Project description:Human peripheral monocytes have been categorized into three subsets based on differential expression levels of CD14 and CD16. However, the factors that influence the distribution of monocyte subsets and the roles which each subset plays in autoimmunity are not well studied. To compare the gene expression profiling 1) on intermediate monocytes CD14++CD16+ monocytes between healthy donors and autoimmune uveitis patients and 2) among 3 monocyte subsets in health donors, here we purified circulating intermediate CD14++CD16+ monocytes from 5 patients with autoimmune uveitis (labeled as P1-5) and 4 healthy donors (labeled as HD1-4) by flow cytometry and isolated total RNA to proceed microarray assay. In addition, we also purified CD14+CD16++ (non-classical monocytes) and CD14++CD16- (classical monocytes) from 4 healthy donors to do microarray. We demonstrate that CD14++CD16+ monocytes from patients and healthy control donors share a similar gene expression profile. The CD14+CD16++ cells (non-classical monocytes) display the most distinctive gene expression profiling when compared to intermediate CD14++CD16+ monocytes and classical CD14++CD16- monocytes.
Project description:RNA-sequencing data from flow cytometry-sorted primary HLA-DR+ Lin-(CD19-CD3-CD14-) CD1c+ cDC2s purifed from frozen peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with anterior, intermediate, and posterior non-infectious uveitis and healthy controls.
Project description:The gut microbiome influences the development of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. One such condition is autoimmune uveitis, a sight-threatening ocular inflammation driven by retina-specific T cells. Using a model of spontaneous experimental autoimmune uveitis (sEAU) we showed that gut commensals provide immune stimuli that trigger the disease. Here we report that uveitis-promoting microbes are present in human gut flora and that colonization of germ-free (GF) mice with commensal flora from healthy human donors was sufficient to provoke disease. Severity of sEAU correlated with expansion of Akkermansia and contraction of short-chain fatty acid (SCFA)–producing Firmicutes, followed by decreased SCFA levels and a dominant gut Th1 effector response. Mechanistic gain-of-function experiments, enriching GF sEAU mice with Akkermansia, reproduced these microbiome, metabolite and immune phenotype shifts, and exacerbated disease. We propose that Akkermansia promotes autoimmunity by outcompeting SCFA-producers and enhancing Th1-type responses. Notably, an inverse correlation between Akkermansia (Verrucomicrobia) and Firmicutes was also present in fecal microbiome of patients with uveitis, multiple sclerosis and Crohn’s disease. These findings reveal a stereotypic gut microbial interaction network that regulates systemic immune balance, and may represent an ecologically conserved mechanism through which the gut microbiome modulates autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
Project description:Retinal Müller glial cells (RMG) play a central role in retinal neuroinflammation, actively participating in the immune response and adopting a dynamic inflammatory phenotype. However, the precise functions of RMG in retinal inflammation remain incompletely understood. In this study, we investigated the proteome of RMG isolated from healthy horses and horses affected by equine recurrent uveitis (ERU). ERU serves as a unique spontaneous model of autoimmune uveitis, exhibiting key clinical and pathophysiological features observed in humans, such as a relapsing-remitting course of disease and a CD4+ T cell-driven autoimmune etiology [1, 2]. To gain insights into the molecular landscape of RMG in a spontaneous animal model of autoimmune uveitis and their potential contribution to retinal autoimmune neuroinflammation, we used discovery proteomics for the analysis of RMG from healthy horses and horses with ERU. Our data are not only relevant to veterinary medicine but also hold significant translational value for human ophthalmology as well. References: [1] Deeg, C.A., et al., Uveitis in horses induced by interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein is similar to the spontaneous disease. Eur J Immunol, 2002. 32(9): p. 2598-606. https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-4141(200209)32:9<2598::AID-IMMU2598>3.0.CO;2-%23 [2] Deeg, C.A., et al., CRALBP is a highly prevalent autoantigen for human autoimmune uveitis. Clin Dev Immunol, 2007. 2007: p. 39245. https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/39245
