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Structural and Evolutionary Adaptation of NOD-Like Receptors in Birds. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 2021:5546170. [PMID: 33997004 PMCID: PMC8105094 DOI: 10.1155/2021/5546170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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NOD-like receptors (NLRs) are intracellular sensors of the innate immune system that recognize intracellular pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and danger-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). Little information exists regarding the incidence of positive selection in the evolution of NLRs of birds or the structural differences between bird and mammal NLRs. Evidence of positive selection was identified in four avian NLRs (NOD1, NLRC3, NLRC5, and NLRP3) using the maximum likelihood approach. These NLRs are under different selection pressures which is indicative of different evolution patterns. Analysis of these NLRs showed a lower percentage of codons under positive selection in the LRR domain than seen in the studies of Toll-like receptors (TLRs), suggesting that the LRR domain evolves differently between NLRs and TLRs. Modeling of human, chicken, mammalian, and avian ancestral NLRs revealed the existence of variable evolution patterns in protein structure that may be adaptively driven.
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Mizuno N, Kume K, Nagatani Y, Matsuda S, Iwata T, Ouhara K, Kajiya M, Takeda K, Matsuda Y, Tada Y, Ohsawa R, Morino H, Mihara K, Fujita T, Kawaguchi H, Shiba H, Kawakami H, Kurihara H. Aggressive periodontitis and NOD2 variants. J Hum Genet 2020; 65:841-846. [PMID: 32424308 DOI: 10.1038/s10038-020-0777-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Revised: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Aggressive periodontitis (AgP) occurs at an early age and causes rapid periodontal tissue destruction. Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 (NOD2) encodes a protein with two caspase recruitment domains and eleven leucine-rich repeats. This protein is expressed mainly in peripheral blood leukocytes and is involved in immune response. NOD2 variants have been associated with increased susceptibility to Crohn's disease, and recently, NOD2 was reported as a causative gene in AgP. The present study aimed to identify potential NOD2 variants in an AgP cohort (a total of 101 patiens: 37 patients with positive family histories and 64 sporadic patients). In the familial group, six patients from two families had a reported heterozygous missense variant (c.C931T, p.R311W). Four patients in the sporadic group had a heterozygous missense variant (c.C1411T, p.R471C), with no reported association to the disease. Overall, two NOD2 variants, were identified in 10% of our AgP cohort. These variants were different from the major variants reported in Crohn's disease. More cases need to be investigated to elucidate the role of NOD2 variants in AgP pathology.
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- Noriyoshi Mizuno
- Department of Periodontal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Dental Hygiene, University of Shizuoka, Junior College, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Periodontal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Periodontal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Periodontal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Periodontal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Biological Endodontics, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- International Regenerative Medical Center, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Periodontal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of General Dentistry, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Biological Endodontics, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Periodontal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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García-Moreno D, Tyrkalska SD, Valera-Pérez A, Gómez-Abenza E, Pérez-Oliva AB, Mulero V. The zebrafish: A research model to understand the evolution of vertebrate immunity. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2019; 90:215-222. [PMID: 31039438 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.04.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The zebrafish has unique advantages for understanding the evolution of vertebrate immunity and to model human diseases. In this review, we will firstly give an overview of the current knowledge on vertebrate innate immune receptors with special emphasis on the inflammasome and then summarize the main contribution of the zebrafish model to this field, including to the identification of novel inflammasome components and to the mechanisms involved in its activation, assembly and clearance of intracellular bacteria.
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- Diana García-Moreno
- Departmento de Biología Celular e Histología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Spain; Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB)-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain.
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- Departmento de Biología Celular e Histología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Spain; Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB)-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Departmento de Biología Celular e Histología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Spain; Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB)-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Departmento de Biología Celular e Histología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Spain; Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB)-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Departmento de Biología Celular e Histología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Spain; Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB)-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain.
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- Departmento de Biología Celular e Histología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Spain; Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB)-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain.
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Hafner-Bratkovič I, Sušjan P, Lainšček D, Tapia-Abellán A, Cerović K, Kadunc L, Angosto-Bazarra D, Pelegrin P, Jerala R. NLRP3 lacking the leucine-rich repeat domain can be fully activated via the canonical inflammasome pathway. Nat Commun 2018; 9:5182. [PMID: 30518920 PMCID: PMC6281599 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07573-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
NLRP3 is a cytosolic sensor triggered by different pathogen- and self-derived signals that plays a central role in a variety of pathological conditions, including sterile inflammation. The leucine-rich repeat domain is present in several innate immune receptors, where it is frequently responsible for sensing danger signals and regulation of activation. Here we show by reconstitution of truncated and chimeric variants into Nlrp3−/− macrophages that the leucine-rich repeat domain is dispensable for activation and self-regulation of NLRP3 by several different triggers. The pyrin domain on the other hand is required to maintain NLRP3 in the inactive conformation. A fully responsive minimal NLRP3 truncation variant reconstitutes peritonitis in Nlrp3−/− mice. We demonstrate that in contrast to pathogen-activated NLRC4, the constitutively active NLRP3 molecule cannot engage wild-type NLRP3 molecules in a self-catalytic oligomerization. This lack of signal amplification is likely a protective mechanism to decrease sensitivity to endogenous triggers to impede autoinflammation. Activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome is associated with various diseases but its activation mechanism is not fully understood. Here, the authors determine the impact of different NLRP3 domains on sensing NLRP3 triggers, inflammasome assembly and regulation of NLRP3 inflammasome activation.
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- Iva Hafner-Bratkovič
- Department of Synthetic Biology and Immunology, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia. .,EN-FIST Centre of Excellence, Trg Osvobodilne fronte 13, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Department of Synthetic Biology and Immunology, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Synthetic Biology and Immunology, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Molecular Inflammation Group, Biomedical Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB-Arrixaca), University Clinical Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Carretera Buenavista s/n, 30120 El Palmar, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Synthetic Biology and Immunology, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Synthetic Biology and Immunology, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Molecular Inflammation Group, Biomedical Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB-Arrixaca), University Clinical Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Carretera Buenavista s/n, 30120 El Palmar, Murcia, Spain
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- Molecular Inflammation Group, Biomedical Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB-Arrixaca), University Clinical Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Carretera Buenavista s/n, 30120 El Palmar, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Synthetic Biology and Immunology, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia. .,EN-FIST Centre of Excellence, Trg Osvobodilne fronte 13, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Hu Z, Chai J. Structural Mechanisms in NLR Inflammasome Assembly and Signaling. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2017; 397:23-42. [PMID: 27460803 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-41171-2_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Inflammasomes are multimeric protein complexes that mediate the activation of inflammatory caspases. One central component of inflammasomes is nucleotide-binding domain (NBD)- and leucine-rich repeat (LRR)-containing proteins (NLRs) that can function as pattern recognition receptors (PRRs). In resting cells, NLR proteins exist in an auto-inhibited, monomeric, and ADP-bound state. Perception of microbial or damage-associated signals results in NLR oligomerization, thus recruiting inflammatory caspases directly or through the adaptor molecule apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase recruitment domain (ASC). The assembled NLR inflammasomes serve as dedicated machinery to facilitate the activation of the inflammatory caspases. Here, we review current understanding of the structures of NLR inflammasomes with an emphasis on the molecular mechanisms of their assembly and activation. We also discuss implications of the self-propagation model derived from the NAIP-NLRC4 inflammasomes for the activation of other NLR inflammasomes and a potential role of the C-terminal LRR domain in the activation of an NLR protein.
