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Wu X, Chen PI, Pathak S, Whitener RL, Nguyen V, Iliopolou BP, Mangayan KR, Jensen KP, Kim SK, Meyer EH. CD39 Delineates Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Regulatory Cell Populations with Different Cytotoxic and Immunoregulatory Potential Against Monocytes and Pancreatic Islet Beta Cells. Transplant Cell Ther 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-6367(23)00308-1] [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: 02/07/2023]
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Chen J, Li R, Knapp S, Zhu G, Whitener RL, Leiter EH, Mathews CE. Intergenomic and epistatic interactions control free radical mediated pancreatic β-cell damage. Front Genet 2022; 13:994501. [PMID: 36276935 PMCID: PMC9585181 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.994501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Alloxan (AL)-generated Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) selectively destroy insulin-producing pancreatic β-cells. A previous genome-wide scan (GWS) using a cohort of 296 F2 hybrids between NOD (AL-sensitive) and ALR (AL-resistant) mice identified linkages contributing to β-cell susceptibility or resistance to AL-induced diabetes on Chromosomes (Chr) 2, 3, 8, and a single nucleotide polymorphism in mt-Nd2 of the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA). AL treatment of congenic and consomic NOD mouse stocks confirmed resistance linked to both the mtDNA and the Chr 8 locus from ALR [NOD.mtALR.ALR-(D8Mit293-D8Mit137)]. To identify possible epistatic interactions, the GWS analysis was expanded to 678 F2 mice. ALR-derived diabetes-resistance linkages on Chr 8 as well as the mt-Nd2a allele were confirmed and novel additional linkages on Chr 4, 5, 6, 7, and 13 were identified. Epistasis was observed between the linkages on Chr 8 and 2 and Chr 8 and 6. Furthermore, the mt-Nd2 genotype affected the epistatic interactions between Chr 8 and 2. These results demonstrate that a combination of nuclear-cytoplasmic genome interactions regulates β-cell sensitivity to ROS-mediated ALD.
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- Jing Chen
- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
- *Correspondence: Clayton E. Mathews,
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Yarmola E, Ishkov IP, di Cologna NM, Menashe M, Whitener RL, Long JR, Abranches J, Hagen SJ, Brady LJ. Amyloid Aggregates Are Localized to the Nonadherent Detached Fraction of Aging Streptococcus mutans Biofilms. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0166122. [PMID: 35950854 PMCID: PMC9431626 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01661-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
The number of bacterial species recognized to utilize purposeful amyloid aggregation within biofilms continues to grow. The oral pathogen Streptococcus mutans produces several amyloidogenic proteins, including adhesins P1 (also known as AgI/II, PAc) and WapA, whose truncation products, namely, AgII and AgA, respectively, represent the amyloidogenic moieties. Amyloids demonstrate common biophysical properties, including recognition by Thioflavin T (ThT) and Congo red (CR) dyes that bind to the cross β-sheet quaternary structure of amyloid aggregates. Previously, we observed amyloid formation to occur only after 60 h or more of S. mutans biofilm growth. Here, we extend those findings to investigate where amyloid is detected within 1- and 5-day-old biofilms, including within tightly adherent compared with those in nonadherent fractions. CR birefringence and ThT uptake demonstrated amyloid within nonadherent material removed from 5-day-old cultures but not within 1-day-old or adherent samples. These experiments were done in conjunction with confocal microscopy and immunofluorescence staining with AgII- and AgA-reactive antibodies, including monoclonal reagents shown to discriminate between monomeric protein and amyloid aggregates. These results also localized amyloid primarily to the nonadherent fraction of biofilms. Lastly, we show that the C-terminal region of P1 loses adhesive function following amyloidogenesis and is no longer able to competitively inhibit binding of S. mutans to its physiologic substrate, salivary agglutinin. Taken together, our results provide new evidence that amyloid aggregation negatively impacts the functional activity of a widely studied S. mutans adhesin and are consistent with a model in which amyloidogenesis of adhesive proteins facilitates the detachment of aging biofilms. IMPORTANCE Streptococcus mutans is a keystone pathogen and causative agent of human dental caries, commonly known as tooth decay, the most prevalent infectious disease in the world. Like many pathogens, S. mutans causes disease in biofilms, which for dental decay begins with bacterial attachment to the salivary pellicle coating the tooth surface. Some strains of S. mutans are also associated with bacterial endocarditis. Amyloid aggregation was initially thought to represent only a consequence of protein mal-folding, but now, many microorganisms are known to produce functional amyloids with biofilm environments. In this study, we learned that amyloid formation diminishes the activity of a known S. mutans adhesin and that amyloid is found within the nonadherent fraction of older biofilms. This finding suggests that the transition from adhesin monomer to amyloid facilitates biofilm detachment. Knowing where and when S. mutans produces amyloid will help in developing therapeutic strategies to control tooth decay and other biofilm-related diseases.
