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Biomarkers ; 29(2): 90-99, 2024 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38362802

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INTRODUCTION: tRNA-derived fragments (tRFs) play an important role in immune responses. To clarify the role of tRFs in autoimmunity we studied circulating tRF-levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and in a murine model for arthritis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Circulating tRF-levels were quantified by miR-Q RT-qPCR. tRNA processing and modification enzyme expression was analysed by RT-qPCR and public transcriptomics data. RESULTS: Significant reduction (up to 3-fold on average) of tRF-levels derived from tRNA-Gly-GCC,CCC, tRNA-Glu-CTC and tRNA-Val-CAC,AAC was observed in RA patients, whereas tRNA-Glu-CTC and tRNA-Val-CAC,AAC tRFs were found at significantly higher levels (up to 3-fold on average) in PsA patients, compared to healthy controls. Also in arthritic IL1Ra-KO mice reduced levels of tRNA-Glu-CTC fragments were seen. The expression of NSUN2, a methyltransferase catalysing tRNA methylation, was increased in RA-peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) compared to PsA, but this is not consistently supported by public transcriptomics data. DISCUSSION: The observed changes of specific tRF-levels may be involved in the immune responses in RA and PsA and may be applicable as new biomarkers. CONCLUSION: Circulating tRF-levels are decreased in RA and increased in PsA and this may, at least in part, be mediated by methylation changes.


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Artrite Psoriásica , Artrite Reumatoide , Humanos , Animais , Camundongos , Artrite Psoriásica/genética , Leucócitos Mononucleares/metabolismo , RNA de Transferência/genética , Biomarcadores/metabolismo
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Int J Mol Sci ; 24(3)2023 Jan 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36768186

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Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1/CCL2) is a potent chemotactic agent for monocytes, primarily produced by macrophages and endothelial cells. Significantly elevated levels of MCP-1/CCL2 were found in synovial fluids of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), compared to osteoarthritis or other arthritis patients. Several studies suggested an important role for MCP-1 in the massive inflammation at the damaged joint, in part due to its chemotactic and angiogenic effects. It is a known fact that the post-translational modifications (PTMs) of proteins have a significant impact on their properties. In mammals, arginine residues within proteins can be converted into citrulline by peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) enzymes. Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA), recognizing these PTMs, have become a hallmark for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other autoimmune diseases and are important in diagnostics and prognosis. In previous studies, we found that citrullination converts the neutrophil attracting chemokine neutrophil-activating peptide 78 (ENA-78) into a potent macrophage chemoattractant. Here we report that both commercially available and recombinant bacterially produced MCP-1/CCL2 are rapidly (partially) degraded upon in vitro citrullination. However, properly glycosylated MCP-1/CCL2 produced by mammalian cells is protected against degradation during efficient citrullination. Site-directed mutagenesis of the potential glycosylation site at the asparagine-14 residue within human MCP-1 revealed lower expression levels in mammalian expression systems. The glycosylation-mediated recombinant chemokine stabilization allows the production of citrullinated MCP-1/CCL2, which can be effectively used to calibrate crucial assays, such as modified ELISAs.


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Artrite Reumatoide , Quimiocina CCL2 , Animais , Humanos , Quimiocina CCL2/metabolismo , Glicosilação , Células Endoteliais/metabolismo , Artrite Reumatoide/metabolismo , Proteínas/metabolismo , Mamíferos/metabolismo , Citrulina/metabolismo
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Ann Rheum Dis ; 81(5): 644-652, 2022 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35144926

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OBJECTIVE: To comparatively analyse the aberrant affinity maturation of the antinuclear and rheumatoid factor (RF) B cell repertoires in blood and tissues of patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SjS) using an integrated omics workflow. METHODS: Peptide sequencing of anti-Ro60, anti-Ro52, anti-La and RF was combined with B cell repertoire analysis at the DNA, RNA and single cell level in blood B cell subsets, affected salivary gland and extranodal marginal zone lymphomas of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) of patients with SjS. RESULTS: Affected tissues contained anti-Ro60, anti-Ro52, anti-La and RF clones as a small part of a polyclonal infiltrate. Anti-Ro60, anti-La and anti-Ro52 clones outnumbered RF clones. MALT lymphoma tissues contained monoclonal RF expansions. Autoreactive clones were not selected from a restricted repertoire in a circulating B cell subset. The antinuclear antibody (ANA) repertoires displayed similar antigen-dependent and immunoglobulin (Ig) G1-directed affinity maturation. RF clones displayed antigen-dependent, IgM-directed and more B cell receptor integrity-dependent affinity maturation. This coincided with extensive intra-clonal diversification in RF-derived lymphomas. Regeneration of clinical disease manifestations after rituximab coincided with large RF clones, which not necessarily belonged to the lymphoma clone, that displayed continuous affinity maturation and intra-clonal diversification. CONCLUSION: The ANA and RF repertoires in patients with SjS display tissue-restricted, antigen-dependent and divergent affinity maturation. Affinity maturation of RF clones deviates further during RF clone derived lymphomagenesis and during regeneration of the autoreactive repertoire after temporary disruption by rituximab. These data give insight into the molecular mechanisms of autoreactive inflammation in SjS, assist MALT lymphoma diagnosis and allow tracking its response to rituximab.


