Homozygous OTULIN Variant Linked to OTULIN-Related Autoinflammatory Syndrome with Abscess Formation
Alkhammash, S.; Monecke, T.; Moepps, B.; Bajaber, D.; Untereiner, M.; Debatin, K.-M.; Walczak, H.; Niessing, D.; Fischer-Posovszky, P.; Zinngrebe, J.
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Homozygous OTU deubiquitinase with linear linkage specificity (OTULIN) variants cause OTULIN-Related Autoinflammatory Syndrome (ORAS). This disease is characterized by early-onset autoinflammation, fever, panniculitis, diarrhea, and arthritis. In contrast, heterozygous and compound-heterozygous OTULIN variants have been associated with a phenotype defined by abscess development in different organs. Whether homozygous OTULIN variants can cause abscessing in affected patients is currently unknown. Here, we report a juvenile female patient harboring a novel homozygous OTULIN variant (Chr5:14687605G>T, p.V185F; referred to as OTULINV185F), presenting with autoinflammation and sterile abscesses in lung and skin. Through in silico analysis and functional assays, we show that OTULINV185F impairs OTULIN function, leading to compromised degradation of linear ubiquitin linkages. Notably, the patient clinically improved on anti-TNF therapy. Our findings underscore the diverse clinical manifestations of OTULIN dysfunction and call for a new classification of the disease that includes abscess formation as potential ORAS symptom.
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