Table 1.

Characteristics of UBA1-mutated patients

Patient ID#UPN1#UPN2#UPN3#UPN4#UPN5#UPN6
Sex 
Age at onset (years) 43 56 63 48 56 50 
UBA1 mutation c.121A>G, p.Met41Val (VAF 73%) c.121A>G, p.Met41Val (VAF 88%) c.121A>C, p.Met41Leu (VAF 43%) c.122T>C, p.Met41Thr (VAF 67%) c.121A>G, p.Met41Val (VAF: NA) c.121A>G, p.Met41Val (VAF: NA) 
Key clinical features       
 Neutrophilic dermatosis — — 
 Polyarteritis nodosa — — — — 
 Chondritis — — 
 Pulmonary involvement — — — — 
 Deep vein thrombosis — — — — — 
Laboratory findings*       
 Hemoglobin concentration (g/l) 96 92 102 78 110 131 
 Mean corpuscular volume (fl) 102 98 104 105 91.2 113.7 
 Platelet count (×10^9/l) 225 67 157 341 268 153 
 Neutrophil count (10^9/l) 2.1 11.8 4.0 4.6 5.5 1.2 
Bone marrow vacuoles NA NA 
Additional genetic aberrations (HTS and cytogenetics) Normal karyotype No additional mutation Normal karyotype DNMT3A p.Trp795Ser (VAF 43%)RUNX1 p.Gly165fs (VAF 2%) Normal karyotype CBL c.1228-2A>G (VAF 9%) KRAS p.Gly12Arg (VAF 2%) NRAS p.Tyr64Asp (VAF 1%) TET2 p.Leu1622Ter (VAF 49%) TET2 p.Lys1317Ter (VAF 2%) ZRSR2 p.Arg27fs (VAF 4%) Normal karyotype No additional mutation Normal karyotype TET2 p.Thr1554fs (VAF 3%) Trisomy 8 No additional mutation 
Hematologic diseases       
 Myelodysplastic syndrome — 
 Myelofibrosis — — —  
Number of prior lines of therapy 
  GC, anakinra, dapsone, canakinumab, AZA, HCQ GC, CP, IVIG, rituximab, danazol, anakinra, dapsone, canakinumab GC, MTX, anakinra, canakinumab, tocilizumab, IVIG, 5-AZA GC, dapsone, colchicine, anakinra, canakinumab, siltuximab GC, tocilizumab, adalimumab, 5-AZA, ruxolitinib GC, MMF, colchicine, 5-AZA 
Reaction at anakinra injection — — NA NA 
Allogeneic HSCT       
 Age at time of HSCT 46 59 65 50 58 55 
 Conditioning fludarabine, busulfan, ATG fludarabine, busulfan fludarabine, busulfan fludarabine, busulfan, ATG fludarabine, busulfan, thiotepa busulfan, CPA, ATG 
 Donor Unrelated donor Pheno-identical 10/10 Related donor Unrelated donor Pheno-identical 10/10 Unrelated donor Pheno-identical 10/10 Related donor Unrelated donor Pheno-identical 10/10 
 Graft origin Peripheral blood Bone marrow Peripheral blood Peripheral blood Peripheral blood Peripheral blood 
 GVH prophylaxis CSA, MMF CSA, MTX CSA, MMF, CP CSA, MTX CSA, MMF, CP CSA, MTX 
 Infectious complications None None E. coli bacteremia, BK virus-related hemorrhagic cystitis, CMV replication Bacterial catheter related infection Bacterial catheter related infection Bacterial catheter related infection, fusariosis 
 Immune complications Chronic cutaneous GVHD, hepatic GHVD Chronic cutaneous GVHD Acute cutaneous GVHD grade I None Acute gastrointestinal GVHD grade II Cutaneous GVHD grade I Acute gastrointestinal GVHD grade III 
 Clinical response CR CR CR CR CR Death prior evaluation 
 Follow-up (months) 32 67 38 
Alive at end of follow-up — 
Patient ID#UPN1#UPN2#UPN3#UPN4#UPN5#UPN6
Sex 
Age at onset (years) 43 56 63 48 56 50 
UBA1 mutation c.121A>G, p.Met41Val (VAF 73%) c.121A>G, p.Met41Val (VAF 88%) c.121A>C, p.Met41Leu (VAF 43%) c.122T>C, p.Met41Thr (VAF 67%) c.121A>G, p.Met41Val (VAF: NA) c.121A>G, p.Met41Val (VAF: NA) 
