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Mutation of NLRC4 causes a syndrome of enterocolitis and autoinflammation

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Romberg, Neil, Al Moussawi, Khatoun, Nelson-Williams, Carol, Stiegler, Amy L, Loring, Erin, Choi, Murim, Overton, John, Meffre, Eric, Khokha, Mustafa K, Huttner, Anita J, West, Brian, Podoltsev, Nikolai A, Boggon, Titus J, Kazmierczak, Barbara I, Lifton, Richard P·2014·Nature Genetics

Abstract

Upon detection of pathogen-associated molecular patterns, innate immune receptors initiate inflammatory responses. These receptors include cytoplasmic NOD-like receptors (NLRs) whose stimulation recruits and proteolytically activates caspase-1 within the inflammasome, a multiprotein complex. Caspase-1 mediates the production of interleukin-1 family cytokines (IL1FCs), leading to fever and inflammatory cell death (pyroptosis). Mutations that constitutively activate these pathways underlie several autoinflammatory diseases with diverse clinical features. We describe a family with a previously unreported syndrome featuring neonatal-onset enterocolitis, periodic fever, and fatal or near-fatal episodes of autoinflammation. We show that the disease is caused by a de novo gain-of-function mutation in NLRC4 encoding a p.Val341Ala substitution in the HD1 domain of the protein that cosegregates with disease. Mutant NLRC4 causes constitutive IL1FC production and macrophage cell death. Infected macrophages from affected individuals are polarized toward pyroptosis and exhibit abnormal staining for inflammasome components. These findings identify and describe the cause of a life-threatening but treatable autoinflammatory disease that underscores the divergent roles of the NLRC4 inflammasome.

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Romberg, N., Al Moussawi, K., Nelson-Williams, C., Stiegler, A. L., Loring, E., Choi, M., Overton, J., Meffre, E., Khokha, M. K., Huttner, A. J., West, B., Podoltsev, N. A., Boggon, T. J., Kazmierczak, B. I., & Lifton, R. P.
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Nature Genetics
Published
2014-09-14
Volume
46
Issue
10
Pages
1135-1139
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  • 1061-4036 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1718
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W2017237017
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Romberg, N., Al Moussawi, K., Nelson-Williams, C., Stiegler, A. L., Loring, E., Choi, M., Overton, J., Meffre, E., Khokha, M. K., Huttner, A. J., West, B., Podoltsev, N. A., Boggon, T. J., Kazmierczak, B. I., & Lifton, R. P. (2014). Mutation of NLRC4 causes a syndrome of enterocolitis and autoinflammation. Nature Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3066

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