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Xia L, Komissarova A, Jacover A, Shovman Y, Arcila-Barrera S, Tornovsky-Babeay S, Jaya Prakashan MM, Nasereddin A, Plaschkes I, Nevo Y, Shiff I, Yosefov-Levi O, Izhiman T, Medvedev E, Eilon E, Wilensky A, Yona S, Parnas O. Systematic identification of gene combinations to target in innate immune cells to enhance T cell activation. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6295. [PMID: 37813864 PMCID: PMC10562403 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41792-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Genetic engineering of immune cells has opened new avenues for improving their functionality but it remains a challenge to pinpoint which genes or combination of genes are the most beneficial to target. Here, we conduct High Multiplicity of Perturbations and Cellular Indexing of Transcriptomes and Epitopes (HMPCITE-seq) to find combinations of genes whose joint targeting improves antigen-presenting cell activity and enhances their ability to activate T cells. Specifically, we perform two genome-wide CRISPR screens in bone marrow dendritic cells and identify negative regulators of CD86, that participate in the co-stimulation programs, including Chd4, Stat5b, Egr2, Med12, and positive regulators of PD-L1, that participate in the co-inhibitory programs, including Sptlc2, Nckap1l, and Pi4kb. To identify the genetic interactions between top-ranked genes and find superior combinations to target, we perform high-order Perturb-Seq experiments and we show that targeting both Cebpb and Med12 results in a better phenotype compared to the single perturbations or other combinations of perturbations.
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- Lei Xia
- The Lautenberg Center for Immunology and Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- The Lautenberg Center for Immunology and Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- The Lautenberg Center for Immunology and Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- The Lautenberg Center for Immunology and Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel.
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- The Lautenberg Center for Immunology and Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- The Lautenberg Center for Immunology and Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- The Lautenberg Center for Immunology and Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- Core Research Facility, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- I-CORE Bioinformatics Unit of the Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- I-CORE Bioinformatics Unit of the Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- Core Research Facility, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- The Lautenberg Center for Immunology and Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- The Lautenberg Center for Immunology and Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- Core Research Facility, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- The Lautenberg Center for Immunology and Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- Department of Periodontology, Hadassah Medical Center, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- The Institute of Biomedical and Oral Research, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- The Lautenberg Center for Immunology and Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel.
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Oliveira MMS, D'Aulerio R, Yong T, He M, Baptista MAP, Nylén S, Westerberg LS. Increased cross-presentation by dendritic cells and enhanced anti-tumour therapy using the Arp2/3 inhibitor CK666. Br J Cancer 2023; 128:982-991. [PMID: 36631633 PMCID: PMC10006228 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-022-02135-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 12/11/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Dendritic cell (DC) vaccines for cancer therapy offer the possibility to let the patient's own immune system kill cancer cells. However, DC vaccines have shown less efficacy than expected due to failure to induce cancer cell killing and by activating T regulatory cells. METHODS We tested if inhibition of signalling via WASp and Arp2/3 using the small molecule CK666 would enhance DC-mediated killing of tumour cells in vitro and in vivo. RESULTS Using CK666 during the ex vivo phase of antigen processing of ovalbumin (OVA), murine and human DCs showed decreased phagosomal acidification, indicating activation of the cross-presentation pathway. When compared to untreated DCs, DCs treated with CK666 during uptake and processing of OVA-induced increased proliferation of OVA-specific CD8+ OT-I T cells in vitro and in vivo. Using the aggressive B16-mOVA melanoma tumour model, we show that mice injected with CK666-treated DCs and OVA-specific CD8+ OT-I T cells showed higher rejection of B16 melanoma cells when compared to mice receiving non-treated DCs. This resulted in the prolonged survival of tumour-bearing mice receiving CK666-treated DCs. Moreover, combining CK666-treated DCs with the checkpoint inhibitor anti-PD1 further prolonged survival. CONCLUSION Our data suggest that the small molecule inhibitor CK666 is a good candidate to enhance DC cross-presentation for cancer therapy.
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- Mariana M S Oliveira
- Department of Microbiology Tumor and Cell biology, Karolinska Institutet, 17177, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology Tumor and Cell biology, Karolinska Institutet, 17177, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology Tumor and Cell biology, Karolinska Institutet, 17177, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology Tumor and Cell biology, Karolinska Institutet, 17177, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute for Virology and Immunobiology, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology Tumor and Cell biology, Karolinska Institutet, 17177, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology Tumor and Cell biology, Karolinska Institutet, 17177, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Yuan B, Zhou X, Suzuki K, Ramos-Mandujano G, Wang M, Tehseen M, Cortés-Medina LV, Moresco JJ, Dunn S, Hernandez-Benitez R, Hishida T, Kim NY, Andijani MM, Bi C, Ku M, Takahashi Y, Xu J, Qiu J, Huang L, Benner C, Aizawa E, Qu J, Liu GH, Li Z, Yi F, Ghosheh Y, Shao C, Shokhirev M, Comoli P, Frassoni F, Yates JR, Fu XD, Esteban CR, Hamdan S, Li M, Izpisua Belmonte JC. Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein forms nuclear condensates and regulates alternative splicing. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3646. [PMID: 35752626 PMCID: PMC9233711 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31220-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The diverse functions of WASP, the deficiency of which causes Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS), remain poorly defined. We generated three isogenic WAS models using patient induced pluripotent stem cells and genome editing. These models recapitulated WAS phenotypes and revealed that WASP deficiency causes an upregulation of numerous RNA splicing factors and widespread altered splicing. Loss of WASP binding to splicing factor gene promoters frequently leads to aberrant epigenetic activation. WASP interacts with dozens of nuclear speckle constituents and constrains SRSF2 mobility. Using an optogenetic system, we showed that WASP forms phase-separated condensates that encompasses SRSF2, nascent RNA and active Pol II. The role of WASP in gene body condensates is corroborated by ChIPseq and RIPseq. Together our data reveal that WASP is a nexus regulator of RNA splicing that controls the transcription of splicing factors epigenetically and the dynamics of the splicing machinery through liquid-liquid phase separation.
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- Baolei Yuan
- Bioscience Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Bioscience Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.,Institute for Advanced Co-Creation Studies, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Bioscience Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Bioscience Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Bioscience Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Bioscience Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Cell Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- The Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Core Facility, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.,Altos Labs, Inc. 5510 Morehouse Drive, Suite 300, San Diego, CA, 92121, USA
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- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.,Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wakayama Medical University, 25-1 Shitibancho, Wakayama, Wakayama, 640-8156, Japan
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- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Bioscience Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Bioscience Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Next-generation sequencing core, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.,Life Science Center, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan
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- Bioscience Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Integrative Genomics and Bioinformatics Core, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Integrative Genomics and Bioinformatics Core, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.,Institute for Advanced Co-Creation Studies, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.,University of Southern California, 1333 San Pablo Street, MMR 618, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.,Ambys Medicines, 131 Oyster Point Blvd. Suite 200, South San Francisco, CA, 94080, USA
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- Bioscience Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Integrative Genomics and Bioinformatics Core, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Cell Factory, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Research Laboratories and Director of Center for Stem Cell and Cell Therapy, Instituto G. Gaslini Children Hospital Scientific Institute, 16147, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Cell Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.,Altos Labs, Inc. 5510 Morehouse Drive, Suite 300, San Diego, CA, 92121, USA
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- Bioscience Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Bioscience Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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- Bioscience Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. .,Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA. .,Altos Labs, Inc. 5510 Morehouse Drive, Suite 300, San Diego, CA, 92121, USA.
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Kamnev A, Lacouture C, Fusaro M, Dupré L. Molecular Tuning of Actin Dynamics in Leukocyte Migration as Revealed by Immune-Related Actinopathies. Front Immunol 2021; 12:750537. [PMID: 34867982 PMCID: PMC8634686 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.750537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Motility is a crucial activity of immune cells allowing them to patrol tissues as they differentiate, sample or exchange information, and execute their effector functions. Although all immune cells are highly migratory, each subset is endowed with very distinct motility patterns in accordance with functional specification. Furthermore individual immune cell subsets adapt their motility behaviour to the surrounding tissue environment. This review focuses on how the generation and adaptation of diversified motility patterns in immune cells is sustained by actin cytoskeleton dynamics. In particular, we review the knowledge gained through the study of inborn errors of immunity (IEI) related to actin defects. Such pathologies are unique models that help us to uncover the contribution of individual actin regulators to the migration of immune cells in the context of their development and function.
