AUTHOR=Lu Changming , MacDougall Mary 

TITLE=RIG-I-Like Receptor Signaling in Singleton-Merten Syndrome

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Genetics

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2017

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/articles/10.3389/fgene.2017.00118

DOI=10.3389/fgene.2017.00118

ISSN=1664-8021

ABSTRACT=<p>Singleton-Merten syndrome (SMS) is an autosomal dominant, multi-system innate immune disorder characterized by early and severe aortic and valvular calcification, dental and skeletal abnormalities, psoriasis, glaucoma, and other varying clinical findings. Recently we identified a specific gain-of-function mutation in <italic>IFIH1</italic>, interferon induced with helicase C domain 1, segregated with this disease. SMS disease without hallmark dental anomalies, termed atypical SMS, has recently been reported caused by variants in <italic>DDX58</italic>, DEXD/H-box helicase 58. <italic>IFIH1</italic> and <italic>DDX58</italic> encode retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I)-like receptors family members melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 and RIG-I, respectively. These cytosolic pattern recognition receptors function in viral RNA detection initiating an innate immune response through independent pathways that promote type I and type III interferon expression and proinflammatory cytokines. In this review, we focus on SMS as an innate immune disorder summarizing clinical features, molecular aspects of the pathogenetic pathway and discussing underlying mechanisms of the disease.</p>