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Ishikawa Y, Tanaka N, Asano Y, Kodera M, Shirai Y, Akahoshi M, Hasegawa M, Matsushita T, Saito K, Motegi SI, Yoshifuji H, Yoshizaki A, Kohmoto T, Takagi K, Oka A, Kanda M, Tanaka Y, Ito Y, Nakano K, Kasamatsu H, Utsunomiya A, Sekiguchi A, Niiro H, Jinnin M, Makino K, Makino T, Ihn H, Yamamoto M, Suzuki C, Takahashi H, Nishida E, Morita A, Yamamoto T, Fujimoto M, Kondo Y, Goto D, Sumida T, Ayuzawa N, Yanagida H, Horita T, Atsumi T, Endo H, Shima Y, Kumanogoh A, Hirata J, Otomo N, Suetsugu H, Koike Y, Tomizuka K, Yoshino S, Liu X, Ito S, Hikino K, Suzuki A, Momozawa Y, Ikegawa S, Tanaka Y, Ishikawa O, Takehara K, Torii T, Sato S, Okada Y, Mimori T, Matsuda F, Matsuda K, Amariuta T, Imoto I, Matsuo K, Kuwana M, Kawaguchi Y, Ohmura K, Terao C. GWAS for systemic sclerosis identifies six novel susceptibility loci including one in the Fcγ receptor region. Nat Commun 2024; 15:319. [PMID: 38296975 PMCID: PMC10830486 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44541-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Here we report the largest Asian genome-wide association study (GWAS) for systemic sclerosis performed to date, based on data from Japanese subjects and comprising of 1428 cases and 112,599 controls. The lead SNP is in the FCGR/FCRL region, which shows a penetrating association in the Asian population, while a complete linkage disequilibrium SNP, rs10917688, is found in a cis-regulatory element for IRF8. IRF8 is also a significant locus in European GWAS for systemic sclerosis, but rs10917688 only shows an association in the presence of the risk allele of IRF8 in the Japanese population. Further analysis shows that rs10917688 is marked with H3K4me1 in primary B cells. A meta-analysis with a European GWAS detects 30 additional significant loci. Polygenic risk scores constructed with the effect sizes of the meta-analysis suggest the potential portability of genetic associations beyond populations. Prioritizing the top 5% of SNPs of IRF8 binding sites in B cells improves the fitting of the polygenic risk scores, underscoring the roles of B cells and IRF8 in the development of systemic sclerosis. The results also suggest that systemic sclerosis shares a common genetic architecture across populations.
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- Yuki Ishikawa
- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, The Laboratory for Statistical and Translational Genetics, Yokohama, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, The Laboratory for Statistical and Translational Genetics, Yokohama, Japan
- Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Department of Dermatology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Chukyo Hospital, Japan Community Health Care Organization, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
- Department of Rheumatology, Saga University Hospital, Saga, Japan
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Dermatology, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Division of Molecular Genetics, Nagoya, Japan
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- Tokyo Women's Medical University, Adachi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Life Sciences, Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Chukyo Hospital, Japan Community Health Care Organization, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Chukyo Hospital, Japan Community Health Care Organization, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Chukyo Hospital, Japan Community Health Care Organization, Nagoya, Japan
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- The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Dermatology, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Dermatology, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan
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- Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Wakayama Medical University Graduate School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Allergy, IMSUT Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Geriatric and Environmental Dermatology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
- Department of Dermatology, Okazaki City Hospital, Okazaki, Japan
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- Department of Geriatric and Environmental Dermatology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, National Hospital Organization, Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, National Hospital Organization, Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Omori Medical Center, Toho University, Rheumatic Disease Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Immunology Frontier Center, Osaka University, Statistical Immunology, Osaka, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, The Laboratory for Statistical and Translational Genetics, Yokohama, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, The Laboratory for Statistical and Translational Genetics, Yokohama, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, The Laboratory for Statistical and Translational Genetics, Yokohama, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, The Laboratory for Statistical and Translational Genetics, Yokohama, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, The Laboratory for Statistical and Translational Genetics, Yokohama, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, The Laboratory for Statistical and Translational Genetics, Yokohama, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, The Laboratory for Statistical and Translational Genetics, Yokohama, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, The Laboratory for Pharmacogenomics, Yokohama, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, The Laboratory for Autoimmune Diseases, Yokohama, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, The Laboratory for Genotyping Development, Yokohama, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, The Laboratory for Bone and Joint Diseases, Yokohama, Japan
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- The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Immunology Frontier Center, Osaka University, Statistical Immunology, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Ijinkai Takeada General Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Laboratory of Genome Technology, Human Genome Center, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Laboratory of Clinical Genome Sequencing, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Data Sciences, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Divisions of Genetics and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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- Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Tokyo Women's Medical University, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, The Laboratory for Statistical and Translational Genetics, Yokohama, Japan.
- Shizuoka General Hospital, The Clinical Research Center, Shizuoka, Japan.
- The Department of Applied Genetics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan.
