodeficiency • interleukin 12 receptor • interferon {gamma}:hit%, 百拇医药
Introduction:hit%, 百拇医药
Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease (MSMD; Mendelian inheritance in man [MIM] 209950) (1) is a rare syndrome which results in predisposition to clinical disease caused by poorly virulent mycobacterial species such as the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccines (2) and nontuberculous environmental Mycobacteria (EM; reference 3). Patients are also susceptible to virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (1). Unlike patients with classic immunodeficiencies, these patients rarely present other unusual infectious diseases, with the exception of extra-intestinal nontyphoid salmonellosis, which affects less than half of them. Histopathological and clinical heterogeneity are suggestive of genetic heterogeneity. Some sporadic and most familial cases suggest autosomal recessive heredity, but the syndrome segregates in an autosomal dominant (4) or X-linked recessive (5) pattern in some families.
Five disease-causing autosomal genes have been found, and allelic heterogeneity accounts for the existence of nine defined disorders, all of which result in impaired IFN-–mediated immunity (1). Null recessive mutations in the IFN--receptor ligand-binding chain (IFN-R1)-encoding gene (IFNGR1) abolish either receptor expression (6, 7) or the binding of surface-expressed receptors to IFN- (8). Partial recessive (9) and dominant (4) IFN-{gamma} R1 deficiencies have also been described. Different recessive mutations in the gene of the IFN- signaling chain (IFN-R2), IFNGR2, are responsible for complete (10) or partial (11) IFN-R2 deficiency. A dominant mutation in STAT1, resulting in partial STAT-1 (signal transducer and activator of transcription-1) deficiency and impaired cellular responses to IFN-, has also been identified in other kindreds (12).|cxr, http://www.100md.com
The remaining two genetic defects result in normal cellular responses to IFN-, but abnormal IL-12–dependent production of IFN-. A few children are homozygous for null mutations in IL12B, encoding the p40 subunit of IL-12 (13–15). Null recessive IL12RB1 mutations have been identified in other patients with IL-12 receptor ß1 chain deficiency (15–21). These studies (13–21) only addressed case reports or small cohorts of patients, making it difficult to estimate the range of pathogenic microorganisms and the severity of the clinical course. These issues are of both clinical and immunological importance, given the central role attributed to IL-12 in Th1 development and immunity to various pathogens (22–24). Here, we describe the IL12RB1 genotype and the cellular and clinical phenotypes of 41 patients with IL-12Rß1 deficiency.
Materials and Methods2, http://www.100md.com
Subjects, Kindreds, and Statistical Methods.2, http://www.100md.com
We investigated 120 unrelated patients, including five previously described patients (16, 19, 20). Our study was conducted according to the principles expressed in theHelsinki Declaration, with informed consent obtained from each patient or the patient's family. The proportion of infection-free individuals, survival, and penetrance were calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method, and the differences between curves were assessed by the log-rank test. All calculations were performed with the Lifetest procedure of SAS version 8.2 (SAS).2, http://www.100md.com
Cell Culture and Stimulation.2, http://www.100md.com
Epstein-Barr virus-transformed lymphoblastoid cell lines (EBV-B cell lines) were cultured as described previously (14). Whole blood samples were diluted 1:2 in RPMI 1640 ( ) and infected by incubation with live M. bovis BCG at a multiplicity of infection of 20:1, alone or with recombinant IL-12p70 (20 ng/ml; R&D Systems), for 48 h. Alternatively, PBMCs were cultured in RPMI 1640 supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated pooled human AB serum, and activated by incubation with PHA P 1/700 (Bacto PHA-P; ) for 72 h. T cell blasts were restimulated every 48 h with IL-2 (40 IU/ml; ).
ELISA and Flow Cytometry.^/o$#{, http://www.100md.com
Cell culture supernatants were assayed for IFN- by ELISA, according to the kit manufacturer's recommendations (Pelikin Compact, CLB). IFN- concentration was calculated per 1 million PBMCs. T cell blasts and/or EBV-B cells were first incubated with an IL-12Rß1–specific mouse IgG1 mAb (24E6), an IL-12Rß1–specific rat IgG2a mAb (2B10), or isotypic control mAbs, then with a biotinylated rat anti–mouse Ab or a biotinylated mouse anti–rat Ab, and finally with streptavidin-PE (all reagents were obtained from / ). Signals were analyzed with a FACScanTM machine, using CELLQuestTM software ( ).^/o$#{, http://www.100md.com
DNA and RNA Extraction, cDNA Synthesis, and PCR Amplification.^/o$#{, http://www.100md.com
Genomic DNA and total RNA were extracted from EBV-transformed B cells or T cell blasts, as described previously (14). RNA was reverse transcribed in the presence of oligo (dT) with Superscript II reverse transcriptase ( ; reference 14). The IL12RB1 cDNA, coding exons and flanking intron regions were amplified using pairs of primers and PCR conditions available upon request.