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- Anton Kamnev
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Toulouse Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases (INFINITy), INSERM, CNRS, Toulouse III Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France.,Laboratoire De Physique Théorique, IRSAMC, Université De Toulouse (UPS), CNRS, Toulouse, France
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- Toulouse Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases (INFINITy), INSERM, CNRS, Toulouse III Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Toulouse Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases (INFINITy), INSERM, CNRS, Toulouse III Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France
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Oliveira MMS, Kung SY, Moreau HD, Maurin M, Record J, Sanséau D, Nylén S, Lennon-Duménil AM, Westerberg LS. The WASp L272P gain-of-function mutation alters dendritic cell coordination of actin dynamics for migration and adhesion. J Leukoc Biol 2021; 111:793-803. [PMID: 34431547 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.1ab0821-013rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Dendritic cells (DCs) devoid of the actin regulator Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp) show reduced directed migration and decreased formation of podosome adhesion structures. We examined DCs expressing a gain-of-function mutation in WASp, WASp L272P, identified in X-linked neutropenia patients. Analysis of WASp L272P DCs was compared to WASp-deficient DCs to examine how WASp activity influences DC migratory responses. In confined space, WASp-deficient DCs had increased migration speed whereas WASp L272P DCs had similar average speed but increased speed fluctuations, reduced displacement, and atypical rounded morphology, compared to wild-type (WT) DCs. Using an ear inflammation model and flow cytometry analysis, WT, WASp-deficient, and WASp L272P DCs were found to migrate in comparable numbers to the draining lymph nodes (LNs). However, histology analysis revealed that migratory DCs of WASp deficient and WASp L272P mice were mainly located in the collagenous capsule of the LN whereas WT DCs were located inside the LN. Analysis of ultrastructural features revealed that WASp L272P DCs had reduced cell area but formed larger podosome structures when compared to WT DCs. Together, our data suggest that WASp activity regulates DC migration and that loss-of-function and gain-of-function in WASp activity lead to different and phenotype-specific DC migratory behavior.
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- Mariana M S Oliveira
- Department of Microbiology Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute Curie, PSL Research University, INSERM U932, Paris, France
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- Department of Microbiology Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Fuzheng Yiliu Formula Regulates Tumor Invasion and Metastasis through Inhibition of WAVE3 Expression. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2021; 2021:8898668. [PMID: 33854560 PMCID: PMC8019629 DOI: 10.1155/2021/8898668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
Objective To explore the mechanism of action of Fuzheng Yiliu formula (FZYLF) in regulation of the invasion and metastasis of MDA-MB-231/Adr human breast cancer cells through WAVE3. Methods The MDA-MB-231/Adr cells with high invasive ability were screened by Transwell, and the plasmid with high WAVE3 expression was made for transfection. Plasmid transfection efficiency and protein expression level were verified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and western blotting (WB). The effect of FZYLF on cell proliferation and invasion was investigated before and after WAVE3 silencing by flow cytometry. A nude mouse model of tumor metastasis was established to study the antitumor activity of FZYLF. Results The expression levels of mRNA and proteins of intracellular WAVE3 increased significantly after plasmid transfection, mRNA from 1.37± 0.41 to 9.88 ± 1.31 and protein from 1 ± 0.08 to 5.09 ± 0.03 (P < 0.01). Intervention with FZYLF could significantly affect the activity of MDA-MB-231/Adr cells and inhibit invasion and metastasis, IC50 from 71.04 to 46.41 mg/mL and from 162 ± 14.82 to 81.4 ± 12.05 (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01), and significantly reduce the expression levels of WAVE3 (from 1 ± 0.02 to 0.63 ± 0.04), MMP-9 (from 1 ± 0.05 to 0.63 ± 0.03), NF-κB (p65) (from 1 ± 0.02 to 0.62 ± 0.02), and p-IκBα (from 1 ± 0.03 to 0.68 ± 0.02) (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). The T/C (%) of FZYLF (13 g crude drug/kg) was 62.06% for MDA-MB-231/Adr tumor xenografted in nude mice, with a tumor inhibition rate of 39.64%. Conclusion FZYLF can inhibit the invasion and proliferation of the MDA-MB-231/Adr human breast cancer cells, and the mechanism of action may be related to the regulation of WAVE3 expression.
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Foxall E, Staszowska A, Hirvonen LM, Georgouli M, Ciccioli M, Rimmer A, Williams L, Calle Y, Sanz-Moreno V, Cox S, Jones GE, Wells CM. PAK4 Kinase Activity Plays a Crucial Role in the Podosome Ring of Myeloid Cells. Cell Rep 2020; 29:3385-3393.e6. [PMID: 31825823 PMCID: PMC6915307 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2017] [Revised: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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p21-Activated kinase 4 (PAK4), a serine/threonine kinase, is purported to localize to podosomes: transient adhesive structures that degrade the extracellular matrix to facilitate rapid myeloid cell migration. We find that treatment of transforming growth factor β (TGF-β)-differentiated monocytic (THP-1) cells with a PAK4-targeted inhibitor significantly reduces podosome formation and induces the formation of focal adhesions. This switch in adhesions confers a diminution of matrix degradation and reduced cell migration. Furthermore, reduced PAK4 expression causes a significant reduction in podosome number that cannot be rescued by kinase-dead PAK4, supporting a kinase-dependent role. Concomitant with PAK4 depletion, phosphorylation of Akt is perturbed, whereas a specific phospho-Akt signal is detected within the podosomes. Using superresolution analysis, we find that PAK4 specifically localizes in the podosome ring, nearer to the actin core than other ring proteins. We propose PAK4 kinase activity intersects with the Akt pathway at the podosome ring:core interface to drive regulation of macrophage podosome turnover.
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- Elizabeth Foxall
- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, UK
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, UK
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, UK
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, UK
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- School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, UK
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, UK; Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, UK
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, UK.
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- School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
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Skeletal involvement is a frequent and troublesome complication in advanced cancers. In the process of tumor cells homing to the skeleton to form bone metastases (BM), different mechanisms allow tumor cells to interact with cells of the bone microenvironment and seed in the bone tissue. Among these, tumor acidosis has been directly associated with tumor invasion and aggressiveness in several types of cancer although it has been less explored in the context of BM. In bone, the association of local acidosis and cancer invasiveness is even more important for tumor expansion since the extracellular matrix is formed by both organic and hard inorganic matrices and bone cells are used to sense protons and adapt or react to a low pH to maintain tissue homeostasis. In the BM microenvironment, increased concentration of protons may derive not only from glycolytic tumor cells but also from tumor-induced osteoclasts, the bone-resorbing cells, and may influence the progression or symptoms of BM in many different ways, by directly enhancing cancer cell motility and aggressiveness, or by modulating the functions of bone cells versus a pro-tumorigenic phenotype, or by inducing bone pain. In this review, we will describe and discuss the cause of acidosis in BM, its role in BM microenvironment, and which are the final effectors that may be targeted to treat metastatic patients.
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- Sofia Avnet
- Orthopaedic Pathophysiology and Regenerative Unit, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.
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- Orthopaedic Pathophysiology and Regenerative Unit, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Orthopaedic Pathophysiology and Regenerative Unit, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Orthopaedic Pathophysiology and Regenerative Unit, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40123, Bologna, Italy
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Bendell AC, Williamson EK, Chen CS, Burkhardt JK, Hammer DA. The Arp2/3 complex binding protein HS1 is required for efficient dendritic cell random migration and force generation. Integr Biol (Camb) 2018; 9:695-708. [PMID: 28678266 DOI: 10.1039/c7ib00070g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Dendritic cell migration to the T-cell-rich areas of the lymph node is essential for their ability to initiate the adaptive immune response. While it has been shown that the actin cytoskeleton is required for normal DC migration, the role of many of the individual cytoskeletal molecules is poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the contribution of the Arp2/3 complex binding protein, haematopoietic lineage cell-specific protein 1 (HS1), to DC migration and force generation. We quantified the random migration of HS1-/- DCs on 2D micro-contact printed surfaces and found that in the absence of HS1, DCs have greatly reduced motility and speed. This same reduction in motility was recapitulated when adding Arp2/3 complex inhibitor to WT DCs or using DCs deficient in WASP, an activator of Arp2/3 complex-dependent actin polymerization. We further investigated the importance of HS1 by measuring the traction forces of HS1-/- DCs on micropost array detectors (mPADs). In HS1 deficient DCs, there was a significant reduction in force generation (3.96 ± 0.40 nN per cell) compared to WT DCs (13.76 ± 0.84 nN per cell). Interestingly, the forces generated in DCs lacking WASP were only slightly reduced compared to WT DCs. Taken together, these findings show that HS1 and Arp2/3 complex-mediated actin polymerization are essential for the most efficient DC random migration and force generation.
