Author:
Reinthaler Eva M.,Graf Elisabeth,Zrzavy Tobias,Wieland Thomas,Hotzy Christoph,Kopecky Chantal,Pferschy Sandra,Schmied Christiane,Leutmezer Fritz,Keilani Mohammad,Lill Christina M.,Hoffjan Sabine,Epplen Jörg T.,Zettl Uwe K.,Hecker Michael,Deutschländer Angela,Meuth Sven G.,Ahram Mamoun,Mustafa Baha,El-Khateeb Mohammed,Vilariño-Güell Carles,Sadovnick A. Dessa,Zimprich Fritz,Tomkinson Birgitta,Strom Tim,Kristoferitsch Wolfgang,Lassmann Hans,Zimprich Alexander
Abstract
ObjectiveTo ascertain the genetic cause of a consanguineous family from Syria suffering from a sterile brain inflammation mimicking a mild nonprogressive form of MS.MethodsWe used homozygosity mapping and next-generation sequencing to detect the disease-causing gene in the affected siblings. In addition, we performed RNA and protein expression studies, enzymatic activity assays, immunohistochemistry, and targeted sequencing of further MS cases from Austria, Germany, Canada and Jordan.ResultsIn this study, we describe the identification of a homozygous missense mutation (c.82T>G, p.Cys28Gly) in the tripeptidyl peptidase II (TPP2) gene in all 3 affected siblings of the family. Sequencing of all TPP2-coding exons in 826 MS cases identified one further homozygous missense variant (c.2027C>T, p.Thr676Ile) in a Jordanian MS patient. TPP2 protein expression in whole blood was reduced in the affected siblings. In contrast, TPP2 protein expression in postmortem brain tissue from MS patients without TPP2 mutations was highly upregulated.ConclusionsThe homozygous TPP2 mutation (p.Cys28Gly) is likely responsible for the inflammation phenotype in this family. TPP2 is an ubiquitously expressed serine peptidase that removes tripeptides from the N-terminal end of longer peptides. TPP2 is involved in various biological processes including the destruction of major histocompatibility complex Class I epitopes. Recessive loss-of-function mutations in TPP2 were described in patients with Evans syndrome, a rare autoimmune disease affecting the hematopoietic system. Based on the gene expression results in our MS autopsy brain samples, we further suggest that TPP2 may play a broader role in the inflammatory process in MS.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Genetics(clinical),Clinical Neurology
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