Single-stranded Chain Polymorphism and Sequencing.o^we?'k, 百拇医药
Single-stranded chain polymorphism (SSCP) analysis and PCR were performed with pairs of intron primers flanking each IL12RB1 exon, under conditions available upon request. PCR products were sequenced by dideoxynucleotide termination with nested primers (available upon request) and the BigDye terminator kit. PCR products were sequenced on an ABI Prism 3100 apparatus, and analyzed with Sequencing Analysis software ( ).o^we?'k, 百拇医药
Resultso^we?'k, 百拇医药
We investigated 120 unrelated probands, including 100 with MSMD syndrome (disseminated BCG or EM disease with or without salmonellosis), and 20 with only nontyphoid extraintestinal salmonellosis, as we recently described a child with salmonellosis as the sole infectious disease and IL-12p40 deficiency (14).o^we?'k, 百拇医药
Detection of IL12RB1 Mutations and Intrafamilial Segregation.o^we?'k, 百拇医药
The 17 IL12RB1 coding exons and flanking intron regions were analyzed by SSCP. 25 patients displayed a unique SSCP pattern, each for only one exon (Kindreds 1–9, 11–16, 18-26, 29; and ) . Three additional patients (17.II.2, 27.II.2, 28.II.3) displayed unique SSCP patterns for two separate exons, and in one patient (10.II.2), exons 8 to 13 were not amplified. All coding exons were sequenced in these 29 patients with abnormal SSCP patterns. Introns 7 and 13 were also sequenced in patient 10.II.2, and introns 12 and 13 in patient 19.II.1 (owing to the identification of a cDNA of low molecular weight, see below). The patients were found to be homozygous, or compound heterozygous for nonsense (n = 4), splice (n = 4), and missense (n = 6) mutations, small insertions (n = 1), large deletions (n = 2), and deletions/insertions (n = 4; a total of 21 mutant alleles; ). None of the mutations were found in 50 unrelated healthy individuals from the corresponding ethnic group. We then amplified and sequenced the full-length IL12RB1 cDNA coding region for the 29 probands. IL12RB1 transcripts of low molecular weight were found in patients 10.II.2 and 19.II.1. In patients homozygous for splice mutations, no full-length mRNAs were found. All parents tested were heterozygous for one IL12RB1 mutation. Only 12 of the 61 known siblings could not be genotyped (designated "E?" in ). Two had died of proven BCG (26.II.1) or EM (4.II.2) infection and therefore probably carried the disease-associated IL12RB1 genotype. 10 of the 49 siblings tested, from nine kindreds, carried two mutant IL12RB1 alleles, raising the number of affected siblings to 12. Altogether, we report 41 individuals from 29 kindreds demonstrated (n = 39) or thought (n = 2) to be homozygous or compound heterozygous for IL12RB1 mutations, including 29 probands and 12 siblings.
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Table I. Genotypes and Clinical Phenotypes of Patients with IL-12 Receptor ß1 Deficiencyq\, http://www.100md.com
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Figure 1. Pedigrees of 29 kindreds with IL-12 receptor ß1 deficiency. Each kindred is designated by a capital letter (1–29), each generation by a roman numeral (I–II), and each individual by an Arabic numeral (from left to right). Symbols are partitioned in two parts by a horizontal line: the upper part indicates infections with Mycobacteria (in black, patients with BCGosis or atypical mycobacteriosis; in gray, patients with tuberculosis); the lower part indicates infections with Salmonella (in black, nontyphoid salmonellosis). The proband are indicated by an arrow. Individuals whose genetic status could not be evaluated are indicated by the symbol "E?". Asymptomatic individuals carrying two mutant IL12RB1 alleles are represented by a vertical line.q\, http://www.100md.com
Impaired Surface Expression and Function of IL-12Rß1.q\, http://www.100md.com
We assessed IL-12Rß1 expression on the surface of T cell blasts (kindreds 9, 14, 15, 22, 25), EBV-transformed B cells (kindreds 8, 11, 19, 20, 29), or both (kindreds 3, 6, 10, 12, 16, 17, 23, 24, 26–28), from 21 of the 24 newly diagnosed probands, by flow cytometry with specific antibodies. Consistent with the five patients previously reported (16, 19, 20), no IL-12Rß1 molecules were detected on the surface of cells from all but one patient. Patient 10.II.2, carrying a large in-frame deletion, presented an expression of the ß1 chain, both on T cell blasts and EBV-transformed B cells, detectable with one monoclonal antibody (24E6), but not with another (2B10; data not depicted). Cells from the three remaining probands (kindreds 13, 18, 21) were not tested for IL-12Rß1 expression, but were homozygous for mutations found in other kindreds (). The cells from all 21 patients tested, including the proband from kindred 10 with residual IL-12Rß1 expression produced less IFN-{gamma} than the "travel" and "local" laboratory controls in response to BCG (mean of 76 versus 664 and 4,109 pg/ml), and production was not increased by IL-12 (mean of 87 versus 22,432 and 65,636 pg/ml; ) . Some patients were not tested with this assay (kindreds 4, 7, 12, 13, 14, 18, 22, 29). However, kindreds 4, 7, 14, 18, and 22 carry the same mutation as other patients (). We and others have demonstrated that T cells homozygous for the IL12RB1 missense mutation R213W (kindred 2) are complemented by transfection with a wild-type IL12RB1 allele (20, 21). Overall, we have demonstrated complete IL-12Rß1 deficiency in 29 patients (absence of detectable IL-12Rß1 surface expression, n = 28, absence of response to IL-12, n = 27, or both, n = 27).
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Figure 2. Impaired cellular response to interleukin-12. Production of IFN-{gamma} by whole blood cells from 20 healthy "local" positive controls (fresh blood), from 16 healthy "travel" positive controls and from 21 patients, either unstimulated (-) or stimulated with BCG alone or with BCG plus recombinant IL-12p70. Fresh, heparinized blood from 7 patients and all "travel" controls were shipped to Paris within 12 to 48 h, where the experiments were performed. Blood from four patients and all "local" control was drawn in Paris and readily stimulated. The supernatants were harvested after 48 h of activation for cytokine quantification by ELISA. The horizontal bars represent the arithmetic mean of the values.6wv3&, http://www.100md.com
Onset and Outcome of Infections in IL-12Rß1–deficient Patients.6wv3&, http://www.100md.com
We first analyzed the 34 individuals who developed case-definition opportunistic infections caused by weakly virulent microorganisms (BCG, EM, and nontyphoid Salmonella; ). 25 of these 34 patients had been inoculated with live BCG in childhood. Only 18 developed disseminated BCG disease, within six months of inoculation ( a). No recurrence of BCG disease was observed in the 16 patients who survived the initial BCG infection. Eight patients suffered EM disease. EM disease began before the age of six years, in all but two patients (4.II.1 and 7.II.5) who developed M. avium and M. fortuitum infections at the ages of 17 and 10 yr, respectively. One of these two patients (4.II.1), unlike the others, suffered a second EM disease, caused by M. triplex. Finally, disseminated nontyphoid salmonellosis occurred in 21 of 34 patients. Salmonellosis was the only infectious disease for seven patients. First Salmonella infection occurred at or before the age of 12 yr. Eight patients had recurrent salmonellosis (8/21, 38%), involving the same serotype, whereas BCG and EM infections were not recurrent. Nevertheless, we found high titers of Salmonella-specific antibodies in the sera of 4 deficient patients with no history of clinical salmonellosis. Only five of the 34 infected IL-12Rß1-deficient patients died due to BCG (n = 2) or EM (n = 3; a mortality rate among symptomatic patients of only 15% [5/34]) ( b). All deaths occurred before 8 yr of age. No death was attributable to salmonellosis. Thus, infections caused by weakly virulent Mycobacteria and Salmonella in IL12Rß1-deficient patients generally have a childhood onset and a favorable clinical outcome, particularly once patients have entered their teens.