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- Amy C Bendell
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Clinical Manifestations and Pathophysiological Mechanisms of the Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome. J Clin Immunol 2017; 38:13-27. [PMID: 29086100 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-017-0453-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Accepted: 10/13/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a rare X-linked disorder originally described by Dr. Alfred Wiskott in 1937 and Dr. Robert Aldrich in 1954 as a familial disease characterized by infections, bleeding tendency, and eczema. Today, it is well recognized that the syndrome has a wide clinical spectrum ranging from mild, isolated thrombocytopenia to full-blown presentation that can be complicated by life-threatening hemorrhages, immunodeficiency, atopy, autoimmunity, and cancer. The pathophysiology of classic and emerging features is being elucidated by clinical studies, but remains incompletely defined, which hinders the application of targeted therapies. At the same time, progress of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and gene therapy offer optimistic prospects for treatment options aimed at the replacement of the defective lymphohematopoietic system that have the potential to provide a cure for this rare and polymorphic disease.
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During an innate immune response, myeloid cells undergo complex morphological adaptations in response to inflammatory cues, which allow them to exit the vasculature, enter the tissues, and destroy invading pathogens. The actin and microtubule cytoskeletons are central to many of the most essential cellular functions including cell division, cell morphology, migration, intracellular trafficking, and signaling. Cytoskeletal structure and regulation are crucial for many myeloid cell functions, which require rapid and dynamic responses to extracellular signals. In this chapter, we review the roles of the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons in myeloid cells, focusing primarily on their roles in chemotaxis and phagocytosis. The role of myeloid cell cytoskeletal defects in hematological disorders is highlighted throughout.
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Fritz-Laylin LK, Lord SJ, Mullins RD. WASP and SCAR are evolutionarily conserved in actin-filled pseudopod-based motility. J Cell Biol 2017; 216:1673-1688. [PMID: 28473602 PMCID: PMC5461030 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201701074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Revised: 03/12/2017] [Accepted: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Eukaryotic cells use diverse cellular mechanisms to crawl through complex environments. Fritz-Laylin et al. define α-motility as a mode of migration associated with dynamic, actin-filled pseudopods and show that WASP and SCAR constitute an evolutionarily conserved genetic signature of α-motility. Diverse eukaryotic cells crawl through complex environments using distinct modes of migration. To understand the underlying mechanisms and their evolutionary relationships, we must define each mode and identify its phenotypic and molecular markers. In this study, we focus on a widely dispersed migration mode characterized by dynamic actin-filled pseudopods that we call “α-motility.” Mining genomic data reveals a clear trend: only organisms with both WASP and SCAR/WAVE—activators of branched actin assembly—make actin-filled pseudopods. Although SCAR has been shown to drive pseudopod formation, WASP’s role in this process is controversial. We hypothesize that these genes collectively represent a genetic signature of α-motility because both are used for pseudopod formation. WASP depletion from human neutrophils confirms that both proteins are involved in explosive actin polymerization, pseudopod formation, and cell migration. WASP and WAVE also colocalize to dynamic signaling structures. Moreover, retention of WASP together with SCAR correctly predicts α-motility in disease-causing chytrid fungi, which we show crawl at >30 µm/min with actin-filled pseudopods. By focusing on one migration mode in many eukaryotes, we identify a genetic marker of pseudopod formation, the morphological feature of α-motility, providing evidence for a widely distributed mode of cell crawling with a single evolutionary origin.
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- Lillian K Fritz-Laylin
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143
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Seano G, Daubon T, Génot E, Primo L. Podosomes as novel players in endothelial biology. Eur J Cell Biol 2014; 93:405-12. [PMID: 25199436 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2014.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2014] [Revised: 07/17/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Podosomes and invadopodia, collectively known as invadosomes, are specialized cell-matrix contacts with an inherent ability to degrade extracellular matrix. Their occurrence in either normal (podosomes) or cancer cells (invadopodia) is thus traditionally associated with cell invasiveness and tissue remodelling. These specialized micro-domains of the plasma membrane are characterized by enrichment of F-actin, cortactin and metalloproteases. Recent developments in the field show that, under some circumstances, vascular endothelial cells (ECs) can be induced to form this kind of peculiar structures. Cultured ECs contain either 0.5-1-μm-wide individual podosomes or 5 to 10 μm wide ring-like clusters of podosomes (podosome rosettes). The formation of individual podosomes or podosome rosettes in ECs can be induced by soluble factors, such as TGFβ, VEGF, TNFα or pharmacological agents, such as phorbol esters. Recently, the evidence of the existence of such structures in vascular endothelium has been provided by ex vivo observation. Endothelial podosome rosettes have recently been functionally linked to arterial remodelling and sprouting angiogenesis. Concerted efforts aim now at confirming the relevance of endothelial podosomes in these patho-physiological processes in vivo. In the current review, we will introduce some general considerations regarding ECs in the vascular system. From there on, we will review the various EC types where podosomes have been described and the state-of-art knowledge hitherto generated regarding endothelial podosome features.
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- Giorgio Seano
- Laboratory of Cell Migration, Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO, IRCCS, Turin, Italy; Edwin L. Steele Laboratory for Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MAUSA
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- European Institute of Chemistry and Biology, Université de Bordeaux, Pessac, France; INSERM, 1045, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- European Institute of Chemistry and Biology, Université de Bordeaux, Pessac, France; INSERM, 1045, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
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- Laboratory of Cell Migration, Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO, IRCCS, Turin, Italy; Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Turin, Italy.
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Spuul P, Ciufici P, Veillat V, Leclercq A, Daubon T, Kramer IJ, Génot E. Importance of RhoGTPases in formation, characteristics, and functions of invadosomes. Small GTPases 2014; 5:e28195. [PMID: 24967648 DOI: 10.4161/sgtp.28713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Podosomes and invadopodia (collectively known as invadosomes) are specialized plasma-membrane actin-based microdomains that combine adhesive properties with matrix degrading and/or mechanosensor activities. These organelles have been extensively studied in vitro and current concerted efforts aim at establishing their physiological relevance and subsequent association with human diseases. Proper functioning of the bone, immune, and vascular systems is likely to depend on these structures while their occurrence in cancer cells appears to be linked to tumor metastasis. The elucidation of the mechanisms driving invadosome assembly is a prerequisite to understanding their role in vivo and ultimately to controlling their functions. Adhesive and soluble ligands act via transmembrane receptors that propagate signals to the cytoskeleton via small G proteins of the Rho family, assisted by tyrosine kinases and scaffold proteins to induce invadosome formation and rearrangements. Oncogene expression and cell-cell interactions may also trigger their assembly. Manipulation of the signals that regulate invadosome formation and dynamics could therefore be a strategy to interfere with their functions in a multitude of pathological settings, such as excessive bone breakdown, infections, vascular remodeling, transendothelial diapedesis, and metastasis.
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- Pirjo Spuul
- Université de Bordeaux; Bordeaux, France; INSERM U1045; Bordeaux, France; IECB; European Institute of Chemistry and Biology; Pessac, France
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- Université de Bordeaux; Bordeaux, France; INSERM U1045; Bordeaux, France; IECB; European Institute of Chemistry and Biology; Pessac, France
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- Université de Bordeaux; Bordeaux, France; INSERM U1045; Bordeaux, France; IECB; European Institute of Chemistry and Biology; Pessac, France
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- Université de Bordeaux; Bordeaux, France; INSERM U1045; Bordeaux, France; IECB; European Institute of Chemistry and Biology; Pessac, France
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- Université de Bordeaux; Bordeaux, France; INSERM U1045; Bordeaux, France; IECB; European Institute of Chemistry and Biology; Pessac, France
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- Université de Bordeaux; Bordeaux, France; INSERM U1045; Bordeaux, France; IECB; European Institute of Chemistry and Biology; Pessac, France
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- Université de Bordeaux; Bordeaux, France; INSERM U1045; Bordeaux, France; IECB; European Institute of Chemistry and Biology; Pessac, France
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The importance of the cytoskeleton in mounting a successful immune response is evident from the wide range of defects that occur in actin-related primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs). Studies of these PIDs have revealed a pivotal role for the actin cytoskeleton in almost all stages of immune system function, from hematopoiesis and immune cell development, through to recruitment, migration, intercellular and intracellular signaling, and activation of both innate and adaptive immune responses. The major focus of this review is the immune defects that result from mutations in the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome gene (WAS), which have a broad impact on many different processes and give rise to clinically heterogeneous immunodeficiencies. We also discuss other related genetic defects and the possibility of identifying new genetic causes of cytoskeletal immunodeficiency.
