Browsing by Author "Buckley, Rebecca H"

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    Dominant Splice Site Mutations in PIK3R1 Cause Hyper IgM Syndrome, Lymphadenopathy and Short Stature.
    (J Clin Immunol, 2016-07) Petrovski, Slavé; Parrott, Roberta E; Roberts, Joseph L; Huang, Hongxiang; Yang, Jialong; Gorentla, Balachandra; Mousallem, Talal; Wang, Endi; Armstrong, Martin; McHale, Duncan; MacIver, Nancie J; Goldstein, David B; Zhong, Xiao-Ping; Buckley, Rebecca H
    The purpose of this research was to use next generation sequencing to identify mutations in patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases whose pathogenic gene mutations had not been identified. Remarkably, four unrelated patients were found by next generation sequencing to have the same heterozygous mutation in an essential donor splice site of PIK3R1 (NM_181523.2:c.1425 + 1G > A) found in three prior reports. All four had the Hyper IgM syndrome, lymphadenopathy and short stature, and one also had SHORT syndrome. They were investigated with in vitro immune studies, RT-PCR, and immunoblotting studies of the mutation's effect on mTOR pathway signaling. All patients had very low percentages of memory B cells and class-switched memory B cells and reduced numbers of naïve CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. RT-PCR confirmed the presence of both an abnormal 273 base-pair (bp) size and a normal 399 bp size band in the patient and only the normal band was present in the parents. Following anti-CD40 stimulation, patient's EBV-B cells displayed higher levels of S6 phosphorylation (mTOR complex 1 dependent event), Akt phosphorylation at serine 473 (mTOR complex 2 dependent event), and Akt phosphorylation at threonine 308 (PI3K/PDK1 dependent event) than controls, suggesting elevated mTOR signaling downstream of CD40. These observations suggest that amino acids 435-474 in PIK3R1 are important for its stability and also its ability to restrain PI3K activity. Deletion of Exon 11 leads to constitutive activation of PI3K signaling. This is the first report of this mutation and immunologic abnormalities in SHORT syndrome.
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    Immune Reconstitution and Survival of 100 SCID Patients Post Hematopoietic Cell Transplant: A PIDTC Natural History Study.
    (Blood, 2017-10-11) Heimall, Jennifer; Logan, Brent R; Cowan, Morton J; Notarangelo, Luigi D; Griffith, Linda M; Puck, Jennifer M; Kohn, Donald B; Pulsipher, Michael A; Parikh, Suhag; Martinez, Caridad; Kapoor, Neena; O'Reilly, Richard; Boyer, Michael; Pai, Sung-Yun; Goldman, Frederick; Burroughs, Lauri; Chandra, Sharat; Kletzel, Morris; Thakar, Monica; Connelly, James; Cuvelier, Geoff; Davila Saldana, Blachy J; Shereck, Evan; Knutsen, Alan; Sullivan, Kathleen E; DeSantes, Kenneth; Gillio, Alfred; Haddad, Elie; Petrovic, Aleksandra; Quigg, Troy; Smith, Angela R; Stenger, Elizabeth; Yin, Ziyan; Shearer, William T; Fleisher, Thomas; Buckley, Rebecca H; Dvorak, Christopher C
    The Primary Immune Deficiency Treatment Consortium (PIDTC) is enrolling children with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) to a prospective natural history study. We analyzed patients treated with allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) from 2010-2014, including 68 with typical SCID and 32 with leaky SCID, Omenn Syndrome or Reticular Dysgenesis. Most (59%) were diagnosed by newborn screening or family history. The 2-year overall survival (OS) was 90%but was 95% for those infection-free at HCT vs. 81% for those with active infection (p=0.009). Other factors, including the diagnosis of typical vs. leaky SCID/Omenn Syndrome, diagnosis via family history or newborn screening (FH/NBS), use of preparative chemotherapy, or the type of donor utilized did not impact survival. While 1-year post-HCT median CD4 counts and freedom from IVIG were improved after use of preparative chemotherapy, other immunologic reconstitution parameters were not affected and the potential for late sequelae in extremely young infants requires further evaluation. Following a T-cell-replete graft, landmark analysis at Day +100 post-HCT revealed that CD3 <300 cells/uL, CD8 <50 cells/uL, CD45RA <10%, or a restricted Vβ T cell receptor repertoire (<13 of 24 families) was associated with need for second HCT or death. In the modern era, active infection continues to pose the greatest threat to survival for SCID patients. Although NBS has been effective in diagnosing SCID patients early in life, there is an urgent need to identify validated approaches through prospective trials to ensure that patients proceed to HCT infection free. The trial is registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as NCT01186913.
