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Rayego-Mateos S, Basantes P, Morgado-Pascual JL, Brazal Prieto B, Suarez-Alvarez B, Ortiz A, Lopez-Larrea C, Ruiz-Ortega M. BET Protein Inhibitor JQ1 Modulates Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Oxidative Stress Induced by Chronic Kidney Disease. Antioxidants (Basel) 2023; 12:antiox12051130. [PMID: 37237996 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12051130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Among the mechanisms involved in the progression of kidney disease, mitochondrial dysfunction has special relevance. Epigenetic drugs such as inhibitors of extra-terminal domain proteins (iBET) have shown beneficial effects in experimental kidney disease, mainly by inhibiting proliferative and inflammatory responses. The impact of iBET on mitochondrial damage was explored in in vitro studies in renal cells stimulated with TGF-β1 and in vivo in murine unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) model of progressive kidney damage. In vitro, JQ1 pretreatment prevented the TGF-β1-induced downregulation of components of the oxidative phosphorylation chain (OXPHOS), such as cytochrome C and CV-ATP5a in human proximal tubular cells. In addition, JQ1 also prevented the altered mitochondrial dynamics by avoiding the increase in the DRP-1 fission factor. In UUO model, renal gene expression levels of cytochrome C and CV-ATP5a as well as protein levels of cytochrome C were reduced These changes were prevented by JQ1 administration. In addition, JQ1 decreased protein levels of the DRP1 fission protein and increased the OPA-1 fusion protein, restoring mitochondrial dynamics. Mitochondria also participate in the maintenance of redox balance. JQ1 restored the gene expression of antioxidant proteins, such as Catalase and Heme oxygenase 1 in TGF-β1-stimulated human proximal tubular cells and in murine obstructed kidneys. Indeed, in tubular cells, JQ1 decreased ROS production induced by stimulation with TGF-β1, as evaluated by MitoSOXTM. iBETs, such as JQ1, improve mitochondrial dynamics, functionality, and oxidative stress in kidney disease.
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- Sandra Rayego-Mateos
- Cellular Biology in Renal Diseases Laboratory, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz-Universidad Autónoma Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Ricors2040, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Cellular Biology in Renal Diseases Laboratory, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz-Universidad Autónoma Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Ricors2040, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Cellular Biology in Renal Diseases Laboratory, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz-Universidad Autónoma Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), University of Cordoba, 14004 Cordoba, Spain
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- Cellular Biology in Renal Diseases Laboratory, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz-Universidad Autónoma Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Ricors2040, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Ricors2040, 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Translational Immunology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, 33011 Oviedo, Spain
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- Ricors2040, 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz-Universidad Autónoma Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Ricors2040, 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Translational Immunology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, 33011 Oviedo, Spain
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- Cellular Biology in Renal Diseases Laboratory, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz-Universidad Autónoma Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Ricors2040, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Salgado Del Riego E, Saiz ML, Corte-Iglesias V, Leoz Gordillo B, Martin-Martin C, Rodríguez-Pérez M, Escudero D, Lopez-Larrea C, Suarez-Alvarez B. Divergent SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell responses in intensive care unit workers following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination. Front Immunol 2022; 13:942192. [PMID: 36275696 PMCID: PMC9582956 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.942192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The cellular immune response to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in response to full mRNA COVID-19 vaccination could be variable among healthy individuals. Studies based only in specific antibody levels could show an erroneous immune protection at long times. For that, we analyze the antibody levels specific to the S protein and the presence of SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells by ELISpot and AIM assays in intensive care unit (ICU) workers with no antecedents of COVID-19 and vaccinated with two doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. All individuals were seronegative for the SARS-CoV-2 protein S before vaccination (Pre-v), but 34.1% (14/41) of them showed pre-existing T lymphocytes specific for some viral proteins (S, M and N). One month after receiving two doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (Post-v1), all cases showed seroconversion with high levels of total and neutralizing antibodies to the spike protein, but six of them (14.6%) had no T cells reactive to the S protein. Specifically, they lack of specific CD8+ T cells, but maintain the contribution of CD4+ T cells. Analysis of the immune response against SARS-CoV-2 at 10 months after full vaccination (Post-v10), exhibited a significant reduction in the antibody levels (p<0.0001) and protein S-reactive T cells (p=0.0073) in all analyzed individuals, although none of the individuals become seronegative and 77% of them maintained a competent immune response. Thus, we can suggest that the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 elicited by the mRNA vaccines was highly variable among ICU workers. A non-negligible proportion of individuals did not develop a specific T cell response mediated by CD8+ T cells after vaccination, that may condition the susceptibility to further viral infections with SARS-CoV-2. By contrast, around 77% of individuals developed strong humoral and cellular immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 that persisted even after 10 months. Analysis of the cellular immune response is highly recommended for providing exact information about immune protection against SARS-CoV-2.
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- Estefanía Salgado Del Riego
- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Translational Immunology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Translational Immunology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Translational Immunology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
- Translational Microbiology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
- Translational Microbiology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Translational Immunology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
- Servicio de Inmunología, Hospital Universitario Central De Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Translational Immunology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
- *Correspondence: Beatriz Suarez-Alvarez, ;
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Diaz-Ulnes P, Laura Saiz Alvarez M, Corte V, Bernardo Florez A, Ruiz Bernet C, Lopez-Larrea C, Suarez-Alvarez B. MO290: Inhibition of the KDM4C and JMJD3 Histone Demethylases Alleviates the Tubular Renal Damage Triggered by Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfac067.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS
Alterations in protein homeostasis in tubular cells lead to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress activating the unfolded protein response (UPR) pathway, which contributes to repair or aggravate the renal damage [1]. This pathway is initiated by three major protein sensors (IRE1α, PERK and ATF6) that activate their corresponding transcription factors (TF), XBP1, ATF4 and ATF6, respectively, to ultimately regulate the transcription of numerous genes essential for cell survival. However, an exacerbated activation of the UPR pathway can also lead to the expression of genes related to inflammation and fibrosis, cell death or autophagy contributing to perpetuate the renal damage [2]. The balance between these two processes (adaptive/maladaptive response) is mediated not only by the length and strength of the initial stimulus, but also by changes in the chromatin structure that may induce or repress gene transcription. Epigenetic changes are mainly mediated by the expression and recruitment of epigenetic enzymes, such as histone methyltransferases (HMTs) and demethylases (HDMs) to target genes in order to modify their expression. Thus, the aim of this study pursues to identify the epigenetic changes mediated by the histone methylation (H3K9 and H3K27) in the UPR pathway and to explore the role of the epigenetic drugs as potential treatments for kidney disease.
METHOD
The tubular epithelial cell line, HK2, was used to analyse the epigenetic changes in vitro before and after induction of ER stress mediated by Thapsigargin (Tg), an ER Ca2+ 2'-ATPase inhibitor and strongUPR inductor. Specific pharmacological inhibitors of the G9a and EZH2 HMTs, BIX-01 294 and GSK126, respectively, and of the JMJD3 and KDM4C HDMs, GSKJ4 and SD-70, respectively, or small interfering RNAs were used. The recruitment of these epigenetic enzymes and the presence of the H3K9me3 and H3K27me3 repressive histone marks were analysed by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and coimmunoprecipitation assays.
RESULTS
HK-2 treatment with the BIX-01 294 or GSK126 pharmacological inhibitors or specific gene silencing of the G9a and EZH2 enzymes reveals an increase of the expression of ATF4 and XBP1 TFs, without inducing changes in ATF6 transcription. Moreover, this effect is additive to the one observed with Tg, indicating that changes in the chromatin structure are required for a full transcription and UPR activation. These results correlated with a lower recruitment of G9a and EZH2, and decreased H3K9me3 and H3K27me3 levels at the promoter region of ATF4 and XBP1 genes, corresponding with the increased transcription of these TFs. G9a and EZH2 HMTs act in coordination, so inhibition of G9a significantly reduces the recruitment of EZH2 and H3K27me3 levels to the regulatory region of ATF4 and XBP1 genes, and vice versa with EZH2 inhibition. In addition, enrichment in the global acetylation levels at histone H3 and H4 was observed, cooperatively facilitating the opening of the chromatin and the accessibility to transcriptional regulators. In accordance with these results, we demonstrate that blockage of the JMJD3 and KDM4C enzymes, responsible for demethylation of H3K9me3 and H3K27me3 marks, respectively, using the SD-70 and GSKJ4 epigenetic drugs, inhibits ATF4 and XBP1 expression under ER stress conditions and, consequently, the triggering of a maladaptative response.
CONCLUSION
Changes in the chromatin dynamics mediated by the H3K9me3 and H3K27me3 histone marks are key to regulate the expression of the UPR transcription factors ATF4 and XBP1 after ER stress activation. Pharmacological treatment with the epigenetic drugs SD-70 and GSKJ4 blocks the expression of these TFs and thus, the activation of the pathophysiological processes that contribute to aggravate renal damage triggered by the UPR pathway activation.
[1] Yan M., et al. Endoplasmic reticulum stress in ischemic and nephrotoxic acute kidney injury. Ann Med. 2018, 50: 381–390.
[2] Hetz, C.; et al. Mechanisms, regulation and functions of the unfolded protein response. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2020, 21: 421–438.
