bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 7, 2023
Abstract
The
significance
of
STING
(encoded
by
the
TMEM173
gene)
in
tissue
inflammation
and
cancer
immunotherapy
has
been
increasingly
recognized.
Intriguingly,
common
human
alleles
R71H-G230A-R293Q
(
HAQ)
G230A-R293Q
AQ
)
are
carried
∼60%
East
Asians
∼40%
Africans,
respectively.
Here,
we
examine
modulatory
effects
HAQ,
on
STING-associated
vasculopathy
with
onset
infancy
(SAVI),
an
autosomal
dominant,
fatal
inflammatory
disease
caused
gain-of-function
mutations.
CD4
T
cellpenia
is
evident
SAVI
patients
mouse
models.
Using
knock-in
mice
expressing
HAQ
,
Q293
found
that
splenocytes
resist
STING-mediated
cell
death
ex
vivo,
establishing
a
critical
role
residue
293
death.
HAQ/SAVI(N153S)
AQ/SAVI(N153S)
did
not
have
cellpenia.
HAQ/SAVI(N153S),
more
(∼10-fold,
∼20-fold,
respectively)
T-regs
than
WT/SAVI(N153S)
mice.
Remarkably,
while
they
comparable
TBK1,
IRF3,
NFκB
activation
as
WT/SAVI
AQ/SAVI
no
inflammation,
regular
body
weight,
normal
lifespan.
We
propose
promotes
depleting
cells
vivo
.
Billions
modern
humans
dominant
alleles.
research
STING-targeting
should
consider
heterogeneity
humans.
Teaser
Common
dominate
SAVI(N154S)
mutant
The
significance
of
STING
(encoded
by
the
TMEM173
gene),
in
tissue
inflammation
and
cancer
immunotherapy
has
been
increasingly
recognized.
Intriguingly,
common
human
alleles
R71H-G230A-R293Q
(HAQ)
G230A-R293Q
(AQ)
are
carried
∼60%
East
Asians
∼40%
Africans,
respectively.
Here,
we
examine
modulatory
effects
HAQ,
AQ
on
STING-associated
vasculopathy
with
onset
infancy
(SAVI),
an
autosomal
dominant,
fatal
inflammatory
disease
caused
gain-of-function
mutations.
CD4
T
cellpenia
is
evident
SAVI
patients
mouse
models.
Using
knock-in
mice
expressing
AQ,
Q293,
found
that
Q293
splenocytes
resist
STING-mediated
cell
death
ex
vivo,
establishing
a
critical
role
residue
293
death.
HAQ/SAVI(N153S)
AQ/SAVI(N153S)
did
not
have
cellpenia.
HAQ/SAVI(N153S),
more
(∼10-fold,
∼20-fold,
respectively)
T-regs
than
WT/SAVI(N153S)
mice.
Remarkably,
while
they
comparable
TBK1,
IRF3,
NFκB
activation
as
WT/SAVI,
AQ/SAVI
no
inflammation,
regular
body
weight,
normal
lifespan.
We
propose
promotes
depleting
cells
vivo.
Billions
modern
humans
dominant
alleles.
research
STING-targeting
should
consider
heterogeneity
humans.Teaser:
One
copy
HAQ
or
gene
prevents
mutant-caused
The
significance
of
STING
(encoded
by
the
TMEM173
gene),
in
tissue
inflammation
and
cancer
immunotherapy
has
been
increasingly
recognized.
Intriguingly,
common
human
alleles
R71H-G230A-R293Q
(HAQ)
G230A-R293Q
(AQ)
are
carried
∼60%
East
Asians
∼40%
Africans,
respectively.
Here,
we
examine
modulatory
effects
HAQ,
AQ
on
STING-associated
vasculopathy
with
onset
infancy
(SAVI),
an
autosomal
dominant,
fatal
inflammatory
disease
caused
gain-of-function
mutations.
CD4
T
cellpenia
is
evident
SAVI
patients
mouse
models.
Using
knock-in
mice
expressing
AQ,
Q293,
found
that
Q293
splenocytes
resist
STING-mediated
cell
death
ex
vivo,
establishing
a
critical
role
residue
293
death.
HAQ/SAVI(N153S)
AQ/SAVI(N153S)
did
not
have
cellpenia.
