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Pleiotropic defects in lymphocyte activation caused by caspase-8 mutations lead to human immunodeficiency 总被引:40,自引:0,他引:40
Chun HJ Zheng L Ahmad M Wang J Speirs CK Siegel RM Dale JK Puck J Davis J Hall CG Skoda-Smith S Atkinson TP Straus SE Lenardo MJ 《Nature》2002,419(6905):395-399
Apoptosis is a form of programmed cell death that is controlled by aspartate-specific cysteine proteases called caspases. In the immune system, apoptosis counters the proliferation of lymphocytes to achieve a homeostatic balance, which allows potent responses to pathogens but avoids autoimmunity. The CD95 (Fas, Apo-1) receptor triggers lymphocyte apoptosis by recruiting Fas-associated death domain (FADD), caspase-8 and caspase-10 proteins into a death-inducing signalling complex. Heterozygous mutations in CD95, CD95 ligand or caspase-10 underlie most cases of autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS), a human disorder that is characterized by defective lymphocyte apoptosis, lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly and autoimmunity. Mutations in caspase-8 have not been described in ALPS, and homozygous caspase-8 deficiency causes embryonic lethality in mice. Here we describe a human kindred with an inherited genetic deficiency of caspase-8. Homozygous individuals manifest defective lymphocyte apoptosis and homeostasis but, unlike individuals affected with ALPS, also have defects in their activation of T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes and natural killer cells, which leads to immunodeficiency. Thus, caspase-8 deficiency in humans is compatible with normal development and shows that caspase-8 has a postnatal role in immune activation of naive lymphocytes. 相似文献
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Nusbaum C Zody MC Borowsky ML Kamal M Kodira CD Taylor TD Whittaker CA Chang JL Cuomo CA Dewar K FitzGerald MG Yang X Abouelleil A Allen NR Anderson S Bloom T Bugalter B Butler J Cook A DeCaprio D Engels R Garber M Gnirke A Hafez N Hall JL Norman CH Itoh T Jaffe DB Kuroki Y Lehoczky J Lui A Macdonald P Mauceli E Mikkelsen TS Naylor JW Nicol R Nguyen C Noguchi H O'Leary SB O'Neill K Piqani B Smith CL Talamas JA Topham K Totoki Y Toyoda A Wain HM Young SK Zeng Q Zimmer AR Fujiyama A Hattori M 《Nature》2005,437(7058):551-555
Chromosome 18 appears to have the lowest gene density of any human chromosome and is one of only three chromosomes for which trisomic individuals survive to term. There are also a number of genetic disorders stemming from chromosome 18 trisomy and aneuploidy. Here we report the finished sequence and gene annotation of human chromosome 18, which will allow a better understanding of the normal and disease biology of this chromosome. Despite the low density of protein-coding genes on chromosome 18, we find that the proportion of non-protein-coding sequences evolutionarily conserved among mammals is close to the genome-wide average. Extending this analysis to the entire human genome, we find that the density of conserved non-protein-coding sequences is largely uncorrelated with gene density. This has important implications for the nature and roles of non-protein-coding sequence elements. 相似文献
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Janin Lehmann Christina Seebode Sabine Smolorz Steffen Schubert Steffen Emmert 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2017,74(11):2081-2094
The XPF/ERCC1 heterodimeric complex is essentially involved in nucleotide excision repair (NER), interstrand crosslink (ICL), and double-strand break repair. Defects in XPF lead to severe diseases like xeroderma pigmentosum (XP). Up until now, XP-F patient cells have been utilized for functional analyses. Due to the multiple roles of the XPF/ERCC1 complex, these patient cells retain at least one full-length allele and residual repair capabilities. Despite the essential function of the XPF/ERCC1 complex for the human organism, we successfully generated a viable immortalised human XPF knockout cell line with complete loss of XPF using the CRISPR/Cas9 technique in fetal lung fibroblasts (MRC5Vi cells). These cells showed a markedly increased sensitivity to UVC, cisplatin, and psoralen activated by UVA as well as reduced repair capabilities for NER and ICL repair as assessed by reporter gene assays. Using the newly generated knockout cells, we could show that human XPF is markedly involved in homologous recombination repair (HRR) but dispensable for non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ). Notably, ERCC1 was not detectable in the nucleus of the XPF knockout cells indicating the necessity of a functional XPF/ERCC1 heterodimer to allow ERCC1 to enter the nucleus. Overexpression of wild-type XPF could reverse this effect as well as the repair deficiencies. 相似文献