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- Zehan Hu
- Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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Zhou F, Zhan Q, Ding Z, Su L, Fan J, Cui L, Chen N, Wang W, Liu H. A NLRC3-like gene from blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala): Molecular characterization, expression and association with resistance to Aeromonas hydrophila infection. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2017; 63:213-219. [PMID: 28215743 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2017.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Revised: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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NLRC (the nucleotide-oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptor subfamily C) consists of teleost-specific NLRs (NOD-like receptors) and plays pivotal roles in microbial recognition and regulation of innate immune response. In this study, we cloned and characterized a NLRC3-like gene (MamNLRC3-like) from blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala) by using the quantitative real-time PCR method, and analyzed the correlation between its polymorphisms and resistance to Aeromonas hydrophila infection. The full length cDNA of MamNLRC3-like was 2863 bp, with a 5'-UTR of 169 bp, ORF of 2301 bp and 3'-UTR of 393 bp, encoding 766 amino acid residues. MamNLRC3-like consisted of a conserved NACHT domain, a fish-specific NACHT associated domain (FISNA) and a PYRIN effective domain. During early developmental stages, MamNLRC3-like was most highly expressed at 39.4 hpf (hours post fertilization, hatching stage) and constitutively detected in various healthy tissues. The expression of MamNLRC3-like was strongly induced by A. hydrophila infection and peaked in the head kidney, liver, intestine, and trunk kidney at 12 h post infection. Six SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) from MamNLRC3-like, with 2 in introns and 4 in exons, were identified by direct sequencing, in which 6515C/T was a novel non-synonymous mutation. HRM (high resolution melting) genotyping of the 6 loci showed that locus 6515C/T SNP was associated with the resistance/susceptibility of blunt snout bream to A. hydrophila infection (P < 0.01). The CC genotype fish were more resistant than CT carriers (P < 0.01). This study suggests that the MamNLRC3-like gene might play an important role in the innate immunity of blunt snout bream and could be used as a candidate marker for genetic selection of A. hydrophila-resistant blunt snout bream.
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- Fengjuan Zhou
- College of Fisheries, Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China; Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- College of Fisheries, Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China; Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- College of Fisheries, Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China; Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- College of Fisheries, Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China; Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- College of Fisheries, Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China; Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- College of Fisheries, Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China; Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- College of Fisheries, Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China; Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- College of Fisheries, Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- College of Fisheries, Key Lab of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China; Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovation Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070, PR China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Efficient and Health Production of Fisheries in Hunan Province, Hunan University of Arts and Science, Changde 415000, PR China.
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Radian AD, Khare S, Chu LH, Dorfleutner A, Stehlik C. ATP binding by NLRP7 is required for inflammasome activation in response to bacterial lipopeptides. Mol Immunol 2015; 67:294-302. [PMID: 26143398 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2015.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Revised: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Nucleotide-binding oligimerization domain (NOD)-like receptors (NLRs) are pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) involved in innate immune responses. NLRs encode a central nucleotide-binding domain (NBD) consisting of the NAIP, CIITA, HET-E and TP1 (NACHT) domain and the NACHT associated domain (NAD), which facilitates receptor oligomerization and downstream inflammasome signaling. The NBD contains highly conserved regions, known as Walker motifs, that are required for nucleotide binding and hydrolysis. The NLR containing a PYRIN domain (PYD) 7 (NLRP7) has been recently shown to assemble an ASC and caspase-1-containing high molecular weight inflammasome complex in response to microbial acylated lipopeptides and Staphylococcus aureus infection. However, the molecular mechanism responsible for NLRP7 inflammasome activation is still elusive. Here we demonstrate that the NBD of NLRP7 is an ATP binding domain and has ATPase activity. We further show that an intact nucleotide-binding Walker A motif is required for NBD-mediated nucleotide binding and hydrolysis, oligomerization, and NLRP7 inflammasome formation and activity. Accordingly, THP-1 cells expressing a mutated Walker A motif display defective NLRP7 inflammasome activation, interleukin (IL)-1β release and pyroptosis in response to acylated lipopeptides and S. aureus infection. Taken together, our results provide novel insights into the mechanism of NLRP7 inflammasome assembly.
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- Alexander D Radian
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences (DGP), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences (DGP), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Interdepartmental Immunobiology Center and Skin Disease Research Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Di Gioia SA, Bedoni N, von Scheven-Gête A, Vanoni F, Superti-Furga A, Hofer M, Rivolta C. Analysis of the genetic basis of periodic fever with aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome. Sci Rep 2015; 5:10200. [PMID: 25988833 PMCID: PMC4437314 DOI: 10.1038/srep10200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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PFAPA syndrome is the most common autoinflammatory syndrome in children from Western countries. In spite of its strong familial clustering, its genetic basis and inheritance pattern are still unknown. We performed a comprehensive genetic study on 68 individuals from 14 families. Linkage analysis suggested a susceptibility locus on chromosome 8, but direct molecular sequencing did not support this initial statistical finding. Exome sequencing revealed the absence of any gene that was mutated in all patients. Exhaustive screening of genes involved in other autoinflammatory syndromes or encoding components of the human inflammasome showed no DNA variants that could be linked to PFAPA molecular pathology. Among these, the previously-reported missense mutation V198M in the NLRP3 gene was clearly shown not to co-segregate with PFAPA. Our results on this relatively large cohort indicate that PFAPA syndrome is unlikely to be a monogenic condition. Moreover, none of the several genes known to be involved in inflammation or in autoinflammatory disorders seem to be relevant, alone, to its etiology, suggesting that PFAPA results from oligogenic or complex inheritance of variants in multiple disease genes and/or non-genetic factors.
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Unit of Western Switzerland, Department of Pediatrics, CHUV, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Unit of Western Switzerland, Department of Pediatrics, CHUV, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatrics, CHUV, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- 1] Pediatric Rheumatology Unit of Western Switzerland, Department of Pediatrics, CHUV, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland [2] Department of Pediatrics, HUG, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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van der Burgh R, Boes M. Mitochondria in autoinflammation: cause, mediator or bystander? Trends Endocrinol Metab 2015; 26:263-71. [PMID: 25850613 DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2015.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2015] [Revised: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 03/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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People suffering from autoinflammatory disease (AID) have recurring sterile inflammation due to dysregulated inflammasome activation. Although certain genes have been associated with several AIDs, the molecular underpinnings of seemingly spontaneous inflammation are not well understood. Emerging data now suggest that mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS), mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), and autophagy might drive key signaling pathways towards activation of the inflammasome. In this review, we discuss recent findings and highlight common features between different AIDs and mitochondrial (dys)function. Although it is still early to identify clear therapeutic targets, the emerging paradigms in inflammation and mitochondrial biology show that mitochondria play an important role in AIDs, and understanding this interplay will be key in the development of new therapies.
