[HTML][HTML] Biallelic Cys141Tyr variant of SEL1L is associated with neurodevelopmental disorders, agammaglobulinemia, and premature death

D Weis, LL Lin, HH Wang, ZJ Li… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
D Weis, LL Lin, HH Wang, ZJ Li, K Kusikova, P Ciznar, HM Wolf, A Leiss-Piller, Z Wang
The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2024Am Soc Clin Investig
Suppressor of lin-12-like–HMG-CoA reductase degradation 1 (SEL1L-HRD1) ER-
associated degradation (ERAD) plays a critical role in many physiological processes in
mice, including immunity, water homeostasis, and energy metabolism; however, its
relevance and importance in humans remain unclear, as no disease variant has been
identified. Here, we report a biallelic SEL1L variant (p. Cys141Tyr) in 5 patients from a
consanguineous Slovakian family. These patients presented with not only ERAD-associated …
Suppressor of lin-12-like–HMG-CoA reductase degradation 1 (SEL1L-HRD1) ER-associated degradation (ERAD) plays a critical role in many physiological processes in mice, including immunity, water homeostasis, and energy metabolism; however, its relevance and importance in humans remain unclear, as no disease variant has been identified. Here, we report a biallelic SEL1L variant (p. Cys141Tyr) in 5 patients from a consanguineous Slovakian family. These patients presented with not only ERAD-associated neurodevelopmental disorders with onset in infancy (ENDI) syndromes, but infantile-onset agammaglobulinemia with no mature B cells, resulting in frequent infections and early death. This variant disrupted the formation of a disulfide bond in the luminal fibronectin II domain of SEL1L, largely abolishing the function of the SEL1L-HRD1 ERAD complex in part via proteasomal-mediated self destruction by HRD1. This study reports a disease entity termed ENDI-agammaglobulinemia (ENDI-A) syndrome and establishes an inverse correlation between SEL1L-HRD1 ERAD functionality and disease severity in humans.
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