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MJ Falk Q Zhang E Nakamaru-Ogiso C Kannabiran Z Fonseca-Kelly C Chakarova I Audo DS Mackay C Zeitz AD Borman M Staniszewska R Shukla L Palavalli S Mohand-Said NH Waseem S Jalali JC Perin E Place J Ostrovsky R Xiao SS Bhattacharya M Consugar AR Webster JA Sahel AT Moore EL Berson Q Liu X Gai EA Pierce 《Nature genetics》2012,44(9):1040-1045
Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is an infantile-onset form of inherited retinal degeneration characterized by severe vision loss. Two-thirds of LCA cases are caused by mutations in 17 known disease-associated genes (Retinal Information Network (RetNet)). Using exome sequencing we identified a homozygous missense mutation (c.25G>A, p.Val9Met) in NMNAT1 that is likely to be disease causing in two siblings of a consanguineous Pakistani kindred affected by LCA. This mutation segregated with disease in the kindred, including in three other children with LCA. NMNAT1 resides in the previously identified LCA9 locus and encodes the nuclear isoform of nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase, a rate-limiting enzyme in nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(+)) biosynthesis. Functional studies showed that the p.Val9Met alteration decreased NMNAT1 enzyme activity. Sequencing NMNAT1 in 284 unrelated families with LCA identified 14 rare mutations in 13 additional affected individuals. These results are the first to link an NMNAT isoform to disease in humans and indicate that NMNAT1 mutations cause LCA. 相似文献
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Mitreva M Jasmer DP Zarlenga DS Wang Z Abubucker S Martin J Taylor CM Yin Y Fulton L Minx P Yang SP Warren WC Fulton RS Bhonagiri V Zhang X Hallsworth-Pepin K Clifton SW McCarter JP Appleton J Mardis ER Wilson RK 《Nature genetics》2011,43(3):228-235
Genome evolution studies for the phylum Nematoda have been limited by focusing on comparisons involving Caenorhabditis elegans. We report a draft genome sequence of Trichinella spiralis, a food-borne zoonotic parasite, which is the most common cause of human trichinellosis. This parasitic nematode is an extant member of a clade that diverged early in the evolution of the phylum, enabling identification of archetypical genes and molecular signatures exclusive to nematodes. We sequenced the 64-Mb nuclear genome, which is estimated to contain 15,808 protein-coding genes, at ~35-fold coverage using whole-genome shotgun and hierarchal map-assisted sequencing. Comparative genome analyses support intrachromosomal rearrangements across the phylum, disproportionate numbers of protein family deaths over births in parasitic compared to a non-parasitic nematode and a preponderance of gene-loss and -gain events in nematodes relative to Drosophila melanogaster. This genome sequence and the identified pan-phylum characteristics will contribute to genome evolution studies of Nematoda as well as strategies to combat global parasites of humans, food animals and crops. 相似文献
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Martin Michaelis Christina Paulus Nadine Löschmann Stephanie Dauth Elisabeth Stange Hans Wilhelm Doerr Michael Nevels Jindrich CinatlJr. 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2011,68(6):1079-1090
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a major pathogen in immunocompromised individuals. Here, non-toxic concentrations of the anti-cancer
kinase inhibitor sorafenib were shown to inhibit replication of different HCMV strains (including a ganciclovir-resistant
strain) in different cell types. In contrast to established anti-HCMV drugs, sorafenib inhibited HCMV major immediate early
promoter activity and HCMV immediate early antigen (IEA) expression. Sorafenib is known to inhibit Raf. Comparison of sorafenib
with the MEK inhibitor U0126 suggested that sorafenib inhibits HCMV IEA expression through inhibition of Raf but independently
of signaling through the Raf downstream kinase MEK 1/2. In concordance, siRNA-mediated depletion of Raf but not of MEK-reduced
IEA expression. In conclusion, sorafenib diminished HCMV replication in clinically relevant concentrations and inhibited HCMV
IEA expression, a pathophysiologically relevant event that is not affected by established anti-HCMV drugs. Moreover, we demonstrated
for the first time that Raf activation is involved in HCMV IEA expression. 相似文献