Assuntos
Linfoma de Zona Marginal Tipo Células B , Proteogenômica , Síndrome de Sjogren , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Humanos , Imunoglobulina G/imunologia , Fator Reumatoide/metabolismo , Rituximab/uso terapêutico , Síndrome de Sjogren/imunologia
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RNA Biol ; 19(1): 305-312, 2022.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35129080

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RNase MRP is a ribonucleoprotein complex involved in the endoribonucleolytic cleavage of different RNAs. Mutations in the RNA component of the RNP are the cause of cartilage hair hypoplasia. Patients with cartilage hair hypoplasia are characterized by skeletal dysplasia. Biochemical purification of RNase MRP is desired to be able to study its biochemical function, composition and activity in both healthy and disease situations. Due to the high similarity with RNase P, a method to specifically isolate the RNase MRP complex is currently lacking. By fusing a streptavidin-binding RNA aptamer, the S1m-aptamer, to the RNase MRP RNA we have been able to compare the relative expression levels of wildtype and mutant MRP RNAs. Moreover, we were able to isolate active RNase MRP complexes. We observed that mutant MRP RNAs are expressed at lower levels and have lower catalytic activity compared to the wildtype RNA. The observation that a single nucleotide substitution at position 40 in the P3 domain but not in other domains of RNase MRP RNA severely reduced the binding of the Rpp25 protein subunit confirmed that the P3 region harbours the main binding site for this protein. Altogether, this study shows that the RNA aptamer tagging approach can be used to identify RNase MRP substrates, but also to study the effect of mutations on MRP RNA expression levels and RNase MRP composition and endoribonuclease activity.


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Endorribonucleases/isolamento & purificação , Endorribonucleases/metabolismo , Fracionamento Químico/métodos , Endorribonucleases/genética , Ativação Enzimática , Ensaios Enzimáticos , Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Complexos Multiproteicos/isolamento & purificação , Complexos Multiproteicos/metabolismo , Mutação , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão
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J Autoimmun ; 113: 102484, 2020 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32451286

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Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are networks of extracellular chromatin decorated with antimicrobial proteins, formed by neutrophils to entrap pathogens. NETs have been implicated in the generation of autoimmune reactions. Here, we investigate the reactivity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) serum antibodies with NETs and explore whether anti-NET antibodies (ANETA) have a potential as biomarker in RA. To quantify ANETA, we developed an ELISA with NETs isolated from stimulated human neutrophils and verified the results by immunofluorescence staining of NETs. ANETA were detected in 22%-69% of RA sera. No significant differences were observed in the reactivity of RA sera with NETs originating from RA patients and healthy control neutrophils, nor with NETs induced by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate or the calcium ionophore A23187. ANETA were detected already at baseline in newly diagnosed RA patients and both increased and decreased levels were observed in samples with a median follow-up of 7 years. By ANETA ELISA, we showed that ANETA are also present in sera of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (36%), Sjögren's syndrome (76%) and scleroderma (61%). In addition to antibodies to NETs, also the presence of NETs or NET fragments in RA sera was determined using a sandwich ELISA. Elevated levels of NETs or NET fragments were detected in 32% of the sera. To assess the potency of ANETA as a biomarker in RA, we compared ANETA positivity with other clinical features. The presence of ANETA was significantly higher in rheumatoid factor (RF)-positive patients, but did not correlate with anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA), nor with the presence of NET fragments in serum. In addition, no correlation was observed with age, gender, onset of the disease, disease activity and inflammatory markers. These findings suggest that ANETA may be an independent biomarker in RA and possibly also in other autoimmune diseases.


