Increased core body temperature exacerbates defective protein prenylation in mouse avatars of mevalonate kinase deficiency
Munoz, M. A.; Skinner, O. P.; Masle-Farquhar, E.; Jurczyluk, J.; Xiao, Y.; Fletcher, E. K.; Kristianto, E.; Hodson, M. P.; O'Donoghue, S. I.; Kaur, S.; Brink, R.; Zahra, D.; Deenick, E. K.; Perry, K.; Robertson, A. A.; Mehr, S.; Hissaria, P.; Mulders-Manders, C. M.; Simon, A.; Rogers, M. J.
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Mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD) is caused by biallelic loss-of-function mutations in MVK, leading to recurrent fevers and systemic inflammation. We describe new mouse avatars of MKD bearing p.Val377Ile (the commonest variant) or deletions in Mvk. Compound heterozygous mice recapitulated the biochemical phenotype of MKD, with build-up of unprenylated GTPases and increased plasma mevalonic acid. Mice with different deficiencies in mevalonate kinase revealed new insights into the genotype-phenotype relationship and mirrored the variability in the prenylation defect in human MKD, with p.V377I homozygous mice having a milder phenotype than compound heterozygous animals. The inflammatory response to LPS was enhanced in compound heterozygous mice in vivo and elevated serum interleukin-1{beta} was abrogated by NLRP3 inflammasome inhibition. Increased temperature dramatically but reversibly exacerbated the deficit in the mevalonate pathway and defective prenylation in vitro and in vivo, highlighting increased body temperature as a likely trigger of inflammatory flares and an additional potential target for future therapeutic approaches.
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