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- Elena Yarmola
- Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Wu CT, Lidsky PV, Xiao Y, Lee IT, Cheng R, Nakayama T, Jiang S, Demeter J, Bevacqua RJ, Chang CA, Whitener RL, Stalder AK, Zhu B, Chen H, Goltsev Y, Tzankov A, Nayak JV, Nolan GP, Matter MS, Andino R, Jackson PK. SARS-CoV-2 infects human pancreatic β cells and elicits β cell impairment. Cell Metab 2021; 33:1565-1576.e5. [PMID: 34081912 PMCID: PMC8130512 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2021.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 61.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Revised: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
Emerging evidence points toward an intricate relationship between the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and diabetes. While preexisting diabetes is associated with severe COVID-19, it is unclear whether COVID-19 severity is a cause or consequence of diabetes. To mechanistically link COVID-19 to diabetes, we tested whether insulin-producing pancreatic β cells can be infected by SARS-CoV-2 and cause β cell depletion. We found that the SARS-CoV-2 receptor, ACE2, and related entry factors (TMPRSS2, NRP1, and TRFC) are expressed in β cells, with selectively high expression of NRP1. We discovered that SARS-CoV-2 infects human pancreatic β cells in patients who succumbed to COVID-19 and selectively infects human islet β cells in vitro. We demonstrated that SARS-CoV-2 infection attenuates pancreatic insulin levels and secretion and induces β cell apoptosis, each rescued by NRP1 inhibition. Phosphoproteomic pathway analysis of infected islets indicates apoptotic β cell signaling, similar to that observed in type 1 diabetes (T1D). In summary, our study shows SARS-CoV-2 can directly induce β cell killing.
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- Chien-Ting Wu
- Baxter Laboratory, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Baxter Laboratory, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Baxter Laboratory, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Stanford Diabetes Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Stanford ChEM-H, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Basel, Schönbeinstrasse 40, 4003 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Basel, Schönbeinstrasse 40, 4003 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Basel, Schönbeinstrasse 40, 4003 Basel, Switzerland.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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- Baxter Laboratory, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Stanford Diabetes Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Stanford ChEM-H, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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Bevacqua RJ, Lam JY, Peiris H, Whitener RL, Kim S, Gu X, Friedlander MSH, Kim SK. SIX2 and SIX3 coordinately regulate functional maturity and fate of human pancreatic β cells. Genes Dev 2021; 35:234-249. [PMID: 33446570 PMCID: PMC7849364 DOI: 10.1101/gad.342378.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
The physiological functions of many vital tissues and organs continue to mature after birth, but the genetic mechanisms governing this postnatal maturation remain an unsolved mystery. Human pancreatic β cells produce and secrete insulin in response to physiological cues like glucose, and these hallmark functions improve in the years after birth. This coincides with expression of the transcription factors SIX2 and SIX3, whose functions in native human β cells remain unknown. Here, we show that shRNA-mediated SIX2 or SIX3 suppression in human pancreatic adult islets impairs insulin secretion. However, transcriptome studies revealed that SIX2 and SIX3 regulate distinct targets. Loss of SIX2 markedly impaired expression of genes governing β-cell insulin processing and output, glucose sensing, and electrophysiology, while SIX3 loss led to inappropriate expression of genes normally expressed in fetal β cells, adult α cells, and other non-β cells. Chromatin accessibility studies identified genes directly regulated by SIX2. Moreover, β cells from diabetic humans with impaired insulin secretion also had reduced SIX2 transcript levels. Revealing how SIX2 and SIX3 govern functional maturation and maintain developmental fate in native human β cells should advance β-cell replacement and other therapeutic strategies for diabetes.
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- Romina J Bevacqua
- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- Department of Medicine (Endocrinology), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- Stanford Diabetes Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Kim S, Whitener RL, Peiris H, Gu X, Chang CA, Lam JY, Camunas-Soler J, Park I, Bevacqua RJ, Tellez K, Quake SR, Lakey JRT, Bottino R, Ross PJ, Kim SK. Molecular and genetic regulation of pig pancreatic islet cell development. Development 2020; 147:dev186213. [PMID: 32108026 PMCID: PMC7132804 DOI: 10.1242/dev.186213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Reliance on rodents for understanding pancreatic genetics, development and islet function could limit progress in developing interventions for human diseases such as diabetes mellitus. Similarities of pancreas morphology and function suggest that porcine and human pancreas developmental biology may have useful homologies. However, little is known about pig pancreas development. To fill this knowledge gap, we investigated fetal and neonatal pig pancreas at multiple, crucial developmental stages using modern experimental approaches. Purification of islet β-, α- and δ-cells followed by transcriptome analysis (RNA-seq) and immunohistology identified cell- and stage-specific regulation, and revealed that pig and human islet cells share characteristic features that are not observed in mice. Morphometric analysis also revealed endocrine cell allocation and architectural similarities between pig and human islets. Our analysis unveiled scores of signaling pathways linked to native islet β-cell functional maturation, including evidence of fetal α-cell GLP-1 production and signaling to β-cells. Thus, the findings and resources detailed here show how pig pancreatic islet studies complement other systems for understanding the developmental programs that generate functional islet cells, and that are relevant to human pancreatic diseases.
