Cathelicidin LL-37-induced transcriptome of human keratinocyte identifies chemokine CXCL10 link to T cell-mediated rosacea pathogenesis via JAK-1/STAT-1 pathway
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Project description:Rosacea is a chronic inflammatory disease of facial skin with unknown pathophysiology. Abnormal overexpression of human antimicrobial peptide LL-37 is a hallmark of rosacea. However, its significance in the rosacea pathogenesis is not fully understood. We sought to understand the molecular mechanisms of LL-37-mediated rosacea-like inflammation in an in-vitro model of normal human epidermal keratinocytes. Transcriptome profiling of LL-37-treated keratinocytes identified signatures of interferon (IFN)-stimulating genes (ISGs) such as CXCL10, IFIT2, RSAD2 and CXCL11 among the top upregulated differentially expressed genes. Gene ontogeny (GO) enrichment of biological processes revealed activation of cellular response to molecules of bacterial origin, response to chemokines, and cytokine mediated signaling pathways. While KEGG enrichment analysis revealed the activation of TNF signaling, IL-17 signaling, NF-kB signaling and chemokine signaling among the most significant pathways. Remarkably, T cell recruiting chemokine CXCL10 turns out to be the most abundant inflammatory mediator overexpressed upon LL-37 exposure. Mechanistically, LL-37 induced CXCL10 production relied on JAK-1/STAT-1 signaling pathway. In summary, our findings provide a crucial link to keratinocyte: T cell crosstalk and blockade of CXCL10:CXCR3 axis or JAK-1/STAT-1 pathways can be an effective anti-inflammatory strategy to reduce rosacea inflammation by restricting pathogenic T cells infiltration.
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Project description:Rosacea is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease of unknown etiology. Our knowledge about an involvement of the adaptive immune system is very limited. We performed detailed transcriptome analysis, qRT-PCR, and quantitative immunohistochemistry on facial biopsies of rosacea patients, classified according to their clinical subtype. As controls, we used samples from healthy controls. Our study shows significant activation of the immune system in all subtypes of rosacea, characterizing erythematotelangiectatic rosacea (ETR) already as a disease with significant influx of proinflammatory cells. The T cell response is dominated by Th1/Th17-polarized immune cells, as demonstrated by significant upregulation of IFNγ or IL-17, for example. Chemokine expression patterns support a Th1/Th17 polarization profile of the T cell response. Macrophages and mast cells are increased in all three subtypes of rosacea, while neutrophils reach a maximum in papulopustular rosacea. Our studies also provide evidence for activation of plasma cells with significant antibody production already in ETR, followed by a crescendo pattern towards phymatous rosacea. In sum, Th1/Th17 polarized inflammation and macrophage infiltration is an underestimated hallmark in all subtypes of rosacea. Therapies directly targeting the Th1/Th17 pathway are promising candidates in the future treatment of this skin disease.
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