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Lv J, Chen L, Zhao L. Renoprotective anti-CD45RB antibody induces B cell production in systemic lupus erythematosus based on single-cell RNA-seq analysis. J Autoimmun 2023; 134:102949. [PMID: 36455384 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2022.102949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease that commonly affects the kidney. Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) technology is a powerful tool for characterizing individual cells and elucidating biological mechanisms at the cellular level. The purpose of this study was to identify the mechanism underlying kidney injury in SLE using scRNA-seq technology. METHODS scRNA-seq data of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in SLE were retrieved from the GEO database, followed by batch effect elimination, dimensionality reduction, cluster analysis, cell annotation and enrichment analysis. A model of SLE was developed in NZB/WF1 mice. Effects of anti-CD45RB antibody on the SLE-induced kidney injury were evaluated, and we measured the distribution of regulatory T cells and B cells in mouse spleen and kidney tissues, levels of kidney function-related indexes, deposition of IgG and C3 in the glomeruli, and the levels of inflammatory cytokines. RESULTS CD45RB was a specific marker gene of B cell clusters and had influence on the B cells. anti-CD45RB antibody treatment induced regulatory B cells and consequently arrested the kidney injury caused by SLE. In addition, depletion of regulatory T cells was found to partially undermine the alleviatory effect of anti-CD45RB antibody on SLE-induced kidney injury. CONCLUSION Collectively, our data suggest that anti-CD45RB antibody can prevent the SLE-induced kidney injury, pointing to anti-CD45RB antibody as a potential therapeutic strategy in kidney injury-related disease.
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- Juan Lv
- Department of Rheumatology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, No. 1 Xinmin Street, Changchun, 130021, China; Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, No. 1 Xinmin Street, Changchun, 130021, China.
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- Department of Rheumatology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, No. 1 Xinmin Street, Changchun, 130021, China.
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- Department of Rheumatology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, No. 1 Xinmin Street, Changchun, 130021, China.
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Parvez F, Lauer FT, Factor-Litvak P, Islam T, Eunus M, Horayara MA, Rahman M, Sarwar G, Ahsan H, Graziano JH, Burchiel SW. Exposure to arsenic and level of Vitamin D influence the number of Th17 cells and production of IL-17A in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells in adults. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0266168. [PMID: 35404942 PMCID: PMC9000092 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
There is limited evidence on the effects of environmental exposure to arsenic (As) on the immune system in adults. In a population-based study, we have found that urinary As (UAs), and its metabolites [inorganic As (InAs), monomethylated arsenicals (MMA+3/+5), and dimethylated arsenicals (DMA+3/+5)] modulate or influence the number of T-helper 17 (Th17) cells and IL-17A cytokine production. In non-smoking women, we observed that UAs and DMA+3/+5 were associated with changes in Th17 cell numbers in a nonlinear fashion. In smoking males, we found that UAs was associated with a significant decrease of Th17 cell numbers. Similar association was observed among non-smoking males. Likewise, UAs, DMA+3/+5 and MMA+3/+5 were associated with diminished production of IL-17A among non-smoking males. When stratified by Vitamin D levels defined as sufficient (≥20 ng/ml) and insufficient (<20 ng/ml), we found a substancial decrease in Th17 cell numbers among those with insufficient levels. Individuals with sufficient VitD levels demonstrated significant inhibition of IL-17A production in non-smoking males. Collectively, we find that exposure to As via drinking water is associated with alterations in Th17 numbers and IL-17A production, and that these associations may be modified by Vitamin D status. Our findings have significance for health outcomes associated with As exposure.
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- Faruque Parvez
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- University of Chicago and Columbia University Field Research Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- University of Chicago and Columbia University Field Research Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- University of Chicago and Columbia University Field Research Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- University of Chicago and Columbia University Field Research Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- University of Chicago and Columbia University Field Research Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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Abdel-Azim H, Dave H, Jordan K, Rawlings-Rhea S, Luong A, Wilson AL. Alignment of practices for data harmonization across multi-center cell therapy trials: a report from the Consortium for Pediatric Cellular Immunotherapy. Cytotherapy 2022; 24:193-204. [PMID: 34711500 PMCID: PMC8792313 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2021.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Revised: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
Immune effector cell (IEC) therapies have revolutionized our approach to relapsed B-cell malignancies, and interest in the investigational use of IECs is rapidly expanding into other diseases. Current challenges in the analysis of IEC therapies include small sample sizes, limited access to clinical trials and a paucity of predictive biomarkers of efficacy and toxicity associated with IEC therapies. Retrospective and prospective multi-center cell therapy trials can assist in overcoming these barriers through harmonization of clinical endpoints and correlative assays for immune monitoring, allowing additional cross-trial analysis to identify biomarkers of failure and success. The Consortium for Pediatric Cellular Immunotherapy (CPCI) offers a unique platform to address the aforementioned challenges by delivering cutting-edge cell and gene therapies for children through multi-center clinical trials. Here the authors discuss some of the important pre-analytic variables, such as biospecimen collection and initial processing procedures, that affect biomarker assays commonly used in IEC trials across participating CPCI sites. The authors review the recent literature and provide data to support recommendations for alignment and standardization of practices that can affect flow cytometry assays measuring immune effector function as well as interpretation of cytokine/chemokine data. The authors also identify critical gaps that often make parallel comparisons between trials difficult or impossible.