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Artrite Reumatoide/diagnóstico , Autoanticorpos/sangue , Armadilhas Extracelulares/imunologia , Artrite Reumatoide/sangue , Artrite Reumatoide/imunologia , Autoanticorpos/imunologia , Biomarcadores/sangue , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Imunofluorescência/métodos , Seguimentos , Humanos , Testes Sorológicos/métodos
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Analyst ; 145(17): 5836-5844, 2020 Aug 24.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32648858

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Two types of clinically important nucleic acid biomarkers, microRNA (miRNA) and circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) were detected and quantified from human serum using an amplification-free fluorescence hybridization assay. Specifically, miRNAs hsa-miR-223-3p and hsa-miR-486-5p with relevance for rheumatoid arthritis and cancer related mutations BRAF and KRAS of ctDNA were directly measured. The required oligonucleotide probes for the assay were rationally designed and synthesized through a novel "clickable" approach which is time and cost-effective. With no need for isolating nucleic acid components from serum, the fluoresence-based assay took only 1 hour. Detection and absolute quantification of targets was successfully achieved despite their notoriously low abundance, with a precision down to individual nucleotides. Obtained miRNA and ctDNA amounts showed overall a good correlation with current techniques. With appropriate probes, our novel assay and signal boosting approach could become a useful tool for point-of-care measuring other low abundance nucleic acid biomarkers.


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DNA Tumoral Circulante , MicroRNAs , Ácidos Nucleicos , Biomarcadores , Humanos , MicroRNAs/genética , Hibridização de Ácido Nucleico
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Pract Neurol ; 19(4): 284-294, 2019 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30826741

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The diagnosis and classification of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are based mainly on clinical and histological features. The discovery of myositis-specific and myositis-associated antibodies has simplified the (sub)classification of inflammatory myopathies. Patients suspected of having an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy should undergo routine antibody testing to gain more insight into distinct phenotypes, comorbidities, treatment response and prognosis. Furthermore, autoantibody testing can help in patients with atypical patterns of weakness or with an unresolved limb-girdle myopathic phenotype, or interstitial lung disease. However, some important technical and methodological issues can hamper the interpretation of antibody testing; for example, some antibodies are not included in the widely available line blots. We aim to provide a practical review of the use of autoantibody testing in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies in clinical practice.


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Autoanticorpos/sangue , Miosite/sangue , Miosite/diagnóstico por imagem , Idoso , Técnicas de Laboratório Clínico/métodos , Técnicas de Laboratório Clínico/tendências , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade
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Mol Pharm ; 15(12): 5565-5573, 2018 12 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30289723

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Autoreactive B cells are thought to play a pivotal role in many autoimmune diseases. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease affecting ∼1% of the Western population and is hallmarked by the presence of anticitrullinated proteins antibodies (ACPA) produced by autoreactive B cells. We intend to develop a method to target and selectively eliminate these autoreactive B cells using a sequential antigen prodrug targeting strategy. As ACPA-expressing B cells are thought to play essential roles in RA-disease pathogenesis, we used this B cell response as a prototype to analyze the feasibility to generate a construct consisting of a biologically silenced, that is, blocked, antigen connected to a cytotoxic prodrug. Blocking of the antigen is considered relevant as it is anticipated that circulating autoantibodies will otherwise clear the antigen-prodrug before it can reach the target cell. The antigen-prodrug can only bind to the autoantigen-specific B cell receptor (BCR) upon enzymatic removal of the blocking group in close proximity of the B cell surface. BCR binding ultimately induces antigen-specific cytotoxicity after internalization of the antigen. We have synthesized a cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antigen suitable for BCR binding and demonstrated that binding by ACPA was impaired upon introduction of a carboxy- p-nitrobenzyl (CNBz) blocking group at the side chain of the citrulline residue. Enzymatic removal of the CNBz moiety by nitroreductase fully restored citrulline-specific recognition by both ACPA and ACPA-expressing B cells and showed targeted cell death of CCP-recognizing B cells only. These results mark an important step toward antigen-specific B cell targeting in general and more specifically in RA, as successful blocking and activation of citrullinated antigens forms the basis for subsequent use of such construct as a prodrug in the context of autoimmune diseases.


