Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Oxidized mitochondrial DNA induces gasdermin D oligomerization in systemic lupus erythematosus

  • Naijun Miao,
  • Zhuning Wang,
  • Qinlan Wang,
  • Hongyan Xie,
  • Ninghao Yang,
  • Yanzhe Wang,
  • Jin Wang,
  • Haixia Kang,
  • Wenjuan Bai,
  • Yuanyuan Wang,
  • Rui He,
  • Kepeng Yan,
  • Yang Wang,
  • Qiongyi Hu,
  • Zhaoyuan Liu,
  • Fubin Li,
  • Feng Wang,
  • Florent Ginhoux,
  • Xiaoling Zhang,
  • Jianyong Yin,
  • Limin Lu,
  • Jing Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36522-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Systemic lupus erythematosus is characterised by the generation of antibodies targeting DNA and nuclear antigens. Here, the authors show that oxidised mitochondrial DNA induces gasdermin D oligomerization and promotes pore formation in neutrophils from patients with SLE.