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CARD14E138A signalling in keratinocytes induces TNF-dependent skin and systemic inflammation

  1. Joan Manils
  2. Louise V Webb
  3. Ashleigh Howes
  4. Julia Janzen
  5. Stefan Boeing
  6. Anne M Bowcock  Is a corresponding author
  7. Steven C Ley  Is a corresponding author
  1. The Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom
  2. Imperial College London, United Kingdom
  3. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.56720
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  1. Joan Manils
  2. Louise V Webb
  3. Ashleigh Howes
  4. Julia Janzen
  5. Stefan Boeing
  6. Anne M Bowcock
  7. Steven C Ley
(2020)
CARD14E138A signalling in keratinocytes induces TNF-dependent skin and systemic inflammation
eLife 9:e56720.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.56720
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Abstract

To investigate how the CARD14E138A psoriasis-associated mutation induces skin inflammation, a knock-in mouse strain was generated that allows tamoxifen-induced expression of the homologous Card14E138A mutation from the endogenous mouse Card14 locus. Heterozygous expression of CARD14E138A rapidly induced skin acanthosis, immune cell infiltration and expression of psoriasis-associated pro-inflammatory genes. Homozygous expression of CARD14E138A induced more extensive skin inflammation and a severe systemic disease involving infiltration of myeloid cells in multiple organs, temperature reduction, weight loss and organ failure. This severe phenotype resembled acute exacerbations of generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP), a rare form of psoriasis that can be caused by CARD14 mutations in patients. CARD14E138A-induced skin inflammation and systemic disease were independent of adaptive immune cells, ameliorated by blocking TNF and induced by CARD14E138A signalling only in keratinocytes. These results suggest that anti-inflammatory therapies specifically targeting keratinocytes, rather than systemic biologicals, might be effective for GPP treatment early in disease progression.

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  1. Joan Manils

    Immune Cell Signaling, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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  2. Louise V Webb

    Immune Cell Signaling, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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  3. Ashleigh Howes

    National Heart Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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  4. Julia Janzen

    Immune Cell Signaling, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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  5. Stefan Boeing

    Bionformatics & Biostatistics Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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  6. Anne M Bowcock

    Dermatology, and Genetics & Genome Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New Yok, United States
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  7. Steven C Ley

    Immunology & Inflammation, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Funding

Francis Crick Institute (FC001103)

  • Joan Manils
  • Louise V Webb
  • Julia Janzen
  • Stefan Boeing
  • Steven C Ley

National Psoriasis Foundation (WMIS_P74088)

  • Joan Manils

British Heart Foundation (PG/15/57/31580)

  • Louise V Webb

National Institutes of Health (R01AR05026)

  • Ashleigh Howes
  • Anne M Bowcock

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: Mice were bred and maintained under specific pathogen-free conditions at the Francis Crick 787 Institute. Experiments were performed in accordance with UK Home Office regulations and endorsed by the Francis Crick Institute Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body under the Procedure Project Licence 70/8819. Rosa26CreERT2 (Seibler et al., 2003), Krt14CreERT2 (Hong et al., 2004), VillinCreERT2 (el Marjou et al., 2004) and Rag1-/- (Spanopoulou et al., 1994) mouse lines have been described previously.

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  1. Carla V Rothlin, Yale School of Medicine, United States

Publication history

  1. Received: March 7, 2020
  2. Accepted: June 26, 2020
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: June 29, 2020 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: July 10, 2020 (version 2)

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© 2020, Manils et al.

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  1. Joan Manils
  2. Louise V Webb
  3. Ashleigh Howes
  4. Julia Janzen
  5. Stefan Boeing
  6. Anne M Bowcock
  7. Steven C Ley
(2020)
CARD14E138A signalling in keratinocytes induces TNF-dependent skin and systemic inflammation
eLife 9:e56720.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.56720

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