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Figure 3. Epidemiological features of IL-12Rß1 deficiency. First onset (a) and outcome (b) of case-definition opportunistic infectious diseases in 34 deficient patients, according to infections: BCG (broken black line), EM (broken gray line), Salmonella (solid gray line), and all 3 infections (solid black line). (c) Penetrance of case-definition infectious diseases in the 12 IL-12Rß1–deficient siblings (excluding all probands). (d) Variations in onset of EM disease among the 41 deficient patients, who had been vaccinated with BCG and suffered BCG disease (broken black line, n = 18), who had been vaccinated with BCG without developing BCG disease (resistance to BCG, solid black line, n = 9), or who had not been vaccinated with BCG (solid gray line, n = 14).k\3{if, 百拇医药
Clinical Penetrance and Impact of BCG on Clinical Phenotype.k\3{if, 百拇医药
We determined the clinical penetrance of IL12Rß1 deficiency, by excluding all probands ( c). Five (42%) of the 12 affected siblings were completely free of unusual infections at their last follow-up visit (mean duration of follow-up: 13.8 yr, range: 7–18 yr). None of the other 7 siblings had more than one infection. Two of the six siblings who had been vaccinated had disseminated BCG disease. Three additional siblings developed infections with weakly virulent microorganisms, EM in one case and Salmonella in the other two. Overall, the penetrance of opportunistic infections was estimated to be 45.3% (confidence interval [CI] 95%: 14.2%-75.4%) when calculated with survival analysis techniques to account for differences in follow-up period ( c). Finally, tuberculosis occurred in 2 other siblings (2.II.1, 24.II.3). We then determined the impact of BCG on the clinical phenotype for the 41 patients described herein. BCG inoculation or disease had no impact on the occurrence (and age at onset) of Salmonella infection, or the occurrence of tuberculosis. In contrast, none of the 18 patients with BCG disease developed EM disease (interval between onset of BCG disease and last follow-up: 3–31 yr, mean 12.8 yr). Only two (4.II.1 and 7.II.5) of the nine patients resistant to BCG (BCG inoculation without BCG disease) suffered EM disease, with late onset of the disease. Six (43%) of the 14 patients who had not been inoculated with BCG suffered EM disease ( d), with early onset of the disease. The difference in age at onset of EM disease between the three groups of patients was highly significant (P < 0.004; d). This difference was particularly clear if patients with BCG disease were compared with patients not inoculated with BCG (P < 0.004). The difference between patients resistant to BCG and nonvaccinated patients was not significant (P = 0.09). Finally, the difference in incidence of EM disease between BCG-inoculated patients (with or without BCG disease) and nonvaccinated patients was highly significant (P < 0.002).
Discussionply?, http://www.100md.com
We report here the first large series of patients with complete IL-12Rß1 deficiency, including 41 deficient individuals from 29 unrelated kindreds ( and ). The kindreds originate from 17 countries, in Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. Seven other unrelated patients reported elsewhere (15, 17, 18, 21) raise the total number of cases to 48, from 36 kindreds, in 20 countries. The cellular phenotype of IL-12-receptor ß1 chain–deficient patients is uniform: all patients tested failed to respond to IL-12. The relative contributions to the clinical phenotype of the lack of response of NK cells (16) and of T lymphocytes (15–18, 21) to IL-12 are unclear. The receptor for IL-23, another IFN-{gamma} –inducing cytokine, contains the IL-12Rß1 subunit (25), suggesting that patients with IL-12Rß1 deficiency probably also suffer from IL-23 receptor deficiency.ply?, http://www.100md.com
The results obtained in this study confirm that IL-12Rß1 deficiency is principally associated with mycobacterial diseases (). If we include the seven patients reported elsewhere (15, 17, 18, 21), 33 of the 48 patients have had BCG (n = 22) or EM (n = 11) disease. We also report three patients from two kindreds with M. tuberculosis disease. Thus, a diagnosis of IL-12 receptor deficiency should be considered in patients with unusually severe forms of tuberculosis (20). Mice with a disrupted IL12B gene (26) are susceptible to BCG (27), M. tuberculosis (27–29) and, to a lesser extent, to M. avium (30–32). Our results extend these observations, and highlight the crucial role of IL-12 in immunity to BCG, several EM and M. tuberculosis in humans.
However, IL-12Rß1–deficient patients are less susceptible to Mycobacteria than was initially thought (15–21). 9 of 27 children inoculated with BCG did not suffer adverse effects. Only 8 of the 41 patients (19%) in this series, and 11 of the 48 (23%) including the cases reported elsewhere (17, 18, 21), developed EM infections. Excluding the probands, only 2 of 6 siblings vaccinated with BCG and 1 of 12 IL-12Rß1–deficient siblings developed BCG and EM disease, respectively. Paradoxically, these data indicate that most IL-12Rß1–deficient patients do not have the original phenotype of BCG/EM disease or salmonellosis. Healthy siblings of probands should therefore be investigated. IL-12 is surprisingly redundant in protective immunity against primary infection by weakly virulent Mycobacteria in a majority of individuals.w]?, 百拇医药
In our survey, the age at onset of EM disease differed between patients with and without BCG disease. If we include the other IL-12Rß1– and IL-12p40–deficient cases (13–15, 17, 18, 21), there are 63 patients in total, 36 of whom had BCG disease. None of these 36 patients developed EM disease, while among the 27 patients who did not develop any BCG disease 12 developed EM disease (P < 10-6, Fisher's exact test). This indicates that BCG disease protects against subsequent EM illness in patients with IL-12 deficiency or IL-12R deficiency. Antibiotic treatment against BCG probably played a minor role in preventing EM disease, as it was discontinued after a few years in all patients. Moreover, the impact of BCG inoculation itself (with or without BCG disease) was also significant in our series. Similarly, EM disease was protective in itself. In contrast, BCG inoculation and EM disease had no effect on the incidence of salmonellosis. IL-12 is thus redundant for adaptive, secondary immunity to Mycobacteria in most, if not all, patients.
The prognosis of IL-12Rß1 deficiency is good due to the low clinical penetrance of primary mycobacterial infection, acquired protective immunity to secondary mycobacterial infection, and the lack of life-threatening nonmycobacterial infections. Only 5 of our 41 (12%) IL-12Rß1–deficient patients died of BCG or EM infection, before the age of 8 yr. The overall mortality rate for all known IL-12Rß1–deficient patients is only 15% (7/48), increasing to 21% (13/63) if we include IL-12p40–deficient children (13–15, 17, 18, 21). Outcome improved with age, and our patients (now aged 2–33 yr) are healthy and off all treatment. These results should help us to predict clinical outcome for individual patients. They also indicate that immune mechanisms progressively develop ways of compensating for the lack of IL-12–mediated immunity.u, 百拇医药
21 of the 41 patients (51%) in our series had had extra-intestinal infections caused by Salmonella, as had 4 of the other 7 IL-12Rß1–deficient patients (15, 17, 18, 21) and 5 of the 15 IL-12p40–deficient patients (a total of 30 out of 63, 48%; references 13–15). Of clinical interest, five children presented salmonellosis as the only infectious disease. IL-12 has been shown to play a major role in host defense against Salmonella in IL-12p40-KO mice (33, 34). Our observation extends this findings in humans. However, not all Salmonella-infected patients developed clinical disease (). IL-12 was redundant in primary immunity against Salmonella in some patients. Salmonellosis recurrence was frequent (8/21, 38%), suggesting that IL-12 is required for secondary immunity to Salmonella in many patients. These data suggest that different immune mechanisms control secondary immunity to Salmonella and Mycobacteria.
There were no other unusually severe infections in our 41 patients, as in the other seven patients (15, 17, 18, 21; ). CMV infection had been well controlled in at least 14 patients (). Other common viruses did not cause severe disease in our patients. One patient suffered benign infection with Kingella kingae. There were no other diseases caused by common bacteria, including macrophage-infecting species such as Listeria and Nocardia. One IL-12–deficient patient had one episode of nocardiosis (14). Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection in one curable IL-12Rß1–deficient patient had a symptomatic yet benign course, and oral candidiasis was diagnosed in a few patients. Other fungi represented no threat to IL-12Rß1–deficient patients. Toxoplasma gondii infection had an uneventful course in at least five patients. Other common opportunistic protozoa were not pathogenic.allk, 百拇医药
The number of kindreds investigated from various genetic backgrounds and exposed to a variety of environmental conditions, together with the number of siblings affected, ruling out a major ascertainment bias, make it possible to conclude that mycobacteriosis and salmonellosis are the most frequent infectious diseases in patients with IL-12Rß1 deficiency. Our study does not exclude the possibility that other infectious or non-infectious diseases may occur in other patients with this genetic defect, or in our patients later in life. The apparent resistance of IL-12Rß1–deficient patients to most microorganisms nevertheless contrasts with results obtained in mice. Indeed, IL12p40 KO mice are susceptible to almost all microorganisms tested (35–51). The lack of a requirement for IL-12 and probably IL-23 for protective immunity against most microorganisms in humans may reflect the natural (1), as opposed to experimental, course of most infections in man.
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We would like to thank the patients and their families, the members of the Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Dr. Dominique Recan for the EBV transformation of B cells, and Dr. Sandra Weller for invaluable advice in flow cytometry.7*[}gkn, http://www.100md.com
C. Fieschi was supported by the Association pour la Recherche contre le Cancer (ARC), S. Dupuis by the Ministere de l'Education Nationale, de la Recherche, et de la Technologie (MENRT), and J. Bustamante by the Fondation Schlumberger. This work was supported by the Fondation BNP-Paribas, the Fondation Schlumberger, and the Sequella Foundation.7*[}gkn, http://www.100md.com
Submitted: October 7, 20027*[}gkn, http://www.100md.com
Accepted: January 16, 20037*[}gkn, http://www.100md.com
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2 INSERM U429, Necker Hospital@0/$.6, 百拇医药
3 INSERM U411, Necker Hospital@0/$.6, 百拇医药
4 Pediatric Immunology and Hematology Unit, Necker Hospital@0/$.6, 百拇医药
5 Department of Molecular Medicine, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France@0/$.6, 百拇医药
6 MRC Center for Immune Regulation, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom@0/$.6, 百拇医药
7 Department of Pediatrics, St. Marienhospital, D-49377 Vechta, Germany@0/$.6, 百拇医药
8 Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Center, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia@0/$.6, 百拇医药
9 Pediatric Pneumology and Phtiseology Clinic SPAM, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, 82556 Bratislava, Slovak Republic@0/$.6, 百拇医药
10 Division of Pediatric Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, The Medical School, Ege University, 35100 Izmir, Turkey
11 Department of Clinical Chemistry and Immunology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds LS1 3EX, United Kingdomg+ds, 百拇医药
12 Department of Pediatrics, King Faycal Hospital and Research Center, 11211 Riyadh, Saudi Arabiag+ds, 百拇医药
13 Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit and Department of Immunology, Vall d'Hebron Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spaing+ds, 百拇医药
14 Primary Immunodeficiency Unit, Department of Dermatology of the Clinical Hospital, and Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Allergy and Immunology, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, 01246-903 Sao Paulo, Brazilg+ds, 百拇医药
15 Departement of Pediatrics, Catholic University of Louvain at Mont-Godinne, 5530 Yvoir, Belgiumg+ds, 百拇医药
16 Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94010g+ds, 百拇医药
17 Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, D35385 Giessen, Germanyg+ds, 百拇医药
18 Department of Pediatric Hematology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Louvain Medical School, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
19 Department of Immunology, Gran Canaria Dr Negrin Hospital, 35020 Las Palmas, Spainrv1+(@, 百拇医药
20 Division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London WC1N 3JH, United Kingdomrv1+(@, 百拇医药
21 Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Geneva, 1211, Geneva 4, Switzerlandrv1+(@, 百拇医药
22 Hamad Medical Corporation, P.O. Box: 3050, Doha, Qatarrv1+(@, 百拇医药
23 Department of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, University of Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germanyrv1+(@, 百拇医药
24 Center for Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, D-10963 Berlin, Germanyrv1+(@, 百拇医药
25 Division of Pediatrics, Soroka Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva 84101, Israelrv1+(@, 百拇医药
26 Pediatric Pulmonology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, D-30623 Hannover, Germanyrv1+(@, 百拇医药
27 Division of Infectious Diseases, University Children's Hospital of Zürich, CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland
28 Children's Hospital, Huddinge University Hospital, 141 86 Huddinge, Sweden+fm, http://www.100md.com
29 Departments of Clinical Immunology and Medicine, Addenbrookes Hospital NHS Trust, Hill Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom+fm, http://www.100md.com
Abstract+fm, http://www.100md.com
The clinical phenotype of interleukin 12 receptor ß1 chain (IL-12Rß1) deficiency and the function of human IL-12 in host defense remain largely unknown, due to the small number of patients reported. We now report 41 patients with complete IL-12Rß1 deficiency from 17 countries. The only opportunistic infections observed, in 34 patients, were of childhood onset and caused by weakly virulent Salmonella or Mycobacteria (Bacille Calmette-Guérin -BCG- and environmental Mycobacteria). Three patients had clinical tuberculosis, one of whom also had salmonellosis. Unlike salmonellosis, mycobacterial infections did not recur. BCG inoculation and BCG disease were both effective against subsequent environmental mycobacteriosis, but not against salmonellosis. Excluding the probands, seven of the 12 affected siblings have remained free of case-definition opportunistic infection. Finally, only five deaths occurred in childhood, and the remaining 36 patients are alive and well. Thus, a diagnosis of IL-12Rß1 deficiency should be considered in children with opportunistic mycobacteriosis or salmonellosis; healthy siblings of probands and selected cases of tuberculosis should also be investigated. The overall prognosis is good due to broad resistance to infection and the low penetrance and favorable outcome of infections. Unexpectedly, human IL-12 is redundant in protective immunity against most microorganisms other than Mycobacteria and Salmonella. Moreover, IL-12 is redundant for primary immunity to Mycobacteria and Salmonella in many individuals and for secondary immunity to Mycobacteria but not to Salmonella in most.
Key Words: Mycobacteria • Salmonella • immunodeficiency • interleukin 12 receptor • interferon {gamma}:hit%, 百拇医药
Introduction:hit%, 百拇医药
Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease (MSMD; Mendelian inheritance in man [MIM] 209950) (1) is a rare syndrome which results in predisposition to clinical disease caused by poorly virulent mycobacterial species such as the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccines (2) and nontuberculous environmental Mycobacteria (EM; reference 3). Patients are also susceptible to virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (1). Unlike patients with classic immunodeficiencies, these patients rarely present other unusual infectious diseases, with the exception of extra-intestinal nontyphoid salmonellosis, which affects less than half of them. Histopathological and clinical heterogeneity are suggestive of genetic heterogeneity. Some sporadic and most familial cases suggest autosomal recessive heredity, but the syndrome segregates in an autosomal dominant (4) or X-linked recessive (5) pattern in some families.
Five disease-causing autosomal genes have been found, and allelic heterogeneity accounts for the existence of nine defined disorders, all of which result in impaired IFN-–mediated immunity (1). Null recessive mutations in the IFN--receptor ligand-binding chain (IFN-R1)-encoding gene (IFNGR1) abolish either receptor expression (6, 7) or the binding of surface-expressed receptors to IFN- (8). Partial recessive (9) and dominant (4) IFN-{gamma} R1 deficiencies have also been described. Different recessive mutations in the gene of the IFN- signaling chain (IFN-R2), IFNGR2, are responsible for complete (10) or partial (11) IFN-R2 deficiency. A dominant mutation in STAT1, resulting in partial STAT-1 (signal transducer and activator of transcription-1) deficiency and impaired cellular responses to IFN-, has also been identified in other kindreds (12).|cxr, http://www.100md.com
The remaining two genetic defects result in normal cellular responses to IFN-, but abnormal IL-12–dependent production of IFN-. A few children are homozygous for null mutations in IL12B, encoding the p40 subunit of IL-12 (13–15). Null recessive IL12RB1 mutations have been identified in other patients with IL-12 receptor ß1 chain deficiency (15–21). These studies (13–21) only addressed case reports or small cohorts of patients, making it difficult to estimate the range of pathogenic microorganisms and the severity of the clinical course. These issues are of both clinical and immunological importance, given the central role attributed to IL-12 in Th1 development and immunity to various pathogens (22–24). Here, we describe the IL12RB1 genotype and the cellular and clinical phenotypes of 41 patients with IL-12Rß1 deficiency.
Materials and Methods2, http://www.100md.com
Subjects, Kindreds, and Statistical Methods.2, http://www.100md.com
We investigated 120 unrelated patients, including five previously described patients (16, 19, 20). Our study was conducted according to the principles expressed in theHelsinki Declaration, with informed consent obtained from each patient or the patient's family. The proportion of infection-free individuals, survival, and penetrance were calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method, and the differences between curves were assessed by the log-rank test. All calculations were performed with the Lifetest procedure of SAS version 8.2 (SAS).2, http://www.100md.com
Cell Culture and Stimulation.2, http://www.100md.com
Epstein-Barr virus-transformed lymphoblastoid cell lines (EBV-B cell lines) were cultured as described previously (14). Whole blood samples were diluted 1:2 in RPMI 1640 ( ) and infected by incubation with live M. bovis BCG at a multiplicity of infection of 20:1, alone or with recombinant IL-12p70 (20 ng/ml; R&D Systems), for 48 h. Alternatively, PBMCs were cultured in RPMI 1640 supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated pooled human AB serum, and activated by incubation with PHA P 1/700 (Bacto PHA-P; ) for 72 h. T cell blasts were restimulated every 48 h with IL-2 (40 IU/ml; ).
