Additive loss-of-function proteasome subunit mutations in CANDLE/PRAAS patients promote type I IFN production

作者:Brehm Anja; Liu Yin; Sheikh Afzal; Marrero Bernadette; Omoyinmi Ebun; Zhou Qing; Montealegre Gina; Biancotto Angelique; Reinhardt Adam; de Jesus Adriana Almeida; Pelletier Martin; Tsai Wanxia L; Remmers Elaine F; Kardava Lela; Hill Suvimol; Kim Hanna; Lachmann Helen J; Megarbane Andre; Chae Jae Jin; Brady Jilian; Castillo Rhina D; Brown Diane; Vera Casano Angel; Gao Ling; Chapelle Dawn; Huang Yan; Stone Deborah; Chen Yongqing; Sotzny Franziska
来源:Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2015, 125(11): 4196-4211.
DOI:10.1172/JCI81260

摘要

Autosomal recessive mutations in proteasome subunit beta 8 (PSMB8), which encodes the inducible proteasome subunit beta Si, cause the immune-dysregulatory disease chronic atypical neutrophilic dermatosis with lipodystrophy and elevated temperature (CANDLE), which is classified as a proteasome-associated autoinflammatory syndrome (PRAAS). Here, we identified 8 mutations in 4 proteasome genes, PSMA3 (encodes alpha 7), PSMB4 (encodes beta 7) PSMB9 (encodes beta 1i), and proteasome maturation protein (POMP), that have not been previously associated with disease and 1 mutation in PSMB8 that has not been previously reported. One patient was compound heterozygous for PSMB4 mutations, 6 patients from 4 families were heterozygous for a missense mutation in 1 inducible proteasome subunit and a mutation in a constitutive proteasome subunit, and 1 patient was heterozygous for a POMP mutation, thus establishing a digenic and autosomal dominant inheritance pattern of PRAAS. Function evaluation revealed that these mutations variably affect transcription, protein expression, protein folding, proteasome assembly, and, ultimately, proteasome activity. Moreover, defects in proteasome formation and function were recapitulated by siRNA-mediated knockdown of the respective subunits in primary fibroblasts from healthy individuals. Patient-isolated hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic cells exhibited a strong IFN gene-expression signature, irrespective of genotype. Additionally, chemical proteasome inhibition or progressive depletion of proteasome subunit gene transcription with siRNA induced transcription of type I IFN genes in healthy control cells. Our results provide further insight into CANDLE genetics and link global proteasome dysfunction to increased type I IFN production.