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- Dale A Moulding
- Molecular Immunology Unit, Center for Immunodeficiency, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
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Mutations in SH3PXD2B cause Borrone dermato-cardio-skeletal syndrome. Eur J Hum Genet 2013; 22:741-7. [PMID: 24105366 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2013] [Revised: 08/08/2013] [Accepted: 08/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Borrone Dermato-Cardio-Skeletal (BDCS) syndrome is a severe progressive autosomal recessive disorder characterized by coarse facies, thick skin, acne conglobata, dysmorphic facies, vertebral abnormalities and mitral valve prolapse. We identified a consanguineous kindred with a child clinically diagnosed with BDCS. Linkage analysis of this family (BDCS1) identified five regions homozygous by descent with a maximum LOD score of 1.75. Linkage analysis of the family that originally defined BDCS (BDCS3) identified an overlapping linkage peak at chromosome 5q35.1. Sequence analysis identified two different homozygous mutations in BDCS1 and BDCS3, affecting the gene encoding the protein SH3 and PX domains 2B (SH3PXD2B), which localizes to 5q35.1. Western blot analysis of patient fibroblasts derived from affected individuals in both families demonstrated complete loss of SH3PXD2B. Homozygosity mapping and sequence analysis in a second published BDCS family (BDCS2) excluded SH3PXD2B. SH3PXD2B is required for the formation of functional podosomes, and loss-of-function mutations in SH3PXD2B have recently been shown to underlie 7 of 13 families with Frank-Ter Haar syndrome (FTHS). FTHS and BDCS share some overlapping clinical features; therefore, our results demonstrate that a proportion of BDCS and FTHS cases are allelic. Mutations in other gene(s) functioning in podosome formation and regulation are likely to underlie the SH3PXD2B-mutation-negative BDSC/FTHS patients.
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Schachtner H, Calaminus SDJ, Sinclair A, Monypenny J, Blundell MP, Leon C, Holyoake TL, Thrasher AJ, Michie AM, Vukovic M, Gachet C, Jones GE, Thomas SG, Watson SP, Machesky LM. Megakaryocytes assemble podosomes that degrade matrix and protrude through basement membrane. Blood 2013; 121:2542-52. [PMID: 23305739 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2012-07-443457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Megakaryocytes give rise to platelets via extension of proplatelet arms, which are released through the vascular sinusoids into the bloodstream. Megakaryocytes and their precursors undergo varying interactions with the extracellular environment in the bone marrow during their maturation and positioning in the vascular niche. We demonstrate that podosomes are abundant in primary murine megakaryocytes adherent on multiple extracellular matrix substrates, including native basement membrane. Megakaryocyte podosome lifetime and density, but not podosome size, are dependent on the type of matrix, with podosome lifetime dramatically increased on collagen fibers compared with fibrinogen. Podosome stability and dynamics depend on actin cytoskeletal dynamics but not matrix metalloproteases. However, podosomes degrade matrix and appear to be important for megakaryocytes to extend protrusions across a native basement membrane. We thus demonstrate for the first time a fundamental requirement for podosomes in megakaryocyte process extension across a basement membrane, and our results suggest that podosomes may have a role in proplatelet arm extension or penetration of basement membrane.
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- Hannah Schachtner
- University of Glasgow College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences and Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Bearsden, Glasgow, UK
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Massaad MJ, Ramesh N, Geha RS. Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: a comprehensive review. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2013; 1285:26-43. [DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Michel J. Massaad
- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, and Department of Pediatrics; Harvard Medical School; Boston; Massachusetts
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, and Department of Pediatrics; Harvard Medical School; Boston; Massachusetts
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, and Department of Pediatrics; Harvard Medical School; Boston; Massachusetts
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Disease-associated missense mutations in the EVH1 domain disrupt intrinsic WASp function causing dysregulated actin dynamics and impaired dendritic cell migration. Blood 2012; 121:72-84. [PMID: 23160469 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2012-01-403857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Wiskott Aldrich syndrome (WAS), an X-linked immunodeficiency, results from loss-of-function mutations in the human hematopoietic cytoskeletal regulator gene WAS. Many missense mutations in the Ena Vasp homology1 (EVH1) domain preserve low-level WAS protein (WASp) expression and confer a milder clinical phenotype. Although disrupted binding to WASp-interacting protein (WIP) leads to enhanced WASp degradation in vivo, the intrinsic function of EVH1-mutated WASp is poorly understood. In the present study, we show that, despite mediating enhanced actin polymerization compared with wild-type WASp in vitro, EVH1 missense mutated proteins did not support full biologic function in cells, even when levels were restored by forced overexpression. Podosome assembly was aberrant and associated with dysregulated lamellipodia formation and impaired persistence of migration. At sites of residual podosome-associated actin polymerization, localization of EVH1-mutated proteins was preserved even after deletion of the entire domain, implying that WIP-WASp complex formation is not absolutely required for WASp localization. However, retention of mutant proteins in podosomes was significantly impaired and associated with reduced levels of WASp tyrosine phosphorylation. Our results indicate that the EVH1 domain is important not only for WASp stability, but also for intrinsic biologic activity in vivo.
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Catucci M, Castiello MC, Pala F, Bosticardo M, Villa A. Autoimmunity in wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: an unsolved enigma. Front Immunol 2012; 3:209. [PMID: 22826711 PMCID: PMC3399097 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2012] [Accepted: 07/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS) is a severe X-linked Primary Immunodeficiency that affects 1-10 out of 1 million male individuals. WAS is caused by mutations in the WAS Protein (WASP) expressing gene that leads to the absent or reduced expression of the protein. WASP is a cytoplasmic protein that regulates the formation of actin filaments in hematopoietic cells. WASP deficiency causes many immune cell defects both in humans and in the WAS murine model, the Was(-/-) mouse. Both cellular and humoral immune defects in WAS patients contribute to the onset of severe clinical manifestations, in particular microthrombocytopenia, eczema, recurrent infections, and a high susceptibility to develop autoimmunity and malignancies. Autoimmune diseases affect from 22 to 72% of WAS patients and the most common manifestation is autoimmune hemolytic anemia, followed by vasculitis, arthritis, neutropenia, inflammatory bowel disease, and IgA nephropathy. Many groups have widely explored immune cell functionality in WAS partially explaining how cellular defects may lead to pathology. However, the mechanisms underlying the occurrence of autoimmune manifestations have not been clearly described yet. In the present review, we report the most recent progresses in the study of immune cell function in WAS that have started to unveil the mechanisms contributing to autoimmune complications in WAS patients.
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- Marco Catucci
- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (HSR-TIGET) Milan, Italy
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Brisson L, Reshkin SJ, Goré J, Roger S. pH regulators in invadosomal functioning: proton delivery for matrix tasting. Eur J Cell Biol 2012; 91:847-60. [PMID: 22673002 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2012.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2012] [Revised: 04/18/2012] [Accepted: 04/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Invadosomes are actin-rich finger-like cellular structures sensing and interacting with the surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM) and involved in its proteolytic remodeling. Invadosomes are structures distinct from other adhesion complexes, and have been identified in normal cells that have to cross tissue barriers to fulfill their function such as leukocytes, osteoclasts and endothelial cells. They also represent features of highly aggressive cancer cells, allowing them to escape from the primary tumor, to invade surrounding tissues and to reach systemic circulation. They are localized to the ventral membrane of cells grown under 2-dimensional conditions and are supposed to be present all around cells grown in 3-dimensional matrices. Indeed invadosomes are key structures in physiological processes such as inflammation and the immune response, bone remodeling, tissue repair, but also in pathological conditions such as osteopetrosis and the development of metastases. Invadosomes are subdivided into podosomes, found in normal cells, and into invadopodia specific for cancer cells. While these two structures exhibit differences in organization, size, number and half-life, they share similarities in molecular composition, participation in cell-matrix adhesion and promoting matrix degradation. A key determinant in invadosomal function is the recruitment and release of proteases, such as matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), serine proteases and cysteine cathepsins, together with their activation in a tightly controlled and highly acidic microenvironment. Therefore numerous pH regulators such as V-ATPases and Na(+)/H(+) exchangers, are found in invadosomes and are directly involved in their constitution as well as their functioning. This review focuses on the participation of pH regulators in invadosome function in physiological and pathological conditions, with a particular emphasis on ECM remodeling by osteoclasts during bone resorption and by cancer cells.