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    Outcome of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for DNA-Double Strand Breakage Repair Disorders.
    (J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2017-04-06) Slack, James; Albert, Michael H; Balashov, Dmitry; Belohradsky, Bernd H; Bertaina, Alice; Bleesing, Jack; Booth, Claire; Buechner, Jochen; Buckley, Rebecca H; Ouachée-Chardin, Marie; Deripapa, Elena; Drabko, Katarzyna; Eapen, Mary; Feuchtinger, Tobias; Finocchi, Andrea; Gaspar, H Bobby; Ghosh, Sujal; Gillio, Alfred; Gonzalez-Granado, Luis I; Grunebaum, Eyal; Güngör, Tayfun; Heilmann, Carsten; Helminen, Merja; Higuchi, Kohei; Imai, Kohsuke; Kalwak, Krzysztof; Kanazawa, Nubuo; Karasu, Gülsün; Kucuk, Zeynep Y; Laberko, Alexandra; Lange, Andrzej; Mahlaoui, Nizar; Meisel, Roland; Moshous, D; Muramatsu, Hideki; Parikh, Suhag; Pasic, Srdjan; Schmid, Irene; Schuetz, Catharina; Schulz, Ansgar; Schultz, Kirk R; Shaw, Peter J; Slatter, Mary A; Sykora, Karl-Walter; Tamura, Shinobu; Taskinen, Mervi; Wawer, Angela; Wolska-Kuśnierz, Beata; Cowan, Morton J; Fischer, Alain; Gennery, Andrew R; Inborn Errors Working Party of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation and the European Society for Immunodeficiencies; Stem Cell Transplant for Immunodeficiencies in Europe (SCETIDE); Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research; Primary Immunodeficiency Treatment Consortium
    BACKGROUND: Rare DNA breakage-repair disorders predispose to infection and lympho-reticular malignancies. Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is curative but co-administered chemo- or radio-therapy is damaging due to systemic radio-sensitivity. We collected HCT outcome data for Nijmegen Breakage syndrome (NBS), DNA ligase IV deficiency (LIG4), Cernunnos-XLF deficiency and ataxia-telangiectasia. METHODS: Data from 38 centres worldwide, including indication, donor, conditioning regimen, graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) and outcome were analyzed. Conditioning was classified as myeloablative (MAC) if it contained radiotherapy or alkylators and reduced intensity (RIC) if no alkylators and/or fludarabine ≤150 mg/m(2) and cyclophosphamide ≤ 40 mg/kg were used. RESULTS: 55 new, 14 updated and 18 previously published patients were analyzed. Median age at HCT was 48 (range 1.5 - 552) months. 29 were transplanted for infection, 21 malignancy, 13 bone marrow failure, 13 pre-emptively, 5 had multiple indications, and 6 had no information. 22 received MAC, 59 RIC, 4 were infused;- information unavailable for 2. 73/77 patients with LIG4, Cernunnos-XLF deficiency or NBS received conditioning. Survival was 53/77 (69%), worse for MAC than RIC (p=0.006). Most deaths occurred early post-transplant suggesting poor tolerance of conditioning. Survival in ataxia-telangiectasia patients was 25%. 41/83 patients experienced aGvHD (49%): less in RIC compared to MAC, 26/56 (46%) vs 12/21 (57%) (p=0.45). Median follow-up was 35 (range 2-168) months. No secondary malignancies were reported during 15 years follow-up. Growth and developmental delay remained post-HCT; immune-mediated complications resolved. CONCLUSION: RIC-HCT resolves DNA repair disorder-associated immunodeficiency. Long-term follow-up is required for secondary malignancy surveillance. Routine HCT for ataxia-telangiectasia is not recommended.
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    Post-Transplantation B Cell Function in Different Molecular Types of SCID
    (Journal of Clinical Immunology, 2012) Buckley, Rebecca H; Win, Chan M; Moser, Barry K; Parrott, Roberta E; Sajaroff, Elisa; Sarzotti-Kelsoe, Marcella
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    Progress toward less toxic conditioning.
    (Blood, 2016-07-21) Buckley, Rebecca H