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Lillehoj EP, Luzina IG, Atamas SP. Mammalian Neuraminidases in Immune-Mediated Diseases: Mucins and Beyond. Front Immunol 2022; 13:883079. [PMID: 35479093 PMCID: PMC9035539 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.883079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Mammalian neuraminidases (NEUs), also known as sialidases, are enzymes that cleave off the terminal neuraminic, or sialic, acid resides from the carbohydrate moieties of glycolipids and glycoproteins. A rapidly growing body of literature indicates that in addition to their metabolic functions, NEUs also regulate the activity of their glycoprotein targets. The simple post-translational modification of NEU protein targets-removal of the highly electronegative sialic acid-affects protein folding, alters protein interactions with their ligands, and exposes or covers proteolytic sites. Through such effects, NEUs regulate the downstream processes in which their glycoprotein targets participate. A major target of desialylation by NEUs are mucins (MUCs), and such post-translational modification contributes to regulation of disease processes. In this review, we focus on the regulatory roles of NEU-modified MUCs as coordinators of disease pathogenesis in fibrotic, inflammatory, infectious, and autoimmune diseases. Special attention is placed on the most abundant and best studied NEU1, and its recently discovered important target, mucin-1 (MUC1). The role of the NEU1 - MUC1 axis in disease pathogenesis is discussed, along with regulatory contributions from other MUCs and other pathophysiologically important NEU targets.
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Affiliation(s)
- Erik P. Lillehoj
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
- Research Service, Baltimore Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Yang Y, Li X, Ma Z, Wang C, Yang Q, Byrne-Steele M, Hong R, Min Q, Zhou G, Cheng Y, Qin G, Youngyunpipatkul JV, Wing JB, Sakaguchi S, Toonstra C, Wang LX, Vilches-Moure JG, Wang D, Snyder MP, Wang JY, Han J, Herzenberg LA. CTLA-4 expression by B-1a B cells is essential for immune tolerance. Nat Commun 2021; 12:525. [PMID: 33483505 PMCID: PMC7822855 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20874-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
CTLA-4 is an important regulator of T-cell function. Here, we report that expression of this immune-regulator in mouse B-1a cells has a critical function in maintaining self-tolerance by regulating these early-developing B cells that express a repertoire enriched for auto-reactivity. Selective deletion of CTLA-4 from B cells results in mice that spontaneously develop autoantibodies, T follicular helper (Tfh) cells and germinal centers (GCs) in the spleen, and autoimmune pathology later in life. This impaired immune homeostasis results from B-1a cell dysfunction upon loss of CTLA-4. Therefore, CTLA-4-deficient B-1a cells up-regulate epigenetic and transcriptional activation programs and show increased self-replenishment. These activated cells further internalize surface IgM, differentiate into antigen-presenting cells and, when reconstituted in normal IgH-allotype congenic recipient mice, induce GCs and Tfh cells expressing a highly selected repertoire. These findings show that CTLA-4 regulation of B-1a cells is a crucial immune-regulatory mechanism.
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- Yang Yang
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
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- The Center for RNA Science and Therapeutics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- The Center for RNA Science and Therapeutics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Laboratory of Human Immunology (Single Cell Immunology), World Premier International Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, World Premier International Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, World Premier International Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Tumor Glycomics Laboratory, SRI International Biosciences Division, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- iRepertoire Inc, Huntsville, AL, USA
- HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
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