Key clinical features       
 Neutrophilic dermatosis — — 
 Polyarteritis nodosa — — — — 
 Chondritis — — 
 Pulmonary involvement — — — — 
 Deep vein thrombosis — — — — — 
Laboratory findings*       
 Hemoglobin concentration (g/l) 96 92 102 78 110 131 
 Mean corpuscular volume (fl) 102 98 104 105 91.2 113.7 
 Platelet count (×10^9/l) 225 67 157 341 268 153 
 Neutrophil count (10^9/l) 2.1 11.8 4.0 4.6 5.5 1.2 
Bone marrow vacuoles NA NA 
Additional genetic aberrations (HTS and cytogenetics) Normal karyotype No additional mutation Normal karyotype DNMT3A p.Trp795Ser (VAF 43%)RUNX1 p.Gly165fs (VAF 2%) Normal karyotype CBL c.1228-2A>G (VAF 9%) KRAS p.Gly12Arg (VAF 2%) NRAS p.Tyr64Asp (VAF 1%) TET2 p.Leu1622Ter (VAF 49%) TET2 p.Lys1317Ter (VAF 2%) ZRSR2 p.Arg27fs (VAF 4%) Normal karyotype No additional mutation Normal karyotype TET2 p.Thr1554fs (VAF 3%) Trisomy 8 No additional mutation 
Hematologic diseases       
 Myelodysplastic syndrome — 
 Myelofibrosis — — —  
Number of prior lines of therapy 
  GC, anakinra, dapsone, canakinumab, AZA, HCQ GC, CP, IVIG, rituximab, danazol, anakinra, dapsone, canakinumab GC, MTX, anakinra, canakinumab, tocilizumab, IVIG, 5-AZA GC, dapsone, colchicine, anakinra, canakinumab, siltuximab GC, tocilizumab, adalimumab, 5-AZA, ruxolitinib GC, MMF, colchicine, 5-AZA 
Reaction at anakinra injection — — NA NA 
Allogeneic HSCT       
 Age at time of HSCT 46 59 65 50 58 55 
 Conditioning fludarabine, busulfan, ATG fludarabine, busulfan fludarabine, busulfan fludarabine, busulfan, ATG fludarabine, busulfan, thiotepa busulfan, CPA, ATG 
 Donor Unrelated donor Pheno-identical 10/10 Related donor Unrelated donor Pheno-identical 10/10 Unrelated donor Pheno-identical 10/10 Related donor Unrelated donor Pheno-identical 10/10 
 Graft origin Peripheral blood Bone marrow Peripheral blood Peripheral blood Peripheral blood Peripheral blood 
 GVH prophylaxis CSA, MMF CSA, MTX CSA, MMF, CP CSA, MTX CSA, MMF, CP CSA, MTX 
 Infectious complications None None E. coli bacteremia, BK virus-related hemorrhagic cystitis, CMV replication Bacterial catheter related infection Bacterial catheter related infection Bacterial catheter related infection, fusariosis 
 Immune complications Chronic cutaneous GVHD, hepatic GHVD Chronic cutaneous GVHD Acute cutaneous GVHD grade I None Acute gastrointestinal GVHD grade II Cutaneous GVHD grade I Acute gastrointestinal GVHD grade III 
 Clinical response CR CR CR CR CR Death prior evaluation 
 Follow-up (months) 32 67 38 
Alive at end of follow-up — 

5-AZA, 5-azacytidine, ATG, antithymocyte globulin; AZA, azathioprine; CP, cyclophosphamide; CR, complete remission; CSA, cyclosporine; GC, glucocorticoid; GVHD, graft-versus-host disease; HCQ, hydroxychloroquine; HSCT, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; IVIG, intravenous immunoglobulin; M, male; MMF, mycophenolate mofetil; MTX, methotrexate; NA, not applicable; VAF, variant allele frequency.

*

At time of first bone marrow examination.

The somatic state of the DNMT3A mutation was confirmed by sequencing on a skin biopsy.

Sanger sequencing only.

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