Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis in Human UNC-93B Deficiency

Author:

Casrouge Armanda12345,Zhang Shen-Ying12345,Eidenschenk Céline12345,Jouanguy Emmanuelle12345,Puel Anne12345,Yang Kun12345,Alcais Alexandre12345,Picard Capucine12345,Mahfoufi Nora12345,Nicolas Nathalie12345,Lorenzo Lazaro12345,Plancoulaine Sabine12345,Sénéchal Brigitte12345,Geissmann Frédéric12345,Tabeta Koichi12345,Hoebe Kasper12345,Du Xin12345,Miller Richard L.12345,Héron Bénédicte12345,Mignot Cyril12345,de Villemeur Thierry Billette12345,Lebon Pierre12345,Dulac Olivier12345,Rozenberg Flore12345,Beutler Bruce12345,Tardieu Marc12345,Abel Laurent12345,Casanova Jean-Laurent12345

Affiliation:

1. Laboratoire de Génétique Humaine des Maladies Infectieuses, Université de Paris René Descartes, INSERM, U550, Faculté de Médecine Necker, Paris 75015, France.

2. French-Chinese Laboratory of Genomics and Life Sciences, Rui-jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200025, China.

3. Centre d'Etude des Déficits Immunitaires, Hôpital Necker, Paris 75015, France.

4. Laboratoire d'Etude des Cellules Mononucléées, Hôpital Necker, Paris 75015, France.

5. Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.

Abstract

Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) encephalitis (HSE) is the most common form of sporadic viral encephalitis in western countries. Its pathogenesis remains unclear, as it affects otherwise healthy patients and only a small minority of HSV-1–infected individuals. Here, we elucidate a genetic etiology for HSE in two children with autosomal recessive deficiency in the intracellular protein UNC-93B, resulting in impaired cellular interferon-α/β and -λ antiviral responses. HSE can result from a single-gene immunodeficiency that does not compromise immunity to most pathogens, unlike most known primary immunodeficiencies. Other severe infectious diseases may also reflect monogenic disorders of immunity.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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