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- Lucie Brisson
- Nutrition, Growth and Cancer, Université François-Rabelais de Tours, Inserm U, France
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Jönsson F, Gurniak CB, Fleischer B, Kirfel G, Witke W. Immunological responses and actin dynamics in macrophages are controlled by N-cofilin but are independent from ADF. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36034. [PMID: 22558315 PMCID: PMC3338623 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2011] [Accepted: 03/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Dynamic changes in the actin cytoskeleton are essential for immune cell function and a number of immune deficiencies have been linked to mutations, which disturb the actin cytoskeleton. In macrophages and dendritic cells, actin remodelling is critical for motility, phagocytosis and antigen presentation, however the actin binding proteins, which control antigen presentation have been poorly characterized. Here we dissect the specific roles of the family of ADF/cofilin F-actin depolymerizing factors in macrophages and in local immune responses. Macrophage migration, cell polarization and antigen presentation to T-cells require n-cofilin mediated F-actin remodelling. Using a conditional mouse model, we show that n-cofilin also controls MHC class II-dependent antigen presentation. Other cellular processes such as phagocytosis and antigen processing were found to be independent of n-cofilin. Our data identify n-cofilin as a novel regulator of antigen presentation, while ADF on the other hand is dispensable for macrophage motility and antigen presentation.
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- Friederike Jönsson
- Department of Immunology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
- Département d'Immunologie, Unité d'Allergologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Institut Pasteur, Inserm U.760, Paris, France
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- Institute of Genetics, Cell Motility Unit, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Genetics, Cell Motility Unit, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany
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Dendritic cell functional improvement in a preclinical model of lentiviral-mediated gene therapy for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. Gene Ther 2011; 19:1150-8. [PMID: 22189416 PMCID: PMC3378501 DOI: 10.1038/gt.2011.202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a rare X-linked primary immunodeficiency caused by the defective expression of the WAS protein (WASP) in hematopoietic cells. It has been shown that dendritic cells (DCs) are functionally impaired in WAS patients and was−/− mice. We have previously demonstrated the efficacy and safety of a murine model of WAS gene therapy (GT), using stem cells transduced with a lentiviral vector. The aim of this study was to investigate whether GT can correct DC defects in was−/− mice. As DCs expressing WASP were detected in the secondary lymphoid organs of the treated mice, we tested the in vitro and in vivo function of bone marrow-derived DCs (BMDCs). The BMDCs showed efficient in vitro uptake of latex beads and Salmonella typhimurium. When BMDCs from the treated mice (GT BMDCs) and the was−/− mice were injected into wild type hosts, we found a higher number of cells that had migrated to the draining lymph nodes compared to mice injected with was−/− BMDCs. Finally, we found that OVA-pulsed GT BMDCs or vaccination with anti-DEC205 OVA fusion protein can efficiently induce antigen-specific T cell activation in vivo. These findings show that WAS GT significantly improves DC function, thus adding new evidence of the preclinical efficacy of lentiviral vector-mediated WAS GT.
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Cejudo-Martin P, Courtneidge SA. Podosomal proteins as causes of human syndromes: a role in craniofacial development? Genesis 2011; 49:209-21. [PMID: 21328520 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2010] [Revised: 01/21/2011] [Accepted: 02/02/2011] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Podosomes and invadopodia are actin-rich protrusions of the plasma membrane important for matrix degradation and cell migration. Most of the information in this field has been obtained in cancer cells, where the presence of invadopodia has been related to increased invasiveness and metastatic potential. The importance of the related podosome structure in other pathological or physiological processes that require cell invasion is relatively unexplored. Recent evidence indicates that essential components of podosomes are responsible for several human syndromes, some of which are characterized by serious developmental defects involving the craniofacial area, skeleton and heart, and very poor prognosis. Here we will review them and discuss the possible role of podosomes as a player in correct embryo development.
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- Pilar Cejudo-Martin
- Tumor Microenvironment Program, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Saltel F, Daubon T, Juin A, Ganuza IE, Veillat V, Génot E. Invadosomes: Intriguing structures with promise. Eur J Cell Biol 2011; 90:100-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2010.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2010] [Accepted: 05/31/2010] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Yamakita Y, Matsumura F, Lipscomb MW, Chou PC, Werlen G, Burkhardt JK, Yamashiro S. Fascin1 promotes cell migration of mature dendritic cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 186:2850-9. [PMID: 21263068 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1001667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) play central roles in innate and adaptive immunity. Upon maturation, DCs assemble numerous veil-like membrane protrusions, disassemble podosomes, and travel from the peripheral tissues to lymph nodes to present Ags to T cells. These alterations in morphology and motility are closely linked to the primary function of DCs, Ag presentation. However, it is unclear how and what cytoskeletal proteins control maturation-associated alterations, in particular, the change in cell migration. Fascin1, an actin-bundling protein, is specifically and greatly induced upon maturation, suggesting a unique role for fascin1 in mature DCs. To determine the physiological roles of fascin1, we characterized bone marrow-derived, mature DCs from fascin1 knockout mice. We found that fascin1 is critical for cell migration: fascin1-null DCs exhibit severely decreased membrane protrusive activity. Importantly, fascin1-null DCs have lower chemotactic activity toward CCL19 (a chemokine for mature DCs) in vitro, and in vivo, Langerhans cells show reduced emigration into draining lymph nodes. Morphologically, fascin1-null mature DCs are flatter and fail to disassemble podosomes, a specialized structure for cell-matrix adhesion. Expression of exogenous fascin1 in fascin1-null DCs rescues the defects in membrane protrusive activity, as well as in podosome disassembly. These results indicate that fascin1 positively regulates migration of mature DCs into lymph nodes, most likely by increasing dynamics of membrane protrusions, as well as by disassembling podosomes.
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- Yoshihiko Yamakita
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Trifari S, Scaramuzza S, Catucci M, Ponzoni M, Mollica L, Chiesa R, Cattaneo F, Lafouresse F, Calvez R, Vermi W, Medicina D, Castiello MC, Marangoni F, Bosticardo M, Doglioni C, Caniglia M, Aiuti A, Villa A, Roncarolo MG, Dupré L. Revertant T lymphocytes in a patient with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: analysis of function and distribution in lymphoid organs. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2010; 125:439-448.e8. [PMID: 20159256 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.11.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2009] [Revised: 11/04/2009] [Accepted: 11/23/2009] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a rare genetic disease characterized by thrombocytopenia, immunodeficiency, autoimmunity, and hematologic malignancies. Secondary mutations leading to re-expression of WAS protein (WASP) are relatively frequent in patients with WAS. OBJECTIVE The tissue distribution and function of revertant cells were investigated in a novel case of WAS gene secondary mutation. METHODS A vast combination of approaches was used to characterize the second-site mutation, to investigate revertant cell function, and to track their distribution over a 18-year clinical follow-up. RESULTS The WAS gene secondary mutation was a 4-nucleotide insertion, 4 nucleotides downstream of the original deletion. This somatic mutation allowed the T-cell-restricted expression of a stable, full-length WASP with a 3-amino acid change compared with the wild-type protein. WASP(+) T cells appeared early in the spleen (age 10 years) and were highly enriched in a mesenteric lymph node at a later time (age 23 years). Revertant T cells had a diversified T-cell-receptor repertoire and displayed in vitro and in vivo selective advantage. They proliferated and produced cytokines normally on T-cell-receptor stimulation. Consistently, the revertant WASP correctly localized to the immunologic synapse and to the leading edge of migrating T cells. CONCLUSION Despite the high proportion of functional revertant T cells, the patient still has severe infections and autoimmune disorders, suggesting that re-expression of WASP in T cells is not sufficient to normalize immune functions fully in patients with WAS.
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- Sara Trifari
- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (HSR-TIGET), Milan, Italy
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Bouma G, Burns SO, Thrasher AJ. Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome: Immunodeficiency resulting from defective cell migration and impaired immunostimulatory activation. Immunobiology 2009; 214:778-90. [PMID: 19628299 PMCID: PMC2738782 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2009.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Regulation of the actin cytoskeleton is crucial for many aspects of correct and cooperative functioning of immune cells, such as migration, antigen uptake and cell activation. The Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome protein (WASp) is an important regulator of actin cytoskeletal rearrangements and lack of this protein results in impaired immune function. This review discusses recent new insights of the role of WASp at molecular and cellular level and evaluates how WASp deficiency affects important immunological features and how defective immune cell function contributes to compromised host defence.
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- Gerben Bouma
- Centre for Immunodeficiency, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
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Ochs HD. Mutations of the Wiskott–Aldrich Syndrome Protein affect protein expression and dictate the clinical phenotypes. Immunol Res 2008; 44:84-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s12026-008-8084-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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CALLE Y, ANTÓN I, THRASHER A, JONES G. WASP and WIP regulate podosomes in migrating leukocytes. J Microsc 2008; 231:494-505. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.02062.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Williams DA, Zheng Y, Cancelas JA. Rho GTPases and regulation of hematopoietic stem cell localization. Methods Enzymol 2008; 439:365-93. [PMID: 18374178 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(07)00427-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Bone marrow engraftment in the context of hematopoietic stem cell and progenitor (HSC/P) transplantation is based on the ability of intravenously administered cells to lodge in the medullary cavity and be retained in the appropriate marrow space, a process referred to as homing. It is likely that homing is a multistep process, encompassing a sequence of highly regulated events that mimic the migration of leukocytes to inflammatory sites. In leukocyte biology, this process includes an initial phase of tethering and rolling of cells to the endothelium via E- and P-selectins, firm adhesion to the vessel wall via integrins that appear to be activated in an "inside-out" fashion, transendothelial migration, and chemotaxis through the extracellular matrix (ECM) to the inflammatory nidus. For HSC/P, the cells appear to migrate to the endosteal space of the bone marrow. A second phase of engraftment involves the subsequent interaction of specific HSC/P surface receptors, such as alpha(4)beta(1) integrin receptors with vascular cell-cell adhesion molecule-1 and fibronectin in the ECM, and interactions with growth factors that are soluble, membrane, or matrix bound. We have utilized knockout and conditional knockout mouse lines generated by gene targeting to study the role of Rac1 and Rac2 in blood cell development and function. We have determined that Rac is activated via stimulation of CXCR4 by SDF-1, by adhesion via beta(1) integrins, and via stimulation of c-kit by the stem cell factor-all of which involved in stem cell engraftment. Thus Rac proteins are key molecular switches of HSC/P engraftment and marrow retention. We have defined Rac proteins as key regulators of HSC/P cell function and delineated key unique and overlapping functions of these two highly related GTPases in a variety of primary hematopoietic cell lineages in vitro and in vivo. Further, we have begun to define the mechanisms by which each GTPase leads to specific functions in these cells. These studies have led to important new understanding of stem cell bone marrow retention and trafficking in the peripheral circulation and to the development of a novel small molecule inhibitor that can modulate stem cell functions, including adhesion, mobilization, and proliferation. This chapter describes the biochemical footprint of stem cell engraftment and marrow retention related to Rho GTPases. In addition, it reviews abnormalities of Rho GTPases implicated in human immunohematopoietic diseases and in leukemia/lymphoma.
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- David A Williams
- Division of Experimental Hematology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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WASP-interacting protein (WIP): working in polymerisation and much more. Trends Cell Biol 2007; 17:555-62. [PMID: 17949983 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2007.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2007] [Revised: 08/19/2007] [Accepted: 08/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The migration of cells and the movement of some intracellular pathogens, such as Shigella and Vaccinia, are dependent on the actin-based cytoskeleton. Many proteins are involved in regulating the dynamics of the actin-based microfilaments within cells and, among them, WASP and N-WASP have a significant role in the regulation of actin polymerisation. The activity and stability of WASP is regulated by its cellular partner WASP-interacting protein (WIP) during the formation of actin-rich structures, including the immune synapse, filopodia, lamellipodia, stress fibres and podosomes. Here, we review the role of WIP in regulating WASP function by stabilising WASP and shuttling WASP to areas of actin assembly in addition to reviewing the WASP-independent functions of WIP.
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Ozsahin H, Cavazzana-Calvo M, Notarangelo LD, Schulz A, Thrasher AJ, Mazzolari E, Slatter MA, Le Deist F, Blanche S, Veys P, Fasth A, Bredius R, Sedlacek P, Wulffraat N, Ortega J, Heilmann C, O'Meara A, Wachowiak J, Kalwak K, Matthes-Martin S, Gungor T, Ikinciogullari A, Landais P, Cant AJ, Friedrich W, Fischer A. Long-term outcome following hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: collaborative study of the European Society for Immunodeficiencies and European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Blood 2007; 111:439-45. [PMID: 17901250 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-03-076679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a rare X-linked immunodeficiency with microthrombocytopenia, eczema, recurrent infections, autoimmune disorders, and malignancies that are life-threatening in the majority of patients. In this long-term, retrospective, multicenter study, we analyzed events that occurred in 96 WAS patients who received transplants between 1979 and 2001 who survived at least 2 years following hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT). Events included chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD), autoimmunity, infections, and sequelae of before or after HSCT complications. Three patients (3%) died 2.1 to 21 years following HSCT. Overall 7-year event-free survival rate was 75%. It was lower in recipients of mismatched related donors, also in relation with an older age at HSCT and disease severity. The most striking finding was the observation of cGVHD-independent autoimmunity in 20% of patients strongly associated with a mixed/split chimerism status (P < .001), suggesting that residual-host lymphocytes can mediate autoimmune disease despite the coexistence of donor lymphocytes. Infectious complications (6%) related to splenectomy were also significant and may warrant a more restrictive approach to performing splenectomy in WAS patients. Overall, this study provides the basis for a prospective, standardized, and more in-depth detailed analysis of chimerism and events in long-term follow-up of WAS patients who receive transplants to design better-adapted therapeutic strategies.
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- Hulya Ozsahin
- Department of Pediatrics, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Bouma G, Burns S, Thrasher AJ. Impaired T-cell priming in vivo resulting from dysfunction of WASp-deficient dendritic cells. Blood 2007; 110:4278-84. [PMID: 17673604 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-06-096875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is characterized by defective cytoskeletal dynamics affecting multiple immune cell lineages, and leading to immunodeficiency and autoimmunity. The contribution of dendritic cell (DC) dysfunction to the immune dysregulation has not been defined, although both immature and mature WAS knockout (KO) DCs exhibit significant abnormalities of chemotaxis and migration. To exclude environmental confounders as a result of WAS protein (WASp) deficiency, we studied migration and priming activity of WAS KO DCs in vivo after adoptive transfer into wild-type recipient mice. Homing to draining lymph nodes was reduced and WAS KO DCs failed to localize efficiently in T-cell areas. Priming of both CD4(+) and CD8(+) T lymphocytes by WAS KO DCs preloaded with antigen was significantly decreased. At low doses of antigen, activation of preprimed wild-type CD4(+) T lymphocytes by WAS KO DCs in vitro was also abrogated, suggesting that there is a threshold-dependent impairment even if successful DC-T cell colocalization is achieved. Our data indicate that intrinsic DC dysfunction due to WASp deficiency directly impairs the T-cell priming response in vivo, most likely as a result of inefficient migration, but also possibly influenced by suboptimal DC-mediated cognate interaction.
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- Gerben Bouma
- Institute of Child Health, University College London (UCL), Molecular Immunology Unit, London, UK
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Bharadwaj AS, Agrawal DK. Flt3 ligand generates morphologically distinct semimature dendritic cells in ovalbumin-sensitized mice. Exp Mol Pathol 2007; 83:17-24. [PMID: 17182033 PMCID: PMC2745173 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2006.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2006] [Revised: 09/11/2006] [Accepted: 09/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are unique antigen presenting cells that are immature prior to their encounter with an antigen. Exposure to allergens induces the maturation of DCs with changes in morphology and presence of dendrites. Here, we demonstrate that the DCs in the lungs of ovalbumin (OVA)-sensitized and challenged mice are more mature owing to their pronounced dendrites than the DCs in the lungs and spleen of PBS-treated mice, which are immature and possess cytoplasmic veils. Intermediate to these two groups are the DCs in the Flt3 ligand-treated group that exhibit comparatively fewer dendrites and cytoplasmic veils and hence are classified as semimature. Presence of large numbers of well-developed mitochondria and rough endoplasmic reticulum in myeloid DCs from both lungs and spleen of OVA-sensitized and challenged mice indicate greater functional activity. Additionally, DCs from the OVA-sensitized and challenged mice also exhibit fat and glycogen stores, which are indicative of a mature population. In addition, treatment of the animals with Flt3 ligand attenuated airway hyperresponsiveness to methacholine in OVA-sensitized and challenged mice. These data suggest that morphological features could be indicative of the maturation and distinct functional state of DCs, and this could be associated with underlying mechanisms of Flt3 ligand-induced immunomodulation in allergic asthma.
