TNFSF8

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Also known as CD153

Summary

TNFSF8 (TNF superfamily member 8, HGNC:11938) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 9q32-q33.1, encoding Tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 8 (P32971). Cytokine that binds to TNFRSF8/CD30.

The protein encoded by this gene is a cytokine that belongs to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) ligand family. This cytokine is a ligand for TNFRSF8/CD30, which is a cell surface antigen and a marker for Hodgkin lymphoma and related hematologic malignancies. The engagement of this cytokine expressed on B cell surface plays an inhibitory role in modulating Ig class switch. This cytokine was shown to enhance cell proliferation of some lymphoma cell lines, while to induce cell death and reduce cell proliferation of other lymphoma cell lines. The pleiotropic biologic activities of this cytokine on different CD30+ lymphoma cell lines may play a pathophysiologic role in Hodgkin’s and some non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.

Source: NCBI Gene 944 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 20
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 31 total
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_001244

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:11938
Approved symbolTNFSF8
NameTNF superfamily member 8
Location9q32-q33.1
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesCD153
Ensembl geneENSG00000106952
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM603875
Entrez944

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 4 — 3 protein_coding, 1 protein_coding_CDS_not_defined

ENST00000223795, ENST00000474301, ENST00000618336, ENST00000872160

RefSeq mRNA: 2 — MANE Select: NM_001244 NM_001244, NM_001252290

CCDS: CCDS6810, CCDS75884

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000223795 — 4 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE00000722203114905828114905899
ENSE00000722204114918096114918138
ENSE00000806380114930109114930591
ENSE00001317619114901145114904325

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 179 present calls, max score 90.25.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth broad, TPM avg 9.2815 / max 415.1738, expressed in 444 samples.

FANTOM5 promoters (6 alternative TSS)

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
1021834.6976351
1021864.1447341
1021840.172098
1021850.120061
1021810.077041
1021820.070246

Top tissues by expression

281 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
monocyteCL:000057690.25gold quality
leukocyteCL:000073889.83gold quality
mononuclear cellCL:000084289.72gold quality
granulocyteCL:000009488.52gold quality
bloodUBERON:000017887.07gold quality
lymph nodeUBERON:000002986.45gold quality
vermiform appendixUBERON:000115480.77gold quality
superficial temporal arteryUBERON:000161480.72gold quality
spleenUBERON:000210679.72gold quality
gall bladderUBERON:000211078.62gold quality
bone marrowUBERON:000237177.08gold quality
caecumUBERON:000115374.94gold quality
amniotic fluidUBERON:000017373.61gold quality
parietal pleuraUBERON:000240073.60gold quality
endometrium epitheliumUBERON:000481173.35silver quality
right lungUBERON:000216772.25gold quality
pleuraUBERON:000097772.24gold quality
small intestine Peyer’s patchUBERON:000345471.91gold quality
bone marrow cellCL:000209271.57gold quality
trabecular bone tissueUBERON:000248371.22gold quality
rectumUBERON:000105271.01gold quality
frontal poleUBERON:000279570.99silver quality
visceral pleuraUBERON:000240170.77gold quality
thymusUBERON:000237070.75gold quality
paraflocculusUBERON:000535170.60silver quality
middle frontal gyrusUBERON:000270270.17silver quality
upper lobe of left lungUBERON:000895269.99gold quality
tonsilUBERON:000237269.88gold quality
colonic epitheliumUBERON:000039769.63silver quality
upper lobe of lungUBERON:000894869.31gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 3 experiment(s), a significant marker in 2.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-MTAB-8410yes16.71
E-ANND-3yes8.62
E-HCAD-29no3519.87

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

126 targeting TNFSF8, top 30 by miRDB confidence (max_score; target_count = how many genes the miRNA targets in total — lower means more specific):