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Nomura A, Noto D, Murayama G, Chiba A, Miyake S. Unique primed status of microglia under the systemic autoimmune condition of lupus-prone mice. Arthritis Res Ther 2019; 21:303. [PMID: 31888754 PMCID: PMC6936062 DOI: 10.1186/s13075-019-2067-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by the production of various autoantibodies. This disease causes disabling neuropsychiatric symptoms even in the absence of apparent inflammation in the central nervous system (CNS), but the mechanisms involved remain unknown. Innate immune-mediated inflammation has attracted attention as a pathogenic mechanism in neuropsychiatric diseases. METHODS We investigated the CNS of lupus-prone mice focusing on innate immunity. Three strains of lupus-prone mice, FcγRIIB-/-Yaa, an F1 hybrid of NZB and NZW (NZB/NZW) mice, and MRL/Faslpr (MRL/lpr) mice were used to analyze CNS immunopathology. RESULTS Flow cytometry analysis demonstrated the numbers of brain CD45+ cells were increased compared with controls in lupus-prone mice. Upregulation of MHC class I and PDCA1 was observed in microglia and CD11b+ myeloid cells of lupus-prone mice, indicating they were activated in response to interferons (IFN). Microglial gene expression analysis of FcγRIIB-/-Yaa mice revealed the upregulation of IFN-responsive genes and inflammation-related genes including Axl, Clec7a, and Itgax, which were previously reported in neurodegenerative conditions and primed conditions. Upregulated chemokine gene expressions including Ccl5 and Cxcl10 were concurrent with increased numbers of T cells and monocytes, especially Ly6Clo monocytes in the CNS. Upregulation of Axl, Clec7a, Itgax, Ccl5, and Cxcl10 was also observed in NZB/NZW mice, indicating common lupus pathology. The primed status of microglia in FcγRIIB-/-Yaa mice was also demonstrated by morphological changes such as enlarged cell bodies with hypertrophic processes, and hyperreactivity to lipopolysaccharide. Immunohistochemistry of FcγRIIB-/-Yaa mice indicated reactive responses of astrocytes and vascular endothelium. Behavioral studies of FcγRIIB-/-Yaa mice revealed depressive-like behavior and heat hyperalgesia in the forced swim test and the tail-flick test, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Our data indicated that microglia in lupus exhibit a unique primed phenotype characterized by the upregulated expressions of neurodegeneration-related genes and IFN-responsive genes. Interaction with peripheral cells and brain resident cells was presumed to orchestrate neuroinflammation. Targeting innate immune cells, such as microglia and monocytes, may be a promising therapeutic approach for neuropsychiatric SLE.
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- Atsushi Nomura
- Department of Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.,Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
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Murayama G, Chiba A, Suzuki H, Nomura A, Mizuno T, Kuga T, Nakamura S, Amano H, Hirose S, Yamaji K, Suzuki Y, Tamura N, Miyake S. A Critical Role for Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells as Regulators and Therapeutic Targets in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Front Immunol 2019; 10:2681. [PMID: 31849932 PMCID: PMC6895065 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are a subset of innate-like lymphocytes that are restricted by major histocompatibility complex-related molecule 1 (MR1). In this study, we investigated the role of MAIT cells in the pathogenesis of lupus in FcγRIIb−/−Yaa mice, a spontaneous animal model of lupus. Using two approaches of MAIT cell deficiency, MR1 knockout animals and a newly synthesized inhibitory MR1 ligand, we demonstrate that MAIT cells augment the disease course of lupus by enhancing autoantibody production and tissue inflammation. MR1 deficiency reduced germinal center responses and T cell responses in these mice. Suppression of MAIT cell activation by the inhibitory MR1 ligand reduced autoantibody production and lupus nephritis in FcγRIIb−/−Yaa mice. MAIT cells directly enhanced autoantibody production by B cells in vitro. Our results indicate the contribution of MAIT cells to lupus pathology and the potential of these cells as novel therapeutic targets for autoimmune diseases such as lupus.
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- Goh Murayama
- Department of Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Morphology and Image Analysis, Research Support Center, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Toin Human Science and Technology Center, Toin University of Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Namba T, Ichii O, Nakamura T, Masum MA, Otani Y, Otsuka-Kanazawa S, Hosny Ali Elewa Y, Kon Y. Altered morpho-functional features of bones in autoimmune disease-prone BXSB/MpJ- Yaa mice. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2019; 244:333-343. [PMID: 30818998 DOI: 10.1177/1535370219832810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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IMPACT STATEMENT Bone disease, such as osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis, increases because of the progression of an aging society. Autoimmune disease are important and predisposing factors for the pathogenesis of the bone disease; however, the pathological mechanism is unclear. We have demonstrated that systemic autoimmune disease in BXSB/MpJ- Yaa is closely associated with the morpho-functional abnormalities of bones including bone marrow and has complicated pathology. The abnormalities are characterized by altered regulations of serum calcium, anemia tendency, and hematopoiesis with increased WBCs and decreased PLs, short length and low mass of long bones, imbalance in the populations of osteoclasts and osteoblasts, and increased expression of candidate genes for causing and/or exacerbating their phenotypes. Therefore, BXSB/MpJ- Yaa serves as a model to elucidate bone phenotypes in systemic autoimmune disease that would be affected by the factors in the bone as well as the other immune and/or mineral metabolism organs both in human and experimental medicine.
