Simons, Cas
Mayo Clinic
Centre for Population Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research and UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Germline mutations in a G protein identify signaling cross-talk in T cells
Ham, Hyoungjun , Jing, Huie , Lamborn, Ian T. , Kober, M. , Anderson, David E. , Druey, Kirk M. , Mandl, Judith N. , Isidor, Bertrand , Freeman, Alexandra F. , Ganesan, Sundar , Karsak, Meliha , Mustillo, Peter , Teo, Juliana , Zolkipli‐Cunningham, Zarazuela , Lecoquierre, François , Schmid, Jana Pachlopnik , Kuhns, Douglas B. , Xu, Xuehua , Al–Herz, Waleed , Terhal, Paulien A., Muurinen, Mari , Barlogis, Vincent , Danielson, Jeffrey J. , Stewart, Helen , Rading, Sebastian, Keren, Boris , Pfundt, Rolph , Potocki, Lorraine , Olivier, Kenneth N., Faivre, Laurence , Wong, Melanie , Puel, Anne , Chou, Janet , Tusseau, Maud, Moutsopoulos, Niki M. , Matthews, Helen, Simons, Cas , Fink, Danielle , Kong, Heidi H. , Kabát, Juraj , Kim, Woo Sung , Bierhals, Tatjana , Meguro, Kazuyuki , Gu, Jingwen , Stoddard, Jennifer , Banos-Pinero, Benito, Slack, Maria A., Trivellin, Giampaolo , Mazel, Benoît , Li, Samuel T. , Watts, Val J. , Rodriguez-Quevedo, Maria F. , Bruel, Ange‐Line , Lehalle, Daphné , Torres, Daniel , Sullivan, Kathleen E. , Duffourd, Yannis, Similuk, Morgan , Blanc, Pierre , Jin, Tian, Geha, Raif S., Casanova, Jean‐Laurent , Mäkitie, Outi , Edery, Patrick , Germain, Ronald N. , Billadeau, Daniel D. , Zhang, Yu , Lenardo, Michael J. , Kober, Megan M , Koval, Alexey , Anderson, D Eric , Druey, Kirk M , Mandl, Judith N , Isidor, Bertrand , Ferreira, Carlos R , Freeman, Alexandra F , Karsak, Meliha , Mustillo, Peter J , Teo, Juliana , Chatron, Nicolas , Lecoquierre, Francois , Oler, Andrew J , Schmid, Jana Pachlopnik , Kuhns, Douglas B , Xu, Xuehua , Hauck, Fabian , Al-Herz, Waleed , Wagner, Matias , Terhal, Paulien A , Muurinen, Mari , Barlogis, Vincent , Loid, Petra , Keren, Boris , Pfundt, Rolph , Zarember, Kol A , Vill, Katharina , Olivier, Kenneth N , Lesca, Gaetan , Faivre, Laurence , Puel, Anne , Chou, Janet , Moutsopoulos, Niki M , Simons, Cas , Soldatos, Ariane , Masle-Farquhar, Etienne , Pittaluga, Stefania , Brink, Robert , Kong, Heidi H , Kabat, Juraj , Bierhals, Tatjana , Hsu, Amy P. , Gu, Jingwen , Trivellin, Giampaolo , Mazel, Benoît , Soomann, Maarja , Li, Samuel , Watts, Val J , Stratakis, Constantine A , Rodriguez-Quevedo, Maria F , Bruel, Ange-Line , Lipsanen-Nyman, Marita , Saultier, Paul , Lehalle, Daphne , Torres, Daniel , Barbarot, Sébastien , Neu, Axel , Similuk, Morgan N , McWalter, Kirsty , Blanc, Pierre , Bézieau, Stéphane , Geha, Raif S , Casanova, Jean Laurent , Makitie, Outi M , Edery, Patrick , Christodoulou, John , Germain, Ronald N , Goodnow, Christopher C , Sakmar, Thomas P , Billadeau, Daniel D , Kury, Sebastien , Katanaev, Vladimir L , Zhang, Yu , Lenardo, Michael J , Su, Helen C , Berchiche, Yamina A. , Wagner, Matias , Cruz, Phillip , Lesca, Gaëtan , Tusseau, Maud , Taft, Ryan J. , Pittaluga, Stefania , Baños-Piñero, Benito, Stratakis, Constantine A. , Jain, Rashmi, Bezieau, Stéphane , Jin, Tian , Kubisch, Christian , Küry, Sébastien , Su, Helen C.
Science | September 19, 2024 | Volume: 385 | Issue: 6715 | Pages: No page available
Humans with monogenic inborn errors responsible for extreme disease phenotypes can reveal essential physiological pathways. We investigated germline mutations in GNAI2 , which encodes G αi2 , a key component in heterotrimeric G protein signal transduction usually thought to regulate adenylyl cyclase–mediated cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) production. Patients with activating G αi2 mutations had clinical presentations that included impaired immunity. Mutant G αi2 impaired cell migration and augmented responses to T cell receptor (TCR) stimulation. We found that mutant G αi2 influenced TCR signaling by sequestering the guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase)–activating protein RASA2, thereby promoting RAS activation and increasing downstream extracellular signal–regulated kinase (ERK)/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)–AKT S6 signaling to drive cellular growth and proliferation.
Heterozygous NOTCH1 Variants Cause CNS Immune Activation and Microangiopathy
Helman, Guy , Zarekiani, Parand , Tromp, Samantha A. M., Andrews, Ashley , Bonkowsky, Joshua L. , Chassevent, Anna , Giorgio, Elisa , Pippucci, Tommaso , Wei, Shen, Smith‐Hicks, Constance , Vaula, Giovanna , Schimmel, Mareike , Vollert, Kurt, Shimizu, Fumitaka , Kanda, Takashi , Lynch, Matthew , Roscioli, Tony , Taft, Ryan J. , Simons, Cas , Bugiani, Marianna , Shen, Wei , Bonkowsky, Joshua L , Willemsen, Michèl A A P , Shimizu, Fumitaka , van der Knaap, Marjo S , Shen, Wei , Giorgio, Elisa , Simons, Cas , Botto, Lorenzo D. , Kuijpers, Taco Willem , Knaap, Marjo S. van der
Annals of Neurology | August 10, 2022 | Volume: 92 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 895-901
NOTCH1 belongs to the NOTCH family of proteins that regulate cell fate and inflammatory responses. Somatic and germline NOTCH1 variants have been implicated in cancer, Adams‐Oliver syndrome, and cardiovascular defects. We describe 7 unrelated patients grouped by the presence of leukoencephalopathy with calcifications and heterozygous de novo gain‐of‐function variants in NOTCH1. Immunologic profiling showed upregulated CSF IP‐10, a cytokine secreted downstream of NOTCH1 signaling. Autopsy revealed extensive leukoencephalopathy and microangiopathy with vascular calcifications. This evidence implicates that heterozygous gain‐of‐function variants in NOTCH1 lead to a chronic central nervous system (CNS) inflammatory response resulting in a calcifying microangiopathy with leukoencephalopathy. ANN NEUROL 2022;92:895–901