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- Paula Diaz-Ulnes
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Translational Immunology Laboratory, Oviedo, –Spain
- RICORS2040 (Kidney Diseases), Institute of Health Carlos III,, Madrid, –Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Translational Immunology Laboratory, Oviedo, –Spain
- RICORS2040 (Kidney Diseases), Institute of Health Carlos III,, Madrid, –Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Translational Immunology Laboratory, Oviedo, –Spain
- RICORS2040 (Kidney Diseases), Institute of Health Carlos III,, Madrid, –Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Translational Immunology Laboratory, Oviedo, –Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Translational Immunology Laboratory, Oviedo, –Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Translational Immunology Laboratory, Oviedo, –Spain
- RICORS2040 (Kidney Diseases), Institute of Health Carlos III,, Madrid, –Spain
- Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Immunology Service, Oviedo, –Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Translational Immunology Laboratory, Oviedo, –Spain
- RICORS2040 (Kidney Diseases), Institute of Health Carlos III,, Madrid, –Spain
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Amado-Rodríguez L, Salgado del Riego E, Gomez de Ona J, López Alonso I, Gil-Pena H, López-Martínez C, Martín-Vicente P, Lopez-Vazquez A, Gonzalez Lopez A, Cuesta-Llavona E, Rodriguez-Garcia R, Boga JA, Elena alvarez-Arguelles M, Mayordomo-Colunga J, Vidal-Castineira JR, Crespo I, Fernandez M, Criado L, Salvadores V, Jimeno-Demuth FJ, Blanch L, Prieto B, Fernandez-Fernandez A, Lopez-Larrea C, Coto E, Albaiceta GM. Effects of IFIH1 rs1990760 variants on systemic inflammation and outcome in critically ill COVID-19 patients in an observational translational study. eLife 2022; 11:73012. [PMID: 35060899 PMCID: PMC8782569 DOI: 10.7554/elife.73012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background:Variants in IFIH1, a gene coding the cytoplasmatic RNA sensor MDA5, regulate the response to viral infections. We hypothesized that IFIH1 rs199076 variants would modulate host response and outcome after severe COVID-19.Methods:Patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) with confirmed COVID-19 were prospectively studied and rs1990760 variants determined. Peripheral blood gene expression, cell populations, and immune mediators were measured. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from healthy volunteers were exposed to an MDA5 agonist and dexamethasone ex-vivo, and changes in gene expression assessed. ICU discharge and hospital death were modeled using rs1990760 variants and dexamethasone as factors in this cohort and in-silico clinical trials.Results:About 227 patients were studied. Patients with the IFIH1 rs1990760 TT variant showed a lower expression of inflammation-related pathways, an anti-inflammatory cell profile, and lower concentrations of pro-inflammatory mediators. Cells with TT variant exposed to an MDA5 agonist showed an increase in IL6 expression after dexamethasone treatment. All patients with the TT variant not treated with steroids survived their ICU stay (hazard ratio [HR]: 2.49, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.29–4.79). Patients with a TT variant treated with dexamethasone showed an increased hospital mortality (HR: 2.19, 95% CI: 1.01–4.87) and serum IL-6. In-silico clinical trials supported these findings.Conclusions:COVID-19 patients with the IFIH1 rs1990760 TT variant show an attenuated inflammatory response and better outcomes. Dexamethasone may reverse this anti-inflammatory phenotype.Funding:Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CB17/06/00021), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PI19/00184 and PI20/01360), and Fundació La Marató de TV3 (413/C/2021).
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Corte V, Andrade AC, Diaz-Bulnes P, Salazar Garzo N, Bande JJ, Sanchez-Alvarez JE, Diaz-Corte C, Lopez-Larrea C, Suarez-Alvarez B. MO046MICROBIOTA DERIVED SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACIDS, PROPIONATE AND BUTYRATE, CONTRIBUTE TO MODULATE THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa140.mo046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background and Aims
Dysbiosis, or changes in the gut microbiota composition, had been related to the developed of several pathologies, such as chronic kidney disease. Until now, multiple studies have focused on the influence of diet on outcomes of patients with CKD. These patients with advanced disease are recommended a restricted intake of vegetable fiber due to the phosphorus and potassium levels, and low proteins to avoid the generation of uremic toxins. It is known that dietary changes lead to alterations in gut microbiota, but also in microbial metabolites production, some of which could be beneficial for the host. A recent and exciting area of research has begun to explore the role of microbiota-derived metabolites in the renal physiology. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFA, acetate, propionate and butyrate) are a type metabolite produced from dietary fiber by gut microbiota that enter in the bloodstream leading to distal effects, such as modulation of the immune cells. SCFAs are essential to maintain the permeability of the intestinal epithelial barrier, the metabolic functions and have potent anti-inflammatory effects. The aim of this study was to identify the SCFAs levels during the progression of CKD and determinate the functional role of these metabolites in the renal inflammation.
Method
SFCAs (acetate, propionate and butyrate) levels were determined using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in fecal samples collected from patients with different stages of CKD (n=60) and age-matched healthy control (n=20). Moreover, common bacterial families were determined by quantitative PCR. Additionally, the in-vitro effect of the three SCFAs was evaluated in the human tubular epithelial cell line HK2 using RNA-seq, specific silencing with siRNAs and histone deacetylases (HDAC) inhibitors. To evaluate the effect in immune cells, monocyte and macrophages were treated with LPS and ATP /Nigericin to induce inflammasome activation.
Results
The SCFAs levels were significantly lower in patients with CKD than in healthy controls, mainly propionate and butyrate. Moreover, these levels progressively decreased with the developed of the disease, showing the patients with stage 5 (CKD5) have the lowest levels that correlates with a lesser abundance of Clostridium IV family. According to the renal function, butyrate levels were positively correlated with the glomerular filtration rate and negatively with the blood urea nitrogen and creatinine levels. Surprisingly, high propionate levels correlate with the most elevated serum calcidiol concentrations. Functionally, propionate and butyrate show a similar pattern in the modulation of inflammatory genes in HK2 cells. Most regulated pathways are associated with Inflammatory response (GO:0006954: IL6, TNF, CCL2, RELB, IRAK2, NFKB1,CCL20) and immune response (GO:0006955: CSF2, CXCL3, CD40, IL7R, LIF). Additionally, both SCFAs regulates the expression of multiple epigenetic enzymes involves in the chromatin remodeling, mainly in histone acetylation. In monocytes/macrophages, propionate and butyrate inhibits the IL1B, CASP, and ASC gene transcription damaging the IL-1β secretion. We determined that the effect of SCFAs in these in-vitro models is mediated by inhibition of HDAC although also change other histone modifications (H3K9me3, H3K27me3) and through the GPR109A receptor.
Conclusion
Our initial results showed that patients with advanced CKD have low levels of SCFAs, and those were correlated with the renal function. Treatment of human renal and immune cells with propionate and butyrate induces profound changes in the chromatin structure, changing the whole-genome gene expression and modulating key pathways in the renal pathology. Increasing the SCFAs levels in those patients could be a potential therapeutic strategy to slow down the disease progression.
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- Viviana Corte
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Laboratorio de Inmunología Traslacional, Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Laboratorio de Inmunología Traslacional, Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Group Diet, Microbiota and Health, Oviedo, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, UGC Nefrología., Oviedo, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, UGC Nefrología., Oviedo, Spain
- Red de Investigación Renal REDINREN, Instituto de Salud Carlos III
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Laboratorio de Inmunología Traslacional, Oviedo, Spain
- Red de Investigación Renal REDINREN, Instituto de Salud Carlos III
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Laboratorio de Inmunología Traslacional, Oviedo, Spain
- Red de Investigación Renal REDINREN, Instituto de Salud Carlos III
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Diaz-Bulnes P, Rodriguez RM, Corte V, Banon E, Lazo M, Ramirez MJ, Lopez-Larrea C, Suarez-Alvarez B. P0515BRD4 PROTEIN REGULATES THE RESPONSES TO HYPOXIA TRIGGERED IN THE EXPERIMENAL RENAL DAMAGE. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa143.p0515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background and Aims
Renal hypoxia is not only one of the most common causes of acute kidney injury, but also a critical mediator in the transition to chronic kidney disease. When the kidney is exposed to an insufficient supply of oxygen to meet demand, some adaptive mechanisms are triggered by the cells to maintain homeostasis. Induction of HIF-1α transcription factor and activation of unfolded protein response (UPR) pathway, as consequence of ER dysfunction, are both essential to mediate the cell survival. The UPR pathway is regulated by three major protein sensors (IRE1α, PERK and ATF6) which under ER stress initiate the activation of the XBP1, ATF4 and ATF6 transcription factors, respectively. However, inappropriate activation of these mechanisms could lead to the enhanced transcription of genes involved in key processes in renal damage (inflammation, cell death or autophagy). On the other hand, BRD4 is an epigenetic reader that recognizes acetylated lysine residues on histone and other proteins, and mediates the binding of transcription factors to the transcriptional machinery. Our aim was to investigate whether BRD4-mediated epigenetic mechanisms could modulate the response to hypoxia triggered in acute renal damage.
Method
Tubular epithelial cell line, HK2, was cultured with thapsigargin (Tg) or in hypoxia chamber (1% O2, 5% CO2). In addition, these cells were treated with specific BET proteins inhibitors (JQ1, I-BET762) and with small interfering RNAs (siRNA BRD4, p300), or were subjected to knockdown of ATF4 and XBP1 by CRISPR/cas9 technology. Transcriptional changes were analyzed in each condition by RNA-sequencing. The binding of BRD4 to target genes and recruitment of the transcriptional machinery was analyzed by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) with specific antibodies against BRD4, RNA PolII, AcH3 and AcH4. Effect of JQ1 inhibitor was assayed in an ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) model, and analysis of gene expression, inflammatory cell infiltration, and epigenetic remodeling was carried out by quantitative PCR, IHQ and ChIP assay, respectively.
Results
Treatment of HK2 cells with BETs inhibitors, previously cultured with Tg or under hypoxia conditions, inhibits the gene expression of the GPR78 ER chaperon, and the XBP1 and ATF4 transcription factors modulating the downstream signaling pathways. Meanwhile, ATF6 expression remains unchanged. Gene silencing with siRNA and ChIP assays reveal that under activation of the UPR pathway or hypoxia, BRD4 recognizes acetylated histones in the GPR78, ATF4 and XBP1 promoters, recruits the pTEF-b complex and activates RNA-pol II allowing the gene transcription. Additionally, inhibition of BRD4 impairs the HIF-1α stabilization, downregulating the expression of hypoxia-induced genes. Results from whole-genome gene expression assays after stable knockdown of XBP1 and ATF4 reveal that most (86%) of the UPR genes regulated by BET proteins are dependent of XBP1 and only 32% by ATF4. Moreover, almost all genes regulated by ATF4 are also XBP1-dependent. This result may be due to the fact that ATF4 regulates IRE1α expression and thus modulates the XBP1 mRNA splicing. Administration of JQ1 in an IRI model supports that blockage of BRD4 ameliorates the renal damage (reducing BUN and creatinine levels) due to a decreased UPR activation and expression of HIF-1α target genes. As consequence, the expression of inflammatory genes and the inflammatory cell infiltration is diminished.
Conclusion
Our results show that BRD4 protein regulates two key processes, induction of HIF-1α transcription factor and UPR pathway activation triggered by renal hypoxia. Pharmacological inhibition of BET proteins reduces the activation these pathways, ameliorating renal damage and avoiding its progression.
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- Paula Diaz-Bulnes
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Laboratorio de Inmunología Traslacional, Oviedo, Spain
- Red de Investigación Renal (REDINREN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Laboratorio de Inmunología Traslacional, Oviedo, Spain
- Red de Investigación Renal (REDINREN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Laboratorio de Inmunología Traslacional, Oviedo, Spain
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- Red de Investigación Renal (REDINREN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III
- Fundació Clínic per la Recerca Biomèdica (FCRB), Laboratori Experimental de Nefrologia i Trasplantament (LENIT), Barcelona, Spain
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- Red de Investigación Renal (REDINREN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III
- Fundació Clínic per la Recerca Biomèdica (FCRB), Laboratori Experimental de Nefrologia i Trasplantament (LENIT), Barcelona, Spain
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- Red de Investigación Renal (REDINREN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III
- Fundació Clínic per la Recerca Biomèdica (FCRB), Laboratori Experimental de Nefrologia i Trasplantament (LENIT), Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Laboratorio de Inmunología Traslacional, Oviedo, Spain
- Red de Investigación Renal (REDINREN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Laboratorio de Inmunología Traslacional, Oviedo, Spain
- Red de Investigación Renal (REDINREN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III
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Rodriguez RM, Suarez-Alvarez B, Lavín JL, Ascensión AM, Gonzalez M, Lozano JJ, Raneros AB, Bulnes PD, Vidal-Castiñeira JR, Huidobro C, Martin-Martin C, Sanz AB, Ruiz-Ortega M, Puig-Kröger A, Corbí AL, Araúzo-Bravo MJ, Aransay AM, Lopez-Larrea C. Signal Integration and Transcriptional Regulation of the Inflammatory Response Mediated by the GM-/M-CSF Signaling Axis in Human Monocytes. Cell Rep 2019; 29:860-872.e5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.09.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Revised: 06/27/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Rodriguez RM, Suarez-Alvarez B, Lopez-Larrea C. Therapeutic Epigenetic Reprogramming of Trained Immunity in Myeloid Cells. Trends Immunol 2019; 40:66-80. [PMID: 30595189 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2018.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Infiltrating and tissue-resident myeloid cells are essential regulators of innate and adaptive immunity. During inflammation, and in response to microbial products, these cells can adapt to microenvironmental conditions and acquire specialized functions, including phagocytosis and the production of proinflammatory cytokines. Such myeloid plasticity is driven, in part, by epigenetic dynamics that can sustain stable phenotypes after activation, and which may lead to maladaptive cell polarization states associated with inflammation and autoimmunity. Here, we review recent reports describing epigenetic mechanisms linked to such polarization states and innate immune memory (tolerance and training) in monocyte and macrophage lineages. We discuss how these mechanisms might be targeted to develop putative immunomodulatory tools that might be used to treat a variety of immune-mediated diseases.
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- R M Rodriguez
- Translational Immunology Laboratory, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, 33011 Oviedo, Spain
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- Translational Immunology Laboratory, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, 33011 Oviedo, Spain.
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- Translational Immunology Laboratory, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, 33011 Oviedo, Spain; Immunology Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, 33011 Oviedo, Spain.
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Raneros AB, Minguela A, Rodriguez RM, Colado E, Bernal T, Anguita E, Mogorron AV, Gil AC, Vidal-Castiñeira JR, Márquez-Kisinousky L, Bulnes PD, Marin AM, García Garay MC, Suarez-Alvarez B, Lopez-Larrea C. Correction: Increasing TIMP3 expression by hypomethylating agents diminishes soluble MICA, MICB and ULBP2 shedding in acute myeloid leukemia, facilitating NK cell-mediated immune recognition. Oncotarget 2018; 9:32881. [PMID: 30214691 PMCID: PMC6132351 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.26079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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- Immunology Service, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB), Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Department of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain
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- Immunology Service, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB), Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Department of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Hematology Service, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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Raneros AB, Minguela A, Rodriguez RM, Colado E, Bernal T, Anguita E, Mogorron AV, Gil AC, Vidal-Castiñeira JR, Márquez-Kisinousky L, Bulnes PD, Marin AM, Garay MCG, Suarez-Alvarez B, Lopez-Larrea C. Increasing TIMP3 expression by hypomethylating agents diminishes soluble MICA, MICB and ULBP2 shedding in acute myeloid leukemia, facilitating NK cell-mediated immune recognition. Oncotarget 2018; 8:31959-31976. [PMID: 28404876 PMCID: PMC5458262 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.16657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a disease with great morphological and genetic heterogeneity, which complicates its prognosis and treatment. The hypomethylating agents azacitidine (Vidaza®, AZA) and decitabine (Dacogen®, DAC) have been approved for the treatment of AML patients, but their mechanisms of action are poorly understood. Natural killer (NK) cells play an important role in the recognition of AML blasts through the interaction of the activating NKG2D receptor with its ligands (NKG2DL: MICA/B and ULBPs1-3). However, soluble NKG2DL (sNKG2DL) can be released from the cell surface, impairing immune recognition. Here, we examined whether hypomethylating agents modulate the release of sNKG2DL from AML cells. Results demonstrated that AZA- and DAC-treated AML cells reduce the release of sNKG2DL, preventing downregulation of NKG2D receptor on the cell surface and promoting immune recognition mediated by NKG2D-NKG2DL engagement. We show that the shedding of MICA, MICB and ULBP2 is inhibited by the increased expression of TIMP3, an ADAM17 inhibitor, after DAC treatment. The TIMP3 gene is highly methylated in AML cells lines and in AML patients (25.5%), in which it is significantly associated with an adverse cytogenetic prognosis of the disease. Overall, TIMP3 could be a target of the demethylating treatments in AML patients, leading to a decrease in MICA, MICB and ULBP2 shedding and the enhancement of the lytic activity of NK cells through the immune recognition mediated by the NKG2D receptor.
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- Immunology Service, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB), Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Department of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain
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- Immunology Service, Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB), Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Department of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Hematology Service, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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Suarez-Alvarez B, Rodriguez RM, Ruiz-Ortega M, Lopez-Larrea C. BET Proteins: An Approach to Future Therapies in Transplantation. Am J Transplant 2017; 17:2254-2262. [PMID: 28173625 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.14221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2016] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In order to develop new efficient therapies for organ transplantation, it is essential to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of the molecular mechanisms and processes, such as immune activation, chronic inflammation, and fibrosis, which lead to rejection and long-term graft loss. Recent efforts have shed some light on the epigenetic regulation associated with these processes. In this context, the bromo and extraterminal (BET) family of bromodomain proteins (BRD2, BRD3, BRD4, and BRDT) have emerged as major epigenetic players, connecting chromatin structure with gene expression changes. These proteins recognize acetylated lysines in histones and master transcription factors to recruit regulatory complex and, finally, modify the transcriptional program. Recent studies indicate that BET proteins are essential in the NF-kB-mediated inflammatory response, during the activation and differentiation of Th17-immune cells, and in profibrotic processes. Here, we review this new body of data and highlight the efficiency of BET inhibitors in several models of diseases. The promising results obtained from these preclinical models indicate that it may be time to translate these outcomes to the transplantation field, where epigenetics will be of increasing value in the coming years.
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- B Suarez-Alvarez
- Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Cellular Biology of Renal Disease Laboratory, Nephrology Department, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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Rodriguez RM, Suarez-Alvarez B, Lavín JL, Mosén-Ansorena D, Baragaño Raneros A, Márquez-Kisinousky L, Aransay AM, Lopez-Larrea C. Epigenetic Networks Regulate the Transcriptional Program in Memory and Terminally Differentiated CD8+ T Cells. J Immunol 2016; 198:937-949. [PMID: 27974453 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1601102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 11/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Epigenetic mechanisms play a critical role during differentiation of T cells by contributing to the formation of stable and heritable transcriptional patterns. To better understand the mechanisms of memory maintenance in CD8+ T cells, we performed genome-wide analysis of DNA methylation, histone marking (acetylated lysine 9 in histone H3 and trimethylated lysine 9 in histone), and gene-expression profiles in naive, effector memory (EM), and terminally differentiated EM (TEMRA) cells. Our results indicate that DNA demethylation and histone acetylation are coordinated to generate the transcriptional program associated with memory cells. Conversely, EM and TEMRA cells share a very similar epigenetic landscape. Nonetheless, the TEMRA transcriptional program predicts an innate immunity phenotype associated with genes never reported in these cells, including several mediators of NK cell activation (VAV3 and LYN) and a large array of NK receptors (e.g., KIR2DL3, KIR2DL4, KIR2DL1, KIR3DL1, KIR2DS5). In addition, we identified up to 161 genes that encode transcriptional regulators, some of unknown function in CD8+ T cells, and that were differentially expressed in the course of differentiation. Overall, these results provide new insights into the regulatory networks involved in memory CD8+ T cell maintenance and T cell terminal differentiation.
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- Ramon M Rodriguez
- Department of Immunology, Central University Hospital of Asturias, 33011 Oviedo, Spain
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- Genome Analysis Platform, CIC bioGUNE and CIBERehd, Technological Park of Bizkaia, 48160 Derio, Spain
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- Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215; and
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- Department of Immunology, Central University Hospital of Asturias, 33011 Oviedo, Spain
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- Genome Analysis Platform, CIC bioGUNE and CIBERehd, Technological Park of Bizkaia, 48160 Derio, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Central University Hospital of Asturias, 33011 Oviedo, Spain; .,Fundación Renal Íñigo Álvarez de Toledo, 28003 Madrid, Spain
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Suarez-Alvarez B, Morgado-Pascual JL, Rayego-Mateos S, Rodriguez RM, Rodrigues-Diez R, Cannata-Ortiz P, Sanz AB, Egido J, Tharaux PL, Ortiz A, Lopez-Larrea C, Ruiz-Ortega M. Inhibition of Bromodomain and Extraterminal Domain Family Proteins Ameliorates Experimental Renal Damage. J Am Soc Nephrol 2016; 28:504-519. [PMID: 27436852 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2015080910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Renal inflammation has a key role in the onset and progression of immune- and nonimmune-mediated renal diseases. Therefore, the search for novel anti-inflammatory pharmacologic targets is of great interest in renal pathology. JQ1, a small molecule inhibitor of bromodomain and extraterminal (BET) proteins, was previously found to preserve renal function in experimental polycystic kidney disease. We report here that JQ1-induced BET inhibition modulated the in vitro expression of genes involved in several biologic processes, including inflammation and immune responses. Gene silencing of BRD4, an important BET protein, and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays showed that JQ1 alters the direct association of BRD4 with acetylated histone-packaged promoters and reduces the transcription of proinflammatory genes (IL-6, CCL-2, and CCL-5). In vivo, JQ1 abrogated experimental renal inflammation in murine models of unilateral ureteral obstruction, antimembrane basal GN, and infusion of Angiotensin II. Notably, JQ1 downregulated the expression of several genes controlled by the NF-κB pathway, a key inflammatory signaling pathway. The RelA NF-κB subunit is activated by acetylation of lysine 310. In damaged kidneys and cytokine-stimulated renal cells, JQ1 reduced the nuclear levels of RelA NF-κB. Additionally, JQ1 dampened the activation of the Th17 immune response in experimental renal damage. Our results show that inhibition of BET proteins reduces renal inflammation by several mechanisms: chromatin remodeling in promoter regions of specific genes, blockade of NF-κB pathway activation, and modulation of the Th17 immune response. These results suggest that inhibitors of BET proteins could have important therapeutic applications in inflammatory renal diseases.
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- Immunology Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, REDINREN, Oviedo, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Universitario La Paz (IdiPAZ), Madrid, REDINREN, Madrid, Spain
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- Dialysis Unit, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IIS) Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Nephrology Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma Madrid, Renal Research Retics (REDINREN), Madrid, Spain
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- IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma Madrid, Madrid, Spain; and
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- Paris Cardiovascular Research Centre (PARCC), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Paris, France
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- Dialysis Unit, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IIS) Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Nephrology Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma Madrid, Renal Research Retics (REDINREN), Madrid, Spain
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- Immunology Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, REDINREN, Oviedo, Spain
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- Cellular Biology in Renal Diseases Laboratory, Nephrology Department and
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Vidal-Castiñeira JR, López-Vázquez A, Diaz-Peña R, Diaz-Bulnes P, Martinez-Camblor P, Coto E, Coto-Segura P, Bruges-Armas J, Pinto JA, Blanco FJ, Sánchez A, Mulero J, Queiro R, Lopez-Larrea C. A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Il17ra Promoter Is Associated with Functional Severity of Ankylosing Spondylitis. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0158905. [PMID: 27415816 PMCID: PMC4945092 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2016] [Accepted: 06/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify new genetic variants associated with the severity of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). We sequenced the exome of eight patients diagnosed with AS, selected on the basis of the severity of their clinical parameters. We identified 27 variants in exons and regulatory regions. The contribution of candidate variants found to AS severity was validated by genotyping two Spanish cohorts consisting of 180 cases/300 controls and 419 cases/656 controls. Relationships of SNPs and clinical variables with the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity and Functional Indices BASDAI and BASFI were analyzed. BASFI was standardized by adjusting for the duration of the disease since the appearance of the first symptoms. Refining the analysis of SNPs in the two cohorts, we found that the rs4819554 minor allele G in the promoter of the IL17RA gene was associated with AS (p<0.005). This variant was also associated with the BASFI score. Classifying AS patients by the severity of their functional status with respect to BASFI/disease duration of the 60th, 65th, 70th and 75th percentiles, we found the association increased from p60 to p75 (cohort 1: p<0.05 to p<0.01; cohort 2: p<0.01 to p<0.005). Our findings indicate a genetic role for the IL17/ILRA axis in the development of severe forms of AS.
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- Immunology Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Talca, Chile
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- Immunology Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Statistics, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile
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- Molecular Genetics Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Dermatology II Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Service, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas, Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain
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- Rheumatology Service, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas, Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain
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- Rheumatology Service, Puerta del Hierro University Hospital, Majadahonda, Madrid
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- Rheumatology Service, Puerta del Hierro University Hospital, Majadahonda, Madrid
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- Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Immunology Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
- Fundación Renal Iñigo Álvarez de Toledo, Madrid, Spain
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Rayego-Mateos S, Morgado-Pascual JL, Suarez-Alvarez BSA, Orejudo M, Rodrigues-Díez RR, Marquez-Exposito L, Egido J, Ortiz A, Lopez-Larrea C, Ruiz-Ortega M. SP048THE BET BROMODOMAIN INHIBITOR JQ1 DIMINISHED RENAL FIBROSIS. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfw157.09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Morgado JL, Suarez-Alvarez B, Rayego-Mateos S, Rodriguez RM, Sanz AB, Egido J, Ortiz A, Lopez-Larrea C, Ruiz-Ortega M. SP040BET BROMODOMAIN INHIBITION AMELIORATES EXPERIMENTAL INFLAMMATION IN THE KIDNEY. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfw157.01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rodriguez RM, Lopez-Larrea C, Suarez-Alvarez B. Epigenetic dynamics during CD4+ T cells lineage commitment. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2015; 67:75-85. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2015.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Revised: 04/27/2015] [Accepted: 04/29/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Acebes-Huerta A, Lorenzo-Herrero S, Folgueras AR, Huergo-Zapico L, Lopez-Larrea C, López-Soto A, Gonzalez S. Drug-induced hyperploidy stimulates an antitumor NK cell response mediated by NKG2D and DNAM-1 receptors. Oncoimmunology 2015; 5:e1074378. [PMID: 27057443 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2015.1074378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/15/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Formation of polyploid or aneuploid cells is a pathological hallmark of malignant tumors. Cell cycle checkpoint mechanisms play a crucial role in ensuring genomic integrity during mitosis, avoiding the generation of aneuploid cells. Additionally, cancer cell DNA ploidy is subjected to extrinsic controls operated by activation of adaptive immune responses mediated by T cells. NK cells exert a central role in the innate anticancer immunity; however, the mechanisms involved in the recognition of tumor cells by NK cells have not been fully elucidated. Herein, we report that drug-induced polyploidy in cancer cells activates antitumor responses mediated by NK cells. Thus, hyperploidy-inducing chemotherapeutic agents strongly upregulate the tumor expression of ligands for the NK cell activating receptors NKG2D and DNAM-1. Drug-induced hyperploidy modulated the repertoire of activating receptors and the cytokine profile of NK cells, rendering tumor cells more susceptible to NK cell-mediated lysis through the activation of NKG2D and DNAM-1 receptors. In addition, hyperploidization stimulated the production of IL-2 by CD4 T cells, which induced NK cell proliferation and activity. The stimulation of MICA, a key NKG2D ligand, in hyperploid cells was mainly mediated by ATM protein kinase. Likewise, pharmacological inhibition of key regulators of endoplasmic reticulum stress in certain cell models supports a role for this pathway in NKG2D ligand upregulation. Overall, our findings indicate that, besides the cytotoxic effect on tumor cells, the therapeutic activity of anti-mitotic drugs may be mediated by the induction of a coordinated antitumor immune response involving NK and T cells.
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- Andrea Acebes-Huerta
- Departamento de Biología Funcional, Inmunología, IUOPA, Universidad de Oviedo , Oviedo, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Funcional, Inmunología, IUOPA, Universidad de Oviedo , Oviedo, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, IUOPA, Universidad de Oviedo , Oviedo, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Funcional, Inmunología, IUOPA, Universidad de Oviedo , Oviedo, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Funcional, Inmunología, IUOPA, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Departamento de Inmunología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain; Fundación Renal Iñigo Álvarez de Toledo, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Funcional, Inmunología, IUOPA, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Departamento de Inmunología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Funcional, Inmunología, IUOPA, Universidad de Oviedo , Oviedo, Spain
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Robinson PC, Costello ME, Leo P, Bradbury LA, Hollis K, Cortes A, Lee S, Joo KB, Shim SC, Weisman M, Ward M, Zhou X, Garchon HJ, Chiocchia G, Nossent J, Lie BA, Førre Ø, Tuomilehto J, Laiho K, Jiang L, Liu Y, Wu X, Elewaut D, Burgos-Vargas R, Gensler LS, Stebbings S, Haroon N, Mulero J, Fernandez-Sueiro JL, Gonzalez-Gay MA, Lopez-Larrea C, Bowness P, Gafney K, Gaston JSH, Gladman DD, Rahman P, Maksymowych WP, Xu H, van der Horst-Bruinsma IE, Chou CT, Valle-Oñate R, Romero-Sánchez MC, Hansen IM, Pimentel-Santos FM, Inman RD, Martin J, Breban M, Evans D, Reveille JD, Kim TH, Wordsworth BP, Brown MA. ERAP2 is associated with ankylosing spondylitis in HLA-B27-positive and HLA-B27-negative patients. Ann Rheum Dis 2015; 74:1627-9. [PMID: 25917849 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Accepted: 04/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Philip C Robinson
- Centre for Neurogenetics and Statistical Genomics, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- INSERM U1173, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, France Genetics Division, Ambroise Paré Hospital (AP-HP), Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1173, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, France
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- School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Western Australia, Perth, Australia Department of Rheumatology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Vascular Prevention, Danube-University Krems, Krems, Austria. Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medicine, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital General de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, México
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- Department of Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Division of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
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- Rheumatology Department, Complejo Hospitalario La Coruña, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC), La Coruña, Spain
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital Marqués de Valcecilla, Instituto de Formación e Investigación Marqués de Valcecillas (IFIMAV), Santander, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Asturias Central University Hospital, Oviedo, Spain Fundación Renal Iñigo Alvarez de Toledo, Madrid, Spain
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- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Rheumatology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Psoriatic Arthritis Program, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology, Rheumatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. School of Medicine, National Yang- Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- SpA Group Hospital Militar, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Chronic Diseases Research Centre (CEDOC), Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Division of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain
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- INSERM U1173, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, France Division of Rheumatology, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, UK School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Rodriguez RM, Suarez-Alvarez B, Mosén-Ansorena D, García-Peydró M, Fuentes P, García-León MJ, Gonzalez-Lahera A, Macias-Camara N, Toribio ML, Aransay AM, Lopez-Larrea C. Regulation of the transcriptional program by DNA methylation during human αβ T-cell development. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 43:760-74. [PMID: 25539926 PMCID: PMC4333391 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Thymocyte differentiation is a complex process involving well-defined sequential developmental stages that ultimately result in the generation of mature T-cells. In this study, we analyzed DNA methylation and gene expression profiles at successive human thymus developmental stages. Gain and loss of methylation occurred during thymocyte differentiation, but DNA demethylation was much more frequent than de novo methylation and more strongly correlated with gene expression. These changes took place in CpG-poor regions and were closely associated with T-cell differentiation and TCR function. Up to 88 genes that encode transcriptional regulators, some of whose functions in T-cell development are as yet unknown, were differentially methylated during differentiation. Interestingly, no reversion of accumulated DNA methylation changes was observed as differentiation progressed, except in a very small subset of key genes (RAG1, RAG2, CD8A, PTCRA, etc.), indicating that methylation changes are mostly unique and irreversible events. Our study explores the contribution of DNA methylation to T-cell lymphopoiesis and provides a fine-scale map of differentially methylated regions associated with gene expression changes. These can lay the molecular foundations for a better interpretation of the regulatory networks driving human thymopoiesis.
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- Ramon M Rodriguez
- Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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- Cellular Biology in Renal Diseases Laboratory, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Genome Analysis Platform, CIC bioGUNE & CIBERehd, Technological Park of Bizkaia - Building 801A, 48160 Derio, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa', Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa', Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa', Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Genome Analysis Platform, CIC bioGUNE & CIBERehd, Technological Park of Bizkaia - Building 801A, 48160 Derio, Spain
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- Genome Analysis Platform, CIC bioGUNE & CIBERehd, Technological Park of Bizkaia - Building 801A, 48160 Derio, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa', Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Genome Analysis Platform, CIC bioGUNE & CIBERehd, Technological Park of Bizkaia - Building 801A, 48160 Derio, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, 33006 Oviedo, Spain Fundación Renal 'Íñigo Álvarez de Toledo', 28003 Madrid, Spain
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Berthelot L, Robert T, Tabary T, Vuiblet V, Drame M, Toupance O, Rieu P, Monteiro RC, Toure F, Ferrario S, Cantaluppi V, De Lena M, Dellepiane S, Beltramo S, Rossetti M, Manzione AM, Messina M, Gai M, Dolla C, Biancone L, Camussi G, Pontrelli P, Oranger AR, Accetturo M, Rascio F, Gigante M, Castellano G, Schena A, Fiorentino M, Zito A, Zaza G, Stallone G, Gesualdo L, Grandaliano G, Pattonieri EF, Gregorini M, Corradetti V, Rocca C, Milanesi S, Peloso A, Ferrario J, Cannone M, Bosio F, Maggi N, Avanzini MA, Minutillo P, Paulli M, Maestri M, Rampino T, Dal Canton A, Wu KST, Coxall O, Luque Y, Candon S, Rabant M, Noel LH, Thervet E, Chatenoud L, Snanoudj R, Anglicheau D, Legendre C, Zuber J, Hruba P, Brabcova I, Krepsova E, Slatinska J, Sekerkova A, Striz I, Zachoval R, Viklicky O, Scholbach TM, Wang HK, Loong CC, Yang AH, Wu TH, Hruba P, Brabcova I, Krepsova E, Slatinska J, Sekerkova A, Striz I, Zachoval R, Viklicky O, Guberina H, Rebmann V, Dziallas P, Dolff S, Wohlschlaeger J, Heinemann FM, Witzke O, Zoet YM, Claas FHJ, Horn PA, Kribben A, Doxiadis IIN, Prasad N, Yadav B, Agarwal V, Jaiswal A, Rai M, Hope CM, Coates PT, Heeger PS, Carroll R, Zaza G, Masola V, Secchi MF, Onisto M, Gambaro G, Lupo A, Matsuyama M, Kobayashi T, Yoneda Y, Chargui J, Touraine JL, Yoshimura R, Vizza D, Perri A, Lupinacci S, Toteda G, Lofaro D, Leone F, Gigliotti P, La Russa A, Papalia T, Bonofilgio R, Sentis Fuster A, Kers J, Yapici U, Claessen N, Bemelman FJ, Ten Berge IJM, Florquin S, Glotz D, Rostaing L, Squifflet JP, Merville P, Belmokhtar C, Le Ny G, Lebranchu Y, Papazova DA, Friederich-Persson M, Koeners MP, Joles JA, Verhaar MC, Trivedi HL, Vanikar AV, Dave SD, Suarez Alvarez B, Garcia Melendreras S, Carvajal Palao R, Diaz Corte C, Ruiz Ortega M, Lopez-Larrea C, Yadav AK, Bansal D, Kumar V, Kumar V, Minz M, Jha V, Kaminska D, Koscielska-Kasprzak K, Chudoba P, Mazanowska O, Banasik M, Zabinska M, Boratynska M, Lepiesza A, Korta K, Klinger M, Csohany R, Prokai A, Pap D, Balicza-Himer N, Vannay A, Fekete A, Kis-Petik K, Peti-Peterdi J, Szabo A, Masajtis-Zagajewska A, Muras K, Niewodniczy M, Nowicki M, Pascual J, Srinivas TR, Chadban S, Citterio F, Henry M, Legendre C, Oppenheimer F, Lee PC, Tedesco-Silva H, Zeier M, Watarai Y, Dong G, Hexham M, Bernhardt P, Vincenti F, Rocchetti MT, Pontrelli P, Rascio F, Fiorentino M, Zito A, Stallone G, Gesualdo L, Grandaliano G, Su owicz J, Wojas-Pelc A, Ignacak E, Janda K, Krzanowski M, Su owicz W, Dellepiane S, Cantaluppi V, Mitsuhashi M, Murakami T, Benso A, Biancone L, Camussi G, Scholbach TM, Wang HK, Loong CC, Wu TH, Leuning D, Reinders M, Lievers E, Duijs J, Van Zonneveld AJ, Van Kooten C, Engelse M, Rabelink T, Assounga A, Omarjee S, Ngema Z, Ersoy A, Gultepe A, Isiktas Sayilar E, Akalin H, Coskun F, Oner Torlak M, Ayar Y, Riegersperger M, Plischke M, Steinhauser C, Jallitsch-Halper A, Sengoelge G, Winkelmayer WC, Sunder-Plassmann G, Foedinger M, Kaziuk M, Kuz'Niewski M, Ignacak E, B Tkowska- Prokop A, Pa Ka K, Dumnicka P, Kolber W, Su Owicz W. TRANSPLANTATION BASIC SCIENCE, ALLOGENIC AND XENOGENIC TOLERANCE. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Rodriguez RM, Suarez-Alvarez B, Salvanés R, Huidobro C, Toraño EG, Garcia-Perez JL, Lopez-Larrea C, Fernandez AF, Bueno C, Menendez P, Fraga MF. Role of BRD4 in hematopoietic differentiation of embryonic stem cells. Epigenetics 2014; 9:566-78. [PMID: 24445267 DOI: 10.4161/epi.27711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The bromodomain and extra terminal (BET) protein family member BRD4 is a transcriptional regulator, critical for cell cycle progression and cellular viability. Here, we show that BRD4 plays an important role in embryonic stem cell (ESC) regulation. During differentiation of ESCs, BRD4 expression is upregulated and its gene promoter becomes demethylated. Disruption of BRD4 expression in ESCs did not induce spontaneous differentiation but severely diminished hematoendothelial potential. Although BRD4 regulates c-Myc expression, our data show that the role of BRD4 in hematopoietic commitment is not exclusively mediated by c-Myc. Our results indicate that BRD4 is epigenetically regulated during hematopoietic differentiation ESCs in the context of a still unknown signaling pathway.
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- Ramon M Rodriguez
- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory; Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA); HUCA; Universidad de Oviedo; Oviedo, Spain; Department of Immunology; Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias; Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Immunology; Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias; Oviedo, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory; Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA); HUCA; Universidad de Oviedo; Oviedo, Spain; MRC Human Genetics Unit; Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine; University of Edinburgh; Western General Hospital; Edinburgh, UK
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory; Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA); HUCA; Universidad de Oviedo; Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Human DNA Variability; Pfizer-University of Granada and Andalusian Government Center for Genomics and Oncology (GENYO); Granada, Spain
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- Department of Immunology; Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias; Oviedo, Spain; Fundacion Renal "Íñigo Álvarez de Toledo"; Madrid, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory; Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA); HUCA; Universidad de Oviedo; Oviedo, Spain
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- Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute; Barcelona, Spain; Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO); Pfizer/University of Granada/Andalusian Government; Granada, Spain
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- Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute; Barcelona, Spain; Instituciò Catalana de Reserca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA); Barcelona, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory; Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA); HUCA; Universidad de Oviedo; Oviedo, Spain; Department of Immunology and Oncology; Centro Nacional de Biotecnología/CNB-CSIC; Cantoblanco; Madrid, Spain
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Rodriguez RM, Suarez-Alvarez B, Salvanés R, Muro M, Martínez-Camblor P, Colado E, Sánchez MA, Díaz MG, Fernandez AF, Fraga MF, Lopez-Larrea C. DNA methylation dynamics in blood after hematopoietic cell transplant. PLoS One 2013; 8:e56931. [PMID: 23451113 PMCID: PMC3579934 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Accepted: 01/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Epigenetic deregulation is considered a common hallmark of cancer. Nevertheless, recent publications have demonstrated its association with a large array of human diseases. Here, we explore the DNA methylation dynamics in blood samples during hematopoietic cell transplant and how they are affected by pathophysiological events during transplant evolution. We analyzed global DNA methylation in a cohort of 47 patients with allogenic transplant up to 12 months post-transplant. Recipients stably maintained the donor’s global methylation levels after transplant. Nonetheless, global methylation is affected by chimerism status. Methylation analysis of promoters revealed that methylation in more than 200 genes is altered 1 month post-transplant when compared with non-pathological methylation levels in the donor. This number decreased by 6 months post-transplant. Finally, we analyzed methylation in IFN-γ, FASL, IL-10, and PRF1 and found association with the severity of the acute graft-versus-host disease. Our results provide strong evidence that methylation changes in blood are linked to underlying physiological events and demonstrate that DNA methylation analysis is a viable strategy for the study of transplantation and for development of biomarkers.
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- Ramon M. Rodriguez
- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA), HUCA, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Servicio de Hematología y Hemoterapia, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Servicio de Hematología y Hemoterapia, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA), HUCA, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA), HUCA, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
- Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologıa/CNB-CSIC, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
- * E-mail: (MFF); (CLL)
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- Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
- Fundación Renal “Iñigo Álvarez de Toledo”, Madrid, Spain
- * E-mail: (MFF); (CLL)
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Huergo-Zapico L, Gonzalez-Rodriguez AP, Contesti J, Gonzalez E, López-Soto A, Fernandez-Guizan A, Acebes-Huerta A, de los Toyos JR, Lopez-Larrea C, Groh V, Spies T, Gonzalez S. Expression of ERp5 and GRP78 on the membrane of chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells: association with soluble MICA shedding. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2012; 61:1201-10. [PMID: 22215138 PMCID: PMC11029067 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-011-1195-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2011] [Accepted: 12/20/2011] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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MICA is a ligand of the activating receptor NKG2D, expressed by NK and T cells. MICA expression is induced in cancer cells favoring their elimination by the immune system; however, many advanced tumors shed soluble MICA (sMICA), which impairs NKG2D-mediated cytotoxicity. ERp5 and GRP78 are endoplasmic reticulum-resident proteins that are translocated to the surface of epithelial tumor cells where they interact with MICA and are involved in sMICA shedding. In this study, we analyze the role of ERp5 and GRP78 in sMICA shedding in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Immunofluorescence and flow cytometry analyses showed that ERp5 and GRP78 were significantly expressed on the surface of B cells and leukemia cells, but they were not expressed on T cells. The expression of ERp5 and GRP78 was significantly higher in leukemia cells than in B cells from controls. ERp5 and GRP78 co-localized with MICA on the surface of leukemia cells and the levels of expression of ERp5 and GRP78 correlated with the level of expression of membrane-bound MICA in CLL patients. Associated with higher expression of membrane-bound ERp5 and GRP78, serum sMICA levels were approximately threefold higher in patients than in controls. Elevated sMICA levels in CLL patients were associated with the down-modulation of NKG2D surface expression on CD8 T cells. Finally, pharmacological inhibition of B cell lines and stimulated leukemia cells showed that ERp5 activity is involved in sMICA shedding in CLL. In conclusion, these results uncover a molecular mechanism which regulates MICA protein shedding and immune evasion in CLL.
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- Leticia Huergo-Zapico
- Functional Biology Department. Instituto Universitario Oncologico del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA), Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Hematology Department, Hospital Cabueñes, Gijón, Spain
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- Functional Biology Department. Instituto Universitario Oncologico del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA), Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Functional Biology Department. Instituto Universitario Oncologico del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA), Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Functional Biology Department. Instituto Universitario Oncologico del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA), Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Functional Biology Department. Instituto Universitario Oncologico del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA), Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Clinical Research Division, Seattle, WA USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Clinical Research Division, Seattle, WA USA
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- Functional Biology Department. Instituto Universitario Oncologico del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA), Universidad de Oviedo, 4 ª planta, despacho D02, Julián Clavería sn, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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Calvanese V, Fernández AF, Urdinguio RG, Suárez-Alvarez B, Mangas C, Pérez-García V, Bueno C, Montes R, Ramos-Mejía V, Martínez-Camblor P, Ferrero C, Assenov Y, Bock C, Menendez P, Carrera AC, Lopez-Larrea C, Fraga MF. A promoter DNA demethylation landscape of human hematopoietic differentiation. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 40:116-31. [PMID: 21911366 PMCID: PMC3245917 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Global mechanisms defining the gene expression programs specific for hematopoiesis are still not fully understood. Here, we show that promoter DNA demethylation is associated with the activation of hematopoietic-specific genes. Using genome-wide promoter methylation arrays, we identified 694 hematopoietic-specific genes repressed by promoter DNA methylation in human embryonic stem cells and whose loss of methylation in hematopoietic can be associated with gene expression. The association between promoter methylation and gene expression was studied for many hematopoietic-specific genes including CD45, CD34, CD28, CD19, the T cell receptor (TCR), the MHC class II gene HLA-DR, perforin 1 and the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and results indicated that DNA demethylation was not always sufficient for gene activation. Promoter demethylation occurred either early during embryonic development or later on during hematopoietic differentiation. Analysis of the genome-wide promoter methylation status of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) generated from somatic CD34+ HSPCs and differentiated derivatives from CD34+ HSPCs confirmed the role of DNA methylation in regulating the expression of genes of the hemato-immune system, and indicated that promoter methylation of these genes may be associated to stemness. Together, these data suggest that promoter DNA demethylation might play a role in the tissue/cell-specific genome-wide gene regulation within the hematopoietic compartment.
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- Vincenzo Calvanese
- Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia (CNB-CSIC), Darwin 3, Cantoblanco, Madrid E-28049, Spain
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Evans DM, Spencer CCA, Pointon JJ, Su Z, Harvey D, Kochan G, Oppermann U, Opperman U, Dilthey A, Pirinen M, Stone MA, Appleton L, Moutsianas L, Moutsianis L, Leslie S, Wordsworth T, Kenna TJ, Karaderi T, Thomas GP, Ward MM, Weisman MH, Farrar C, Bradbury LA, Danoy P, Inman RD, Maksymowych W, Gladman D, Rahman P, Morgan A, Marzo-Ortega H, Bowness P, Gaffney K, Gaston JSH, Smith M, Bruges-Armas J, Couto AR, Sorrentino R, Paladini F, Ferreira MA, Xu H, Liu Y, Jiang L, Lopez-Larrea C, Díaz-Peña R, López-Vázquez A, Zayats T, Band G, Bellenguez C, Blackburn H, Blackwell JM, Bramon E, Bumpstead SJ, Casas JP, Corvin A, Craddock N, Deloukas P, Dronov S, Duncanson A, Edkins S, Freeman C, Gillman M, Gray E, Gwilliam R, Hammond N, Hunt SE, Jankowski J, Jayakumar A, Langford C, Liddle J, Markus HS, Mathew CG, McCann OT, McCarthy MI, Palmer CNA, Peltonen L, Plomin R, Potter SC, Rautanen A, Ravindrarajah R, Ricketts M, Samani N, Sawcer SJ, Strange A, Trembath RC, Viswanathan AC, Waller M, Weston P, Whittaker P, Widaa S, Wood NW, McVean G, Reveille JD, Wordsworth BP, Brown MA, Donnelly P. Interaction between ERAP1 and HLA-B27 in ankylosing spondylitis implicates peptide handling in the mechanism for HLA-B27 in disease susceptibility. Nat Genet 2011; 43:761-7. [PMID: 21743469 PMCID: PMC3640413 DOI: 10.1038/ng.873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 648] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2011] [Accepted: 06/03/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Ankylosing spondylitis is a common form of inflammatory arthritis predominantly affecting the spine and pelvis that occurs in approximately 5 out of 1,000 adults of European descent. Here we report the identification of three variants in the RUNX3, LTBR-TNFRSF1A and IL12B regions convincingly associated with ankylosing spondylitis (P < 5 × 10(-8) in the combined discovery and replication datasets) and a further four loci at PTGER4, TBKBP1, ANTXR2 and CARD9 that show strong association across all our datasets (P < 5 × 10(-6) overall, with support in each of the three datasets studied). We also show that polymorphisms of ERAP1, which encodes an endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase involved in peptide trimming before HLA class I presentation, only affect ankylosing spondylitis risk in HLA-B27-positive individuals. These findings provide strong evidence that HLA-B27 operates in ankylosing spondylitis through a mechanism involving aberrant processing of antigenic peptides.
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- David M Evans
- Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Moreno JA, Izquierdo MC, Sanchez-Niño MD, Suárez-Alvarez B, Lopez-Larrea C, Jakubowski A, Blanco J, Ramirez R, Selgas R, Ruiz-Ortega M, Egido J, Ortiz A, Sanz AB. The inflammatory cytokines TWEAK and TNFα reduce renal klotho expression through NFκB. J Am Soc Nephrol 2011; 22:1315-25. [PMID: 21719790 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2010101073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 295] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Proinflammatory cytokines contribute to renal injury, but the downstream effectors within kidney cells are not well understood. One candidate effector is Klotho, a protein expressed by renal cells that has antiaging properties; Klotho-deficient mice have an accelerated aging-like phenotype, including vascular injury and renal injury. Whether proinflammatory cytokines, such as TNF and TNF-like weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK), modulate Klotho is unknown. In mice, exogenous administration of TWEAK decreased expression of Klotho in the kidney. In the setting of acute kidney injury induced by folic acid, the blockade or absence of TWEAK abrogated the injury-related decrease in renal and plasma Klotho levels. TWEAK, TNFα, and siRNA-mediated knockdown of IκBα all activated NFκB and reduced Klotho expression in the MCT tubular cell line. Furthermore, inhibition of NFκB with parthenolide prevented TWEAK- or TNFα-induced downregulation of Klotho. Inhibition of histone deacetylase reversed TWEAK-induced downregulation of Klotho, and chromatin immunoprecipitation showed that TWEAK promotes RelA binding to the Klotho promoter, inducing its deacetylation. In conclusion, inflammatory cytokines, such as TWEAK and TNFα, downregulate Klotho expression through an NFκB-dependent mechanism. These results may partially explain the relationship between inflammation and diseases characterized by accelerated aging of organs, including CKD.
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- Juan A Moreno
- IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Fundación Renal Iñigo Alvarez de Toledo, Madrid, Spain
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Gonzalez S, González-Rodríguez AP, Suárez-Álvarez B, López-Soto A, Huergo-Zapico L, Lopez-Larrea C. Conceptual aspects of self and nonself discrimination. Self Nonself 2011; 2:19-25. [PMID: 21776331 DOI: 10.4161/self.2.1.15094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2011] [Accepted: 02/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Due to the variety and complexity of microorganisms, the mechanisms needed for pathogen recognition are diverse. Innate immune recognition is mainly based on a series of germ-line encoded receptors that have been selected by evolution to recognize nonself molecules present in microorganisms. Innate immunity also recognizes changes in our cells caused by infection, such as the lack or induction of self molecules. Adaptative immunity somatically generates large repertories of receptors which collectively recognize any nonself antigen. These receptors are randomly generated, and the adaptative immune system has to learn how to eliminate or inactivate cells with high avidity receptors for self molecules. Given the enormous variety of microbe structures and immune receptors, the difference between self and nonself is not absolute; it depends on the threshold of activation. In genetically diverse populations, individuals who have this activation threshold too far from the average may suffer an autoimmune reaction. Accumulation of mutations in cancer cells generates neoantigens that may be also recognized as nonself molecules, but the extent of self and nonself discrimination limits immune responsiveness to them. Surprisingly, most of the molecules expressed by cancer cells recognized by the immune system are non mutated self molecules.
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- Segundo Gonzalez
- Functional Biology Department; Instituto Universitario Oncologico del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA); Universidad de Oviedo; Oviedo, Spain
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Blanco-Gelaz MA, Suarez-Alvarez B, Ligero G, Sanchez L, Vidal-Castiñeira JR, Coto E, Moore H, Menendez P, Lopez-Larrea C. Endoplasmic reticulum stress signals in defined human embryonic stem cell lines and culture conditions. Stem Cell Rev Rep 2010; 6:462-72. [PMID: 20352530 DOI: 10.1007/s12015-010-9135-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) are especially resistant to several cellular stresses, but the existence and induction of Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) stress by culture conditions are unknown. Using qPCR, here, we investigated the behavior of the principal sensors of ER stress and their relation with the feeder layer, the type of conditioned media used in feeder free systems and the upregulation of several differentiation markers. We observed the preservation of pluripotency, and detected differential expression of differentiation markers in HS181 and SHEF1 hESCs growing on Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ASCs) and feeder-free system with different conditioned media (HEF-CM and ASC-CM). Taken together, these results demonstrate evidence of ER stress events that cells must resolve to survive and maintenance of markers of pluripotency. The early differentiation status defined could progress into a more differentiated state, and may be influenced by culture conditions.
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- Miguel Angel Blanco-Gelaz
- Histocompatibility and Transplantation Unit, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, 33006, Oviedo, Spain
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Fernandez-Morera JL, Rodriguez-Rodero S, Tunon A, Martinez-Borra J, Vidal-Castineira JR, Lopez-Vazquez A, Rodrigo L, Rodrigo P, González S, Lahoz CH, Lopez-Larrea C. Genetic influence of the nonclassical major histocompatibility complex class I molecule MICB in multiple sclerosis susceptibility. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 72:54-9. [PMID: 18588574 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2008.01066.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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It has been widely reported that the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II region provides the main genetic contribution to multiple sclerosis (MS) susceptibility. However, recent studies have suggested that the MHC class I region may also contribute to the development of MS. In this study, we investigated the possible association of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B, MHC class I chain-related gene B (MICB) and MHC class I chain-related gene A (MICA) genes, located in the MHC class I region, with MS susceptibility. For this purpose, we analyzed the distribution of HLA-DR, HLA-B, MICB and MICA alleles in 121 MS patients and 156 healthy controls. Neither HLA-B nor MICA alleles were found to be associated with MS susceptibility, and only the frequency of HLA-DRB1*01 allele was found to be increased in controls (31% vs 14%, P(c) = 0.011). However, MICB*004 allele frequency was significantly increased in MS patients (46.3% vs 23.3%, P(c) < 0.001, odds ratio = 2.82, 95% confidence interval = 1.68-4.73). Although, MICB*004 and HLA-DRB1*15 belong to the AH 7.1 ancestral haplotype, the association of MICB*004 to MS susceptibility was found to be independent of HLA-DRB1*15 in our population. This and previous studies clearly suggest that the MHC class I, in addition to class II, could be involved in MS susceptibility.
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- J L Fernandez-Morera
- Histocompatibility and Transplant Unit, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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Quiñones-Lombraña A, Lopez-Soto A, Ballina-Garcia FJ, Alperi-López M, Queiro-Silva R, Lopez-Vazquez A, Lopez-Larrea C, Gonzalez S. BAT1 promoter polymorphism is associated with rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility. J Rheumatol 2008; 35:741-744. [PMID: 18381799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze whether the polymorphisms -22 (G/C) and -348 (C/T) of the BAT1 gene are associated with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS One hundred fifty-six patients with RA and 154 controls were genotyped for HLA-DRB1 and the polymorphisms -22 and -348 of the BAT1 gene. RESULTS HLA-DRB1*04 alleles were associated with RA susceptibility (33.9% vs 20.1%; pc = 0.04). Among these, HLA-DRB1*0401 (13.4% vs 5.1%; pc = 0.04) and HLA-DRB1*0404 (5.7% vs 1.2%; pc = 0.2) were increased in patients with RA. Additionally, carriage of BAT1 -348T polymorphism was strongly associated with RA (23.7% vs 12.1%; pc = 0.0002). Significantly, BAT1 -348T was in linkage disequilibrium with HLA-DRB1*0404 and HLA-DRB1*0405. However, BAT1 -348 T was associated independently with HLA-DRB1 shared-epitope alleles (42.6% vs 18.9%; p = 0.001). CONCLUSION The BAT1 -348T polymorphism is associated with RA susceptibility independently of HLA-DRB1. The role of BAT1 in the regulation of tumor necrosis factor-a suggests that BAT1 may regulate the inflammatory response observed in patients with RA.
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Lopez-Larrea C, Blanco-Gelaz MA, Torre-Alonso JC, Armas JB, Suarez-Alvarez B, Pruneda L, Couto AR, Gonzalez S, Lopez-Vázquez A, Martinez-Borra J. Contribution of KIR3DL1/3DS1 to ankylosing spondylitis in human leukocyte antigen-B27 Caucasian populations. Arthritis Res Ther 2007; 8:R101. [PMID: 16805919 PMCID: PMC1779409 DOI: 10.1186/ar1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2006] [Revised: 04/05/2006] [Accepted: 06/05/2006] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) loci are both highly polymorphic, and some HLA class I molecules bind and trigger cell-surface receptors specified by KIR genes. We examined whether the combination of KIR3DS1/3DL1 genes in concert with HLA-B27 genotypes is associated with susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Two HLA-B27-positive Caucasian populations were selected, one from Spain (71 patients and 105 controls) and another from the Azores (Portugal) (55 patients and 75 controls). All were typed for HLA-B and KIR (3DS1 and 3DL1) genes. Our results show that in addition to B27, the allele 3DS1 is associated with AS compared with B27 controls (p < 0.0001 and p < 0.003 in the Spanish population and Azoreans, respectively). We also observed that the association of KIR3DS1 to AS was found in combination with HLA-B alleles carrying Bw4-I80 in trans position in the Spanish population (30.9% in AS versus 15.2% in B27 controls, p = 0.02, odds ratio (OR) = 2.49) and in Azoreans (27.2% in AS versus 8.7% in B27 controls, p = 0.01, OR = 4.4 in Azoreans). On the other hand, 3DL1 was decreased in patients compared with B27 controls (p < 0.0001 in the Spanish population and p < 0.003 in Azoreans). The presence of this allele in combination with Bw4-I80 had a protective effect against the development of AS in the Spanish population (19.7% in AS, 35.2% in B27 controls; p = 0.03, OR = 0.45). The presence of KIR3DS1 or KIR3DL1 in combination with HLA-B*27s/HLA-B Bw4-I80 genotypes may modulate the development of AS. The susceptibility to AS could be determined by the overall balance of activating and inhibitory composite KIR-HLA genotypes.
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- Carlos Lopez-Larrea
- Histocompatibility and Transplantation Unit, Hospital Universtario Central de Asturias, Celestino Villamil s/n. 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Histocompatibility and Transplantation Unit, Hospital Universtario Central de Asturias, Celestino Villamil s/n. 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Monte Naranco, Avda Dres Fernandez Vega 107. 33012 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Immunogenetic Service, Hospital de Santo Espirito de Angra do Heroismo, Vinha Brava. 9700 Angra do Heroismo, Azores, Portugal
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- Histocompatibility and Transplantation Unit, Hospital Universtario Central de Asturias, Celestino Villamil s/n. 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Histocompatibility and Transplantation Unit, Hospital Universtario Central de Asturias, Celestino Villamil s/n. 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Immunogenetic Service, Hospital de Santo Espirito de Angra do Heroismo, Vinha Brava. 9700 Angra do Heroismo, Azores, Portugal
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- Functional Biology Department, University of Oviedo, Avda Julian Claveria s/n. 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Histocompatibility and Transplantation Unit, Hospital Universtario Central de Asturias, Celestino Villamil s/n. 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Histocompatibility and Transplantation Unit, Hospital Universtario Central de Asturias, Celestino Villamil s/n. 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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Fdez-Morera JL, Tunon A, Rodriguez-Rodero S, Rodrigo L, Martinez-Borra J, Gonzalez S, Lopez-Vazquez A, Lahoz CH, Lopez-Larrea C. Clinical behavior of multiple sclerosis is modulated by the MHC class I-chain-related gene A. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 67:409-14. [PMID: 16671949 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00593.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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It is well known that certain HLA class II alleles confer an increased risk for developing multiple sclerosis (MS). Recent studies have suggested HLA class I as a region that may also contribute to the development of MS. In this study, we investigated the association between HLA-DR, HLA-B alleles, and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I-chain-related gene A (MICA) transmembrane (MICA-TM) polymorphisms and disease progression in 104 MS patients and 116 healthy controls. DR1 was found to be decreased in patients when compared with controls (p(c) = 0.012). Neither HLA-B nor HLA-DR alleles were found to be associated with MS susceptibility. Furthermore, the prevalence of MICA-A5 in patients with relapsing MS was 9% while the prevalence in progressive forms was 42% (p(c) = 0.0015). The extended haplotypes related to MICA-TM5 that were found in our population were DR7-MICA5-B64 (EH 64.1, delta(s) = 0.38), DR4-MICA5-B62 (EH 62.1, delta(s) = 0.28), and DR11-MICA5-B35 (EH35.1, delta(s) = 0.10), but none of them were found to be associated to MS susceptibility or disease progression. Our data could indicate a possible role of MICA-TM in MS prognosis.
