Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase deficiency causes a bone dysplasia with autoimmunity and a type I interferon expression signature

Tracy A Briggs, Gillian I Rice, Sarah Daly, Jill Urquhart, Hannah Gornall, Brigitte Bader-Meunier, Kannan Baskar, Shankar Baskar, Veronique Baudouin, Michael W Beresford, Graeme C M Black, Rebecca J Dearman, Francis de Zegher, Emily S Foster, Camille Francès, Alison R Hayman, Emma Hilton, Chantal Job-Deslandre, Muralidhar L Kulkarni, Martine Le MerrerAgnes Linglart, Simon C Lovell, Kathrin Maurer, Lucile Musset, Vincent Navarro, Capucine Picard, Anne Puel, Frederic Rieux-Laucat, Chaim M Roifman, Sabine Scholl-Bürgi, Nigel Smith, Marcin Szynkiewicz, Alice Wiedeman, Carine Wouters, Leo A H Zeef, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Keith B Elkon, Anthony Janckila, Pierre Lebon, Yanick J Crow

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We studied ten individuals from eight families showing features consistent with the immuno-osseous dysplasia spondyloenchondrodysplasia. Of particular note was the diverse spectrum of autoimmune phenotypes observed in these individuals (cases), including systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren's syndrome, hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, hypothyroidism, inflammatory myositis, Raynaud's disease and vitiligo. Haplotype data indicated the disease gene to be on chromosome 19p13, and linkage analysis yielded a combined multipoint log(10) odds (LOD) score of 3.6. Sequencing of ACP5, encoding tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, identified biallelic mutations in each of the cases studied, and in vivo testing confirmed a loss of expressed protein. All eight cases assayed showed elevated serum interferon alpha activity, and gene expression profiling in whole blood defined a type I interferon signature. Our findings reveal a previously unrecognized link between tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase activity and interferon metabolism and highlight the importance of type I interferon in the genesis of autoimmunity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)127-31
Number of pages5
JournalNature Genetics
Volume43
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2011

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Acid Phosphatase
  • Animals
  • Autoimmunity
  • Bone Diseases, Developmental
  • Cattle
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Humans
  • Inflammation
  • Interferon Type I
  • Isoenzymes
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
  • Male
  • Models, Molecular
  • Mutation
  • Mutation, Missense
  • Phenotype
  • Sclerosis
  • Tartrate-Resistant Acid Phosphatase
  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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