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- Robert van der Burgh
- Department of Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases and Laboratory of Translational Immunology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht EA, 3584, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases and Laboratory of Translational Immunology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht EA, 3584, The Netherlands.
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Abderrazak A, Syrovets T, Couchie D, El Hadri K, Friguet B, Simmet T, Rouis M. NLRP3 inflammasome: from a danger signal sensor to a regulatory node of oxidative stress and inflammatory diseases. Redox Biol 2015; 4:296-307. [PMID: 25625584 PMCID: PMC4315937 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2015.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 524] [Impact Index Per Article: 58.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2014] [Revised: 01/11/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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IL-1β production is critically regulated by cytosolic molecular complexes, termed inflammasomes. Different inflammasome complexes have been described to date. While all inflammasomes recognize certain pathogens, it is the distinctive feature of NLRP3 inflammasome to be activated by many and diverse stimuli making NLRP3 the most versatile, and importantly also the most clinically implicated inflammasome. However, NLRP3 activation has remained the most enigmatic. It is not plausible that the intracellular NLRP3 receptor is able to detect all of its many and diverse triggers through direct interactions; instead, it is discussed that NLRP3 is responding to certain generic cellular stress-signals induced by the multitude of molecules that trigger its activation. An ever increasing number of studies link the sensing of cellular stress signals to a direct pathophysiological role of NLRP3 activation in a wide range of autoinflammatory and autoimmune disorders, and thus provide a novel mechanistic rational, on how molecules trigger and support sterile inflammatory diseases. A vast interest has created to unravel how NLRP3 becomes activated, since mechanistic insight is the prerequisite for a knowledge-based development of therapeutic intervention strategies that specifically target the NLRP3 triggered IL-1β production. In this review, we have updated knowledge on NLRP3 inflammasome assembly and activation and on the pyrin domain in NLRP3 that could represent a drug target to treat sterile inflammatory diseases. We have reported mutations in NLRP3 that were found to be associated with certain diseases. In addition, we have reviewed the functional link between NLRP3 inflammasome, the regulator of cellular redox status Trx/TXNIP complex, endoplasmic reticulum stress and the pathogenesis of diseases such as type 2 diabetes. Finally, we have provided data on NLRP3 inflammasome, as a critical regulator involved in the pathogenesis of obesity and cardiovascular diseases.
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- Amna Abderrazak
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 8256, Biological Adaptation and Ageing - IBPS, F-75005 Paris, France; CNRS-UMR 8256, F-75005 Paris, France; Inserm U1164, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Institute of Pharmacology of Natural Products & Clinical Pharmacology, Ulm University, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 8256, Biological Adaptation and Ageing - IBPS, F-75005 Paris, France; CNRS-UMR 8256, F-75005 Paris, France; Inserm U1164, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 8256, Biological Adaptation and Ageing - IBPS, F-75005 Paris, France; CNRS-UMR 8256, F-75005 Paris, France; Inserm U1164, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 8256, Biological Adaptation and Ageing - IBPS, F-75005 Paris, France; CNRS-UMR 8256, F-75005 Paris, France; Inserm U1164, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Institute of Pharmacology of Natural Products & Clinical Pharmacology, Ulm University, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 8256, Biological Adaptation and Ageing - IBPS, F-75005 Paris, France; CNRS-UMR 8256, F-75005 Paris, France; Inserm U1164, F-75005 Paris, France.
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Parkhouse R, Boyle JP, Monie TP. Blau syndrome polymorphisms in NOD2 identify nucleotide hydrolysis and helical domain 1 as signalling regulators. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:3382-9. [PMID: 25093298 PMCID: PMC4158908 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2014] [Revised: 07/23/2014] [Accepted: 07/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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NOD2 SNPs that cause Blau syndrome cluster in two regions of the NACHT. The ATP/Mg2+ binding pocket cluster are likely to dysregulate ATP hydrolysis. SNPs in helical domain 1 are predicted to influence receptor autoinhibition. Complementary mutations in NOD1 do not all result in hyperactivation.
Understanding how single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) lead to disease at a molecular level provides a starting point for improved therapeutic intervention. SNPs in the innate immune receptor nucleotide oligomerisation domain 2 (NOD2) can cause the inflammatory disorders Blau Syndrome (BS) and early onset sarcoidosis (EOS) through receptor hyperactivation. Here, we show that these polymorphisms cluster into two primary locations: the ATP/Mg2+-binding site and helical domain 1. Polymorphisms in these two locations may consequently dysregulate ATP hydrolysis and NOD2 autoinhibition, respectively. Complementary mutations in NOD1 did not mirror the NOD2 phenotype, which indicates that NOD1 and NOD2 are activated and regulated by distinct methods.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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MacDonald JA, Wijekoon CP, Liao KC, Muruve DA. Biochemical and structural aspects of the ATP-binding domain in inflammasome-forming human NLRP proteins. IUBMB Life 2014; 65:851-62. [PMID: 24078393 DOI: 10.1002/iub.1210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2013] [Accepted: 08/22/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat-containing receptors (NLRs) regulate innate immunity by activating inflammatory responses in a variety of biological systems following the recognition of pathogen- or disease-associated molecular patterns. NLRs are characterized by a central nucleotide-binding and oligomerization (NACHT) domain found in P-loop NTPases. In this review, we detail the functional and structural properties of the NACHT domain of a subfamily of NLRs, the NLRPs (NLR containing a pyrin domain), based on previous studies, sequence analysis, homology modeling, and structure predictions. Several NLRPs have been found to regulate inflammatory responses through the assembly of oligomeric caspase 1-activating platforms known as inflammasomes, the 3-dimensional structure of the NLRP NACHT domain has still not been solved. Homology modeling suggests that sequence variability within the NACHT domains of different NLRP family members may alter the topology of the ATP-binding pocket. Based on this finding, we discuss the potential therapeutic prospects aligned with the NACHT domain and the development of selective inhibitors of inflammasome activity.
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- Justin A MacDonald
- Libin Cardiovascular Institute and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4Z6, Canada
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Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are the two main forms of inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammatory bowel diseases have a life time prevalence of up to 1 % in western industrialized countries. It is generally proposed that genetic susceptibility, which is much more widespread in the population, needs (unknown) factors in lifestyle in order to lead to disease manifestation. Systematic genome-wide association studies opened a new level of understanding of the risk architecture of inflammatory bowel diseases. This has led to the concept that barrier problems on the level of the intestinal epithelial cells may be a main driver in disease etiopathogenesis. Many of the newly discovered disease genes are not only relevant for inflammatory bowel disease but also for other disorders. This has initiated a large research interest in co-morbidities, which appear to be overlooked on the clinical side, too. Novel therapies should address the primary disease mechanisms and therefore provide causal interventions. Endpoints should include the avoidance of co-morbidities, which may be a limiting factor for patients with chronically active disease.
