Tissue inflammation induced by constitutively active STING is mediated by enhanced TNF signaling

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Abstract

Constitutive activation of STING by gain-of-function mutations triggers manifestation of the systemic autoinflammatory disease STING-associated vasculopathy with onset in infancy (SAVI). In order to investigate the role of signaling by tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in SAVI, we used genetic inactivation of TNF receptors 1 and 2 in murine SAVI, which is characterized by T cell lymphopenia, inflammatory lung disease and neurodegeneration. Genetic inactivation of TNFR1 and TNFR2, however, rescued the loss of thymocytes, reduced interstitial lung disease and neurodegeneration. Furthermore, genetic inactivation of TNFR1 and TNFR2 blunted transcription of cytokines, chemokines and adhesions proteins, which result from chronic STING activation in SAVI mice. In addition, increased transendothelial migration of neutrophils was ameliorated. Taken together, our results demonstrate a pivotal role of TNFR-signaling in the pathogenesis of SAVI in mice and suggest that available TNFR antagonists could ameliorate SAVI in patients.

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Original languageEnglish
Article numbere101350
JournaleLife
Volume14
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 20 Mar 2025
Peer-reviewedYes

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ORCID /0000-0002-2387-526X/work/182335891
ORCID /0000-0001-6287-9725/work/182336076
ORCID /0000-0002-9728-1413/work/182336191
ORCID /0000-0002-4330-1861/work/182336218

Keywords

Keywords

  • Animals, Inflammation/pathology, Membrane Proteins/metabolism, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I/genetics, Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II/genetics, Signal Transduction, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism