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Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on October 24, 2002; DOI 10.1182/blood-2002-09-2840.
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Blood, 1 March 2003, Vol. 101, No. 5, pp. 1705-1712
CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS, INTERVENTIONS, AND THERAPEUTIC TRIALS
Insights into leukocyte adhesion deficiency type 2 from a novel
mutation in the GDP-fucose transporter gene
Andrés Hidalgo,
Songhui Ma,
Anna J. Peired,
Linnea A. Weiss,
Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, and
Paul S. Frenette
From the Divisions of Hematology and Clinical
Immunology, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New
York, NY.
Leukocyte adhesion deficiency type 2 (LADII) is characterized
by defective selectin ligand formation, recurrent infection, and mental
retardation. This rare syndrome has only been described in 2 kindreds
of Middle Eastern descent who have differentially responded to
exogenous fucose treatment. The molecular defect was recently ascribed
to single and distinct missense mutations in a putative Golgi
guanosine diphosphate (GDP)-fucose transporter. Here, we describe
a patient of Brazilian origin with features of LADII. Sequencing of the
GDP-fucose transporter revealed a novel single nucleotide deletion
producing a shift in the open-reading frame and severe truncation of
the polypeptide. Overexpression of the mutant protein in the patient's
fibroblasts did not rescue fucosylation, suggesting that the deletion
ablated the activity of the transporter. Administration of oral
L-fucose to the patient produced molecular and clinical responses, as
measured by the appearance of selectin ligands, normalization of
neutrophil counts, and prevention of infectious recurrence. The lower
neutrophil counts paralleled improved neutrophil interactions with
activated endothelium in cremasteric venules of nonobese
diabetic/severe combined immunodeficiency (NOD/SCID) mice. However,
fucose supplementation induced autoimmune neutropenia and the
appearance of H antigen on erythrocytes, albeit without evidence of
intravascular hemolysis. The robust response to fucose despite a
severely truncated transporter suggests alternative means to transport
GDP-fucose into the Golgi complex.

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