A patient with severe congenital neutropenia harbors a missense ELANE mutation due to paternal germline mosaicism.

Clinical and genetic characteristics of ELANE mutation of a 3-year-old male who had a severe congenital neutropenia (SCN) were examined. We then investigated whether CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing could correct the mutation. The proband underwent extensive clinical assessments, such as exome sequencing and bioinformatics analysis, so that pathogenic genes could be identified. Sanger sequencing was also utilized for confirmation. The cell line, 293-ELANE, harboring ELANE mutation was generated, and the mutation was then corrected by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated homology-directed repair (HDR). The ELANE gene test in the proband unveiled a heterozygous de novo missense mutation: c. 248T > A (p.V83D), which was not detected in his asymptomatic parents who had provided peripheral blood samples. We found that 46.01% of his father's sperm cells had the same mutation. These results demonstrate that the proband inherited the ELANE mutation from his father, who had an average neutrophil count but had a germline mosaicism. The highest repair efficiency of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated HDR for 293-ELANE is 4.43%. We identified a missense mutation (p.V83D) in ELANE that causes SCN. This is the first report on paternal semen mosaicism of an ELANE mutation. Our study paves the way for preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) based on ELANE mutation prevention and clinical treatment of congenital disabilities. Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier B.V.

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Yingfen Ying, Jinbin Ye, Yaming Chen, Qishu Chen, Yilu Chen, Xiaosheng Lu, Haitao Xi, Feng Gu, Deng Pan, Junzhao Zhao. A patient with severe congenital neutropenia harbors a missense ELANE mutation due to paternal germline mosaicism. Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry. 2022 Feb 01;526:14-20

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