ELISA and Flow Cytometry.^/o$#{, http://www.100md.com
Cell culture supernatants were assayed for IFN- by ELISA, according to the kit manufacturer's recommendations (Pelikin Compact, CLB). IFN- concentration was calculated per 1 million PBMCs. T cell blasts and/or EBV-B cells were first incubated with an IL-12Rß1–specific mouse IgG1 mAb (24E6), an IL-12Rß1–specific rat IgG2a mAb (2B10), or isotypic control mAbs, then with a biotinylated rat anti–mouse Ab or a biotinylated mouse anti–rat Ab, and finally with streptavidin-PE (all reagents were obtained from / ). Signals were analyzed with a FACScanTM machine, using CELLQuestTM software ( ).^/o$#{, http://www.100md.com
DNA and RNA Extraction, cDNA Synthesis, and PCR Amplification.^/o$#{, http://www.100md.com
Genomic DNA and total RNA were extracted from EBV-transformed B cells or T cell blasts, as described previously (14). RNA was reverse transcribed in the presence of oligo (dT) with Superscript II reverse transcriptase ( ; reference 14). The IL12RB1 cDNA, coding exons and flanking intron regions were amplified using pairs of primers and PCR conditions available upon request.
Single-stranded Chain Polymorphism and Sequencing.o^we?'k, 百拇医药
Single-stranded chain polymorphism (SSCP) analysis and PCR were performed with pairs of intron primers flanking each IL12RB1 exon, under conditions available upon request. PCR products were sequenced by dideoxynucleotide termination with nested primers (available upon request) and the BigDye terminator kit. PCR products were sequenced on an ABI Prism 3100 apparatus, and analyzed with Sequencing Analysis software ( ).o^we?'k, 百拇医药
Resultso^we?'k, 百拇医药
We investigated 120 unrelated probands, including 100 with MSMD syndrome (disseminated BCG or EM disease with or without salmonellosis), and 20 with only nontyphoid extraintestinal salmonellosis, as we recently described a child with salmonellosis as the sole infectious disease and IL-12p40 deficiency (14).o^we?'k, 百拇医药
Detection of IL12RB1 Mutations and Intrafamilial Segregation.o^we?'k, 百拇医药
The 17 IL12RB1 coding exons and flanking intron regions were analyzed by SSCP. 25 patients displayed a unique SSCP pattern, each for only one exon (Kindreds 1–9, 11–16, 18-26, 29; and ) . Three additional patients (17.II.2, 27.II.2, 28.II.3) displayed unique SSCP patterns for two separate exons, and in one patient (10.II.2), exons 8 to 13 were not amplified. All coding exons were sequenced in these 29 patients with abnormal SSCP patterns. Introns 7 and 13 were also sequenced in patient 10.II.2, and introns 12 and 13 in patient 19.II.1 (owing to the identification of a cDNA of low molecular weight, see below). The patients were found to be homozygous, or compound heterozygous for nonsense (n = 4), splice (n = 4), and missense (n = 6) mutations, small insertions (n = 1), large deletions (n = 2), and deletions/insertions (n = 4; a total of 21 mutant alleles; ). None of the mutations were found in 50 unrelated healthy individuals from the corresponding ethnic group. We then amplified and sequenced the full-length IL12RB1 cDNA coding region for the 29 probands. IL12RB1 transcripts of low molecular weight were found in patients 10.II.2 and 19.II.1. In patients homozygous for splice mutations, no full-length mRNAs were found. All parents tested were heterozygous for one IL12RB1 mutation. Only 12 of the 61 known siblings could not be genotyped (designated "E?" in ). Two had died of proven BCG (26.II.1) or EM (4.II.2) infection and therefore probably carried the disease-associated IL12RB1 genotype. 10 of the 49 siblings tested, from nine kindreds, carried two mutant IL12RB1 alleles, raising the number of affected siblings to 12. Altogether, we report 41 individuals from 29 kindreds demonstrated (n = 39) or thought (n = 2) to be homozygous or compound heterozygous for IL12RB1 mutations, including 29 probands and 12 siblings.
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Table I. Genotypes and Clinical Phenotypes of Patients with IL-12 Receptor ß1 Deficiencyq\, http://www.100md.com
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Figure 1. Pedigrees of 29 kindreds with IL-12 receptor ß1 deficiency. Each kindred is designated by a capital letter (1–29), each generation by a roman numeral (I–II), and each individual by an Arabic numeral (from left to right). Symbols are partitioned in two parts by a horizontal line: the upper part indicates infections with Mycobacteria (in black, patients with BCGosis or atypical mycobacteriosis; in gray, patients with tuberculosis); the lower part indicates infections with Salmonella (in black, nontyphoid salmonellosis). The proband are indicated by an arrow. Individuals whose genetic status could not be evaluated are indicated by the symbol "E?". Asymptomatic individuals carrying two mutant IL12RB1 alleles are represented by a vertical line.q\, http://www.100md.com
Impaired Surface Expression and Function of IL-12Rß1.q\, http://www.100md.com
We assessed IL-12Rß1 expression on the surface of T cell blasts (kindreds 9, 14, 15, 22, 25), EBV-transformed B cells (kindreds 8, 11, 19, 20, 29), or both (kindreds 3, 6, 10, 12, 16, 17, 23, 24, 26–28), from 21 of the 24 newly diagnosed probands, by flow cytometry with specific antibodies. Consistent with the five patients previously reported (16, 19, 20), no IL-12Rß1 molecules were detected on the surface of cells from all but one patient. Patient 10.II.2, carrying a large in-frame deletion, presented an expression of the ß1 chain, both on T cell blasts and EBV-transformed B cells, detectable with one monoclonal antibody (24E6), but not with another (2B10; data not depicted). Cells from the three remaining probands (kindreds 13, 18, 21) were not tested for IL-12Rß1 expression, but were homozygous for mutations found in other kindreds (). The cells from all 21 patients tested, including the proband from kindred 10 with residual IL-12Rß1 expression produced less IFN-{gamma} than the "travel" and "local" laboratory controls in response to BCG (mean of 76 versus 664 and 4,109 pg/ml), and production was not increased by IL-12 (mean of 87 versus 22,432 and 65,636 pg/ml; ) . Some patients were not tested with this assay (kindreds 4, 7, 12, 13, 14, 18, 22, 29). However, kindreds 4, 7, 14, 18, and 22 carry the same mutation as other patients (). We and others have demonstrated that T cells homozygous for the IL12RB1 missense mutation R213W (kindred 2) are complemented by transfection with a wild-type IL12RB1 allele (20, 21). Overall, we have demonstrated complete IL-12Rß1 deficiency in 29 patients (absence of detectable IL-12Rß1 surface expression, n = 28, absence of response to IL-12, n = 27, or both, n = 27).
