Four different NCF2 mutations in six families from Turkey and an overview of NCF2 gene mutations

Authors: Köker, M. Y.¹; Sanal, Ö.²; van Leeuwen, K.³; de Boer, M.³; Metin, A.¹; Patıroğlu, T.⁴; Özgür, T. T.²; Tezcan, I.²; Roos, D.³

Source: European Journal of Clinical Investigation, Volume 39, Number 10, October 2009 , pp. 942-951(10)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Eur J Clin Invest 2009; 39 (10): 942-951 Abstract Background

One of the rarest forms of autosomal recessive chronic granulomatous disease (AR-CGD) is attributable to mutations in the NCF2 gene, which encodes the polypeptide p67^phox, a key cytoplasmic protein in the phagocyte NADPH oxidase system. NCF2 is localized on chromosome 1q25, encompasses 40 kb and contains 16 exons. Materials and methods

We report here the clinical and molecular characterization of six patients with CGD from six consanguineous Turkish families. The ages of the five female patients were between 3 and 22 years and a male patient was 2 years old; all patients showed clear clinical symptoms of CGD. Results

The mothers of the patients did not show a bimodal histogram pattern specific for X-CGD in the dihydrorhodamine-1,2,3 (DHR) assay. Moreover, p67^phox protein expression was not detectable using flow cytometric analysis of the patients' neutrophils except in those from patient 6, which had a diminished expression. Mutation analysis of NCF2 revealed four different homozygous mutations: a novel nonsense mutation in exon 3 c.229C>T, p.Arg77X; a novel missense mutation in exon 4 c.279C>G, p.Asp93Glu; a nonsense mutation in exon 4 c.304C>T, p.Arg102X; and a novel missense mutation in exon 6 c.605C>T, p.Ala202Val. The parents were found to be heterozygotes for these mutations. Conclusions

The prevalence of NCF2 mutant families is approximately 15% in our series of 40 CGD families. This high incidence of A67 CGD in Turkey is undoubtedly caused by the high incidence of consanguineous marriages. We found three new mutations in NCF2 and one previously described. These are presented together with an overview of all NCF2 mutations now known.

Keywords: CGD; chronic granulomatous disease; flow cytometry; mutation; NCF2; neutrophil; p67

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2362.2009.02195.x

Affiliations: 1: Diskapi Children Disease Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 2: University of Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey 3: University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 4: University of Erciyes, Kayseri, Turkey

Publication date: 2009-10-01

Four different NCF2 mutations in six families from Turkey and an overview of NCF2 gene mutations

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