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Artrite Reumatoide/tratamento farmacológico , Linfócitos B/efeitos dos fármacos , Epitopos de Linfócito B/administração & dosagem , Peptídeos Cíclicos/imunologia , Pró-Fármacos/administração & dosagem , Anticorpos Antiproteína Citrulinada/imunologia , Anticorpos Antiproteína Citrulinada/metabolismo , Artrite Reumatoide/sangue , Artrite Reumatoide/imunologia , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular , Epitopos de Linfócito B/química , Estudos de Viabilidade , Humanos , Terapia de Alvo Molecular/métodos , Pró-Fármacos/química , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos B/antagonistas & inibidores , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos B/imunologia , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos B/metabolismo
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J Clin Rheumatol ; 24(3): 122-126, 2018 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29200020

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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of autoantibodies to cyclic citrullinated synthetic peptides (ACPAs) in the sputum of patients with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: Nineteen consecutive RA patients and 16 age- and sex-matched control subjects participated in this cross-sectional study. All underwent complete lung function tests and provided induced sputum. Antibodies to citrullinated (CitP) and the corresponding norleucine-containing (NorP) peptides in the sputum of the RA patients and control subjects, as well as in the serum of the RA patients, were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS: Patients with RA had the following characteristics: mean disease duration of 12 years, Disease Activity Score for 28 joints of 3.44, and Sharp-van der Heijde score of 57.5. Ten of the 19 RA patients showed high titers of ACPAs in their sera. Four of the seropositive (40%), none of the seronegative RA patients, and only 1 of the control subjects showed detectable levels of ACPAs in their sputum. The ratio between the reactivity with CitP and NorP peptides in the sputum was significantly higher in RA sputum than in control sputum (1.33 ± 1.2 vs. 0.64 ± 0.14, P = 0.02). A positive correlation was found between sputum ACPAs and age, serum ACPAs, sputum anti-NorP, serum anti-CitP/NorP reactivity ratio, and the proportion of neutrophils and lymphocytes in the sputum. No significant correlation was found between sputum ACPAs and disease severity, history of smoking, lung function tests, or treatment for RA. CONCLUSIONS: Anticitrullinated protein/peptide antibodies can be detected in the sputum of RA patients and are correlated with the presence in the serum.


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Artrite Reumatoide/imunologia , Autoanticorpos/imunologia , Peptídeos Cíclicos/imunologia , Adulto , Idoso , Biomarcadores/análise , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Escarro
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Hum Mutat ; 38(12): 1786-1795, 2017 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28905505

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Mitochondrial protein synthesis involves an intricate interplay between mitochondrial DNA encoded RNAs and nuclear DNA encoded proteins, such as ribosomal proteins and aminoacyl-tRNA synthases. Eukaryotic cells contain 17 mitochondria-specific aminoacyl-tRNA synthases. WARS2 encodes mitochondrial tryptophanyl-tRNA synthase (mtTrpRS), a homodimeric class Ic enzyme (mitochondrial tryptophan-tRNA ligase; EC 6.1.1.2). Here, we report six individuals from five families presenting with either severe neonatal onset lactic acidosis, encephalomyopathy and early death or a later onset, more attenuated course of disease with predominating intellectual disability. Respiratory chain enzymes were usually normal in muscle and fibroblasts, while a severe combined respiratory chain deficiency was found in the liver of a severely affected individual. Exome sequencing revealed rare biallelic variants in WARS2 in all affected individuals. An increase of uncharged mitochondrial tRNATrp and a decrease of mtTrpRS protein content were found in fibroblasts of affected individuals. We hereby define the clinical, neuroradiological, and metabolic phenotype of WARS2 defects. This confidently implicates that mutations in WARS2 cause mitochondrial disease with a broad spectrum of clinical presentation.


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Aminoacil-tRNA Sintetases/genética , Variação Genética , Deficiência Intelectual/genética , Doenças Mitocondriais/genética , Encefalomiopatias Mitocondriais/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Aminoacil-tRNA Sintetases/metabolismo , Exoma/genética , Feminino , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Deficiência Intelectual/enzimologia , Masculino , Doenças Mitocondriais/enzimologia , Encefalomiopatias Mitocondriais/enzimologia , Encefalomiopatias Mitocondriais/patologia , Modelos Moleculares , Mutação , Linhagem , Fenótipo , Gravidez , Alinhamento de Sequência , Sequenciamento do Exoma
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Chembiochem ; 18(2): 185-188, 2017 Jan 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27870530

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A supramolecular approach was undertaken to create functionally activatable cell-penetrating peptides. Two tetra-arginines were assembled into an active cell-penetrating peptide by heterodimerizing leucine zippers. Three different leucine-zipper pairs were evaluated: activation was found to depend on the association constant of the coiled-coil peptides. The weaker-binding peptides required an additional disulfide linkage to induce cell-penetrating capability, whereas for the most-stable coiled-coil no additional stabilization was needed. The latter zipper pair was used to show that the induced formation of the coiled coils allows control over the uptake of an oligoarginine CPP-conjugated cargo protein.