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Moreira LO, Zamboni DS. NOD1 and NOD2 Signaling in Infection and Inflammation. Front Immunol 2012; 3:328. [PMID: 23162548 PMCID: PMC3492658 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2012] [Accepted: 10/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Sensing intracellular pathogens is a process mediated by innate immune cells that is crucial for the induction of inflammatory processes and effective adaptive immune responses against pathogenic microbes. NOD-like receptors (NLRs) comprise a family of intracellular pattern recognition receptors that are important for the recognition of damage and microbial-associated molecular patterns. NOD1 and NOD2 are specialized NLRs that participate in the recognition of a subset of pathogenic microorganisms that are able to invade and multiply intracellularly. Once activated, these molecules trigger intracellular signaling pathways that lead to the activation of transcriptional responses culminating in the expression of a subset of inflammatory genes. In this review, we will focus on the role of NOD1 and NOD2 in the recognition and response to intracellular pathogens, including Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, and on their ability to signal in response to non-peptidoglycan-containing pathogens, such as viruses and protozoan parasites.
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- Lilian O Moreira
- Faculdade de Farmácia, Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Kubota K, Ohnishi H, Teramoto T, Matsui E, Murase K, Kanoh H, Kato Z, Kaneko H, Seishima M, Kondo N. In vitro analysis of the functional effects of an NLRP3 G809S variant with the co-existence of MEFV haplotype variants in atypical autoinflammatory syndrome. J Clin Immunol 2012; 33:325-34. [PMID: 23015306 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-012-9805-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2012] [Accepted: 09/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE Hereditary periodic fever syndromes have been considered monogenic diseases. However, some recent reports have described patients with co-existence of recurrent fever responsible genes. This study assessed whether a rare variant, found in Japanese children showing atypical autoinflammatory syndrome, located in the leucine-rich repeat domain of Nod-like receptor family, pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) with co-existence of Mediterranean fever (MEFV) haplotype variants may contribute to a proinflammatory phenotype using a systematic approach. METHODS Cytokine production in serum or from peripheral blood monocytes was measured by ELISA. DNA sequence analysis of genes including NLRP3, MEFV, mevalonate kinase (MVK), and tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 1A (TNFRSF1A) were performed on patient samples. In vitro functional assays determined the effects of the NLRP3 variants and pyrin using NF-κB activation and speck formation assays. RESULTS A heterozygous genetic variant of NLRP3, G809S, was found in samples from both patients. Additionally the previously reported heterozygous MEFV variants (P369S-R408Q or E148Q-P369S-R408Q) were also detected in both patients. Serum IL-1ra and sTNFR1 levels increased in the attack phase of the disease in both patients. The production levels of IL-1β from monocytes isolated from both cases were elevated following LPS and IFN-γ stimulation. The NLRP3 G809S variant demonstrated no increase of NF-κB activity following monosodium urate stimulation, whereas it significantly increased speck formation by interacting with apoptosis-associated speck-like protein with caspase recruitment domain. CONCLUSIONS The phenotype of atypical autoinflammatory disease in patients could be modified by a synergistic effect with two other variants of autoinflammatory-associated genes.
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- Kazuo Kubota
- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan
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Mo J, Boyle JP, Howard CB, Monie TP, Davis BK, Duncan JA. Pathogen sensing by nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 (NOD2) is mediated by direct binding to muramyl dipeptide and ATP. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:23057-67. [PMID: 22549783 PMCID: PMC3391102 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.344283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2012] [Revised: 04/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Nucleotide binding and oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 (NOD2/Card15) is an intracellular protein that is involved in the recognition of bacterial cell wall-derived muramyl dipeptide. Mutations in the gene encoding NOD2 are associated with inherited inflammatory disorders, including Crohn disease and Blau syndrome. NOD2 is a member of the nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat-containing protein gene (NLR) family. Nucleotide binding is thought to play a critical role in signaling by NLR family members. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying signal transduction by these proteins remain largely unknown. Mutations in the nucleotide-binding domain of NOD2 have been shown to alter its signal transduction properties in response to muramyl dipeptide in cellular assays. Using purified recombinant protein, we now demonstrate that NOD2 binds and hydrolyzes ATP. Additionally, we have found that the purified recombinant protein is able to bind directly to muramyl dipeptide and can associate with known NOD2-interacting proteins in vitro. Binding of NOD2 to muramyl dipeptide and homo-oligomerization of NOD2 are enhanced by ATP binding, suggesting a model of the molecular mechanism for signal transduction that involves binding of nucleotide followed by binding of muramyl dipeptide and oligomerization of NOD2 into a signaling complex. These findings set the stage for further studies into the molecular mechanisms that underlie detection of muramyl dipeptide and assembly of NOD2-containing signaling complexes.
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- Jinyao Mo
- From the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7030
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- the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7295, and
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- From the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7030
- the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7295, and
- the Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7365
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Weegerink N, Schraders M, Leijendeckers J, Slieker K, Huygen P, Hoefsloot L, Oostrik J, Pennings R, Simon A, Snik A, Kremer H, Kunst H. Audiometric characteristics of a Dutch family with Muckle-Wells syndrome. Hear Res 2011; 282:243-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2011.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2011] [Revised: 07/14/2011] [Accepted: 07/18/2011] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Jéru I, Marlin S, Le Borgne G, Cochet E, Normand S, Duquesnoy P, Dastot-Le Moal F, Cuisset L, Hentgen V, Fernandes Alnemri T, Lecron JC, Dhote R, Grateau G, Alnemri ES, Amselem S. Functional consequences of a germline mutation in the leucine-rich repeat domain of NLRP3 identified in an atypical autoinflammatory disorder. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 62:1176-85. [PMID: 20131254 DOI: 10.1002/art.27326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To gain insight into the pathophysiology of an atypical familial form of an autoinflammatory disorder, characterized by autosomal-dominant sensorineural hearing loss, systemic inflammation, increased secretion of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), and the absence of any cutaneous manifestations, and to assess the functional consequences of a missense mutation identified in the leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domain of NLRP3. METHODS Microsatellite markers were used to test the familial segregation of the NLRP3 locus with the disease phenotype. All NLRP3 exons were screened for mutations by sequencing. Functional assays were performed in HEK 293T cells to determine the effects of mutated (versus normal) NLRP3 proteins on NF-kappaB activation, caspase 1 signaling, and speck formation. RESULTS A heterozygous NLRP3 missense mutation (p.Tyr859Cys) was identified in exon 6, which encodes the LRR domain of the protein. This mutation was found to segregate with the disease phenotype within the family, and had a moderate activating effect on speck formation and procaspase 1 processing and did not alter the inhibitory properties of NLRP3 on NF-kappaB signaling. CONCLUSION This report is the first to describe a familial form of a cryopyrinopathy associated with a mutation outside of exon 3 of NLRP3. This finding, together with the known efficacy of anti-IL-1 treatments in these disorders, underlines the importance of screening all exons of NLRP3 in patients who present with atypical manifestations. In addition, the gain of function associated with this mutation in terms of activation of caspase 1 signaling was consistent with the observed inflammatory phenotype. Therefore, this study of the functional consequences of an LRR mutation sheds new light on the clinical relevance of in vitro assays.
