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Published on: May 24, 2019
细胞微粒中染色体的消化防止自身免疫
Vanja Sisirak1, Benjamin Sally2, Vivette D'Agati3
1Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
在全身性红斑狼 (SLE) 中,DNASE1L3功能的丧失使得与微粒相关的染色体能够触发自身抗体. 恢复DNASE1L3可能为SLE患者提供治疗策略.
科学领域:
- 免疫学
- 分子生物学
- 关节病学
背景情况:
- 对DNA和染色质的自身免疫是系统性红斑狼 (SLE) 的核心.
- 分泌的脱氧核糖酶DNASE1L3 (DNASE1L3) 突变与家族性和零星性SLE相关.
- DNASE1L3 在清除细胞外DNA和染色质方面发挥作用.
研究的目的:
- 研究DNASE1L3在自身抗体和SLE类疾病的发展中的作用.
- 确定DNASE1L3缺陷中的特定自身抗原.
- 探索DNASE1L3在SLE中的治疗潜力.
主要方法:
- 产生和分析DNASE1L3缺乏的小鼠.
- 对抗DNA和抗染色体的测量.
- 在血中分析DNA和微粒度.
- 对微粒相关染色体的自身抗体结合的表征.
主要成果:
- 缺少DNASE1L3的小鼠对DNA和染色质产生了自身抗体,并发生了类似于SLE的疾病.
- 循环中的DNASE1L3水平与抗DNA抗体反应相反相关.
- 在DNASE1L3缺乏的小鼠和SLE患者中观察到DNA水平升高,特别是在微粒中.
- 来自小鼠和人类的自身抗体与微粒上的DNASE1L3敏感染色体结合.
结论:
- 细胞外微粒相关染色体是一种潜在的自我抗原,通常由DNASE1L3降解.
- 微粒中DNASE1L3介导的对染色质的耐受性丧失有助于SLE的发病.
- 恢复DNASE1L3活动为SLE提供了潜在的治疗途径.
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