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- Arpita S Bharadwaj
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE 68178, USA
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Trifari S, Marangoni F, Scaramuzza S, Aiuti A, Roncarolo MG, Dupré L. Current understanding of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and prospects for gene therapy. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2007; 3:205-15. [PMID: 20477109 DOI: 10.1586/1744666x.3.2.205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Gene therapy, based on the transplantation of genetically corrected autologous hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), has proven to be an effective therapeutic approach as an alternative to allogenic HSC transplantation for the cure of severe combined immunodeficiencies (SCID). In this article, the recent preclinical studies aiming towards gene therapy trials for the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS), a life-threatening immunodeficiency characterized by infections, hemorrhages, autoimmune disorders and lymphomas, will be reviewed. An update of the safety and efficacy data obtained in studies performed in murine disease models and in cells from WAS patients will be presented. Based on these data and on the clinical results of the recent trials for SCID, the most critical issues regarding the implementation of a gene therapy approach for WAS will be discussed.
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- Sara Trifari
- San Raffaele-Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (HSR-TIGET), Via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milan, Italy.
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Tsuboi S. A complex of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein with mammalian verprolins plays an important role in monocyte chemotaxis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 176:6576-85. [PMID: 16709815 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.11.6576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) is a product of the gene defective in an Xid disorder, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. WASP expression is limited to hemopoietic cells, and WASP regulates the actin cytoskeleton. It has been reported that monocytes/macrophages from WASP-deficient Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome patients are severely defective in chemotaxis, resulting in recurrent infection. However, the molecular basis of such chemotactic defects is not understood. Recently, the WASP N-terminal region was found to bind to the three mammalian verprolin homologs: WASP interacting protein (WIP); WIP and CR16 homologous protein (WICH)/WIP-related protein (WIRE); and CR16. Verprolin was originally found to play an important role in the regulation of actin cytoskeleton in yeast. We have shown that WASP, WIP, and WICH/WIRE are expressed predominantly in the human monocyte cell line THP-1 and that WIP and WICH/WIRE are involved in monocyte chemotaxis. When WASP binding to verprolins was blocked, chemotactic migration of monocytes was impaired in both THP-1 cells and primary human monocytes. Increased expression of WASP and WIP enhanced monocyte chemotaxis. Blocking WASP binding to verprolins impaired cell polarization but not actin polymerization. These results indicate that a complex of WASP with mammalian verprolins plays an important role in chemotaxis of monocytes. Our results suggest that WASP and mammalian verprolins function as a unit in monocyte chemotaxis and that the activity of this unit is critical to establish cell polarization. In addition, our results also indicate that the WASP-verprolin complex is involved in other functions such as podosome formation and phagocytosis.
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- Shigeru Tsuboi
- Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Research Center, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Calle Y, Carragher NO, Thrasher AJ, Jones GE. Inhibition of calpain stabilises podosomes and impairs dendritic cell motility. J Cell Sci 2006; 119:2375-85. [PMID: 16723743 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Podosomes, highly dynamic adhesion structures implicated in cell motility and extracellular matrix degradation, are characteristic of certain cells of the myeloid lineage and a limited range of other cell types. The nature and the mechanisms that regulate their high turnover are unknown at present. The cysteine protease calpain is involved in the regulation of cell migration in part by promoting either formation or disassembly of adhesion sites. Despite the fact that many known substrates of calpain are also structural components of the podosome complex, no studies have yet demonstrated that calpain participates in the regulation of podosome dynamics. In the present work, we show that inhibition of calpain in primary mouse dendritic cells leads to enhanced accumulation of actin filaments, the Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome protein (WASP), beta(2) integrins, talin, paxillin and vinculin in podosomes. This accumulation of components is associated with stabilisation of podosome turnover, overall reduction in velocity of cell locomotion and impaired transmigration across an endothelial monolayer. We also demonstrate that calpain cleaves the podosome components talin, Pyk2 and WASP in dendritic cells. In summary, our results provide evidence that calpain regulates podosome composition and turnover and that this process is required for efficient migration of dendritic cells.
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- Yolanda Calle
- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, New Hunt's House, Guy's Campus, UK.
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Dupré L, Marangoni F, Scaramuzza S, Trifari S, Hernández RJ, Aiuti A, Naldini L, Roncarolo MG. Efficacy of gene therapy for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome using a WAS promoter/cDNA-containing lentiviral vector and nonlethal irradiation. Hum Gene Ther 2006; 17:303-13. [PMID: 16544979 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2006.17.303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a life-threatening X-linked primary immunodeficiency characterized by infections, hemorrhages, autoimmune disorders, and lymphomas. Transplantation of genetically corrected autologous hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) could represent an alternative treatment to allogeneic HSC transplantation, the latter being often associated with severe complications. We used WAS-/- mice to test the efficacy of a gene therapy approach based on nonlethal irradiation followed by transplantation of WAS-/- HSCs transduced with lentiviral vectors encoding the WAS protein (WASP) from either the ubiquitous PGK promoter or the tissue- specific WAS promoter. The procedure resulted in significant levels of engraftment of WASP-expressing T cells, B cells, platelets, and myeloid cells. T cells harbored one or two vector copies and displayed partial to full correction of T cell receptor-driven interleukin-2 production and proliferation. In addition, polymerization of F-actin and localization of WASP at the site of the immunological synapse were restored. The treatment was well tolerated and no pathology was detected by systematic blood analysis and autopsy. The efficacy of WAS gene transfer into HSCs, using the WAS promoter-containing lentiviral vector, combined with nonlethal irradiation provides a strong rationale for the development of gene therapy for WAS patients.
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- Loïc Dupré
- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (HSR-TIGET), 20132 Milan, Italy
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Olivier A, Jeanson-Leh L, Bouma G, Compagno D, Blondeau J, Seye K, Charrier S, Burns S, Thrasher AJ, Danos O, Vainchenker W, Galy A. A Partial Down-regulation of WASP Is Sufficient to Inhibit Podosome Formation in Dendritic Cells. Mol Ther 2006; 13:729-37. [PMID: 16360341 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2005.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2005] [Revised: 11/04/2005] [Accepted: 11/04/2005] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The Wiskott Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) is a hematopoietic-specific cytoskeletal regulator that is necessary for induction of normal immunity. In the context of effective gene therapy for WAS, cellular models of human WASP deficiency are important for definition of the threshold of protein expression required for optimal activity. Using lentiviral vector-mediated RNA interference (RNAi), we were able to down-regulate the levels of human WASP in cell lines and primary cells. In dendritic cells (DC), RNAi-induced WASP deficiency did not impair phenotypic maturation but perturbed cytoskeletal organization. As a result, podosomes, which are actin-rich structures present in immature adherent DC, were formed less efficiently and motility was disturbed. Overall, treatment of cells with RNAi recapitulated the phenotype of cells derived from patients or animals with inactivating mutations of the WAS gene. Interestingly, reduction of the levels of WASP to about 60% of normal was sufficient to inhibit the formation of podosomes in DC, implying that this cell type requires near-normal levels of WASP to sustain physiological cytoskeleton-dependent activities.
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- Aurelie Olivier
- Unité mixte INSERM-Université Paris XI, U362, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif F-94805 and CNRS, UMR 8115, Généthon, 91002 Evry, France
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Dupre L, Marangoni F, Scaramuzza S, Trifari S, Hernandez RJ, Aiuti A, Naldini L, Roncarolo MG. Efficacy of Gene Therapy for Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Using a WAS Promoter/cDNA-Containing Lentiviral Vector and Nonlethal Irradiation. Hum Gene Ther 2006. [DOI: 10.1089/hum.2006.17.ft-187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Myeloid leukocytes are the first line of host defence. When they sense perturbations in tissue homeostasis such as infection, inflammation and ischemia, they respond by trafficking. Whilst neutrophils and macrophages migrate to sites of infection, dendritic cells (DC) migrate from tissue-resident sites back into lymph nodes where they activate T and B lymphocytes. The directed migration of these leukocytes through peripheral tissues is thus crucial for their function. This article considers recent advances in our understanding of the adhesive and motile behaviour of macrophages and DC, with particular emphasis on the podosomes that appear to be required for normal migration through extracellular matrices.
