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The Common R71H-G230A-R293Q Human TMEM173 Is a Null Allele

Seema Patel, Steven M. Blaauboer, Heidi R. Tucker, Samira Mansouri, Juan Sebastian Ruiz-Moreno, Lutz Hamann, Ralf R. Schumann, Bastian Opitz and Lei Jin
J Immunol December 7, 2016, 1601585; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1601585
Seema Patel
*Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610;
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†Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208;
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Samira Mansouri
*Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610;
†Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208;
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Juan Sebastian Ruiz-Moreno
‡Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charité University Medicine Berlin, 13353 Berlin, Germany; and
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‡Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charité University Medicine Berlin, 13353 Berlin, Germany; and
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Ralf R. Schumann
§Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité University Medicine Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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‡Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charité University Medicine Berlin, 13353 Berlin, Germany; and
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Lei Jin
*Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610;
†Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208;
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Abstract

TMEM173 encodes MPYS/STING and is an innate immune sensor for cyclic dinucleotides (CDNs) playing a critical role in infection, inflammation, and cancer. The R71H-G230A-R293Q (HAQ) of TMEM173 is the second most common human TMEM173 allele. In this study, using data from the 1000 Genomes Project we found that homozygous HAQ individuals account for ∼16.1% of East Asians and ∼2.8% of Europeans whereas Africans have no homozygous HAQ individuals. Using B cells from homozygous HAQ carriers, we found, surprisingly, that HAQ/HAQ carriers express extremely low MPYS protein and have a decreased TMEM173 transcript. Consequently, the HAQ/HAQ B cells do not respond to CDNs. We subsequently generated an HAQ knock-in mouse expressing a mouse equivalent of the HAQ allele (mHAQ). The mHAQ mouse has decreased MPYS protein in B cells, T cells, Ly6Chi monocytes, bone marrow–derived dendritic cells, and lung tissue. The mHAQ mouse also does not respond to CDNs in vitro and in vivo. Lastly, Pneumovax 23, with an efficacy that depends on TMEM173, is less effective in mHAQ mice than in wild type mice. We conclude that HAQ is a null TMEM173 allele. Our findings have a significant impact on research related to MPYS-mediated human diseases and medicine.

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  • This work was supported by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Grants 1R56AI110606, 1R01AI110606, R21AI099346 Subcontract, and 1R21AI125999 (to L.J.), the Gary and Janis Grover Young Scientist Award (to L.J.), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Grant OP 86/10-1 and Sonderforschungsbereich Grant SFB-TR84 (both to B.O.), and DFG Grant GRK1673 (to J.S.R.-M. and B.O.).

  • The online version of this article contains supplemental material.

  • Received September 9, 2016.
  • Accepted November 6, 2016.
  • Copyright © 2016 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc.
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Seema Patel, Steven M. Blaauboer, Heidi R. Tucker, Samira Mansouri, Juan Sebastian Ruiz-Moreno, Lutz Hamann, Ralf R. Schumann, Bastian Opitz, Lei Jin
The Journal of Immunology December 7, 2016, 1601585; DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1601585

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Seema Patel, Steven M. Blaauboer, Heidi R. Tucker, Samira Mansouri, Juan Sebastian Ruiz-Moreno, Lutz Hamann, Ralf R. Schumann, Bastian Opitz, Lei Jin
The Journal of Immunology December 7, 2016, 1601585; DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1601585
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