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. 2020 Aug 26;13(1):3–25. doi: 10.1159/000509717

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
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.