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- J L Fdez-Morera
- Histocompatibility and Transplant Unit, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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Rodriguez-Rodero S, Rodrigo L, Fdez-Morera JL, Martinez-Borra J, Lopez-Vázquez A, Fuentes D, Lopez-Arbesu R, Lopez-Soto A, Gonzalez S, Lopez-Larrea C. MHC class I chain-related gene B promoter polymorphisms and celiac disease. Hum Immunol 2006; 67:208-14. [PMID: 16698444 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2006.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2005] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The possibility that susceptibility to celiac disease (CD) might be influenced by the MHC class I chain-related gene family, MICA and MICB, has been previously reported. In this study, we analyzed the MICB promoter and examined the association of the polymorphisms found within such in a group of CD patients. To study the MICB promoter we sequenced the 5' flanking region of MICB gene in DNA from homozygous B-lymphoblastoid cell lines corresponding to the most frequent MICB alleles found in our population (MICB*00502, MICB*002, MICB*004, and MICB*008). DNA from a MICB*003 homozygous individual was also analyzed. Sequence analysis revealed six single nucleotide polymorphisms located at positions 45860 C/A, 45862 G/C, 45877 C/G, 46113 A/C, 46219 G/C, and 46286 G/C and an insertion of 2 bp --/AG at position 45944 according to the published genomic sequence. Those polymorphisms were found to be associated in four different haplotypes corresponding to different MICB alleles. Subsequently, 126 CD subjects and 117 healthy controls were typed by polymerase chain reaction using sequence-specific primers for these polymorphisms. MICB promoter polymorphism haplotypes were also found in our population and showed strong linkage disequilibrium with MICB alleles. MICB promoter polymorphism Haplotype 3, included in MICB*002 and MICB*008 alleles, was found to be overrepresented in CD patients (79.4% CD patients vs 45.3% healthy controls; p(c) < 0.0001; OR = 4.64; CI 95% = 2.64-8.16). Both MICB*008 and MICB*002 alleles were found as part of the CD susceptibility extended haplotypes B8/DR3/DQ2, B18/DR3/DQ2, and DR4/DQ8.
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Lopez-Vazquez A, Rodrigo L, Fuentes D, Riestra S, Bousoño C, Garcia-Fernandez S, Martinez-Borra J, Gonzalez S, Lopez-Larrea C. MHC class I chain related gene A (MICA) modulates the development of coeliac disease in patients with the high risk heterodimer DQA1*0501/DQB1*0201. Gut 2002; 50:336-40. [PMID: 11839711 PMCID: PMC1773124 DOI: 10.1136/gut.50.3.336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Coeliac disease (CD) is an enteropathic disorder characterised by a strong association with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) heterodimer HLA-DQ2. It has been suggested that other HLA class I genes in combination with DQ may also contribute to CD susceptibility. The aim of this study was to investigate whether other candidate genes modify the risk of developing different clinical forms of CD. PATIENTS AND METHODS We studied 133 Spanish coeliac patients, divided according to their clinical presentation into typical and atypical groups, and 116 healthy controls. All were typed by polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific primers (PCR-SSP) at HLA-B, DRB1, DQA1, and DQB1 loci and for exon 5 of the MHC class I chain related gene A (MICA). RESULTS No differences were found in the frequency of the DQA1*0501/DQB1*0201 heterodimer in either group. The risk of typical CD was significantly associated with the DR7/DQ2 haplotype (p(c)=0.02, odds ratio (OR)=3.4, ethiological fraction (EF)=0.4). Extended haplotype (EH) 8.1 (B8/DR3/DQ2) was found to be overrepresented in the atypical form compared with the typical form (p(c)=0.001, OR=4.19, EF=0.56). The trinucleotide repeat polymorphism MICA-A5.1 was found to be increased in the atypical group of patients compared with the typical group (p(c)=0.00006, OR=8.63, EF=0.81). This association was independent of linkage disequilibrium with EH8.1 as this was also found to be increased in EH8.1 negative atypical patients compared with the typical group (p(c)=0.004, OR=6.66, EF=0.56). CONCLUSIONS Our results showed that the risk of developing typical forms of CD was associated with DR7/DQ2 haplotype, and the presence of B8/DR3/DQ2 was significantly increased in atypical patients. In these, the MICA-A5.1 allele confers an additive effect to the DR3/DQ2 haplotype that may modulate the development of CD.
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- A Lopez-Vazquez
- Department of Immunology, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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Lopez-Vazquez A, Rodrigo L, Fuentes D, Riestra S, Bousoño C, Garcia-Fernandez S, Martinez-Borra J, Gonzalez S, Lopez-Larrea C. MICA-A5.1 allele is associated with atypical forms of celiac disease in HLA-DQ2-negative patients. Immunogenetics 2002; 53:989-91. [PMID: 11862400 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-001-0413-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2001] [Revised: 11/26/2001] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We selected 38 consecutive celiac disease (CD) patients (from a group of 316 consecutive CD patients) and 91 healthy blood donors, all of whom were HLA-DQ2 (DQA1*0501/DQB1*0201) negative, and investigated the presence of the classically associated alleles HLA-DQ8 and HLA-DRB4. We also studied the distribution of MICA transmembrane alleles in the two clinical forms of the disease. For this reason, these 38 DQ2-negative patients were subdivided into two groups: 18 typical CD patients and 20 atypical CD patients. No differences were found in the distribution of the DRB4 allele between DQ2-negative patients and controls. The HLA-DQ8 heterodimer (DQA1*03xx/DQB1*0302) was increased in CD patients (29%) compared with controls (10%), but no statistical differences were found. No differences were observed in the frequency of these alleles between either group of CD DQ2-negative patients. MICA-A5.1 was increased in atypical CD patients when compared with the typical forms of disease ( P(c)=0.03) and with healthy controls (P(c)=0.002). No other MICA allele was found to be significantly increased in the groups under study. The presence of MICA-A5.1 in atypical CD DQ2-negative patients may indicate a possible role of this allele in the development of CD.
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- Antonio Lopez-Vazquez
- Department of Immunology, Hospital Central de Asturias, C/Celestino Villamil, 33.006 Oviedo, Spain
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Sartakova ML, Konenkov VI, Golovanova OV, Shevchenko AV, Lopez-Larrea C, Gonzalez-Roces S, Lamazhaa AM, Dongak LG, Kara-Mongush SI. [Study of the most often encountered allele of the HLA-B27 gene in Tuvinian and Russian inhabitants of Western Siberia]. Genetika 2000; 36:710-713. [PMID: 10867891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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HLA-B27 gene frequencies and allelic polymorphism were studied in two Siberian ethnic groups: Russians from Novosibirsk (western Siberia) and Tuvinians from Kyzyl (southern Siberia). The HLA-B27 frequencies were determined by means of serologic typing of HLA antigens in 198 Tuvinians and 288 Russians. Molecular typing was performed via hybridization of oligonucleotide probes with amplified DNAs obtained from 30 HLA-B27-positive Russians and 11 HLA-B27-positive Tuvinians. The HLA-B27 gene frequencies in Tuvinians and Russians were 5.5 and 10.4%, respectively. Molecular variants of the HLA-B27 gene were studied in Tuvinians for the first time. The proportions of the HLA-B2705 and HLA-B2704 alleles were found to be 64 and 36%, respectively, in the population studied. The presence of the HLA-B2704 allele indicates a Mongoloid origin of Tuvinians. In the Russian population of Novosibirsk, the HLA-B2704 allele was not found, whereas the proportions of the HLA-B2705 and HLA-B2702 alleles were 76.2 and 23.8%, respectively, which is characteristic of Caucasoid populations.
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- M L Sartakova
- Institute of Clinical Immunology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Uría DF, Gutierrez V, Menes BB, Arribas JM, Lopez-Larrea C. HLA class II susceptibility and resistance genes in patients with multiple sclerosis from northern Spain, by DNA-RFLP genotyping. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1993; 56:722-3. [PMID: 8099604 PMCID: PMC489634 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.56.6.722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Harris PC, Thomas S, Ratcliffe PJ, Breuning MH, Coto E, Lopez-Larrea C. Rapid genetic analysis of families with polycystic kidney disease 1 by means of a microsatellite marker. Lancet 1991; 338:1484-7. [PMID: 1683919 DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(91)92300-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Presymptomatic diagnosis of polycystic kidney disease 1 (PKD1) is possible by genetic linkage analysis with markers from both sides of the disease locus. The existing proximal markers are not informative in many families, so such analysis is difficult and time-consuming. We sought more useful length polymorphisms on the proximal side of the locus among simple sequence repeats (microsatellites). We identified two microsatellite polymorphisms that lie closer to the PKD1 locus than any previously described highly variable marker. One, SM7, is especially informative; we have found fourteen alleles and the observed heterozygosity in caucasians is 62.7%. Genetic linkage analysis in PKD1 families suggests that both of the markers lie proximal to the disease gene, closer than existing flanking markers. These polymorphisms can be simply assayed by polymerase chain reaction amplification of the variable regions, which generates DNA fragments that can be separated on non-denaturing acrylamide gels and directly examined after gel staining. This rapid, inexpensive, and non-radioactive method of linkage analysis allows the complete study of DNA samples within 8 h.
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- P C Harris
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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Tejerina Lobo JM, Lopez-Larrea C, Lopez-Alba AJ, Martinez Canteli M, Gener Gonzalez M, Rodriguez Lafuente L. [Hereditary transmission and relation to HLA antigens in juvenile periodontitis: clinical familial study]. Rev Actual Estomatol Esp 1987; 47:41-4, 46-7, 51-2 passim. [PMID: 3483467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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GLO allele frequencies are studied in 100 unrelated normal Spaniards. GLO-S shows a frequency similar to that found in Caucasoids. Weak linkage disequilibria between some HLA-B and some HLA-DR antigens are described. DR3 and DR4 are GLO-F associated both in normal and insulin dependent diabetic Spaniards. GLO/HLA-DR loci distance is about 6cM according to our family studies; females show a higher GLO/HLA-DR recombination rate than males in our sample. NO GLO heterozygous excess or "nul" alleles are found.
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