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- Takashi Namba
- 1 Laboratory of Anatomy, Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan
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- 1 Laboratory of Anatomy, Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan
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- 1 Laboratory of Anatomy, Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan.,2 Section of Biological Safety Research, Chitose Laboratory, Japan Food Research Laboratories, Chitose 066-0052, Japan
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- 1 Laboratory of Anatomy, Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan
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- 1 Laboratory of Anatomy, Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan
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- 1 Laboratory of Anatomy, Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan
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- 1 Laboratory of Anatomy, Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan.,3 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Histology and Cytology, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
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- 1 Laboratory of Anatomy, Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan
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Horvei KD, Pedersen HL, Fismen S, Thiyagarajan D, Schneider A, Rekvig OP, Winkler TH, Seredkina N. Lupus nephritis progression in FcγRIIB-/-yaa mice is associated with early development of glomerular electron dense deposits and loss of renal DNase I in severe disease. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0188863. [PMID: 29190833 PMCID: PMC5708736 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2017] [Accepted: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
FcγRIIB-/-yaa mice develop severe lupus glomerulonephritis due to lack of an inhibitory immune cell receptor combined with a Y-chromosome linked autoimmune accelerator mutation. In the present study, we have investigated nephritis development and progression in FcγRIIB-/-yaa mice to find shared features with NZB/NZW F1 lupus prone mice and human disease. We sacrificed 25 male FcγRIIB-/-yaa mice at various disease stages, and grouped them according to activity and chronicity indices for lupus nephritis. Glomerular morphology and localization of electron dense deposits containing IgG were further determined by immune electron microscopy. Renal DNase I and pro-inflammatory cytokine mRNA levels were measured by real-time quantitative PCR. DNase I protein levels was assessed by immunohistochemistry and zymography. Our results demonstrate early development of electron dense deposits containing IgG in FcγRIIB-/-yaa mice, before detectable levels of serum anti-dsDNA antibodies. Similar to NZB/NZW F1, electron dense deposits in FcγRIIB-/-yaa progressed from being confined to the mesangium in the early stage of lupus nephritis to be present also in capillary glomerular basement membranes. In the advanced stage of lupus nephritis, renal DNase I was lost on both transcriptional and protein levels, which has previously been shown in NZB/NZW F1 mice and in human disease. Although lupus nephritis appears on different genetic backgrounds, our findings suggest similar processes when comparing different murine models and human lupus nephritis.
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- Kjersti Daae Horvei
- RNA and Molecular Pathology Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UIT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- RNA and Molecular Pathology Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UIT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- RNA and Molecular Pathology Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UIT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- RNA and Molecular Pathology Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UIT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Biology, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Zentrum für Molekulare Medizin, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- RNA and Molecular Pathology Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UIT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Biology, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Zentrum für Molekulare Medizin, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- RNA and Molecular Pathology Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UIT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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Kimura J, Ichii O, Nakamura T, Horino T, Otsuka S, Kon Y. BXSB-type genome causes murine autoimmune glomerulonephritis: pathological correlation between telomeric region of chromosome 1 and Yaa. Genes Immun 2014; 15:182-9. [PMID: 24477164 DOI: 10.1038/gene.2014.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2013] [Revised: 12/05/2013] [Accepted: 12/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The autoimmune-prone BXSB/MpJ-Yaa mouse is a model of membranous proliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN). Severe MPGN has been reported only in male BXSB/MpJ-Yaa mice because of the Y-linked autoimmune accelerator (Yaa) locus. However, we show that female BXSB/MpJ mice develop age-related MPGN without Yaa. Female BXSB/MpJ mice clearly developed MPGN characterized by increased mesangial cells, thickening of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM), double contouring and spike formation of GBM with T-cell infiltrations and podocyte injuries corresponding with increased autoantibody production and albuminuria. Analysis of the renal levels of the Fc gamma receptor (Fcgr) and interferon-activated gene 200 (Ifi200) family genes, which are MPGN candidate genes localized to the telomeric region of chromosome 1 (Chr.1), showed that Fcgr2b levels decreased, whereas Fcgr3 and Ifi202b levels increased in female BXSB/MpJ mice compared with healthy C57BL/6 mice. Furthermore, in isolated glomeruli, microarray analysis revealed that Fcgr3, Fcgr4 and Ifi202b expression was higher in male BXSB/MpJ-Yaa mice than in male BXSB/MpJ mice. These findings indicate that the BXSB/MpJ-type genome causes age-related MPGN with significant contribution from the telomeric region of Chr.1, and Yaa enhances the expression of genes localizing to this locus, thereby leading to severe MPGN in male mice.
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- J Kimura
- Laboratory of Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- 1] Laboratory of Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan [2] Section of Biological Safety Research, Chitose Laboratory, Japan Food Research Laboratories, Chitose, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan
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- Laboratory of Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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