miRNAMax scoreAvg scoremiRNA target_count
HSA-MIR-6740-5P100.0065.64932
HSA-MIR-200B-3P100.0073.312693
HSA-MIR-429100.0073.442698
HSA-MIR-3646100.0073.565283
HSA-MIR-607799.9968.042299
HSA-MIR-150-5P99.9966.691976
HSA-MIR-569699.9872.364487
HSA-MIR-806899.9873.852376
HSA-MIR-548AJ-3P99.9673.385345
HSA-MIR-548X-3P99.9673.385345
HSA-MIR-1250-3P99.9670.044038
HSA-MIR-128-3P99.9571.172484
HSA-MIR-216A-3P99.9571.192505
HSA-MIR-548J-3P99.9472.614881
HSA-MIR-548AE-3P99.9372.664867
HSA-MIR-548AH-3P99.9372.544872
HSA-MIR-548AM-3P99.9372.544872
HSA-MIR-548AQ-3P99.9372.664867
HSA-MIR-539-5P99.9370.302855
HSA-MIR-552-5P99.9368.561583
HSA-MIR-652-5P99.9167.49505
HSA-MIR-4753-3P99.9071.033786
HSA-MIR-449399.9066.48977
HSA-MIR-3681-3P99.8870.462254
HSA-MIR-579-3P99.8671.663628
HSA-MIR-3151-5P99.8663.831069
HSA-MIR-450399.8571.451869
HSA-MIR-664B-3P99.8471.653590
HSA-MIR-44899.7972.372103
HSA-MIR-57799.7869.132479

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 18)

  • capability to up-regulate expression of CD30, release of soluble CD30 and production of IL-4 in pre-activated T cells upon co-culture (PMID:11728464)
  • only in a subset of both benign and malignant thyroid nodules the interleukin-6/interleukin-6 receptor signal could be induced by the CD30 ligand/CD30 (PMID:12553555)
  • CD30-L/CD30 and IL-6/IL-6R systems could play a major role in the pathogenesis of Graves’disease (GD), but the expression of CD30L/CD30 and IL-6/IL-6R in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) suggests that Th2 mechanisms are involved in tissue damage. (PMID:16372246)
  • Mast cells were found to be the predominant CD30 ligand-positive (CD30L-positive) cell in the chronic inflammatory skin diseases psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. (PMID:16964309)
  • results suggested a possible role of cd30 and cd30L in the pathogenesis of acute leukemia (PMID:18689277)
  • CD153 antigen was expressed by synovial mast cells, and correlated with serum levels, in Rheumatoid Arthritis patients (PMID:19208589)
  • Single nucleotide polymorphism in TNFSF8 gene is associated with bone disease in myeloma. (PMID:19657367)
  • a possible role of novel TNFSF8 variants in susceptibility to lung cancer. (PMID:21292647)
  • Positional candidate gene screening in the SPA2 locus allowed us to identify and replicate an association between a rare SNP located in TNFSF8 and spondylarthritis. (PMID:21480186)
  • The TNFSF8 polymorphisms rs927374 and rs2295800 were associated with neutrophil count. This finding suggests that post-MI inflammatory response is genetically modulated. (PMID:22033252)
  • a novel and unexpected role for CD30/CD30L that contributes to proinflammatory immune responses (PMID:22628304)
  • circulant sCD30L is functionally active and that it may favor persistence of active inflammation by inducing apoptosis of CD30(+)T cells, known to down-modulate inflammation in rheumatoid synovitis. (PMID:24447865)
  • The heritability of IgA levels is moderate and can partly be attributable to common variation in the CD30L locus. (PMID:24676358)
  • soluble apoptosis markers as sFas-L, Caspase-9, Caspase-8 and sCD153 were significantly higher in stage III obesity patients compared obese patients without food allergy (PMID:25059065)
  • TNFSF8 is an important leprosy T1R susceptibility gene. (PMID:25320285)
  • Data suggest that Brentuximab Vedotin (SGN-35) damaged CD30 ligand (CD30L)-immune cells through CD30 extracellular vesicles (EVs). (PMID:27105521)
  • Polyfunctional CD153-expressing CD4 T cells are increased in latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection compared to active Tuberculosis. (PMID:30202016)
  • Several genetic variants associated with systemic sclerosis in a Chinese Han population. (PMID:36301368)

Cross-species orthologs

2 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
mus_musculusTnfsf8ENSMUSG00000028362
rattus_norvegicusTnfsf8ENSRNOG00000048321

Protein

Protein identifiers

Tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 8P32971 (reviewed: P32971)

Alternative names: CD30 ligand

All UniProt accessions (3): P32971, A0A087X228, Q52M88

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. Cytokine that binds to TNFRSF8/CD30. Induces proliferation of T-cells.

Subunit / interactions. Homotrimer.

Subcellular location. Membrane.

Similarity. Belongs to the tumor necrosis factor family.

