狼IgA1自身抗体与IgG协同作用,增强pDC对含RNA的免疫复合物的反应
Hayley R Waterman1,2, Matthew J Dufort3, Sylvia E Posso4
1Molecular and Cell Biology Program, University of Washington; Seattle, USA.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|September 25, 2023
概括
免疫球蛋白A (IgA) 自体抗体与IgG一起,在全身性红斑狼 (SLE) 中显著增强了血细胞状树突细胞反应. 这种IgA1-IgG协同作用驱动干扰素的产生,有助于SLE的发病.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 这是一种自身免疫力.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 对核抗原的自身抗体是系统性红斑狼 (SLE) 的关键特征.
- 不同的自身抗体同型,特别是IgA在SLE病变和I型干扰素 (IFN) 由血细胞树突细胞 (pDCs) 生产中的特定作用仍然不完全理解.
- IgA和IgG都存在于狼性炎中的球粒中,这表明IgA在脏疾病中的作用.
研究的目的:
- 研究IgA自身抗体在SLE中pDCs免疫复合体 (IC) 激活中的作用.
- 为了确定IgA自身抗体,特别是针对史密斯核糖核蛋白 (Sm/RNP),是否有助于pDC反应.
- 阐明IgA自身抗体可能影响SLE病变的机制.
主要方法:
- 对SLE患者核抗原IgA自身抗体的分析.
- 研究pDCs上的IgA特定Fc受体 (FcαR) 的表达.
- 评估RNA含有IC中的IgA1和IgG对pDCIFNα反应的协同作用.
- 测量pDCs使用IgA1和IgG含有IC的IC结合和内部化.
- 比较FcαR表达和IC结合SLE患者和健康对照的pDCs.
- 在体外评估TLR7激动剂和IFNα对pDC FcαR表达的作用.
主要成果:
- SLE患者对大多数核抗原表现出IgA自身抗体,与IgG自身抗体相关.
- pDCs表达FcαR,而IgA1自身抗体与RNA含有IC中的IgG协同作用,以诱导强大的pDCIFNα反应.
- 这种协同的pDC反应需要FcαR和FcγRIIa,表明有强大的Fc受体协同作用.
- 当IgA1和IgG都存在时,pDC增强了Sm/RNP ICs的结合和内部化.
- 与对照组相比,SLE患者的pDC显示IgA1含有IC结合增加,FcαR表达更高.
- pDC FcαR表达与SLE中血液干扰素刺激基因 (ISG) 签名相关.
结论:
- IgA1自身抗体代表了一种新的机制,通过增强pDC激活和I型IFN产生,有助于SLE的发病.
- 由FcαR和FcγRIIa调解的IgA1和IgG自身抗体之间的协同作用在驱动SLE免疫病理学中起着至关重要的作用.
- 在SLE患者的pDC上增加FcαR表达可能会导致疾病严重程度和观察到的ISG特征.
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