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Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein expression in female WAS carriers: A flow cytometry study from North India.
Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2024 March 25
INTRODUCTION: Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a rare X-linked inborn error of immunity characterized by microthrombocytopenia, infections, eczema, and increased predisposition to develop autoimmunity and malignancy. Flow cytometric assay for determining WAS protein (WASp) is a rapid and cost-effective tool for detecting patients. However, very few studies described WASp expression in female carriers. Most WAS carriers are clinically asymptomatic. Active screening of female family members helps identify female carriers, distinguish de novo mutations, and to select appropriate donor prior to curative stem cell transplantation. This study was undertaken to evaluate the diagnostic capability of flow cytometry-based WASp expression in peripheral blood cells to identify carriers and compare WASp expression in different blood cell lineages.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: Female patients, heterozygous for WAS gene, were enrolled in this study conducted at Pediatric Allergy Immunology Unit, Advanced Pediatric Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Flow cytometric assessment of WASp expression in lymphocytes, monocytes, and neutrophils was carried out and compared with healthy control and affected patients. The results were expressed in delta (Δ) median fluorescence intensity (MFI) as well as stain index (SI), which is the ratio of ΔMFI of patient and ΔMFI of control.
RESULTS: Thirteen mothers and two sisters of genetically confirmed WAS patients were enrolled in the study. All enrolled females were clinically asymptomatic and did not have microthrombocytopenia. Low WASp expression (SI < 1) was seen in lymphocytes and monocytes in 10 (66.6%) carriers. Females with variants in proximal exons (exons 1 and 2) were found to have lesser expression than those with distal (exons 3-12) variants.
CONCLUSION: Flow cytometry is a rapid, easily available, cost-effective tool for WASp estimation. Lymphocytes followed by monocytes are the best cell lineages for WASp estimation in carrier females. However, genetic testing remains the gold standard, as carrier females with variants in distal exons may have normal WASp expression.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: Female patients, heterozygous for WAS gene, were enrolled in this study conducted at Pediatric Allergy Immunology Unit, Advanced Pediatric Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Flow cytometric assessment of WASp expression in lymphocytes, monocytes, and neutrophils was carried out and compared with healthy control and affected patients. The results were expressed in delta (Δ) median fluorescence intensity (MFI) as well as stain index (SI), which is the ratio of ΔMFI of patient and ΔMFI of control.
RESULTS: Thirteen mothers and two sisters of genetically confirmed WAS patients were enrolled in the study. All enrolled females were clinically asymptomatic and did not have microthrombocytopenia. Low WASp expression (SI < 1) was seen in lymphocytes and monocytes in 10 (66.6%) carriers. Females with variants in proximal exons (exons 1 and 2) were found to have lesser expression than those with distal (exons 3-12) variants.
CONCLUSION: Flow cytometry is a rapid, easily available, cost-effective tool for WASp estimation. Lymphocytes followed by monocytes are the best cell lineages for WASp estimation in carrier females. However, genetic testing remains the gold standard, as carrier females with variants in distal exons may have normal WASp expression.
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