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Tarpey P Thomas S Sarvananthan N Mallya U Lisgo S Talbot CJ Roberts EO Awan M Surendran M McLean RJ Reinecke RD Langmann A Lindner S Koch M Jain S Woodruff G Gale RP Bastawrous A Degg C Droutsas K Asproudis I Zubcov AA Pieh C Veal CD Machado RD Backhouse OC Baumber L Constantinescu CS Brodsky MC Hunter DG Hertle RW Read RJ Edkins S O'Meara S Parker A Stevens C Teague J Wooster R Futreal PA Trembath RC Stratton MR Raymond FL Gottlob I 《Nature genetics》2006,38(11):1242-1244
Idiopathic congenital nystagmus is characterized by involuntary, periodic, predominantly horizontal oscillations of both eyes. We identified 22 mutations in FRMD7 in 26 families with X-linked idiopathic congenital nystagmus. Screening of 42 singleton cases of idiopathic congenital nystagmus (28 male, 14 females) yielded three mutations (7%). We found restricted expression of FRMD7 in human embryonic brain and developing neural retina, suggesting a specific role in the control of eye movement and gaze stability. 相似文献
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Wang X Reid Sutton V Omar Peraza-Llanes J Yu Z Rosetta R Kou YC Eble TN Patel A Thaller C Fang P Van den Veyver IB 《Nature genetics》2007,39(7):836-838
Focal dermal hypoplasia is an X-linked dominant disorder characterized by patchy hypoplastic skin and digital, ocular and dental malformations. We used array comparative genomic hybridization to identify a 219-kb deletion in Xp11.23 in two affected females. We sequenced genes in this region and found heterozygous and mosaic mutations in PORCN in other affected females and males, respectively. PORCN encodes the human homolog of Drosophila melanogaster porcupine, an endoplasmic reticulum protein involved in secretion of Wnt proteins. 相似文献
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Mavrakis KJ Van Der Meulen J Wolfe AL Liu X Mets E Taghon T Khan AA Setty M Setti M Rondou P Vandenberghe P Delabesse E Benoit Y Socci NB Leslie CS Van Vlierberghe P Speleman F Wendel HG 《Nature genetics》2011,43(7):673-678
The importance of individual microRNAs (miRNAs) has been established in specific cancers. However, a comprehensive analysis of the contribution of miRNAs to the pathogenesis of any specific cancer is lacking. Here we show that in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), a small set of miRNAs is responsible for the cooperative suppression of several tumor suppressor genes. Cross-comparison of miRNA expression profiles in human T-ALL with the results of an unbiased miRNA library screen allowed us to identify five miRNAs (miR-19b, miR-20a, miR-26a, miR-92 and miR-223) that are capable of promoting T-ALL development in a mouse model and which account for the majority of miRNA expression in human T-ALL. Moreover, these miRNAs produce overlapping and cooperative effects on tumor suppressor genes implicated in the pathogenesis of T-ALL, including IKAROS (also known as IKZF1), PTEN, BIM, PHF6, NF1 and FBXW7. Thus, a comprehensive and unbiased analysis of miRNA action in T-ALL reveals a striking pattern of miRNA-tumor suppressor gene interactions in this cancer. 相似文献
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Kiemeney LA Thorlacius S Sulem P Geller F Aben KK Stacey SN Gudmundsson J Jakobsdottir M Bergthorsson JT Sigurdsson A Blondal T Witjes JA Vermeulen SH Hulsbergen-van de Kaa CA Swinkels DW Ploeg M Cornel EB Vergunst H Thorgeirsson TE Gudbjartsson D Gudjonsson SA Thorleifsson G Kristinsson KT Mouy M Snorradottir S Placidi D Campagna M Arici C Koppova K Gurzau E Rudnai P Kellen E Polidoro S Guarrera S Sacerdote C Sanchez M Saez B Valdivia G Ryk C de Verdier P Lindblom A Golka K Bishop DT 《Nature genetics》2008,40(11):1307-1312
We conducted a genome-wide SNP association study on 1,803 urinary bladder cancer (UBC) cases and 34,336 controls from Iceland and The Netherlands and follow up studies in seven additional case-control groups (2,165 cases and 3,800 controls). The strongest association was observed with allele T of rs9642880 on chromosome 8q24, 30 kb upstream of MYC (allele-specific odds ratio (OR) = 1.22; P = 9.34 x 10(-12)). Approximately 20% of individuals of European ancestry are homozygous for rs9642880[T], and their estimated risk of developing UBC is 1.49 times that of noncarriers. No association was observed between UBC and the four 8q24 variants previously associated with prostate, colorectal and breast cancers, nor did rs9642880 associate with any of these three cancers. A weaker signal, but nonetheless of genome-wide significance, was captured by rs710521[A] located near TP63 on chromosome 3q28 (allele-specific OR = 1.19; P = 1. 15 x 10(-7)). 相似文献