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- Yolanda Calle
- Cell Motility and Cytoskeleton Group, Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK
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Badour K, Zhang J, Siminovitch KA. Involvement of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein and other actin regulatory adaptors in T cell activation. Semin Immunol 2005; 16:395-407. [PMID: 15541654 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2004.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The actin cytoskeleton is a dynamic structure recognized for many years as integral to the coupling of external stimuli to cell activation and ensuing changes in morphology and movement. It is only recently, however, that a molecular understanding of actin involvement in these activities has emerged coincident with the identification of cytosolic signaling effectors that couple extracellular stimuli to induction of actin nucleation. Notable among these actin regulatory effectors are members of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp) family, a group of cytoskeletal adaptors imbued with the capacity to connect various signal transduction pathways to the Arp 2/3 complex and Arp 2/3-mediated actin polymerization. In T cells, the functional characterization of WASp and other actin-modulatory adaptors has proved instrumental in delineating the molecular interactions evoking actin cytoskeletal reorganization downstream of antigen receptor engagement and in clarifying the influence of actin-based processes on T cell activation. In this review, the structural and functional properties of the major actin regulatory cytoskeletal adaptors in T cells are described with an emphasis on the roles of these proteins in fostering the TCR actin cytoskeletal interplay required for induction of T cell activation and expression of dynamic effector responses.
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- Karen Badour
- Department of Medicine, McLaughlin Centre of Molecular Medicine, University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital, Samuel Lunenfeld and Toronto General Hospital Research Institutes, 600 University Avenue, #656A, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5G 1X5.
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Snapper SB, Meelu P, Nguyen D, Stockton BM, Bozza P, Alt FW, Rosen FS, von Andrian UH, Klein C. WASP deficiency leads to global defects of directed leukocyte migration in vitro and in vivo. J Leukoc Biol 2005; 77:993-8. [PMID: 15774550 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0804444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Intact cellular migration is critically important for the induction and regulation of the immune response. The Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) regulates surface receptor signaling to the actin cytoskeleton in hematopoietic cells and thus plays a pivotal role in cellular locomotion. WASP deficiency causes the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS), characterized by immunodeficiency, thrombocytopenia, and eczema. Cell migration defects may contribute to the pathophysiology of WAS. In this study, we used a variety of in vitro and in vivo assays to comprehensively analyze migration properties of lymphocytes, dendritic cells (DC), and neutrophils from WASP-deficient mice. We provide evidence that WASP-deficient lymphocytes show a marked reduction in tethering in an in vitro flow chamber assay as well as decreased migration of T cells in response to the CC chemokine ligand 19 (CCL19). In vivo, compared with wild-type lymphocytes, WASP-deficient lymphocytes showed significantly impaired homing to Peyer's patches upon adoptive transfer into recipient mice. In addition, bone marrow-derived DC migrated less efficiently in response to CCL19. In vivo studies showed decreased migration of DC from skin to draining lymph nodes in WASP-deficient animals. Finally, we also document decreased neutrophil migration in vitro and in vivo. In summary, our studies suggest that WASP plays an important role in the locomotion of lymphocytes, DC, and granulocytes in vitro and in vivo and thus, reveal a crucial role of WASP in physiological trafficking of various hematopoietic cell lineages. These results further delineate immunological abnormalities in WASP-deficient mice, which will be useful to assess preclinical gene therapy studies.
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- Scott B Snapper
- Gastrointestinal Unit and the Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 02114, USA.
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Shurin GV, Tourkova IL, Chatta GS, Schmidt G, Wei S, Djeu JY, Shurin MR. Small Rho GTPases Regulate Antigen Presentation in Dendritic Cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 174:3394-400. [PMID: 15749872 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.6.3394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DC) are involved in the regulation of innate and adaptive immunity. However, the molecular mechanisms maintaining DC function remain to be elucidated. In this study, we report on the role of small Rho GTPases: Cdc42, Rac1, and RhoA in the regulation of DC adherence, Ag presentation, migration, chemotaxis, and endocytosis. Murine DC were transfected with vaccinia virus-based constructs, encoding dominant-negative or constitutively active (ca) mutant forms of Rho GTPases. We demonstrate that Cdc42 plays a major role in the regulation of DC adhesion, because caCdc42-transfected DC had significant up-regulation of adhesion to extracellular matrix, which was blocked by the Rho GTPase inhibitor toxin B (ToxB). In contrast, caRho-transfected DC only modestly elevated DC adhesion, and caRac had no effect. Additionally, caCdc42 and caRho increased the ability of DC to present OVA peptide to specific T cells. This effect was abrogated by ToxB. Activation of Cdc42 in DC significantly inhibited spontaneous and chemokine-induced DC migration. Furthermore, uptake of dextran 40 by DC was significantly enhanced by Rho GTPase activators cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1 and PMA, and reduced by ToxB. caCdc42 also increased endocytotic activity of DC, whereas dominant-negative Cdc42 blocked it. Thus, Rho GTPases Cdc42, RhoA, and Rac1 regulate DC functions that are critical for DC-mediated immune responses in vivo.
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- Galina V Shurin
- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Kerksiek KM, Niedergang F, Chavrier P, Busch DH, Brocker T. Selective Rac1 inhibition in dendritic cells diminishes apoptotic cell uptake and cross-presentation in vivo. Blood 2005; 105:742-9. [PMID: 15383465 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2004-05-1891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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AbstractTo better understand the influence of cytoskeletal regulation on dendritic cell (DC) function in vivo, the Rho guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) Rac1 was selectively inhibited in DCs in transgenic (Tg) mice. Although transgene expression did not interfere with the migratory capacities of DC in vivo, a decreased uptake of fluorescent probes was observed. Interestingly, the absence of full Rac1 function most strongly affected the development and function of CD8+ DCs. Apoptotic cell uptake was severely reduced in Tg mice, impairing subsequent DC-mediated cross-presentation and priming of bacteria-specific T-cell responses. These findings highlight a special role for Rac1 in the capacity of CD8+ DCs to endocytose apoptotic cells and prime T cells via cross-presentation.
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- Kristen M Kerksiek
- Institute for Immunology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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Calle Y, Chou HC, Thrasher AJ, Jones GE. Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein and the cytoskeletal dynamics of dendritic cells. J Pathol 2004; 204:460-9. [PMID: 15495215 DOI: 10.1002/path.1651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The regulated migration and spatial localization of dendritic cells in response to environmental signals are critical events during the initiation of physiological immune responses and maintenance of tolerance. Cells deficient in the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) have been used to demonstrate the importance of the dynamic remodelling of the actin-based cytoskeleton during the selective adhesion and migration of these cells. Unlike most cell types, macrophages, dendritic cells, and osteoclasts utilize a specialized adhesive array termed the podosome in order to migrate. Podosomes are composed of many of the same structural and regulatory proteins as seen in the more commonly found focal adhesion, but are unique in their requirement for WASP. Without WASP, podosomes cannot form and the affected cells are obliged to use focal adhesions for their migratory activities. Once activated by a series of upstream regulatory proteins, WASP acts as a scaffold for the binding of the potent actin nucleating protein complex known as Arp2/3. This article reviews the available evidence that suggests that failures in the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton may contribute significantly to the immunopathology of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome.
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- Yolanda Calle
- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK
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Dupré L, Trifari S, Follenzi A, Marangoni F, Lain de Lera T, Bernad A, Martino S, Tsuchiya S, Bordignon C, Naldini L, Aiuti A, Roncarolo MG. Lentiviral Vector-Mediated Gene Transfer in T Cells from Wiskott–Aldrich Syndrome Patients Leads to Functional Correction. Mol Ther 2004; 10:903-15. [PMID: 15509508 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2004.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2004] [Accepted: 08/12/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is an X-linked primary immunodeficiency with a median survival below the age of 20 due to infections, severe hemorrhage, and lymphomas. Transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells from HLA-identical sibling donors is a resolutive treatment, but is available for a minority of patients. Transplantation of genetically corrected autologous hematopoietic stem cells or T cells could represent an alternative treatment applicable to all patients. We investigated whether WAS gene transfer with MMLV-based oncoretroviral and HIV-based lentiviral vectors could restore normal functions of patients' T cells. T cells transduced either with lentiviral vectors expressing the WAS protein (WASP) from the ubiquitous PGK promoter or the tissue-specific WASP promoter or with an oncoretroviral vector expressing WASP from the LTR, reached normal levels of WASP with correction of functional defects, including proliferation, IL-2 production, and lipid raft upregulation. Lentiviral vectors transduced T cells from WAS patients at higher rates, compared to oncoretroviral vectors, and efficiently transduced both activated and naive WAS T cells. Furthermore, a selective growth advantage of T cells corrected with the lentiviral vectors was demonstrated. The observation that lentiviral vector-mediated gene transfer results in correction of T cell defects in vitro supports their application for gene therapy in WAS patients.
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- Loïc Dupré
- San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, 20132 Milan, Italy
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