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ArticleThe Journal of experimental medicine2022

TBK1 recruitment to STING mediates autoinflammatory arthritis caused by defective DNA clearance.

Tong Li, Seoyun Yum, Minghao Li, Xiang Chen, Xiaoxia Zuo, Zhijian J Chen

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Article in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Tong Li *Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.ORCID 0000-0003-3725-1420
Seoyun Yum *Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.ORCID 0000-0003-0226-4774
Minghao LiDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.ORCID 0000-0002-1456-2691
Xiang ChenDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.ORCID 0000-0002-6608-3211
Xiaoxia ZuoDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3928-9660
Zhijian J ChenDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.ORCID 0000-0002-8475-8251
Central South University · CNHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

INTEGRATIVE IMMUNOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMT32AI005284 · NIAID · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Nan Yan · 2003 to 2026
$7.4M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIAID NIH HHS T32 AI005284
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Defective DNA clearance in DNase II-/- mice leads to lethal inflammatory diseases that can be rescued by deleting cGAS or STING, but the role of distinct signaling pathways downstream of STING in the disease manifestation is not known. We found that the STING S365A mutation, which abrogates IRF3 binding and type I interferon induction, rescued the embryonic lethality of DNase II-/- mice. However, the STING S365A mutant retains the ability to recruit TBK1 and activate NF-κB, and DNase II-/-STING-S365A mice exhibited severe polyarthritis, which was alleviated by neutralizing antibodies against TNF-α or IL-6 receptor. In contrast, the STING L373A mutation or C-terminal tail truncation, which disrupts TBK1 binding and therefore prevents activation of both IRF3 and NF-κB, completely rescued the phenotypes of DNase II-/- mice. These results demonstrate that TBK1 recruitment to STING mediates autoinflammatory arthritis independently of type I interferons. Inhibiting TBK1 binding to STING may be a therapeutic strategy for certain autoinflammatory diseases instigated by self-DNA.

Indexed as

AnimalsArthritisCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseDNAEndodeoxyribonucleasesInflammationInterferon Regulatory Factor-3Interleukin-6Membrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMutationNF-kappa BNucleotidyltransferasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasescGAS protein, mouseCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate Synthasedeoxyribonuclease IIDNAEndodeoxyribonucleasesInterferon Regulatory Factor-3Interleukin-6Membrane ProteinsNF-kappa BNucleotidyltransferasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSting1 protein, mouseSTING ProteinTbk1 protein, mouseTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID34901991
PMCPMC8672646
OpenAlexW4200066260

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