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Peptídeos Penetradores de Células/metabolismo , Oligopeptídeos/metabolismo , Arginina/química , Arginina/metabolismo , Peptídeos Penetradores de Células/química , Dicroísmo Circular , Dimerização , Endocitose , Citometria de Fluxo , Fluoresceína-5-Isotiocianato/química , Células HeLa , Humanos , Zíper de Leucina , Microscopia Confocal , Oligopeptídeos/química
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J Autoimmun ; 80: 39-47, 2017 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28188029

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Citrullination, the post-translational conversion of arginines to citrullines, may contribute to rheumatoid arthritis development given the generation of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs). However, it is not known which peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) catalyzes the citrullination seen in inflammation. PAD4 exacerbates inflammatory arthritis and is critical for neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). NETs display citrullinated antigens targeted by ACPAs and thus may be a source of citrullinated protein. However, PAD4 is not required for citrullination in inflamed lungs. PAD2 is important for citrullination in healthy tissues and is present in NETs, but its role in citrullination in the inflamed joint, NETosis and inflammatory arthritis is unknown. Here we use mice with TNFα-induced inflammatory arthritis, a model of rheumatoid arthritis, to identify the roles of PAD2 and PAD4 in citrullination, NETosis, and arthritis. In mice with TNFα-induced arthritis, citrullination in the inflamed ankle was increased as determined by western blot. This increase was unchanged in the ankles of mice that lack PAD4. In contrast, citrullination was nearly absent in the ankles of PAD2-deficient mice. Interestingly, PAD2 was not required for NET formation as assessed by immunofluorescence or for killing of Candida albicans as determined by viability assay. Finally, plasma cell numbers as assessed by flow cytometry, IgG levels quantified by ELISA, and inflammatory arthritis as determined by clinical and pathological scoring were all reduced in the absence of PAD2. Thus, PAD2 contributes to TNFα-induced citrullination and arthritis, but is not required for NETosis. In contrast, PAD4, which is critical for NETosis, is dispensable for generalized citrullination supporting the possibility that NETs may not be a major source of citrullinated protein in arthritis.


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Artrite Experimental/imunologia , Artrite Reumatoide/imunologia , Hidrolases/metabolismo , Inflamação/imunologia , Articulações/metabolismo , Desiminases de Arginina em Proteínas/metabolismo , Animais , Anticorpos Antiproteína Citrulinada/metabolismo , Artrite Experimental/genética , Citrulinação , Armadilhas Extracelulares/metabolismo , Humanos , Hidrolases/genética , Imunoglobulina G/metabolismo , Articulações/patologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Camundongos Transgênicos , Plasmócitos/fisiologia , Proteína-Arginina Desiminase do Tipo 4 , Desiminases de Arginina em Proteínas/genética , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/genética
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Ann Rheum Dis ; 75(4): 696-701, 2016 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25714931

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OBJECTIVES: The diagnosis of inclusion body myositis (IBM) can be challenging as it can be difficult to clinically distinguish from other forms of myositis, particularly polymyositis (PM). Recent studies have shown frequent presence of autoantibodies directed against cytosolic 5'-nucleotidase 1A (cN-1A) in patients with IBM. We therefore, examined the autoantigenicity and disease specificity of major epitopes of cN-1A in patients with sporadic IBM compared with healthy and disease controls. METHODS: Serum samples obtained from patients with IBM (n=238), PM and dermatomyositis (DM) (n=185), other autoimmune diseases (n=246), other neuromuscular diseases (n=93) and healthy controls (n=35) were analysed for the presence of autoantibodies using immunodominant cN-1A peptide ELISAs. RESULTS: Autoantibodies directed against major epitopes of cN-1A were frequent in patients with IBM (37%) but not in PM, DM or non-autoimmune neuromuscular diseases (<5%). Anti-cN-1A reactivity was also observed in some other autoimmune diseases, particularly Sjögren's syndrome (SjS; 36%) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE; 20%). CONCLUSIONS: In summary, we found frequent anti-cN-1A autoantibodies in sera from patients with IBM. Heterogeneity in reactivity with the three immunodominant epitopes indicates that serological assays should not be limited to a distinct epitope region. The similar reactivities observed for SjS and SLE demonstrate the need to further investigate whether distinct IBM-specific epitopes exist.


