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Age-related macular degeneration associated polymorphism rs10490924 in ARMS2 results in deficiency of a complement activator

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Title
Age-related macular degeneration associated polymorphism rs10490924 in ARMS2 results in deficiency of a complement activator
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Journal of Neuroinflammation, January 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12974-016-0776-3
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Sven Micklisch, Yuchen Lin, Saskia Jacob, Marcus Karlstetter, Katharina Dannhausen, Prasad Dasari, Monika von der Heide, Hans-Martin Dahse, Lisa Schmölz, Felix Grassmann, Medhanie Alene, Sascha Fauser, Harald Neumann, Stefan Lorkowski, Diana Pauly, Bernhard H. Weber, Antonia M. Joussen, Thomas Langmann, Peter F. Zipfel, Christine Skerka

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in developed countries. The polymorphism rs10490924 in the ARMS2 gene is highly associated with AMD and linked to an indel mutation (del443ins54), the latter inducing mRNA instability. At present, the function of the ARMS2 protein, the exact cellular sources in the retina and the biological consequences of the rs10490924 polymorphism are unclear. Recombinant ARMS2 was expressed in Pichia pastoris, and protein functions were studied regarding cell surface binding and complement activation in human serum using fluoresence-activated cell sorting (FACS) as well as laser scanning microscopy (LSM). Biolayer interferometry defined protein interactions. Furthermore, endogenous ARMS2 gene expression was studied in human blood derived monocytes and in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived microglia (iPSdM) by PCR and LSM. The ARMS2 protein was localized in human genotyped retinal sections and in purified monocytes derived from AMD patients without the ARMS2 risk variant by LSM. ARMS2 expression in monocytes under oxidative stress was determined by Western blot analysis. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that ARMS2 functions as surface complement regulator. Recombinant ARMS2 binds to human apoptotic and necrotic cells and initiates complement activation by recruiting the complement activator properdin. ARMS2-properdin complexes augment C3b surface opsonization for phagocytosis. We also demonstrate for the first time expression of ARMS2 in human monocytes especially under oxidative stress and in microglia cells of the human retina. The ARMS2 protein is absent in monocytes and also in microglia cells, derived from patients homozygous for the ARMS2 AMD risk variant (rs10490924). ARMS2 is likely involved in complement-mediated clearance of cellular debris. As AMD patients present with accumulated proteins and lipids on Bruch's membrane, ARMS2 protein deficiency due to the genetic risk variant might be involved in drusen formation.

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Unknown 96 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 19%
Researcher 17 18%
Student > Bachelor 14 15%
Other 9 9%
Student > Master 8 8%
Other 13 14%
Unknown 17 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 24 25%
Medicine and Dentistry 18 19%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 8%
Immunology and Microbiology 7 7%
Neuroscience 7 7%
Other 9 9%
Unknown 23 24%
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#1,131
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#15
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