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A loss-of-function IFNAR1 allele in Polynesia underlies severe viral diseases in homozygotes
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Globally, autosomal recessive IFNAR1 deficiency is a rare inborn error of immunity underlying susceptibility to live attenuated vaccine and wild-type viruses. We report seven children from five unrelated kindreds of western Polynesian ancestry who suffered from severe viral diseases. All the patients are homozygous for the same nonsense IFNAR1 variant (p.Glu386*). This allele encodes a truncated protein that is absent from the cell surface and is loss-of-function. The fibroblasts of the patients do not respond to type I IFNs (IFN-α2, IFN-ω, or IFN-β). Remarkably, this IFNAR1 variant has a minor allele frequency >1% in Samoa and is also observed in the Cook, Society, Marquesas, and Austral islands, as well as Fiji, whereas it is extremely rare or absent in the other populations tested, including those of the Pacific region. Inherited IFNAR1 deficiency should be considered in individuals of Polynesian ancestry with severe viral illnesses.
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![Figure 4. The p.Glu386* variant is extremely rare or absent in most regions of the world tested, but frequent in western Polynesia. Map showing the frequency distribution of the two alleles (c.1156G>T) in different Pacific and continental populations (Europeans [non-Finnish] and East Asians from gnomADv3.2.1; Karczewski et al., 2020), and Pacific populations including Taiwanese indigenous peoples, Philippine populations, and ni-Vanuatu (Choin et al., 2021); New Guineans and Bougainville islanders (Bergstrom et al., 2020); Polynesians from Samoa (the Soifua Manuia study; Harris et al., 2020); and populations from Fiji, Tonga, and the Cook, Society, Austral, Tuamotu, Gambier, and Marquesas Islands. To aid visualization of the variant distribution, a factor 10 correction has been applied to allele frequencies, so that a full pie chart corresponds to MAF = 10% and a quarter of a pie chart to MAF = 2.5% (as denoted in the schematic legend).](/paper-figures/eb0737b90b014dd8a1cdb874f5790b8b/a-loss-of-function-ifnar1-allele-in-polynesia-underlies-severe-viral-diseases-in-figure-4.jpg)
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- Bastard, P., Hsiao, K.-C., Zhang, Q., Choin, J., Best, E., Chen, J., Gervais, A., Bizien, L., Materna, M., Harmant, C., Roux, M., Hawley, N. L., Weeks, D. E., McGarvey, S. T., Sandoval, K., Barberena-Jonas, C., Quinto-Cortés, C. D., Hagelberg, E., Mentzer, A. J., Robson, K., Coulibaly, B., Seeleuthner, Y., Bigio, B., Li, Z., Uzé, G., Pellegrini, S., Lorenzo, L., Sbihi, Z., Latour, S., Besnard, M., Adam de Beaumais, T., Jacqz Aigrain, E., Béziat, V., Deka, R., Esera Tulifau, L., Viali, S., Reupena, M. S., Naseri, T., McNaughton, P., Sarkozy, V., Peake, J., Blincoe, A., Primhak, S., Stables, S., Gibson, K., Woon, S.-T., Drake, K. M., Hill, A. V. S., Chan, C.-Y., King, R., Ameratunga, R., Teiti, I., Aubry, M., Cao-Lormeau, V.-M., Tangye, S. G., Zhang, S.-Y., Jouanguy, E., Gray, P., Abel, L., Moreno-Estrada, A., Minster, R. L., Quintana-Murci, L., Wood, A. C., & Casanova, J.-L.
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France 1
- Starship Child Health, Auckland, New Zealand 5
- Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, CNRS UMR2000, Human Evolutionary Genetics Unit, Paris, France 9
- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 2
- Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 14
- Department of Human Genetics, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 16
- International Health Institute, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 15
- National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity (LANGEBIO) - UGA, CINVESTAV, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico 19
- Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway 20
- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 21
- MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 23
- Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Biotherapy, Université Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, Montpellier, France 25
- Unit of Cytokine Signaling, Pasteur Institute, INSERM U1224, Paris, France 24
- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV Infection, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France 26
- Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, Paris, France 3
- Department of Neonatology, Centre Hospitalier de Polynésie Française, Papeete, French Polynesia 27
- Precision Cancer Medicine Team, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France 28
- Paris Cité University, Paris, France 11
- Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 30
- Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital, Apia, Samoa 31
- School of Medicine, National University of Samoa, Apia, Samoa 32
- Lutia i Puava ae Mapu i Fagalele, Apia, Samoa 33
- Clinical Immunogenomics Research Consortium Australasia, Sydney, Australia 8
- Tumbatin Developmental Services, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia 36
- Department of Forensic Pathology, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand 38
- Clinical Geneticist, South Island Hub, Genetic Health Service, Christchurch, New Zealand 39
- Department of Virology and Immunology, LabPLUS, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand 40
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- Bastard, Paul
- Hsiao, Kuang-Chih
- Zhang, Qian
- Choin, Jeremy
- Best, Emma
- Chen, Jie
- Gervais, Adrian
- Bizien, Lucy
- Materna, Marie
- Harmant, Christine
- Roux, Maguelonne
- Hawley, Nicola L.
- Weeks, Daniel E.
- McGarvey, Stephen T.
- Sandoval, Karla
- Barberena-Jonas, Carmina
- Quinto-Cortés, Consuelo D.
- Hagelberg, Erika
- Mentzer, Alexander J.
- Robson, Kathryn
- Coulibaly, Boubacar
- Seeleuthner, Yoann
- Bigio, Benedetta
- Li, Zhi
- Uzé, Gilles
- Pellegrini, Sandra
- Lorenzo, Lazaro
- Sbihi, Zineb
- Latour, Sylvain
- Besnard, Marianne
- Adam de Beaumais, Tiphaine
- Jacqz Aigrain, Evelyne
- Béziat, Vivien
- Deka, Ranjan
- Esera Tulifau, Litara
- Viali, Satupa‘itea
- Naseri, Take
- McNaughton, Peter
- Sarkozy, Vanessa
- Peake, Jane
- Blincoe, Annaliesse
- Primhak, Sarah
- Stables, Simon
- Gibson, Kate
- Woon, See-Tarn
- Drake, Kylie Marie
- Hill, Adrian V.S.
- Chan, Cheng-Yee
- King, Richard
- Ameratunga, Rohan
- Teiti, Iotefa
- Aubry, Maite
- Cao-Lormeau, Van-Mai
- Tangye, Stuart G.
- Zhang, Shen-Ying
- Jouanguy, Emmanuelle
- Gray, Paul
- Abel, Laurent
- Moreno-Estrada, Andrés
- Minster, Ryan L.
- Quintana-Murci, Lluis
- Wood, Andrew C.
- Casanova, Jean-Laurent
- Venue
- Journal of Experimental Medicine
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- Rockefeller University Press
- Published
- 2022-04-20
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- 219
- Issue
- 6
- ISSN
- 0022-1007
- 1540-9538
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- PMC9026234
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- MATAEA (03557/MED/REC_29/05/2019)
- Institut Pasteur
- Collège de France
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique
- Fondation Allianz-Institut de France
- French Government’s Investissement d’Avenir program
- Milieu Intérieur (ANR-10-LABX-69-01)
- Fondation de France (00106080)
- Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (Equipe FRM DEQ20180339214, EQU201903007798, EA20170638020)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Rockefeller University
- St. Giles Foundation
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
- NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award (UL1 TR001866)
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- Yale Center for Mendelian Genomics
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- Yale High-Performance Computing Center (S10OD018521)
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