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- Isabelle Jéru
- INSERM, U933, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMR S933, and Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, 75571 Paris, France
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Rosenstiel P, Schreiber S. NOD-like receptors--pivotal guardians of the immunological integrity of barrier organs. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2009; 653:35-47. [PMID: 19799110 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0901-5_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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NOD-like receptors (NLRs) exert pivotal roles in innate immunity as sensors of exogenous or endogenous cellular danger signals. The NLR protein family has a characteristic domain architecture comprising a central nucleotide binding and oligomerization domain (NOD), an N-terminal effector binding domain and C-terminal leucine-rich repeats (LRRs). Mutations in NLR genes are genetically associated with a number of chronic inflammatory diseases of barrier organs. In this chapter, we focus on the influence of NLR regulation and function in the complex pathophysiology of mucosal homeostasis. The understanding of NLR biology may guide our future understanding of how the interaction between the human genome and the metagenome of transient and resident microbiota precipitates into chronic inflammatory disorders, such as Crohn's disease or atopy.
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- Philip Rosenstiel
- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Fontalba A, Gutierrez O, Fernandez-Luna JL. NLRP2, an Inhibitor of the NF-κB Pathway, Is Transcriptionally Activated by NF-κB and Exhibits a Nonfunctional Allelic Variant. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:8519-24. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.12.8519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Fujisawa A, Kambe N, Saito M, Nishikomori R, Tanizaki H, Kanazawa N, Adachi S, Heike T, Sagara J, Suda T, Nakahata T, Miyachi Y. Disease-associated mutations in CIAS1 induce cathepsin B-dependent rapid cell death of human THP-1 monocytic cells. Blood 2007; 109:2903-11. [PMID: 17164343 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-07-033597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Mutations in the cold-induced autoinflammatory syndrome 1 (CIAS1) gene are associated with a spectrum of autoinflammatory diseases, including familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome, Muckle-Wells syndrome, and chronic infantile neurologic, cutaneous, articular syndrome, also known as neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease. CIAS1 encodes cryopyrin, a protein that localizes to the cytosol and functions as pattern recognition receptor. Cryopyrin also participates in nuclear factor-kappaB regulation and caspase-1-mediated maturation of interleukin 10. In this study, we showed that disease-associated mutations in CIAS1 induced rapid cell death of THP-1 monocytic cells. The features of cell death, including 7-AAD staining, the presence of cellular edema, and early membrane damage resulting in lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release, indicated that it was more likely to be necrosis than apoptosis, and was effectively blocked with the cathepsin B-specific inhibitor CA-074-Me. CA-074-Me also suppressed induced by disease-associated mutation lysosomal leakage and mitochondrial damage. In addition, R837, a recently identified activator of cryopyrin-associated inflammasomes, induced cell death in wild type CIAS1-transfected THP-1 cells. These results indicated that monocytes undergo rapid cell death in a cathepsin B-dependent manner upon activation of cryopyrin, which is also a specific phenomenon induced by disease-associated mutation of CIAS1.
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- Akihiro Fujisawa
- Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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Aksentijevich I, Putnam CD, Remmers EF, Mueller JL, Le J, Kolodner RD, Moak Z, Chuang M, Austin F, Goldbach-Mansky R, Hoffman HM, Kastner DL. The clinical continuum of cryopyrinopathies: novel CIAS1 mutations in North American patients and a new cryopyrin model. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 56:1273-1285. [PMID: 17393462 PMCID: PMC4321998 DOI: 10.1002/art.22491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 298] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The cryopyrinopathies are a group of rare autoinflammatory disorders that are caused by mutations in CIAS1, encoding the cryopyrin protein. However, cryopyrin mutations are found only in 50% of patients with clinically diagnosed cryopyrinopathies. This study was undertaken to investigate the structural effect of disease-causing mutations on cryopyrin, in order to gain better understanding of the impact of disease-associated mutations on protein function. METHODS We tested for CIAS1 mutations in 22 patients with neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease/chronic infantile neurologic, cutaneous, articular syndrome, 12 with Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS), 18 with familial cold-induced autoinflammatory syndrome (FCAS), and 3 probands with MWS/FCAS. In a subset of mutation-negative patients, we screened for mutations in proteins that are either homologous to cryopyrin or involved in the caspase 1/interleukin-1beta signaling pathway. CIAS1 and other candidate genes were sequenced, models of cryopyrin domains were constructed using structurally homologous proteins as templates, and disease-causing mutations were mapped. RESULTS Forty patients were mutation positive, and 7 novel mutations, V262A, C259W, L264F, V351L, F443L, F523C, and Y563N, were found in 9 patients. No mutations in any candidate genes were identified. Most mutations mapped to an inner surface of the hexameric ring in the cryopyrin model, consistent with the hypothesis that the mutations disrupt a closed form of cryopyrin, thus potentiating inflammasome assembly. Disease-causing mutations correlated with disease severity only for a subset of known mutations. CONCLUSION Our modeling provides insight into potential molecular mechanisms by which cryopyrin mutations can inappropriately activate an inflammatory response. A significant number of patients who are clinically diagnosed as having cryopyrinopathies do not have identifiable disease-associated mutations.
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- Ivona Aksentijevich
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
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- University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
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Duncan JA, Bergstralh DT, Wang Y, Willingham SB, Ye Z, Zimmermann AG, Ting JPY. Cryopyrin/NALP3 binds ATP/dATP, is an ATPase, and requires ATP binding to mediate inflammatory signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:8041-6. [PMID: 17483456 PMCID: PMC1876568 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0611496104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 378] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The CATERPILLER (CLR/NLR) gene family encodes a family of putative nucleotide-binding proteins important for host defense. Although nucleotide binding is thought to be central to this family, this aspect is largely unstudied. The CATERPILLER protein cryopyrin/NALP3 regulates IL-1beta processing by assembling the multimeric inflammasome complex. Mutations within the exon encoding the nucleotide-binding domain are associated with hereditary periodic fevers characterized by constitutive IL-1beta production. We demonstrate that purified cryopyrin binds ATP, dATP, and ATP-agarose, but not CTP, GTP, or UTP, and exhibits ATPase activity. Mutation of the nucleotide-binding domain reduces ATP binding, caspase-1 activation, IL-1beta production, cell death, macromolecular complex formation, self-association, and association with the inflammasome component ASC. Disruption of nucleotide binding abolishes the constitutive activation of disease-associated mutants, identifying nucleotide binding by cryopyrin as a potential target for antiinflammatory pharmacologic intervention.
