Immune dysregulation caused by novel gain-of-function UNC93B1 variant with enhanced antigen presentation
Han, X.; Wang, Q.; Ozen, S.; Dong, W.; Zeng, Y.; Xu, O.; Sener, S.; An, Y.; Guo, L.; Gu, Y.; He, T.; Yang, J.; Yang, H.; Zhou, Q.; Yu, X.
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UNC93B1 is a crucial chaperone protein for the trafficking of TLRs and regulates antigen presentation in dendritic cells (DCs), which activates downstream immune responses. Here, we identified a novel homozygous gain-of-function (GOF) UNC93B1 variant in an early-onset lupus patient. The patient presented with elevated level of inflammation and auto-antibody, and organ damage. The Unc93b1R95L/R95L transgenic mice also exhibited with autoimmune and autoinflammatory phenotypes. The transcriptional analysis revealed increased inflammation and elevated activation of DCs in the patients PBMCs and bone marrow-derived DCs (BMDCs) from Unc93b1R95L/R95L mice. In addition to the selected TLR7/8 activation in previously reported UNC93B1 GOF variants, the single-cell transcriptome and flow cytometry of splenocytes from Unc93b1R95L/R95L mice demonstrated increased phagocytosis activity and T helper cell differentiation with altered ICAM and MHC signaling in DCs and T cells, respectively. These results suggest UNC93B1 GOF variant enhances antigen presentation from DCs to T cells in the pathogenesis of immune dysregulation. Our study expands the pathogenic variants spectrum of UNC93B1 and offers insight into the underlying mechanism of antigen presentation in immune dysregulation caused by UNC93B1 beyond its trafficking function of TLRs.
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