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ArticleNature immunology2021

A variant in human AIOLOS impairs adaptive immunity by interfering with IKAROS.

Motoi Yamashita, Hye Sun Kuehn, Kazuki Okuyama, Satoshi Okada, Yuzaburo Inoue, Noriko Mitsuiki, Kohsuke Imai, Masatoshi Takagi, Hirokazu Kanegane, Masahiro Takeuchi and 10 more

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Article in Nature immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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41citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 10 institutions in 3 countries.

Motoi YamashitaDepartment of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9814-1033
Hye Sun Kuehn *Immunology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Kazuki Okuyama *Laboratory for Transcriptional Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan.
Satoshi OkadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4622-5657
Yuzaburo InoueDepartment of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5904-687X
Noriko MitsuikiDepartment of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Kohsuke ImaiDepartment of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2132-8403
Masatoshi TakagiDepartment of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7580-9184
Hirokazu KaneganeDepartment of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Masahiro TakeuchiDepartment of Hematology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Naoki ShimojoDepartment of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8076-0493
Miyuki TsumuraDepartment of Pediatrics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.
Aditya K PadhiLaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kanagawa, Japan.
Kam Y J ZhangLaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9282-8045
Bertrand BoissonSt. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5240-3555
Jean-Laurent CasanovaSt. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7782-4169
Osamu OharaDepartment of Applied Genomics, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Chiba, Japan.
Sergio D RosenzweigImmunology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Ichiro TaniuchiLaboratory for Transcriptional Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan. ichiro.taniuchi@riken.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9853-9068
Tomohiro MorioDepartment of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. tmorio.ped@tmd.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-1025
Tokyo Medical and Dental University · JPChiba University · JPHiroshima University · JPNational Institutes of Health · USRIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research · JPRIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences · JPChiba University Hospital · JPHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USInserm · FRKazusa DNA Research Institute · JP

Funding

Regulation of IgA class switching in the intestinal mucosaP01AI061093 · NIAID · MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF NYU · PI CUNNINGHAM-RUNDLES, CHARLOTTE · 2004 to 2021
$29.8M
Mutation Analysis Of Selected Lymphoid Immune DisordersZIACL010304 · CLC · CLINICAL CENTER · PI ROSENZWEIG, SERGIO · 2009 to 2025
$0k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIAID NIH HHS P01 AI061093
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the present study, we report a human-inherited, impaired, adaptive immunity disorder, which predominantly manifested as a B cell differentiation defect, caused by a heterozygous IKZF3 missense variant, resulting in a glycine-to-arginine replacement within the DNA-binding domain of the encoded AIOLOS protein. Using mice that bear the corresponding variant and recapitulate the B and T cell phenotypes, we show that the mutant AIOLOS homodimers and AIOLOS-IKAROS heterodimers did not bind the canonical AIOLOS-IKAROS DNA sequence. In addition, homodimers and heterodimers containing one mutant AIOLOS bound to genomic regions lacking both canonical motifs. However, the removal of the dimerization capacity from mutant AIOLOS restored B cell development. Hence, the adaptive immunity defect is caused by the AIOLOS variant hijacking IKAROS function. Heterodimeric interference is a new mechanism of autosomal dominance that causes inborn errors of immunity by impairing protein function via the mutation of its heterodimeric partner.

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Adaptive ImmunityCell DifferentiationAnimalsB-LymphocytesChlorocebus aethiopsCOS CellsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHEK293 CellsHumansIkaros Transcription FactorMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMutation, MissenseIkaros Transcription FactorIKZF1 protein, humanIKZF3 protein, humanIkzf3 protein, mouseZfpn1a1 protein, mouse

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