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7295
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- *Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
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- Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7295
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- Department of Microbiology–Immunology, and
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7295
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- Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Department of Microbiology–Immunology, and
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7295
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Welsch C, Albrecht M, Maydt J, Herrmann E, Welker MW, Sarrazin C, Scheidig A, Lengauer T, Zeuzem S. Structural and functional comparison of the non-structural protein 4B in flaviviridae. J Mol Graph Model 2007; 26:546-57. [PMID: 17507273 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2007.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2006] [Revised: 03/23/2007] [Accepted: 03/28/2007] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Flaviviridae are evolutionarily related viruses, comprising the hepatitis C virus (HCV), with the non-structural protein 4B (NS4B) as one of the least characterized proteins. NS4B is located in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane and is assumed to be a multifunctional protein. However, detailed structure information is missing. The hydrophobic nature of NS4B is a major difficulty for many experimental techniques. We applied bioinformatics methods to analyse structural and functional properties of NS4B in different viruses. We distinguish a central non-globular membrane portion with four to five transmembrane regions from an N- and C-terminal part with non-transmembrane helical elements. We demonstrate high similarity in sequence and structure for the C-terminal part within the flaviviridae family. A palmitoylation site contained in the C-terminal part of HCV is equally conserved in GB virus B. Furthermore, we identify and characterize an N-terminal basic leucine zipper (bZIP) motif in HCV, which is suggestive of a functionally important interaction site. In addition, we model the interaction of the bZIP region with the recently identified interaction partner CREB-RP/ATF6beta, a human activating transcription factor involved in ER-stress. In conclusion, the versatile structure, together with functional sites and motifs, possibly enables NS4B to adopt a role as protein hub in the membranous web interaction network of virus and host proteins. Important structural and functional properties of NS4B are predicted with implications for ER-stress response, altered gene expression and replication efficacy.
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- Christoph Welsch
- Internal Medicine II, Saarland University Hospital, Kirrberger Strasse, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany.
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NOD-like receptors are cytosolic proteins that contain a central nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NACHT), an N-terminal effector-binding domain and C-terminal leucine-rich repeats (LRRs). NOD-like receptors have been implicated as ancient cellular sentinels mediating protective immune responses against intracellular pathogens. Recent studies have described the genetic association of polymorphisms in NOD-like receptor genes with complex chronic inflammatory barrier diseases, such as Crohn's disease and asthma and with rare auto-inflammatory syndromes including familial cold urticaria, Muckle-Wells syndrome and Blau syndrome. Whereas genetic variability in NLRs may have been an important element to provide plasticity to antigen recognition and host defense in the past, recent changes in the lifestyle of industrialized societies (e.g. hygiene ("cold-chain-hypothesis"), nutrition, or antibiotics) may have turned ancient genetic variability into disease-causing mutations. The review focuses on NLR function in the molecular pathophysiology of human inflammatory disorders.
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- Philip Rosenstiel
- Institute for Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Schittenhelmstrasse 12, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
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Brydges S, Kastner DL. The systemic autoinflammatory diseases: inborn errors of the innate immune system. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2006; 305:127-60. [PMID: 16724804 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-29714-6_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The autoinflammatory syndromes are a newly recognized group of immune disorders that lack the high titers of self-reactive antibodies and T cells characteristic of classic autoimmune disease. Nevertheless, patients with these illnesses experience unprovoked inflammatory disease in the absence of underlying infection. Here we discuss recent advances in eight Mendelian autoinflammatory diseases. The causative genes and the proteins they encode play a critical role in the regulation of innate immunity. Both pyrin and cryopyrin, the proteins mutated in familial Mediterranean fever and the cryopyrinopathies, respectively, are involved in regulation of the proinflammatory cytokine, IL-1beta, and may influence the activity of the transcription factor, NFkappaB. NOD2, the Blau syndrome protein, shares certain domains with cryopyrin and appears to be a sensor of intracellular bacteria. PSTPIP1, mutated in the syndrome of pyogenic arthritis with pyoderma gangrenosum and acne, interacts both with pyrin and a protein tyrosine phosphatase to regulate innate and adaptive immune responses. Somewhat unexpectedly, mutations in the p55 TNF receptor lead not to immunodeficiency but to dramatic inflammatory disease, the mechanisms of which are still under investigation. Finally, the discovery of the genetic basis of the hyperimmunoglobulinemia D with periodic fever syndrome has provided a fascinating but incompletely understood link between cholesterol biosynthesis and autoinflammation. In this manuscript, we summarize the current state of the art with regard to the diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment of these inborn errors of the innate immune system.
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- S Brydges
- Genetics and Genomics Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1820, USA.
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Takken FL, Albrecht M, Tameling WI. Resistance proteins: molecular switches of plant defence. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2006; 9:383-90. [PMID: 16713729 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2006.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2006] [Accepted: 05/05/2006] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Specificity of the plant innate immune system is often conferred by resistance (R) proteins. Most R proteins contain leucine-rich repeats (LRRs), a central nucleotide-binding site (NBS) and a variable amino-terminal domain. The LRRs are mainly involved in recognition, whereas the amino-terminal domain determines signalling specificity. The NBS forms part of a nucleotide binding (NB)-ARC domain that presumably functions as a molecular switch. The conserved nature of NB-ARC proteins makes it possible to map mutations of R protein residues onto the crystal structures of related NB-ARC proteins, providing hypotheses for the functional roles of these residues. A functional model emerges in which the LRRs control the molecular state of the NB-ARC domain. Pathogen recognition triggers nucleotide-dependent conformational changes that might induce oligomerisation, thereby providing a scaffold for activation of downstream signalling components.
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- Frank Lw Takken
- Plant Pathology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94062, 1090 GB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Omi T, Kumada M, Kamesaki T, Okuda H, Munkhtulga L, Yanagisawa Y, Utsumi N, Gotoh T, Hata A, Soma M, Umemura S, Ogihara T, Takahashi N, Tabara Y, Shimada K, Mano H, Kajii E, Miki T, Iwamoto S. An intronic variable number of tandem repeat polymorphisms of the cold-induced autoinflammatory syndrome 1 (CIAS1) gene modifies gene expression and is associated with essential hypertension. Eur J Hum Genet 2006; 14:1295-305. [PMID: 16868559 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Cold-induced autoinflammatory syndrome 1 (CIAS1) gene is a member of the NALP subfamily of the CATERPILLER protein family that is expressed predominantly in peripheral blood leukocytes, which is to regulate apoptosis or inflammation through the activation of NF-kappaB and caspase. Recent genetic analyses suggested an association between inflammation and oxidative stress-related genes in the development of hypertension. This is the first genetic study indicating an association between the CIAS1 gene and susceptibility to essential hypertension (EH). The frequency of subject with the homozygote of 12 repeat allele was significantly higher in patients with hypertension compared with control subjects (987 cases, 924 controls) (P=0.030; odds ratio=1.24) at a novel VNTR polymorphism of CIAS1 intron 4 loci. We also found that the mean of systolic blood pressure of homozygotes of 12 repeat allele was 6.4 mmHg higher than those of homozygotes of non-12 repeat allele in male random population (P=0.009). The frequency of six SNPs spanning of the CIAS1 gene was not significantly between patients and controls. The real-time PCR analysis showed that among healthy young adults, 12-12 subjects expressed CIAS1 mRNA in peripheral leukocytes significantly more abundantly than homozygote of non-12 repeat alleles subjects (P<0.05). Reporter gene assay of the CIAS1-VNTR in HL60 stimulated by lipopolysaccharides showed that the intronic sequence involving 12 repeat increased the expression of luciferase compared with 9, 7, and 6 repeats. Thus, we propose here the CIAS1 is associated with EH through the dominant expression of transcripts, which may depend on the CIAS1-VNTR genotype.