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5'-Nucleotidase/imunologia , Autoanticorpos/imunologia , Dermatomiosite/imunologia , Miosite de Corpos de Inclusão/imunologia , Adulto , Idoso , Artrite Reumatoide/imunologia , Doenças Autoimunes/imunologia , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Dermatomiosite/diagnóstico , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/imunologia , Feminino , Humanos , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/imunologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Esclerose Múltipla/imunologia , Miosite de Corpos de Inclusão/diagnóstico , Doenças Neuromusculares/imunologia , Polimiosite/diagnóstico , Polimiosite/imunologia , Curva ROC , Escleroderma Sistêmico/imunologia , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Síndrome de Sjogren/imunologia
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Ann Rheum Dis ; 75(3): 578-85, 2016 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25587188

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OBJECTIVES: To understand the molecular features distinguishing anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) from 'conventional' antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: Serum of ACPA-positive RA patients was fractionated by size exclusion chromatography and analysed for the presence of ACPA-IgG by ELISA. ACPA-IgG and non-citrulline-specific IgG were affinity purified from serum, plasma and/or synovial fluid and analysed by gel electrophoresis. Electrophoresis bands were excised, enzymatically digested and analysed by mass spectrometry. Binding affinity to citrullinated antigens was measured by ELISA and imaging surface plasmon resonance using recombinant monoclonal ACPA with molecular modifications. RESULTS: In all donor samples studied (n=24), ACPA-IgG exhibited a 10-20 kDa higher molecular weight compared with non-autoreactive IgG. This feature also distinguished ACPA-IgG from antibodies against recall antigens or other disease-specific autoantibodies. Structural analysis revealed that a high frequency of N-glycans in the (hyper)variable domains of ACPA is responsible for this observation. In line with their localisation, these N-glycans were found to modulate binding avidity of ACPA to citrullinated antigens. CONCLUSIONS: The vast majority of ACPA-IgG harbour N-glycans in their variable domains. As N-linked glycosylation requires glycosylation consensus sites in the protein sequence and as these are lacking in the 'germline-counterparts' of identified variable domains, our data indicate that the N-glycosylation sites in ACPA variable domains have been introduced by somatic hypermutation. This finding also suggests that ACPA-hyperglycosylation confers a selective advantage to ACPA-producing B cells. This unique and completely novel feature of the citrulline-specific immune response in RA elucidates our understanding of the underlying B cell response.


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Artrite Reumatoide/imunologia , Autoanticorpos/metabolismo , Autoantígenos/imunologia , Citrulina/metabolismo , Glicosilação , Imunoglobulina G/imunologia , Polissacarídeos/metabolismo , Adulto , Idoso , Autoanticorpos/química , Autoantígenos/metabolismo , Cromatografia em Gel , Eletroforese , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Feminino , Humanos , Imunoglobulina G/metabolismo , Masculino , Espectrometria de Massas , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Peso Molecular , Polissacarídeos/química , Ressonância de Plasmônio de Superfície , Líquido Sinovial/imunologia
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Analyst ; 141(18): 5321-8, 2016 Sep 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27328408

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We have developed an integrated solution for the site-specific immobilization of proteins on a biosensor surface, which may be widely applicable for high throughput analytical purposes. The gold surface of a biosensor was coated with an anti-fouling layer of zwitterionic peptide molecules from which leucine zipper peptides protrude. Proteins of interest, the autoantigenic proteins La and U1A, were immobilized via a simple incubation procedure by using the complementary leucine zipper sequence as a genetically fused binding tag. This tag forms a strong coiled-coil interaction that is stable during multiple consecutive measurements and under common regeneration conditions. Visualization of the immobilized proteins of interest via antibody binding with multiplex surface plasmon resonance imaging demonstrated 2.5 times higher binding responses than when these proteins were randomly attached to the surface via the commonly applied activated ester-mediated coupling. The proteins could also be immobilized in a leucine zipper-dependent manner directly from complex mixtures like bacterial lysates, eliminating the need for laborious purification steps. This method allows the production of uniform functional protein arrays by control over immobilized protein orientation and geometry and is compatible with high-throughput procedures.