RefSeq proteins (2): NP_001235, NP_001239219 (=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR006052TNF_domDomain
IPR008983Tumour_necrosis_fac-like_domHomologous_superfamily
IPR021184TNF_CSConserved_site
IPR021185TNF_CD30_ligand_typeFamily
IPR053104TNF_ligand_SF_member_8Family

Pfam: PF00229

UniProt features (11 total): glycosylation site 5, topological domain 2, chain 1, disulfide bond 1, transmembrane region 1, domain 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

0 structures.

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-P32971-F180.070.47

Functional residue map

Curated UniProt residues grouped by drug-discovery relevance — catalytic, ligand-binding, modification, and mutation-validated positions. Source: UniProtKB sequence features.

Disulfide bonds (1): 151–177

Glycosylation sites (5): 81, 109, 153, 189, 201

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

1 pathways

IDPathway
R-HSA-5669034TNFs bind their physiological receptors

MSigDB gene sets: 245 (showing top): TAKEDA_TARGETS_OF_NUP98_HOXA9_FUSION_6HR_DN, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_CELL_ACTIVATION, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_LEUKOCYTE_PROLIFERATION, REACTOME_CYTOKINE_SIGNALING_IN_IMMUNE_SYSTEM, GOBP_ALPHA_BETA_T_CELL_DIFFERENTIATION, SA_MMP_CYTOKINE_CONNECTION, GOBP_CELL_CELL_SIGNALING, GOBP_LEUKOCYTE_PROLIFERATION, WANG_RESPONSE_TO_BEXAROTENE_DN, FOSTER_TOLERANT_MACROPHAGE_UP, GOBP_DEFENSE_RESPONSE_TO_GRAM_POSITIVE_BACTERIUM, GOBP_ALPHA_BETA_T_CELL_ACTIVATION, GOMF_CYTOKINE_ACTIVITY, GOBP_DEFENSE_RESPONSE_TO_BACTERIUM, GOMF_SIGNALING_RECEPTOR_BINDING

GO Biological Process (9): immune response (GO:0006955), cell-cell signaling (GO:0007267), regulation of T cell proliferation (GO:0042129), CD8-positive, alpha-beta T cell differentiation (GO:0043374), positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0045944), defense response to Gram-positive bacterium (GO:0050830), cell communication (GO:0007154), signal transduction (GO:0007165), signaling (GO:0023052)

GO Molecular Function (4): signaling receptor binding (GO:0005102), cytokine activity (GO:0005125), tumor necrosis factor receptor binding (GO:0005164), protein binding (GO:0005515)

GO Cellular Component (3): obsolete extracellular space (GO:0005615), plasma membrane (GO:0005886), membrane (GO:0016020)

Reactome top-level categories

Rollup of top-1 pathways:

CategoryPathways
TNFR2 non-canonical NF-kB pathway1

GO top-level categories

Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:

CategoryTerms
cell communication2
signaling2
cellular process2
immune system process1
response to stimulus1
T cell proliferation1
regulation of lymphocyte proliferation1
regulation of T cell activation1
CD8-positive, alpha-beta T cell activation1
alpha-beta T cell differentiation1
regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II1
transcription by RNA polymerase II1
positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription1
defense response to bacterium1
regulation of cellular process1
cellular response to stimulus1
regulation of biological process1
protein binding1
receptor ligand activity1
tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily binding1
binding1
membrane1
cell periphery1
cellular anatomical structure1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

1520 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
TNFSF8TNFRSF8P28908999
TNFSF8TNFRSF4P43489926
TNFSF8CD27P26842920
TNFSF8TNFSF15O95150876
TNFSF8CD40P25942845
TNFSF8TNFSF4P23510835
TNFSF8TNFRSF9Q07011827
TNFSF8TNFRSF6BO95407708
TNFSF8CXCL8P10145703
TNFSF8CD40LGP29965700
TNFSF8TNFP01375698
TNFSF8TNFRSF1AP19438671
TNFSF8TNFRSF14Q92956660
TNFSF8CD70P32970620
TNFSF8TNFSF9P41273608

IntAct

15 interactions, top by confidence:

ABTypeScore
TNFSF8TOR1Bpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.640
TNFSF8TNFRSF8psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.610
TNFSF8TNFRSF8psi-mi:“MI:0407”(direct interaction)0.610
BMP10TNFSF8psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
TNFSF8CXCL9psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
TNFSF8LGALS8psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
AP5S1AP5Z1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
PSG4TNFSF8psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.400
TNFSF8NME4psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
BMP10TNFSF8psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.000
CXCL9TNFSF8psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.000