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- Toshinori Omi
- Division of Human Genetics, Center for Community Medicine, Jichi Medical School, Minamikawachi-machi, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
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Tameling WIL, Vossen JH, Albrecht M, Lengauer T, Berden JA, Haring MA, Cornelissen BJC, Takken FLW. Mutations in the NB-ARC domain of I-2 that impair ATP hydrolysis cause autoactivation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2006; 140:1233-45. [PMID: 16489136 PMCID: PMC1459841 DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.073510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Resistance (R) proteins in plants confer specificity to the innate immune system. Most R proteins have a centrally located NB-ARC (nucleotide-binding adaptor shared by APAF-1, R proteins, and CED-4) domain. For two tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) R proteins, I-2 and Mi-1, we have previously shown that this domain acts as an ATPase module that can hydrolyze ATP in vitro. To investigate the role of nucleotide binding and hydrolysis for the function of I-2 in planta, specific mutations were introduced in conserved motifs of the NB-ARC domain. Two mutations resulted in autoactivating proteins that induce a pathogen-independent hypersensitive response upon expression in planta. These mutant forms of I-2 were found to be impaired in ATP hydrolysis, but not in ATP binding, suggesting that the ATP- rather than the ADP-bound state of I-2 is the active form that triggers defense signaling. In addition, upon ADP binding, the protein displayed an increased affinity for ADP suggestive of a change of conformation. Based on these data, we propose that the NB-ARC domain of I-2, and likely of related R proteins, functions as a molecular switch whose state (on/off) depends on the nucleotide bound (ATP/ADP).
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- Wladimir I L Tameling
- Plant Pathology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1090 GB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Jéru I, Hayrapetyan H, Duquesnoy P, Sarkisian T, Amselem S. PYPAF1 nonsense mutation in a patient with an unusual autoinflammatory syndrome: role of PYPAF1 in inflammation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 54:508-14. [PMID: 16447225 DOI: 10.1002/art.21618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To gain insight into the pathophysiology of an unusual autoinflammatory syndrome, in a patient of Armenian origin, that mimicked familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) but with episodes triggered by generalized exposure to cold, and to further elucidate the controversial function of the protein encoded by PYPAF1, whose mutations (exclusively missense to date) have been identified in 3 hereditary recurrent fever syndromes. METHODS The patient's DNA was screened for mutations in both MEFV, the gene responsible for FMF, and PYPAF1. The ability of different recombinant PYPAF1 isoforms, expressed in HEK 293 cells, to regulate NF-kappaB signaling was subsequently assessed. RESULTS No disease-causing mutation was found in MEFV. However, a nonsense mutation (p.Arg554X) was identified in PYPAF1; this defect resulted in a truncated protein lacking all leucine-rich repeats. Study of the wild-type and mutant PYPAF1 recombinant proteins revealed that PYPAF1 inhibited NF-kappaB proinflammatory pathways, and that the identified nonsense mutation impaired this property. CONCLUSION These molecular and clinical findings, together with the clinical manifestations in the patient, which call into question the current nosology of the hereditary recurrent fever syndromes, are consistent with the hypothesis that PYPAF1 acts as an inhibitor of NF-kappaB signaling. They also provide a clear elucidation of the functional consequences of this nonsense PYPAF1 mutation not previously described in the literature, which result in a partial loss of function and may thereby explain the pathophysiology of the autoinflammatory syndrome observed in this patient.
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- I Jéru
- INSERM U.654, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Creteil, France
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Zwiers A, Bouma G. Recent advances in the etiology and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2006; 2:245-56. [PMID: 20477075 DOI: 10.1586/1744666x.2.2.245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, together comprising the inflammatory bowel diseases, currently affect up to 2 million people in the western developed countries. The pathogenesis of the disease is a complex one in which genetic, immunogenic, microbial and environmental factors contribute to the etiology of the disease. Recent advances in understanding the molecular mechanisms that determine this complex entity have provided insight for promising new therapies.
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- A Zwiers
- Dept of Gastroenterology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, Room J391, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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King K, Sheikh MF, Cuthbert AP, Fisher SA, Onnie CM, Mirza MM, Pattni RC, Sanderson J, Forbes A, Mansfield J, Lewis CM, Roberts RG, Mathew CG. Mutation, selection, and evolution of the Crohn disease susceptibility geneCARD15. Hum Mutat 2006; 27:44-54. [PMID: 16278823 DOI: 10.1002/humu.20264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Three common mutations in the CARD15 (NOD2) gene are known to be associated with susceptibility to Crohn disease (CD), and genetic data suggest a gene dosage model with an increased risk of 2-4-fold in heterozygotes and 20-40-fold in homozygotes. However, the discovery of numerous rare variants of CARD15 indicates that some heterozygotes for the common mutations have a rare mutation on the other CARD15 allele, which would support a recessive model for CD. We addressed this issue by screening CARD15 for mutations in 100 CD patients who were heterozygous for one of the three common mutations. We also developed a strategy for evaluating potential disease susceptibility alleles (DSAs) that involves assessing the degree of evolutionary conservation of involved residues, predicted effects on protein structure and function, and genotyping in a large sample of cases and controls. The evolutionary analysis was aided by sequencing the entire coding region of CARD15 in three primates (chimp, gibbon, and tamarin) and aligning the human sequence with these and orthologs from other species. We found that 11 of the 100 CD patients screened had a second potential pathogenic mutation within the exonic and periexonic sequences examined. Assuming that there are no additional pathogenic mutations in noncoding regions, our study suggests that most carriers of the common DSAs are true heterozygotes, and supports previous evidence for a gene dosage model. Four novel nonsynonymous mutations were detected, one of which would produce premature termination of translation c.2686C>T (p.Arg896X). Two potential DSAs--c.2107C>T (p.Arg703Cys) and g.2238T>A (c.74-7T>A)--were significantly associated with CD in the case control sample. Analysis of the evolution of CARD15 revealed strong conservation of the encoded protein, with identity to the human sequence ranging from 99.1% in the chimp to 44.5% in fugu. Higher primates possess an open reading frame (ORF) upstream of the putative initiation site in other species that encodes a further 27 N-terminal amino acids, while four regions of high conservation are observed outside of the known domains of CARD15, indicative of additional residues of functional importance. The strategy developed here may have general application to the assessment of mutation pathogenicity and genetic models in other complex disorders.