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Técnicas Biossensoriais , Proteínas Imobilizadas , Ressonância de Plasmônio de Superfície , Autoantígenos , Ouro , Zíper de Leucina , Peptídeos , Ribonucleoproteína Nuclear Pequena U1
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J Immunol ; 192(9): 4103-11, 2014 May 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24683190

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Increasing epidemiologic evidence supports a link between periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis. The actual involvement of periodontitis in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis and the underlying mechanisms remain, however, poorly understood. We investigated the influence of concomitant periodontitis on clinical and histopathologic characteristics of T cell-mediated experimental arthritis and evaluated modulation of type II collagen (CII)-reactive Th cell phenotype as a potential mechanism. Repeated oral inoculations of periodontal pathogens Porphyromonas gingivalis and Prevotella nigrescens induced periodontitis in mice, as evidenced by alveolar bone resorption. Interestingly, concurrent periodontitis induced by both bacteria significantly aggravated the severity of collagen-induced arthritis. Exacerbation of arthritis was characterized by increased arthritic bone erosion, whereas cartilage damage remained unaffected. Both P. gingivalis and P. nigrescens skewed the CII-specific T cell response in lymph nodes draining arthritic joints toward the Th17 phenotype without affecting Th1. Importantly, the levels of IL-17 induced by periodontal pathogens in CII-specific T cells directly correlated with the intensity of arthritic bone erosion, suggesting relevance in pathology. Furthermore, IL-17 production was significantly correlated with periodontal disease-induced IL-6 in lymph node cell cultures. The effects of the two bacteria diverged in that P. nigrescens, in contrast to P. gingivalis, suppressed the joint-protective type 2 cytokines, including IL-4. Further in vitro studies showed that the Th17 induction strongly depended on TLR2 expression on APCs and was highly promoted by IL-1. Our data provide evidence of the involvement of periodontitis in the pathogenesis of T cell-driven arthritis through induction of Ag-specific Th17 response.


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Artrite Experimental/complicações , Artrite Experimental/imunologia , Artrite Reumatoide/imunologia , Doenças Periodontais/complicações , Doenças Periodontais/imunologia , Animais , Artrite Experimental/patologia , Artrite Reumatoide/complicações , Artrite Reumatoide/patologia , Interleucina-1/imunologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Doenças Periodontais/microbiologia , Células Th17/imunologia , Receptor 2 Toll-Like/imunologia
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Mol Cell Proteomics ; 13(2): 388-96, 2014 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24298040

RESUMO

The post-translational conversion of peptidylarginine to peptidylcitrulline, a process also known as citrullination, is catalyzed by the enzyme family of peptidylarginine deiminases (PADs) and has been demonstrated to be involved in many physiological processes, including the regulation of gene expression. In addition, citrullination has been shown to be associated with several diseases, such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and Alzheimer's disease. To get more insight into the role of PAD enzymes and citrullination in both health and disease, experimental strategies to study PAD activity and to characterize citrullinated proteins in complex biological samples are crucial. Here, we describe the chemical, proteomic and antibody-based procedures that are currently available and discuss their applicability for the analysis of complex samples. The methods that have been developed can be used to provide more insight in the substrate specificity of PAD enzymes. Because the evidence that PADs play a pathophysiological role in the diseases mentioned above is increasing, they become attractive targets for therapeutic interventions. More knowledge of PAD specificity and the availability of reliable, high-throughput assays for PAD activity will facilitate the development of highly specific PAD inhibitors.


Assuntos
Citrulina/metabolismo , Ensaios Enzimáticos/métodos , Hidrolases/análise , Hidrolases/metabolismo , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional , Animais , Colorimetria/métodos , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica/métodos , Desiminases de Arginina em Proteínas , Proteômica/métodos
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Nucleic Acids Res ; 42(11): 7358-69, 2014 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24848017

RESUMO

U12-type introns are a rare class of introns in the genomes of diverse eukaryotes. In the human genome, they number over 700. A subset of these introns has been shown to be spliced at a slower rate compared to the major U2-type introns. This suggests a rate-limiting regulatory function for the minor spliceosome in the processing of transcripts containing U12-type introns. However, both the generality of slower splicing and the subsequent fate of partially processed pre-mRNAs remained unknown. Here, we present a global analysis of the nuclear retention of transcripts containing U12-type introns and provide evidence for the nuclear decay of such transcripts in human cells. Using SOLiD RNA sequencing technology, we find that, in normal cells, U12-type introns are on average 2-fold more retained than the surrounding U2-type introns. Furthermore, we find that knockdown of RRP41 and DIS3 subunits of the exosome stabilizes an overlapping set of U12-type introns. RRP41 knockdown leads to slower decay kinetics of U12-type introns and globally upregulates the retention of U12-type, but not U2-type, introns. Our results indicate that U12-type introns are spliced less efficiently and are targeted by the exosome. These characteristics support their role in the regulation of cellular mRNA levels.