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- Hisham Abdel-Azim
- Cancer and Blood Disease Institute, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children's National Hospital, George Washington School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Seattle Children's Therapeutics, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Cancer and Blood Disease Institute, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Seattle Children's Therapeutics, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.
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Burchiel SW, Lauer FT, Factor-Litvak P, Liu X, Santella RM, Islam T, Eunus M, Alam N, Islam T, Rahman M, Ahmed A, Ahsan H, Graziano J, Parvez F. An increase in circulating B cells and B cell activation markers in peripheral blood is associated with cigarette smoking in a male cohort in Bangladesh. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2019; 384:114783. [PMID: 31669812 PMCID: PMC6886671 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2019.114783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Revised: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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In a cohort of approximately 200 Bangladeshi men, equally divided into smokers and non-smokers and equally divided by exposure to high and low levels of drinking water arsenic, we examined ex vivo a series of immune markers and immune function tests in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). These immune parameters included PBMC cell surface markers (CSM) for B, T, monocytes, and NK cells, activated T and B cell markers, cytokine production in vitro, and analysis of CD4 subsets (Th1, Th2, Treg, and Th17 cells). We found that the effects of cigarette smoke were quite different than those associated with arsenic or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-DNA adducts. Cigarette smoking was associated with a significant increase in the number of PAH-DNA adducts as well as an increase in urinary levels of 1-hydropxypyrene (1-OHP). After correcting for arsenic exposure and PAH-DNA adducts, we found that cigarette smoking was associated with an increase in the percentage of CD19+ B cells, as well as the percentage of activated B cells (CD19+, HLA-DRbright cells) found in PBMC. These findings demonstrate activation of the immune system during chronic exposure to cigarette smoke, which is a known risk factor for autoimmune diseases.
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- Scott W Burchiel
- The University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albuquerque, NM 87131, United States of America.
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- The University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albuquerque, NM 87131, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States of America
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- Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States of America
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- University of Chicago Field Research Office, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh
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- University of Chicago Field Research Office, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh
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- University of Chicago Field Research Office, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh
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- University of Chicago Field Research Office, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh
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- University of Chicago Field Research Office, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh
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- University of Chicago Field Research Office, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh
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- Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States of America
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Lauer FT, Parvez F, Factor-Litvak P, Liu X, Santella RM, Islam T, Eunus M, Alam N, Hasan AKMR, Rahman M, Ahsan H, Graziano J, Burchiel SW. Changes in human peripheral blood mononuclear cell (HPBMC) populations and T-cell subsets associated with arsenic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposures in a Bangladesh cohort. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220451. [PMID: 31365547 PMCID: PMC6668812 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Exposures to environmental arsenic (As) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) have been shown to independently cause dysregulation of immune function. Little data exists on the associations between combined exposures to As and PAH with immunotoxicity in humans. In this work we examined associations between As and PAH exposures with lymphoid cell populations in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), as well as alterations in differentiation and activation of B and T cells. Two hundred men, participating in the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS) in Bangladesh, were selected for the present study based on their exposure to As from drinking water and their cigarette smoking status. Blood and urine samples were collected from study participants. We utilized multiparameter flow cytometry in PBMC to identify immune cells (B, T, monocytes, NK) as well as the T-helper (Th) cell subsets (Th1, Th2, Th17, and Tregs) following ex vivo activation. We did not find evidence of interactions between As and PAH exposures. However, individual exposures (As or PAH) were associated with changes to immune cell populations, including Th cell subsets. Arsenic exposure was associated with an increase in the percentage of Th cells, and dose dependent changes in monocytes, NKT cells and a monocyte subset. Within the Th cell subset we found that Arsenic exposure was also associated with a significant increase in the percentage of circulating proinflammatory Th17 cells. PAH exposure was associated with changes in T cells, monocytes and T memory (Tmem) cells and with changes in Th, Th1, Th2 and Th17 subsets all of which were non-monotonic (dose dependent). Alterations of immune cell populations caused by environmental exposures to As and PAH may result in adverse health outcomes, such as changes in systemic inflammation, immune suppression, or autoimmunity.
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- Fredine T. Lauer
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States of America
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- University of Chicago Field Research Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- University of Chicago Field Research Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- University of Chicago Field Research Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- University of Chicago Field Research Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America
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Kaplan BLF. Evaluation of Marijuana Compounds on Neuroimmune Endpoints in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 75:11.25.1-11.25.22. [PMID: 29512125 DOI: 10.1002/cptx.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Cannabinoid compounds refer to a group of more than 60 plant-derived compounds in Cannabis sativa, more commonly known as marijuana. Exposure to marijuana and cannabinoid compounds has been increasing due to increased societal acceptance for both recreational and possible medical use. Cannabinoid compounds suppress immune function, and while this could compromise one's ability to fight infections, immune suppression is the desired effect for therapies for autoimmune diseases. It is critical, therefore, to understand the effects and mechanisms by which cannabinoid compounds alter immune function, especially immune responses induced in autoimmune disease. Therefore, this unit will describe induction and assessment of the experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model of multiple sclerosis (MS), and its potential alteration by cannabinoid compounds. The unit includes three approaches to induce EAE, two of which provide correlations to two forms of MS, and the third specifically addresses the role of autoreactive T cells in EAE. © 2018 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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- Barbara L F Kaplan
- Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi
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