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- Kathy King
- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Guy's, King's and St. Thomas' School of Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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Albrecht M, Takken FLW. Update on the domain architectures of NLRs and R proteins. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 339:459-62. [PMID: 16271351 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.10.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2005] [Accepted: 10/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Mario Albrecht
- Department of Computational Biology and Applied Algorithmics, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Stuhlsatzenhausweg 85, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.
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van Duist MM, Albrecht M, Podswiadek M, Giachino D, Lengauer T, Punzi L, De Marchi M. A new CARD15 mutation in Blau syndrome. Eur J Hum Genet 2005; 13:742-7. [PMID: 15812565 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The caspase recruitment domain gene CARD15/NOD2, encoding a cellular receptor involved in an NF-kappaB-mediated pathway of innate immunity, was first identified as a major susceptibility gene for Crohn's disease (CD), and more recently, as responsible for Blau syndrome (BS), a rare autosomal-dominant trait characterized by arthritis, uveitis, skin rash and granulomatous inflammation. While CARD15 variants associated with CD are located within or near the C-terminal leucine-rich repeat domain and cause decreased NF-kappaB activation, BS mutations affect the central nucleotide-binding NACHT domain and result in increased NF-kappaB activation. In an Italian family with BS, we detected a novel mutation E383K, whose pathogenicity is strongly supported by cosegregation with the disease in the family and absence in controls, and by the evolutionary conservation and structural role of the affected glutamate close to the Walker B motif of the nucleotide-binding site in the NACHT domain. Interestingly, substitutions at corresponding positions in another NACHT family member cause similar autoinflammatory phenotypes.
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- Marjan M van Duist
- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy
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Schreiber S, Rosenstiel P, Albrecht M, Hampe J, Krawczak M. Genetics of Crohn disease, an archetypal inflammatory barrier disease. Nat Rev Genet 2005; 6:376-88. [PMID: 15861209 DOI: 10.1038/nrg1607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Chronic inflammatory disorders such as Crohn disease, atopic eczema, asthma and psoriasis are triggered by hitherto unknown environmental factors that function on the background of some polygenic susceptibility. Recent technological advances have allowed us to unravel the genetic aetiology of these and other complex diseases. Using Crohn disease as an example, we show how the discovery of susceptibility genes furthers our understanding of the underlying disease mechanisms and how it will, ultimately, give rise to new therapeutic developments. The long-term goal of such endeavours is to develop targeted prophylactic strategies. These will probably target the molecular interaction on the mucosal surface between the products of the genome and the microbial metagenome of a patient.
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- Stefan Schreiber
- Institute for Clinical Molecular Biology, Center for Conservative Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Schittenhelmstr. 12, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
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Albrecht M, Choubey D, Lengauer T. The HIN domain of IFI-200 proteins consists of two OB folds. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 327:679-87. [PMID: 15649401 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.12.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2004] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The interferon-inducible p200 (IFI-200/HIN-200) family of proteins regulates cell growth and differentiation, and confers resistance to the development of tumors and virus infections. IFI-200 family members are thought to exert their biological effects by modulation of the transcriptional activities of numerous factors and interaction with other proteins through the C-terminal HIN domains. However, the HIN domain structure and function have remained obscure. Therefore, we performed a comprehensive bioinformatics analysis and assembled a structure-based multiple sequence alignment of IFI-200 proteins. The application of fold recognition methods revealed that the HIN domain consists of two consecutive OB domains. Our structural models of DNA-binding HIN domains afford the long-sought interpretations for many previous experimental observations. Our results also raise the possibility of as yet unexplored functional roles of IFI-200 proteins as transcriptional regulators and as interaction partners of proteins involved in immunomodulatory and apoptotic processes.
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- Mario Albrecht
- Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics, Stuhlsatzenhausweg 85, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.
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McDonald C, Inohara N, Nuñez G. Peptidoglycan signaling in innate immunity and inflammatory disease. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:20177-80. [PMID: 15802263 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r500001200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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- Christine McDonald
- Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Dadé S, Callebaut I, Paillisson A, Bontoux M, Dalbiès-Tran R, Monget P. In silico identification and structural features of six new genes similar to MATER specifically expressed in the oocyte. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 324:547-53. [PMID: 15474461 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.09.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2004] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In the present work, we have used the in silico subtraction methodology to identify six new mouse genes similar to NALP5/MATER, whose ESTs were represented almost exclusively in egg libraries. Five genes were selected for RT-PCR and/or in situ hybridization. These experiments confirmed their oocyte restricted expression. Five of these genes are localized on mouse chromosome 7, as is NALP5/MATER; among them, three are localized in a 300 kb cluster.
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- Sébastien Dadé
- Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, UMR 6175 INRA-CNRS-Université François Rabelais de Tours-Haras Nationaux, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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Caspases not only play an essential role during apoptotic cell death, but a subfamily of them-the inflammatory caspases-are associated with immune responses to microbial pathogens. Activation of inflammatory caspases, such as caspase-1 and caspase-5, occurs upon assembly of an intracellular complex, designated the inflammasome. This results in the cleavage and activation of the proinflammatory cytokines IL-1beta and IL-18. Mutations in one of the scaffold proteins of the inflammasome, NALP3/Cryopyrin, are associated with autoinflammatory disorders underscoring the importance of regulating inflammatory caspase activation.
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- Fabio Martinon
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Chemin des Boveresses 155, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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Dowds TA, Masumoto J, Zhu L, Inohara N, Núñez G. Cryopyrin-induced interleukin 1beta secretion in monocytic cells: enhanced activity of disease-associated mutants and requirement for ASC. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:21924-8. [PMID: 15020601 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m401178200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Several autoinflammatory disorders are associated with missense mutations within the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain of cryopyrin. The mechanism by which cryopyrin mutations cause inflammatory disease remains elusive. To understand the molecular bases of these diseases, we generated constructs to express three common cryopyrin disease-associated mutations, R260W, D303N, and E637G, and compared their activity with that of the wild-type protein. All cryopyrin mutant proteins tested were found to induce potent NF-kappaB activity when compared with the wild-type protein. This activation was dependent on the expression of ASC, an adaptor protein previously suggested to mediate cryopyrin signaling. When the disease-associated mutants were expressed in monocytic THP-1 cells (which express endogenous ASC), each induced spontaneous IL-1beta secretion, whereas wild-type protein did not. In the absence of stimuli, wild-type cryopyrin was unable to bind to ASC, whereas the three mutants coimmunoprecipitated with ASC, suggesting a mechanism involved in the constitutive activation of mutant proteins. The induction of cryopyrin activity by enforced oligomerization in THP-1 cells resulted in ASC binding and the secretion of IL-1beta, an effect that was abolished by the inhibition of ASC expression with small interfering RNAs. Thus, cryopyrin-mediated IL-1beta secretion requires ASC in monocytic cells. Further, these results indicate that cryopyrin disease-associated mutants are constitutively active and able to induce NF-kappaB activation and IL-1beta secretion at least in part by an increased ability to interact with ASC.
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- Theresa A Dowds
- Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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