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A RING-type ubiquitin ligase family member required to repress follicular helper T cells and autoimmunity

Vinuesa, Carola G., Cook, Matthew C., Angelucci, Constanza, Athanasopoulos, Vicki, Rui, Lixin, Hill, Kim M., Yu, Di, Domaschenz, Heather +7 more·2005·Nature

Abstract

Despite the sequencing of the human and mouse genomes, few genetic mechanisms for protecting against autoimmune disease are currently known. Here we systematically screen the mouse genome for autoimmune regulators to isolate a mouse strain, sanroque, with severe autoimmune disease resulting from a single recessive defect in a previously unknown mechanism for repressing antibody responses to self. The sanroque mutation acts within mature T cells to cause formation of excessive numbers of follicular helper T cells and germinal centres. The mutation disrupts a repressor of ICOS, an essential co-stimulatory receptor for follicular T cells, and results in excessive production of the cytokine interleukin-21. sanroque mice fail to repress diabetes-causing T cells, and develop high titres of autoantibodies and a pattern of pathology consistent with lupus. The causative mutation is in a gene of previously unknown function, roquin (Rc3h1), which encodes a highly conserved member of the RING-type ubiquitin ligase protein family. The Roquin protein is distinguished by the presence of a CCCH zinc-finger found in RNA-binding proteins, and localization to cytosolic RNA granules implicated in regulating messenger RNA translation and stability.

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  • RC3H1 encodes a protein that has an amino-terminal RING-1 zinc-finger, which is characteristic to that of the E3 ubiquitin ligase family.

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Vinuesa, C. G., Cook, M. C., Angelucci, C., Athanasopoulos, V., Rui, L., Hill, K. M., Yu, D., Domaschenz, H., Whittle, B., Lambe, T., Roberts, I. S., Copley, R. R., Bell, J. I., Cornall, R. J., & Goodnow, C. C.
Affiliations
  • Australian National University (AU)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • John Radcliffe Hospital (GB)
  • Centre for Human Genetics (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Vinuesa, Carola G.
  • Goodnow, Christopher C.
Venue
Nature
Published
2005-05
Volume
435
Issue
7041
Pages
452-458
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2031622194
Cited by
862
References
50
Citations by year
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FWCI
14.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rheumatology › Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Diabetes and associated disorders
Keywords
Roquin, T follicular helper cells, germinal center, ICOS, IL-21, autoimmunity, lupus, diabetes mellitus, autoantibodies, self-tolerance, RNA granules, CCCH zinc finger, RNA-binding proteins, mRNA stability, T cell costimulation
MeSH terms
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Autoantibodies, Disease Models, Animal, Female, T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer, Humans, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, Male, Molecular Sequence Data, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, Autoimmunity, Mutation, Missense, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Cell Line, Tumor, Mice

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