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Myeloperoxidase Modulates Inflammation in Generalized Pustular Psoriasis and Additional Rare Pustular Skin Diseases.


ABSTRACT: Generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) is a severe multi-systemic inflammatory disease characterized by neutrophilic pustulosis and triggered by pro-inflammatory IL-36 cytokines in skin. While 19%-41% of affected individuals harbor bi-allelic mutations in IL36RN, the genetic cause is not known in most cases. To identify and characterize new pathways involved in the pathogenesis of GPP, we performed whole-exome sequencing in 31 individuals with GPP and demonstrated effects of mutations in MPO encoding the neutrophilic enzyme myeloperoxidase (MPO). We discovered eight MPO mutations resulting in MPO -deficiency in neutrophils and monocytes. MPO mutations, primarily those resulting in complete MPO deficiency, cumulatively associated with GPP (p = 1.85E-08; OR = 6.47). The number of mutant MPO alleles significantly differed between 82 affected individuals and >4,900 control subjects (p = 1.04E-09); this effect was stronger when including IL36RN mutations (1.48E-13) and correlated with a younger age of onset (p = 0.0018). The activity of four proteases, previously implicated as activating enzymes of IL-36 precursors, correlated with MPO deficiency. Phorbol-myristate-acetate-induced formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) was reduced in affected cells (p = 0.015), and phagocytosis assays in MPO-deficient mice and human cells revealed altered neutrophil function and impaired clearance of neutrophils by monocytes (efferocytosis) allowing prolonged neutrophil persistence in inflammatory skin. MPO mutations contribute significantly to GPP's pathogenesis. We implicate MPO as an inflammatory modulator in humans that regulates protease activity and NET formation and modifies efferocytosis. Our findings indicate possible implications for the application of MPO inhibitors in cardiovascular diseases. MPO and affected pathways represent attractive targets for inducing resolution of inflammation in neutrophil-mediated skin diseases.

SUBMITTER: Haskamp S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7477008 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Myeloperoxidase Modulates Inflammation in Generalized Pustular Psoriasis and Additional Rare Pustular Skin Diseases.

Haskamp Stefan S   Bruns Heiko H   Hahn Madelaine M   Hoffmann Markus M   Gregor Anne A   Löhr Sabine S   Hahn Jonas J   Schauer Christine C   Ringer Mark M   Flamann Cindy C   Frey Benjamin B   Lesner Adam A   Thiel Christian T CT   Ekici Arif B AB   von Hörsten Stephan S   Aßmann Gunter G   Riepe Claudia C   Euler Maximilien M   Schäkel Knut K   Philipp Sandra S   Prinz Jörg C JC   Mößner Rotraut R   Kersting Florina F   Sticherling Michael M   Sefiani Abdelaziz A   Lyahyai Jaber J   Sondermann Wiebke W   Oji Vinzenz V   Schulz Peter P   Wilsmann-Theis Dagmar D   Sticht Heinrich H   Schett Georg G   Reis André A   Reis André A   Uebe Steffen S   Frey Silke S   Hüffmeier Ulrike U  

American journal of human genetics 20200805 3


Generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) is a severe multi-systemic inflammatory disease characterized by neutrophilic pustulosis and triggered by pro-inflammatory IL-36 cytokines in skin. While 19%-41% of affected individuals harbor bi-allelic mutations in IL36RN, the genetic cause is not known in most cases. To identify and characterize new pathways involved in the pathogenesis of GPP, we performed whole-exome sequencing in 31 individuals with GPP and demonstrated effects of mutations in MPO encod  ...[more]

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