HAQ/SAVI(N153S),
more
(∼10-fold,
∼20-fold,
respectively)
T-regs
than
WT/SAVI(N153S)
mice.
Remarkably,
while
they
comparable
TBK1,
IRF3,
NFκB
activation
as
WT/SAVI,
AQ/SAVI
no
inflammation,
regular
body
weight,
normal
lifespan.
We
propose
promotes
depleting
cells
vivo.
Billions
modern
humans
dominant
alleles.
research
STING-targeting
should
consider
heterogeneity
humans.Teaser:
One
copy
HAQ
or
gene
prevents
mutant-caused
JCI Insight,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: July 18, 2024
Gain-of-function
mutations
in
the
dsDNA
sensing
adaptor
STING
lead
to
a
severe
autoinflammatory
syndrome
known
as
STING-associated
vasculopathy
with
onset
Infancy
(SAVI).
SAVI
patients
develop
interstitial
lung
disease
(ILD)
and
produce
autoantibodies
that
are
commonly
associated
systemic
autoimmune
diseases.
Mice
expressing
most
common
mutation
V154M
(VM)
similarly
ILD,
but
exhibit
T
B
cell
lymphopenia,
low
serum
Ig
titers,
lack
autoantibodies.
Importantly,
lethally
irradiated
VM
hosts
reconstituted
wildtype
(WT)
stem
cells
(WT→VM)
still
ILD.
In
this
study,
we
find
WT→VM
chimeras
had
restored
function,
produced
autoantibodies,
thereby
recapitulated
loss
of
tolerance
seen
patients.
Lymphocytes
derived
from
both
WT
BCR
or
TCR
transgenic
(Tg)
donors
accumulated
extravascular
tissue
WT+Tg→VM
mixed
chimeras,
lymphocyte
activation
germinal
center
formation
required
diverse
repertoire.
Furthermore,
when
isolated
WTVM
were
adoptively
transferred
naïve
Rag1-deficient
2º
hosts,
they
trafficked
recruited
neutrophils.
Overall,
these
findings
indicated
expression
by
radioresistant
promoted
autoreactive
then
differentiated
into
potentially
pathogenic
effector
subsets.
The
significance
of
STING
(encoded
by
the
TMEM173
gene)
in
tissue
inflammation
and
cancer
immunotherapy
has
been
increasingly
recognized.
Intriguingly,
common
human
alleles
R71H-G230A-R293Q
(
HAQ)
G230A-R293Q
AQ
)
are
carried
∼60%
East
Asians
∼40%
Africans,
respectively.
Here,
we
examine
modulatory
effects
HAQ,
on
STING-associated
vasculopathy
with
onset
infancy
(SAVI),
an
autosomal
dominant,
fatal
inflammatory
disease
caused
gain-of-function
mutations.
CD4
T
cellpenia
is
evident
SAVI
patients
mouse
models.
Using
knock-in
mice
expressing
HAQ
,
Q293
found
that
splenocytes
resist
STING-mediated
cell
death
ex
vivo,
establishing
a
critical
role
residue
293
death.
HAQ/SAVI(N153S)
AQ/SAVI(N153S)
did
not
have
cellpenia.
HAQ/SAVI(N153S),
more
(∼10-fold,
∼20-fold,
respectively)
T-regs
than
WT/SAVI(N153S)
mice.
Remarkably,
while
they
comparable
TBK1,
IRF3,
NFκB
activation
as
WT/SAVI
AQ/SAVI
no
inflammation,
regular
body
weight,
normal
lifespan.
We
propose
promotes
depleting
cells
vivo
.
Billions
modern
humans
dominant
alleles.
research
STING-targeting
should
consider
heterogeneity
humans.
The
significance
of
STING1
gene
in
tissue
inflammation
and
cancer
immunotherapy
has
been
increasingly
recognized.
Intriguingly,
common
human
alleles
R71H-G230A-R293Q
(
HAQ
)
G230A-R293Q
AQ
are
carried
by
~60%
East
Asians
~40%
Africans,
respectively.
Here,
we
examine
the
modulatory
effects
HAQ,
on
STING-associated
vasculopathy
with
onset
infancy
(SAVI),
an
autosomal
dominant,
fatal
inflammatory
disease
caused
gain-of-function
mutations.