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Figure 2. Impaired cellular response to interleukin-12. Production of IFN-{gamma} by whole blood cells from 20 healthy "local" positive controls (fresh blood), from 16 healthy "travel" positive controls and from 21 patients, either unstimulated (-) or stimulated with BCG alone or with BCG plus recombinant IL-12p70. Fresh, heparinized blood from 7 patients and all "travel" controls were shipped to Paris within 12 to 48 h, where the experiments were performed. Blood from four patients and all "local" control was drawn in Paris and readily stimulated. The supernatants were harvested after 48 h of activation for cytokine quantification by ELISA. The horizontal bars represent the arithmetic mean of the values.6wv3&, http://www.100md.com
Onset and Outcome of Infections in IL-12Rß1–deficient Patients.6wv3&, http://www.100md.com
We first analyzed the 34 individuals who developed case-definition opportunistic infections caused by weakly virulent microorganisms (BCG, EM, and nontyphoid Salmonella; ). 25 of these 34 patients had been inoculated with live BCG in childhood. Only 18 developed disseminated BCG disease, within six months of inoculation ( a). No recurrence of BCG disease was observed in the 16 patients who survived the initial BCG infection. Eight patients suffered EM disease. EM disease began before the age of six years, in all but two patients (4.II.1 and 7.II.5) who developed M. avium and M. fortuitum infections at the ages of 17 and 10 yr, respectively. One of these two patients (4.II.1), unlike the others, suffered a second EM disease, caused by M. triplex. Finally, disseminated nontyphoid salmonellosis occurred in 21 of 34 patients. Salmonellosis was the only infectious disease for seven patients. First Salmonella infection occurred at or before the age of 12 yr. Eight patients had recurrent salmonellosis (8/21, 38%), involving the same serotype, whereas BCG and EM infections were not recurrent. Nevertheless, we found high titers of Salmonella-specific antibodies in the sera of 4 deficient patients with no history of clinical salmonellosis. Only five of the 34 infected IL-12Rß1-deficient patients died due to BCG (n = 2) or EM (n = 3; a mortality rate among symptomatic patients of only 15% [5/34]) ( b). All deaths occurred before 8 yr of age. No death was attributable to salmonellosis. Thus, infections caused by weakly virulent Mycobacteria and Salmonella in IL12Rß1-deficient patients generally have a childhood onset and a favorable clinical outcome, particularly once patients have entered their teens.
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Figure 3. Epidemiological features of IL-12Rß1 deficiency. First onset (a) and outcome (b) of case-definition opportunistic infectious diseases in 34 deficient patients, according to infections: BCG (broken black line), EM (broken gray line), Salmonella (solid gray line), and all 3 infections (solid black line). (c) Penetrance of case-definition infectious diseases in the 12 IL-12Rß1–deficient siblings (excluding all probands). (d) Variations in onset of EM disease among the 41 deficient patients, who had been vaccinated with BCG and suffered BCG disease (broken black line, n = 18), who had been vaccinated with BCG without developing BCG disease (resistance to BCG, solid black line, n = 9), or who had not been vaccinated with BCG (solid gray line, n = 14).k\3{if, 百拇医药
Clinical Penetrance and Impact of BCG on Clinical Phenotype.k\3{if, 百拇医药
We determined the clinical penetrance of IL12Rß1 deficiency, by excluding all probands ( c). Five (42%) of the 12 affected siblings were completely free of unusual infections at their last follow-up visit (mean duration of follow-up: 13.8 yr, range: 7–18 yr). None of the other 7 siblings had more than one infection. Two of the six siblings who had been vaccinated had disseminated BCG disease. Three additional siblings developed infections with weakly virulent microorganisms, EM in one case and Salmonella in the other two. Overall, the penetrance of opportunistic infections was estimated to be 45.3% (confidence interval [CI] 95%: 14.2%-75.4%) when calculated with survival analysis techniques to account for differences in follow-up period ( c). Finally, tuberculosis occurred in 2 other siblings (2.II.1, 24.II.3). We then determined the impact of BCG on the clinical phenotype for the 41 patients described herein. BCG inoculation or disease had no impact on the occurrence (and age at onset) of Salmonella infection, or the occurrence of tuberculosis. In contrast, none of the 18 patients with BCG disease developed EM disease (interval between onset of BCG disease and last follow-up: 3–31 yr, mean 12.8 yr). Only two (4.II.1 and 7.II.5) of the nine patients resistant to BCG (BCG inoculation without BCG disease) suffered EM disease, with late onset of the disease. Six (43%) of the 14 patients who had not been inoculated with BCG suffered EM disease ( d), with early onset of the disease. The difference in age at onset of EM disease between the three groups of patients was highly significant (P < 0.004; d). This difference was particularly clear if patients with BCG disease were compared with patients not inoculated with BCG (P < 0.004). The difference between patients resistant to BCG and nonvaccinated patients was not significant (P = 0.09). Finally, the difference in incidence of EM disease between BCG-inoculated patients (with or without BCG disease) and nonvaccinated patients was highly significant (P < 0.002).
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We report here the first large series of patients with complete IL-12Rß1 deficiency, including 41 deficient individuals from 29 unrelated kindreds ( and ). The kindreds originate from 17 countries, in Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. Seven other unrelated patients reported elsewhere (15, 17, 18, 21) raise the total number of cases to 48, from 36 kindreds, in 20 countries. The cellular phenotype of IL-12-receptor ß1 chain–deficient patients is uniform: all patients tested failed to respond to IL-12. The relative contributions to the clinical phenotype of the lack of response of NK cells (16) and of T lymphocytes (15–18, 21) to IL-12 are unclear. The receptor for IL-23, another IFN-{gamma} –inducing cytokine, contains the IL-12Rß1 subunit (25), suggesting that patients with IL-12Rß1 deficiency probably also suffer from IL-23 receptor deficiency.ply?, http://www.100md.com
The results obtained in this study confirm that IL-12Rß1 deficiency is principally associated with mycobacterial diseases (). If we include the seven patients reported elsewhere (15, 17, 18, 21), 33 of the 48 patients have had BCG (n = 22) or EM (n = 11) disease. We also report three patients from two kindreds with M. tuberculosis disease. Thus, a diagnosis of IL-12 receptor deficiency should be considered in patients with unusually severe forms of tuberculosis (20). Mice with a disrupted IL12B gene (26) are susceptible to BCG (27), M. tuberculosis (27–29) and, to a lesser extent, to M. avium (30–32). Our results extend these observations, and highlight the crucial role of IL-12 in immunity to BCG, several EM and M. tuberculosis in humans.
