CARD-CC family
The CARD-CC protein family is defined by an evolutionary conserved CARD and a coiled-coil (CC) domain.[1] Coiled-coils (CC) act as oligomerization domains for many proteins such as structural and motor proteins, and transcription factors. This means that monomers are converted to macromolecular complexes by polymerization.[2] The protein family is ancient and can be found as far back as Cnidaria, but has almost exclusively been studied in humans and mice. Notably, the protein family is absent in insects and nematodes, which makes it impossible to study its function in the most popular invertebrate model organisms (Drosophila and C. elegans). In humans and other jawed vertebrates, the family consists of CARD9 and the three "CARD-containing MAGUK protein" (CARMA)[3] proteins CARD11 (CARMA1), CARD14 (CARMA2) and CARD10 (CARMA3).
Functions
A common theme for all four CARD-CC family proteins in mice and humans is that they are activated by different protein kinase C isoforms,[4] and recruit BCL10 and the paracaspase MALT1 upon activation, which results in downstream activation of NF-κB transcriptional activity and expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines. The different CARD-CC family members show different expression pattern and gain- or loss of function mutation in the different CARD-CC family proteins cause different phenotypes.
- Loss-of-function mutations in CARD9 disrupts lectin receptor signaling like Dectin 1, which causes enhanced susceptibility to fungal infections.[5]
- Strong loss-of-function mutations in CARD11 cause severe defects in lymphocyte function since it is a critical downstream signal mediator in T- and B-cell antigen receptor signaling, which results in severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).[6]
- Weak (hypomorphic) mutations in CARD11 causes atopic dermatitis disease.[7]
- Gain-of-function mutations in CARD11 can result in B-cell lymphoma.[8][9]
- Gain-of-function mutations in CARD14 results in psoriasis or PRP.[10]
- There are indications that loss-of-function mutations in CARD14 could result in atopic dermatitis due to disrupted immune responses against skin microbes.[11]
- There are no obvious gain- or loss-of-function mutations in CARD10, but it is sometimes over-expressed in certain cancer variants,[12] and there is a SNP in CARD10 associated to glaucoma.[13]
References
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- Staal, Jens; Driege, Yasmine; Haegman, Mira; Kreike, Marja; Iliaki, Styliani; Vanneste, Domien; Lork, Marie; Afonina, Inna S.; Braun, Harald; Beyaert, Rudi (2020-08-13). "Defining the combinatorial space of PKC::CARD-CC signal transduction nodes". The FEBS Journal. doi:10.1111/febs.15522. ISSN 1742-4658. PMID 32790937.
- Gross O, Gewies A, Finger K, Schäfer M, Sparwasser T, Peschel C, et al. (August 2006). "Card9 controls a non-TLR signalling pathway for innate anti-fungal immunity". Nature. 442 (7103): 651–6. Bibcode:2006Natur.442..651G. doi:10.1038/nature04926. PMID 16862125. S2CID 4405404.
- Stepensky P, Keller B, Buchta M, Kienzler AK, Elpeleg O, Somech R, et al. (February 2013). "Deficiency of caspase recruitment domain family, member 11 (CARD11), causes profound combined immunodeficiency in human subjects" (PDF). The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 131 (2): 477–85.e1. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2012.11.050. hdl:1885/11324. PMID 23374270.
- Ma CA, Stinson JR, Zhang Y, Abbott JK, Weinreich MA, Hauk PJ, et al. (August 2017). "Germline hypomorphic CARD11 mutations in severe atopic disease". Nature Genetics. 49 (8): 1192–1201. doi:10.1038/ng.3898. PMC 5664152. PMID 28628108.
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- Lenz G, Davis RE, Ngo VN, Lam L, George TC, Wright GW, et al. (March 2008). "Oncogenic CARD11 mutations in human diffuse large B cell lymphoma". Science. 319 (5870): 1676–9. Bibcode:2008Sci...319.1676L. doi:10.1126/science.1153629. PMID 18323416. S2CID 26344383.
- Jordan CT, Cao L, Roberson ED, Pierson KC, Yang CF, Joyce CE, et al. (May 2012). "PSORS2 is due to mutations in CARD14". American Journal of Human Genetics. 90 (5): 784–95. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.03.012. PMC 3376640. PMID 22521418.
- Peled A, Sarig O, Sun G, Samuelov L, Ma CA, Zhang Y, et al. (January 2019). "Loss-of-function mutations in caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 14 (CARD14) are associated with a severe variant of atopic dermatitis". The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 143 (1): 173–181.e10. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2018.09.002. PMID 30248356.
- McAuley JR, Freeman TJ, Ekambaram P, Lucas PC, McAllister-Lucas LM (2018). "CARMA3 Is a Critical Mediator of G Protein-Coupled Receptor and Receptor Tyrosine Kinase-Driven Solid Tumor Pathogenesis". Frontiers in Immunology. 9: 1887. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2018.01887. PMC 6104486. PMID 30158935.
- Zhou T, Souzeau E, Sharma S, Siggs OM, Goldberg I, Healey PR, et al. (November 2016). "CARD10 enriched in primary open-angle glaucoma". Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine. 4 (6): 624–633. doi:10.1002/mgg3.248. PMC 5118207. PMID 27896285.