BioGRID (172): DCBLD1 (Affinity Capture-MS), CDON (Affinity Capture-MS), F5 (Affinity Capture-MS), RYK (Affinity Capture-MS), TAMM41 (Affinity Capture-MS), NEK3 (Affinity Capture-MS), ULBP2 (Affinity Capture-MS), ATR (Affinity Capture-MS), ULBP3 (Affinity Capture-MS), EFNB3 (Affinity Capture-MS), HBA2 (Affinity Capture-MS), ULBP1 (Affinity Capture-MS), TNFSF9 (Affinity Capture-MS), PTPRS (Affinity Capture-MS), PTPN2 (Affinity Capture-MS)

ESM2 similar proteins: A0A1B0GSZ0, A5PK14, A6QQC6, B7ZWI3, C8AW46, C8AW47, O00453, O08843, O95976, P04235, P08920, P08921, P0C6B7, P21757, P30204, P32971, P32972, P86045, P86176, Q05585, Q16655, Q29102, Q2HRD5, Q3SYX1, Q3T113, Q3UQS2, Q3UU41, Q3UU67, Q4VAH7, Q4W815, Q5E9I3, Q62875, Q6AXS2, Q6EBC2, Q6UWF3, Q6UWW9, Q6UXZ0, Q6XQ84, Q6ZUJ8, Q80UL9

Diamond homologs: P32971, P32972

SIGNOR signaling

0 interactions.

Disease & clinical

Clinical variants and AI predictions

ClinVar

31 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic0
Uncertain significance22
Likely benign5
Benign0

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (0)

SpliceAI

424 predictions. Top by Δscore:

VariantEffectΔscore
9:114904321:TGCCA:Tacceptor_gain1.0000
9:114904323:CCA:Cacceptor_gain1.0000
9:114904324:CA:Cacceptor_gain1.0000
9:114904324:CAC:Cacceptor_gain1.0000
9:114904326:C:CCacceptor_gain1.0000
9:114918091:CTTA:Cdonor_loss1.0000
9:114918092:TTAC:Tdonor_loss1.0000
9:114918093:TA:Tdonor_loss1.0000
9:114918094:ACCT:Adonor_gain1.0000
9:114918095:C:CAdonor_loss1.0000
9:114918095:CCTC:Cdonor_gain1.0000
9:114918097:T:TAdonor_gain1.0000
9:114930107:ACCGT:Adonor_gain1.0000
9:114930108:CCGTC:Cdonor_gain1.0000
9:114904322:GCCA:Gacceptor_gain0.9900
9:114904323:CCAC:Cacceptor_gain0.9900
9:114904326:CTAGA:Cacceptor_loss0.9900
9:114905897:TTCC:Tacceptor_loss0.9900
9:114905898:TCCT:Tacceptor_loss0.9900
9:114905899:CCT:Cacceptor_loss0.9900
9:114905900:C:CCacceptor_gain0.9900
9:114905900:CTA:Cacceptor_loss0.9900
9:114905901:T:Aacceptor_loss0.9900
9:114908637:C:Tacceptor_gain0.9900
9:114918139:C:CCacceptor_gain0.9900
9:114918139:CT:Cacceptor_loss0.9900
9:114918140:T:Aacceptor_loss0.9900
9:114930102:CACTT:Cdonor_loss0.9900
9:114930103:ACTTA:Adonor_loss0.9900
9:114930104:CTTAC:Cdonor_loss0.9900

AlphaMissense

1530 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:

VariantProtein changeam_pathogenicity
9:114904195:A:CF147L0.992
9:114904195:A:TF147L0.992
9:114904197:A:GF147L0.992
9:114904293:A:GW115R0.992
9:114904293:A:TW115R0.992
9:114904291:C:AW115C0.989
9:114904291:C:GW115C0.989
9:114904019:A:TV206D0.988
9:114904196:A:GF147S0.988
9:114904209:A:GC143R0.987
9:114904202:A:GL145P0.984
9:114904025:A:TI204K0.983
9:114904163:A:GL158P0.983
9:114905833:A:GL102P0.981
9:114903967:A:CN223K0.979
9:114903967:A:TN223K0.979
9:114904107:A:GC177R0.979
9:114904151:A:GL162P0.978
9:114904106:C:GC177S0.977
9:114904107:A:TC177S0.977
9:114904196:A:CF147C0.977
9:114930159:A:GC49R0.977
9:114904106:C:TC177Y0.975
9:114904023:A:GS205P0.974
9:114904221:A:CY139D0.973
9:114904207:G:CC143W0.972
9:114904067:A:GL190P0.971
9:114904025:A:CI204R0.970
9:114904105:A:CC177W0.968
9:114904292:C:GW115S0.968

dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1000084691 (9:114893685 G>C,T), RS1000198621 (9:114898834 T>C), RS1000198727 (9:114906501 G>A,T), RS1000254033 (9:114913239 T>A), RS1000375231 (9:114899857 G>A), RS1000423174 (9:114905059 G>A), RS1000427435 (9:114899602 G>A), RS1000561466 (9:114928176 C>T), RS1000654167 (9:114906168 A>G), RS1000769513 (9:114904679 G>A,C), RS1000891442 (9:114895076 T>C), RS1001023180 (9:114922533 T>C), RS1001085385 (9:114930212 A>C,G), RS1001341771 (9:114894864 A>G), RS1001382090 (9:114898486 G>A)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:603875 | disease phenotypes:

GenCC curated gene-disease

Mondo (0):

Orphanet (0):

HPO phenotypes

0 total (0 of 0 shown, HPO-id order):

GWAS associations

20 associations (top):

StudyTraitp-value
GCST000879_9Crohn’s disease1.000000e-15
GCST000964_9Ulcerative colitis6.000000e-12
GCST001725_101Inflammatory bowel disease3.000000e-32
GCST001785_11Crohn’s disease5.000000e-46
GCST003602_12Inflammatory bowel disease2.000000e-27
GCST004302_3Primary biliary cholangitis1.000000e-29
GCST004600_80Eosinophil percentage of white cells5.000000e-13
GCST004606_12Eosinophil count3.000000e-11
GCST004617_171Eosinophil percentage of granulocytes1.000000e-13
GCST004623_127Neutrophil percentage of granulocytes5.000000e-13
GCST004624_136Sum eosinophil basophil counts2.000000e-10
GCST004863_3Mosquito bite size2.000000e-07
GCST005537_174Chronic inflammatory diseases (ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn’s disease, psoriasis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, ulcerative colitis) (pleiotropy)1.000000e-14
GCST007036_4Primary biliary cholangitis2.000000e-26
GCST007216_1Crohn’s disease3.000000e-26
GCST008568_10IgA levels7.000000e-08
GCST008572_10Composite immunoglobulin trait (IgA/IgG)2.000000e-07
GCST90002381_480Eosinophil count2.000000e-24
GCST90002382_273Eosinophil percentage of white cells2.000000e-28
GCST90010715_11Arthritis (juvenile idiopathic)8.000000e-08

EFO canonical traits (6, from GWAS)

EFO IDTrait name
EFO:0007991eosinophil percentage of leukocytes
EFO:0004842eosinophil count
EFO:0007996eosinophil percentage of granulocytes
EFO:0007994neutrophil percentage of granulocytes
EFO:0005090basophil count
EFO:0008378mosquito bite reaction size measurement

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: no

PharmGKB: 1 entry (VIP=true, CPIC=false)

CTD chemical–gene interactions

35 total (human), top 30 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
Valproic Acidaffects expression, increases expression4
(+)-JQ1 compounddecreases expression2
Arsenic Trioxideincreases expression2
Nickelincreases expression2
potassium perchlorateincreases expression1
VX-agentincreases expression1
3,3’-diindolylmethaneincreases expression1
sodium arseniteaffects methylation1
S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)cysteineaffects response to substance, increases expression, affects cotreatment1
di-n-butylphosphoric acidaffects expression1
usnic acidincreases expression1
CGP 52608affects binding, increases reaction1
motexafin gadoliniumdecreases reaction, increases expression1
abrineincreases expression1
brevetoxin 2increases expression1
PF 3758309decreases expression1
Erlotinib Hydrochlorideaffects cotreatment, affects expression1
Zoledronic Acidincreases expression1
Gemcitabineaffects cotreatment, affects expression1
alpha-Chlorohydrindecreases expression1
Arsenicaffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
Atrazineincreases expression1
Benzo(a)pyreneaffects methylation1
Cadmiumdecreases expression, increases abundance1
Environmental Pollutantsaffects expression1
Fluoridesdecreases expression, affects cotreatment1
Lipopolysaccharidesincreases expression, affects response to substance, affects cotreatment1
Mentholdecreases expression1
Paraquatdecreases expression1
Phthalic Acidsdecreases methylation1

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

0 trials via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.