Epstein-Barr virus-associated B-cell lymphoma in a patient with DNA ligase IV (LIG4) syndrome

Am J Med Genet A. 2007 Apr 1;143A(7):742-5. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31644.

Abstract

A 14-year-old Japanese girl with a progressing combined immunodeficiency had developed non-Hodgkin's diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Her molecular analysis showed a compound heterozygote of novel mutations in the LIG4 gene, M249V substitution and a five nucleotides deletion from nucleotide position 1,270-1,274. She had also a set of characteristic clinical features of LIG4 syndrome. Mutations in the LIG4 gene, which plays a critical role in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks, imply a correlation with malignancies and several cases with leukemia or lymphoma have already been reported. We report here on a case of LIG4 syndrome complicated with distinct EBV-associated B-cell lymphoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Amino Acid Substitution
  • Base Sequence
  • DNA Ligase ATP
  • DNA Ligases / deficiency
  • DNA Ligases / genetics*
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / pathology*
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / virology
  • Female
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human*
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / pathology*
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / virology
  • Sequence Deletion
  • Syndrome

Substances

  • LIG4 protein, human
  • DNA Ligases
  • DNA Ligase ATP

Associated data

  • OMIM/606593