However, IL-12Rß1–deficient patients are less susceptible to Mycobacteria than was initially thought (15–21). 9 of 27 children inoculated with BCG did not suffer adverse effects. Only 8 of the 41 patients (19%) in this series, and 11 of the 48 (23%) including the cases reported elsewhere (17, 18, 21), developed EM infections. Excluding the probands, only 2 of 6 siblings vaccinated with BCG and 1 of 12 IL-12Rß1–deficient siblings developed BCG and EM disease, respectively. Paradoxically, these data indicate that most IL-12Rß1–deficient patients do not have the original phenotype of BCG/EM disease or salmonellosis. Healthy siblings of probands should therefore be investigated. IL-12 is surprisingly redundant in protective immunity against primary infection by weakly virulent Mycobacteria in a majority of individuals.w]?, 百拇医药
In our survey, the age at onset of EM disease differed between patients with and without BCG disease. If we include the other IL-12Rß1– and IL-12p40–deficient cases (13–15, 17, 18, 21), there are 63 patients in total, 36 of whom had BCG disease. None of these 36 patients developed EM disease, while among the 27 patients who did not develop any BCG disease 12 developed EM disease (P < 10-6, Fisher's exact test). This indicates that BCG disease protects against subsequent EM illness in patients with IL-12 deficiency or IL-12R deficiency. Antibiotic treatment against BCG probably played a minor role in preventing EM disease, as it was discontinued after a few years in all patients. Moreover, the impact of BCG inoculation itself (with or without BCG disease) was also significant in our series. Similarly, EM disease was protective in itself. In contrast, BCG inoculation and EM disease had no effect on the incidence of salmonellosis. IL-12 is thus redundant for adaptive, secondary immunity to Mycobacteria in most, if not all, patients.
The prognosis of IL-12Rß1 deficiency is good due to the low clinical penetrance of primary mycobacterial infection, acquired protective immunity to secondary mycobacterial infection, and the lack of life-threatening nonmycobacterial infections. Only 5 of our 41 (12%) IL-12Rß1–deficient patients died of BCG or EM infection, before the age of 8 yr. The overall mortality rate for all known IL-12Rß1–deficient patients is only 15% (7/48), increasing to 21% (13/63) if we include IL-12p40–deficient children (13–15, 17, 18, 21). Outcome improved with age, and our patients (now aged 2–33 yr) are healthy and off all treatment. These results should help us to predict clinical outcome for individual patients. They also indicate that immune mechanisms progressively develop ways of compensating for the lack of IL-12–mediated immunity.u, 百拇医药
21 of the 41 patients (51%) in our series had had extra-intestinal infections caused by Salmonella, as had 4 of the other 7 IL-12Rß1–deficient patients (15, 17, 18, 21) and 5 of the 15 IL-12p40–deficient patients (a total of 30 out of 63, 48%; references 13–15). Of clinical interest, five children presented salmonellosis as the only infectious disease. IL-12 has been shown to play a major role in host defense against Salmonella in IL-12p40-KO mice (33, 34). Our observation extends this findings in humans. However, not all Salmonella-infected patients developed clinical disease (). IL-12 was redundant in primary immunity against Salmonella in some patients. Salmonellosis recurrence was frequent (8/21, 38%), suggesting that IL-12 is required for secondary immunity to Salmonella in many patients. These data suggest that different immune mechanisms control secondary immunity to Salmonella and Mycobacteria.
There were no other unusually severe infections in our 41 patients, as in the other seven patients (15, 17, 18, 21; ). CMV infection had been well controlled in at least 14 patients (). Other common viruses did not cause severe disease in our patients. One patient suffered benign infection with Kingella kingae. There were no other diseases caused by common bacteria, including macrophage-infecting species such as Listeria and Nocardia. One IL-12–deficient patient had one episode of nocardiosis (14). Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection in one curable IL-12Rß1–deficient patient had a symptomatic yet benign course, and oral candidiasis was diagnosed in a few patients. Other fungi represented no threat to IL-12Rß1–deficient patients. Toxoplasma gondii infection had an uneventful course in at least five patients. Other common opportunistic protozoa were not pathogenic.allk, 百拇医药
The number of kindreds investigated from various genetic backgrounds and exposed to a variety of environmental conditions, together with the number of siblings affected, ruling out a major ascertainment bias, make it possible to conclude that mycobacteriosis and salmonellosis are the most frequent infectious diseases in patients with IL-12Rß1 deficiency. Our study does not exclude the possibility that other infectious or non-infectious diseases may occur in other patients with this genetic defect, or in our patients later in life. The apparent resistance of IL-12Rß1–deficient patients to most microorganisms nevertheless contrasts with results obtained in mice. Indeed, IL12p40 KO mice are susceptible to almost all microorganisms tested (35–51). The lack of a requirement for IL-12 and probably IL-23 for protective immunity against most microorganisms in humans may reflect the natural (1), as opposed to experimental, course of most infections in man.
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We would like to thank the patients and their families, the members of the Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Dr. Dominique Recan for the EBV transformation of B cells, and Dr. Sandra Weller for invaluable advice in flow cytometry.7*[}gkn, http://www.100md.com
C. Fieschi was supported by the Association pour la Recherche contre le Cancer (ARC), S. Dupuis by the Ministere de l'Education Nationale, de la Recherche, et de la Technologie (MENRT), and J. Bustamante by the Fondation Schlumberger. This work was supported by the Fondation BNP-Paribas, the Fondation Schlumberger, and the Sequella Foundation.7*[}gkn, http://www.100md.com
Submitted: October 7, 20027*[}gkn, http://www.100md.com
Accepted: January 16, 20037*[}gkn, http://www.100md.com
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