Hierarchy of clinical manifestations in SAVI N153S and V154M mouse models
Authors
Motwani, MonaPawaria, Sudesh
Bernier, Jennifer
Moses, Stephanie
Henry, Kate
Fang, Terry
Burkly, Linda
Marshak-Rothstein, Ann
Fitzgerald, Katherine A.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Medicine, Division of RheumatologyProgram in Innate Immunity, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2019-04-16Keywords
SAVISTING
T cells
cell death
type I interferonopathies
Immunology and Infectious Disease
Infectious Disease
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Studies over the past decade have revealed a central role for innate immune sensors in autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases. cGAS, a cytosolic DNA sensor, detects both foreign and host DNA and generates a second-messenger cGAMP, which in turn binds and activates stimulator of IFN genes (STING), leading to induction of type I interferons and inflammatory cytokines. Recently, gain-of-function mutations in STING have been identified in patients with STING-associated vasculopathy with onset in infancy (SAVI). SAVI patients present with early-onset systemic inflammation and interstitial lung disease, resulting in pulmonary fibrosis and respiratory failure. Here, we describe two independent SAVI mouse models, harboring the two most common mutations found in patients. A direct comparison of these strains reveals a hierarchy of immune abnormalities, lung inflammation and fibrosis, which do not depend on either IFN-alpha/beta receptor signaling or mixed lineage kinase domain-like pseudokinase (MLKL)-dependent necroptotic cell death pathways. Furthermore, radiation chimera experiments reveal how bone marrow from the V154M mutant mice transfer disease to the WT host, whereas the N153S does not, indicating mutation-specific disease outcomes. Moreover, using radiation chimeras we find that T cell lymphopenia depends on T cell-intrinsic expression of the SAVI mutation. Collectively, these mutant mice recapitulate many of the disease features seen in SAVI patients and highlight mutation-specific functions of STING that shed light on the heterogeneity observed in SAVI patients.Source
Motwani M, Pawaria S, Bernier J, Moses S, Henry K, Fang T, Burkly L, Marshak-Rothstein A, Fitzgerald KA. Hierarchy of clinical manifestations in SAVI N153S and V154M mouse models. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Apr 16;116(16):7941-7950. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1818281116. Epub 2019 Apr 3. PMID: 30944222; PMCID: PMC6475399. Link to article on publisher's site
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10.1073/pnas.1818281116Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/35188PubMed ID
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10.1073/pnas.1818281116