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Exonuclease TREX1 degrades double-stranded DNA to prevent spontaneous lupus-like
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Grieves JL
; Fye JM
; Harvey S
; Grayson JM
; Hollis T
; Perrino FW
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
2015[Apr]; 112
(16
): 5117-22
PMID25848017
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The TREX1 gene encodes a potent DNA exonuclease, and mutations in TREX1 cause a
spectrum of lupus-like autoimmune diseases. Most lupus patients develop
autoantibodies to double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), but the source of DNA antigen is
unknown. The TREX1 D18N mutation causes a monogenic, cutaneous form of lupus
called familial chilblain lupus, and the TREX1 D18N enzyme exhibits dysfunctional
dsDNA-degrading activity, providing a link between dsDNA degradation and nucleic
acid-mediated autoimmune disease. We determined the structure of the TREX1 D18N
protein in complex with dsDNA, revealing how this exonuclease uses a novel
DNA-unwinding mechanism to separate the polynucleotide strands for
single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) loading into the active site. The TREX1 D18N dsDNA
interactions coupled with catalytic deficiency explain how this mutant nuclease
prevents dsDNA degradation. We tested the effects of TREX1 D18N in vivo by
replacing the TREX1 WT gene in mice with the TREX1 D18N allele. The TREX1 D18N
mice exhibit systemic inflammation, lymphoid hyperplasia, vasculitis, and kidney
disease. The observed lupus-like inflammatory disease is associated with immune
activation, production of autoantibodies to dsDNA, and deposition of immune
complexes in the kidney. Thus, dysfunctional dsDNA degradation by TREX1 D18N
induces disease in mice that recapitulates many characteristics of human lupus.
Failure to clear DNA has long been linked to lupus in humans, and these data
point to dsDNA as a key substrate for TREX1 and a major antigen source in mice
with dysfunctional TREX1 enzyme.