Table 1.
List of actinopathies with corresponding protein function, clinical symptoms, and neutrophil defects
Disease | Protein function | Clinical symptoms | Defects reported in primary neutrophils from patients |
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ACTB mutations | Non-muscle actin isoform | Recurrent infections and mental disability | Impaired chemotaxis and ROS production, lower membrane potential response |
MKL1 deficiency | Co-activator of SRF | Severe, recurrent bacterial infections | Reduced actin content and impaired actin polymerization, impaired migration, impaired spreading, enhanced degranulation, and defective endothelial transmigration |
ARPC1B deficiency | Component of the ARP2/3 complex | Viral and bacterial infections, bleeding tendency, vasculitis, eczema, allergy, thrombocytopenia, and eosinophilia | Impaired actin polymerization, impaired motility, enhanced degranulation, and impaired podosome formation |
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) | Nucleation factor for the ARP2/3 complex | Recurrent infections, severe bleeding, eczema, autoimmune diseases, lymphoma, thrombocytopenia, and lymphocytopenia | None reported |
X-linked thrombocytopenia (WAS) | Nucleation factor for the ARP2/3 complex | Mild immunodeficiency, bleeding, and thrombocytopenia | None reported |
X-linked neutropenia (WAS) | Nucleation factor for the ARP2/3 complex | Severe neutropenia, monocytopenia, thrombocytopenia, late-onset malignancies, and recurrent infections | Enhanced basal F-actin levels, proliferation, and maturation defect |
WIP deficiency (WIPF1) | Interactor of WASP and keeps WASP stable and inactive | Recurrent infections, eczema, papulovesicular/ulcerative lesions, bloody diarrhea, and thrombocytopenia | None reported |
HEM1 deficiency | Component of the WRC | Recurrent bacterial and viral infections and atopic and allergic disease | Impaired migration |
Coronin-1A deficiency | Actin-binding protein, interacts with the ARP2/3 complex, signaling mediator | Recurrent bacterial and viral respiratory infections, skin lesions, chronic warts, and chronic T-lymphopenia | Very short telomere length |
LLS/WDR1 deficiency | Enhances severing and disassembly of actin filaments by cofilin | Severe stomatitis, recurrent infections and moderate neutropenia (periodic), fever, thrombocytopenia, and intellectual impairment | Migration defect, abnormal spreading, increased basal F-actin levels, enhanced ROS production, and abnormal location of the nucleus |
RAC2 mutations (activating) | Rho GTPase involved in the respiratory burst and activator of the WRC | Neutropenia, recurrent respiratory infections, and lymphopenia | Impaired chemotaxis, increased basal F-actin levels, increased actin polymerization, and increased ROS production |
RAC2 mutations (loss-of-function) | Rho GTPase involved in the respiratory burst and activator of the WRC | Neutrophilia, severe bacterial infections, poor wound-healing, lymphopenia, and hypogammaglobulinemia | Impaired chemotactic response, decreased basal F-actin levels, impaired actin polymerization, decreased ROS production, and absent azurophilic granule release |
DOCK2 deficiency | GEF activating RAC | Severe bacterial and viral infections and T-cell lymphopenia | Impaired actin polymerization and impaired ROS production |
DOCK8 deficiency | GEF activating CDC42 | Severe recurrent viral, bacterial, and fungal infections; eczema; and allergies | Mild motility defect |
STK4 deficiency | Kinase for several nuclear proteins and activator of RAC through PKC-α and LyGDI | Recurrent bacterial and viral infections, CD4+ T-lymphopenia, mucocutaneous candidiasis, eczema, molluscum contagiosum, high IgA/E levels, cardiac aberrations, and episodes of neutropenia | Loss of mitochondrial membrane potential and susceptibility to apoptosis |
MSN deficiency | Links actin filaments to the plasma membrane and signaling mediator for selectins | Recurrent bacterial and viral infections, recurrent molluscum, eczema, and lymphopenia | None reported |
LAD-I (ITGB2) | Facilitates cell-cell and cell-ECM interactions | Early onset recurrent bacterial or fungal infections, delayed umbilical cord detachment, omphalitis, poor wound healing, non-pyogenic wounds, and severe neutrophilia | Impaired ROS production, reduced killing of Candida albicans, impaired adhesion (static and flow), defective chemotaxis, and defective endothelial transmigration |
LAD-III (FERMT3) | Key-activator of integrins | Milder immune deficiency compared to LAD-I, but accompanied by a Glanzmann-like bleeding disorder | Impaired ROS production, reduced killing of C. albicans, impaired adhesion (static and flow), defective chemotaxis, and defective endothelial transmigration |
CalDAG-GEFI deficiency | GEF activating RAP1 | Impaired platelet function and bleeding disorder | Defective integrin activation |
NAD | Unknown gene | Recurrent fevers, recurrent pulmonary infections, leukocytosis, non-pyogenic infections, hepatosplenomegaly, and thrombocytopenia | Decreased basal F-actin levels, impaired actin polymerization, impaired podosome formation, and increased ROS production |
ACTB, β-actin; ARPC1B, actin-related protein complex 2/3 subunit 1B; ARP2/3 complex, actin-related protein complex 2/3; CalDAG-GEFI, calcium and DAG-regulated guanine nucleotide exchange factor I; CD, marker of cell differentiation; CDC42, cell division control protein 42; DOCK, dedicator of cytokinesis; ECM, extracellular matrix; FERMT3, fermitin family homolog 3; F-actin, filamentous actin; GEF, guanidine exchange factor; Ig, immunoglobin; ITGB2, β-2-integrin; LAD, leukocyte adhesion deficiency; LLS, lazy leukocyte syndrome; LyGDI, lysine GDP-dissociation inhibitor; MKL1, megakaryoblastic leukemia 1; MSN, moesin; NAD, neutrophil actin dysfunction; PKC, protein kinase C; RAC, Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate; RAP1, Ras-related protein 1; Rho GTPase, rho guanidine triphosphosphatase; ROS, reactive oxygen species; SRF, serum response factor; STK4, serine/threonine kinase 4; WAS, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome; WASP, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein; WAVE, WASP family verprolin-homologous protein; WRC, WAVE regulatory complex; WDR1, WD repeat-containing domain 1; WIP, WASP-interacting protein.