Assuntos
Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Complexo Multienzimático de Ribonucleases do Exossomo/metabolismo , Íntrons , Precursores de RNA/metabolismo , Processamento Pós-Transcricional do RNA , Estabilidade de RNA , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular , Núcleo Celular/enzimologia , Complexo Multienzimático de Ribonucleases do Exossomo/antagonistas & inibidores , Humanos , RNA Nuclear Pequeno/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a RNA/antagonistas & inibidores
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Biochim Biophys Acta ; 1844(4): 829-36, 2014 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24594197

RESUMO

Human peptidylarginine deiminases (hPADs) have been implicated in several diseases, particularly in rheumatoid arthritis. Since hPAD2 and hPAD4 are the isotypes expressed in the inflamed joints of RA patients and protein citrullination by PADs has been proposed to play a pathophysiological role, they represent unique therapeutic targets. To facilitate the development of substrate-based PAD inhibitors the substrate specificity of hPAD2 and hPAD4 was determined. Recombinant hPADs were expressed in bacteria or mammalian cell lines and allowed to citrullinate proteins in cell lysates, as well as a series of synthetic peptides. The citrullinated residues in proteins and the efficiency of peptide citrullination were determined by mass spectrometry. In total 320 hPAD2 and 178 hPAD4 citrullination sites were characterized. Amino acid residues most commonly found in citrullination sites for both isotypes are Gly at +1 and Tyr at +3 relative to the target arginine. For hPAD4 several additional amino acids were observed to be preferred at various positions from -4 to +4. The substrate motifs determined by amino acid substitution analysis partially confirmed these preferences, although peptide context dependent differences were also observed. Taken together, our data show that the enzyme specificity for cellular substrates and synthetic peptides differs for hPAD2 and hPAD4. hPAD4 shows more restrictive substrate specificity compared to hPAD2. Consensus sequences, which can be used as the basis for the development of PAD inhibitors, were derived for the citrullination sites of both hPAD2 and hPAD4.


Assuntos
Arginina/metabolismo , Citrulina/metabolismo , Hidrolases/metabolismo , Peptídeos/metabolismo , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Substituição de Aminoácidos , Animais , Arginina/química , Células COS , Chlorocebus aethiops , Citrulina/química , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Glicina/química , Glicina/metabolismo , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Hidrolases/química , Hidrolases/genética , Espectrometria de Massas , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Mutagênese Sítio-Dirigida , Peptídeos/síntese química , Proteína-Arginina Desiminase do Tipo 4 , Desiminases de Arginina em Proteínas , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Especificidade por Substrato , Tirosina/química , Tirosina/metabolismo
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Curr Opin Rheumatol ; 27(6): 595-600, 2015 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26285103

RESUMO

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The purpose of this article is to discuss recent advances in serological testing for sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) and to provide a review of their diagnostic utility and disease-specificity of auto-antibodies in sIBM. RECENT FINDINGS: The identification, prevalence and diagnostic utility of a new auto-antibody targeting cytosolic 5'-nucleotidase 1A (cN-1A) in the serum of sIBM patients have recently been published. These studies have shown that anti-cN-1A auto-antibodies have diagnostic utility for differentiating sIBM from other forms of myositis and from other neuromuscular diseases. Anti-cN-1A-positive patient sera are directed to multiple epitopes of cN-1A and contain, in addition to IgG, IgA and IgM, anti-cN-1A auto-antibodies. Recent studies have also shown a relatively high prevalence of these auto-antibodies in sera form Sjögren's syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus patients. SUMMARY: The recent discovery of auto-antibodies to cN-1A provides a serological tool to aid the differentiation between inflammatory myopathies and supports the idea that apart from degeneration, an adaptive immune response may also play a role in sIBM pathophysiology. Future research will need to focus on standardization of methods to detect these auto-antibodies in order to further explore their specificity and diagnostic utility for sIBM.


Assuntos
5'-Nucleotidase/biossíntese , Autoanticorpos/sangue , Miosite de Corpos de Inclusão/diagnóstico , 5'-Nucleotidase/sangue , Humanos , Miosite de Corpos de Inclusão/sangue , Miosite de Corpos de Inclusão/imunologia , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Testes Sorológicos
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