CD4
T
cellpenia
is
evident
SAVI
patients
mouse
models.
Using
Sting1
knock-in
mice
expressing
,
Q293
found
that
splenocytes
resist
STING1-mediated
cell
death
ex
vivo,
establishing
a
critical
role
residue
293
death.
HAQ/SAVI(N153S
AQ/SAVI(N153S
did
not
have
cellpenia.
HAQ/SAVI(N153S),
more
(~10-fold,
~20-fold,
respectively)
T-regs
than
WT/SAVI(N153S
mice.
Remarkably,
while
they
comparable
TBK1,
IRF3,
NFκB
activation
as
WT/SAVI
AQ/SAVI
no
inflammation,
regular
body
weight,
normal
lifespan.
We
propose
promotes
depleting
cells
vivo.
Billions
modern
humans
dominant
alleles.
research
STING1-targeting
should
consider
heterogeneity
humans.
Research Square (Research Square),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 21, 2024
Abstract
Type
I
interferonopathies
comprise
a
large
group
of
Mendelian
autoinflammatory
diseases
that
generally
lack
effective
treatments.
STING-associated
Vasculitis
with
onset
in
Infancy
(SAVI)
is
severe
autosomal
dominant
disease
due
to
gain-of-functon(GOF)
mutations
the
gene
STING1,
encoding
for
Stimulator
Interferon
Response
CGAMP
Interactor
1
(STING1).
SAVI
leads
multisystemic
comprising
systemic
vasculitis
and
lung
fibrosis.
A
possible
therapeutic
approach
engineer
patient’s
hematopoietic
system
restore
interferon
homeostasis,
thereby
preventing
chronic
inflammation
organ
damage
halting
development.
Here,
we
describe
“universal”
genome
editing
correction
strategy
using
CRISPR/Cas9
targets
stimulator
response
cGAMP
interactor
(STING1)
at
endogenous
locus
patient-derived
induced
pluripotent
stem
cells
(iPSCs)
human
CD34+
progenitor
(HSPCs).
The
engineered
SAVI-iPSCs
express
normal
levels
STING1
protein
following
differentiation
into
monocytes
macrophages
no
longer
produce
interferon-alpha
(IFN-α)
basal
state.
Using
SAVI-gene-engineered
HSPCs,
determined
minimum
fraction
mutant
alleles
required
induce
spontaneous
IFN-α
production,
thus
establishing
threshold
necessary
rescue
disease.
Finally,
demonstrated
HSPCs
retain
regenerative
potential
by
supporting
long-term
repopulating
capacity
multi-lineage
transplantation
immunocompromised
mice.
Together,
these
studies
established
rationale
clinical
translation
framework
correcting
other
type
interferonopathies.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 7, 2023
Abstract
The
significance
of
STING
(encoded
by
the
TMEM173
gene)
in
tissue
inflammation
and
cancer
immunotherapy
has
been
increasingly
recognized.
Intriguingly,
common
human
alleles
R71H-G230A-R293Q
(
HAQ)
G230A-R293Q
AQ
)
are
carried
∼60%
East
Asians
∼40%
Africans,
respectively.
Here,
we
examine
modulatory
effects
HAQ,
on
STING-associated
vasculopathy
with
onset
infancy
(SAVI),
an
autosomal
dominant,
fatal
inflammatory
disease
caused
gain-of-function
mutations.
CD4
T
cellpenia
is
evident
SAVI
patients
mouse
models.
Using
knock-in
mice
expressing
HAQ
,
Q293
found
that
splenocytes
resist
STING-mediated
cell
death
ex
vivo,
establishing
a
critical
role
residue
293
death.
HAQ/SAVI(N153S)
AQ/SAVI(N153S)
did
not
have
cellpenia.
HAQ/SAVI(N153S),
more
(∼10-fold,
∼20-fold,
respectively)
T-regs
than
WT/SAVI(N153S)
mice.
Remarkably,
while
they
comparable
TBK1,
IRF3,
NFκB
activation
as
WT/SAVI
AQ/SAVI
no
inflammation,
regular
body
weight,
normal
lifespan.
We
propose
promotes
depleting
cells
vivo
.
Billions
modern
humans
dominant
alleles.
research
STING-targeting
should
consider
heterogeneity
humans.
Teaser
Common
dominate
SAVI(N154S)
mutant