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- Seokho Kim
- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA 94518, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92868, USA
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- Institute of Cellular Therapeutics, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Stanford Diabetes Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Liu C, Whitener RL, Lin A, Xu Y, Chen J, Savinov A, Leiding JW, Wallet MA, Mathews CE. Neutrophil Cytosolic Factor 1 in Dendritic Cells Promotes Autoreactive CD8 + T Cell Activation via Cross-Presentation in Type 1 Diabetes. Front Immunol 2019; 10:952. [PMID: 31118934 PMCID: PMC6504685 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 04/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Aims: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are critical in driving the onset of type 1 diabetes (T1D). Ablation of ROS derived from phagocytic NADPH oxidase 2 is protective against autoimmune diabetes in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice. However, the mechanisms of NADPH oxidase 2-derived ROS in T1D pathogenesis need to be elucidated. Here, we have examined the role of Ncf1 (the regulatory subunit of NADPH oxidase 2) in dendritic cells (DC). Results:Ncf1-mutant DCs exhibit reduced ability to activate autoreactive CD8+ T cells despite no difference in co-stimulatory molecule expression or pro-inflammatory cytokine production. When provided with exogenous whole-protein antigen, Ncf1-mutant NOD DCs showed strong phagosome acidification and rapid antigen degradation, which lead to an absence of protein translocation into the cytoplasm and deficient antigenic peptide loading on MHC Class I molecules. Innovation: This study demonstrates that Ncf1 (p47phox) is required for activation and effector function of CD8+ T cells by acting both intrinsically within the T cell as well as within professional antigen presenting cells. Conclusion: ROS promote CD8+ T cell activation by facilitating autoantigen cross-presentation by DCs. ROS scavengers could potentially represent an important component of therapies aiming to disrupt autoantigen presentation and activation of CD8+ T cells in individuals at-risk for developing T1D.
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- Chao Liu
- Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida Diabetes Institute, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida Diabetes Institute, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida Diabetes Institute, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida Diabetes Institute, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Children's Health Research Center, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins-All Children's Hospital, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida Diabetes Institute, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida Diabetes Institute, Gainesville, FL, United States
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Whitener RL, Gallo Knight L, Li J, Knapp S, Zhang S, Annamalai M, Pliner VM, Fu D, Radichev I, Amatya C, Savinov A, Yurdagul A, Yuan S, Glawe J, Kevil CG, Chen J, Stimpson SE, Mathews CE. The Type 1 Diabetes-Resistance Locus Idd22 Controls Trafficking of Autoreactive CTLs into the Pancreatic Islets of NOD Mice. J Immunol 2017; 199:3991-4000. [PMID: 29109122 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1602037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2016] [Accepted: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) has a strong genetic component. The insulin dependent diabetes (Idd)22 locus was identified in crosses of T1D-susceptible NOD mice with the strongly T1D-resistant ALR strain. The NODcALR-(D8Mit293-D8Mit137)/Mx (NOD-Idd22) recombinant congenic mouse strain was generated in which NOD mice carry the full Idd22 confidence interval. NOD-Idd22 mice exhibit almost complete protection from spontaneous T1D and a significant reduction in insulitis. Our goal was to unravel the mode of Idd22-based protection using in vivo and in vitro models. We determined that Idd22 did not impact immune cell diabetogenicity or β cell resistance to cytotoxicity in vitro. However, NOD-Idd22 mice were highly protected against adoptive transfer of T1D. Transferred CTLs trafficked to the pancreatic lymph node and proliferated to the same extent in NOD and NOD-Idd22 mice, yet the accumulation of pathogenic CTLs in the islets was significantly reduced in NOD-Idd22 mice, correlating with disease resistance. Pancreatic endothelial cells from NOD-Idd22 animals expressed lower levels of adhesion molecules, even in response to inflammatory stimuli. Lower adhesion molecule expression resulted in weaker adherence of T cells to NOD-Idd22 endothelium compared with NOD-derived endothelium. Taken together, these results provide evidence that Idd22 regulates the ability of β cell-autoreactive T cells to traffic into the pancreatic islets and may represent a new target for pharmaceutical intervention to potentially prevent T1D.
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- Robert L Whitener
- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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- Children's Health Research Center, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD 57104; and
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- Children's Health Research Center, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD 57104; and
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- Children's Health Research Center, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD 57104; and
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- LSU Health Shreveport, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA 71103
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- LSU Health Shreveport, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA 71103
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- LSU Health Shreveport, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA 71103
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610; .,Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
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