Project description:As part of our study in understanding the role of SP140 in inflammatory pathways in macrophages, we inhibited SP140 mRNA using siRNA. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were obtained from whole blood of healthy donors (from Sanquin Institute Amsterdam or from GSK Stevenage Blood Donation Unit) by Ficoll density gradient (Invitrogen). CD14+ monocytes were positively selected from PBMCs using CD14 Microbeads according to the manufacturer’s instructions (Miltenyi Biotec). CD14+ cells were differentiated with 20 ng/mL of macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) (R&D systems) for 3 days followed by 3 days of polarization into classically activated (inflammatory) M1 macrophages (100 ng/mL IFN-γ; R&D systems). M1 macrophages were transfected with siGENOME human smartpool SP140 siRNA or non-targeting scrambled siRNA for 48h with DharmaFECT™ transfection reagents according to manufacturer’s protocol (Dharmacon). The cells were left unstimulated or stimulated with 100 ng/mL LPS (E. coli 0111:B4; Sigma) for 4h (for qPCR) or 24h (for Elisa). The cells were lysed (ISOLATE II RNA Lysis Buffer RLY-Bioline) for RNA extraction.150 ng total RNA was labelled using the cRNA labelling kit for Illumina BeadArrays (Ambion) and hybridized with Ref8v3 BeadArrays (Illumina). Arrays were scanned on a BeadArray 500GX scanner and data were normalized using quantile normalization with background subtraction (GenomeStudio software; Illumina). This submission only contains processed data
Project description:The present gene expression array study of comparative gene profile in monocytes from patients with primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Lupus with Antiphospholipid Syndrome demonstrates that the gene expression profiling allows the segregation of these highly related autoimmune diseases, with specific signatures explaining the pro-atherosclerotic, pro-thrombotic and inflammatory changes. One hundred and twenty six patients, forty one with APS, thirty one with SAPS and fifty four with SLE, as well as sixty one healthy donors were included in the study. Monocytes were purified from peripheral blood samples (non-monocytes depleting kit, Miltenyi Biotech, Bergisch Galdbach, Germany). Total RNA from monocytes was extracted using TRIzol reagent. RNA quality control was performed in a 2100 Bioanalyzer. Complementary RNAs from 3 APS patients, 3 SAPS patients, 3 SLE patients, and 3 healthy donors were prepared for hybridization in an Agilent G4112F platform (Whole human Genome microarray 44K) using the One-color gene expression system (Agilent technologies).
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of Homo sapiens inflammatory skin diseases (whole skin biospies): Psoriasis (Pso), vs Atopic Dermatitis (AD) vs Lichen planus (Li), vs Contact Eczema (KE), vs Healthy control (KO) In recent years, different genes and proteins have been highlighted as potential biomarkers for psoriasis, one of the most common inflammatory skin diseases worldwide. However, most of these markers are not psoriasis-specific but also found in other inflammatory disorders. We performed an unsupervised cluster analysis of gene expression profiles in 150 psoriasis patients and other inflammatory skin diseases (atopic dermatitis, lichen planus, contact eczema, and healthy controls). We identified a cluster of IL-17/TNFα-associated genes specifically expressed in psoriasis, among which IL-36γ was the most outstanding marker. In subsequent immunohistological analyses IL-36γ was confirmed to be expressed in psoriasis lesions only. IL-36γ peripheral blood serum levels were found to be closely associated with disease activity, and they decreased after anti-TNFα-treatment. Furthermore, IL-36γ immunohistochemistry was found to be a helpful marker in the histological differential diagnosis between psoriasis and eczema in diagnostically challenging cases. These features highlight IL-36γ as a valuable biomarker in psoriasis patients, both for diagnostic purposes and measurement of disease activity during the clinical course. Furthermore, IL-36γ might also provide a future drug target, due to its potential amplifier role in TNFα- and IL-17 pathways in psoriatic skin inflammation. In recent years, different genes and proteins have been highlighted as potential biomarkers for psoriasis, one of the most common inflammatory skin diseases worldwide. However, most of these markers are not psoriasis-specific but also found in other inflammatory disorders. We performed an unsupervised cluster analysis of gene expression profiles in 150 psoriasis patients and other inflammatory skin diseases (atopic dermatitis, lichen planus, contact eczema, and healthy controls). We identified a cluster of IL-17/TNFα-associated genes specifically expressed in psoriasis, among which IL-36γ was the most outstanding marker. In subsequent immunohistological analyses IL-36γ was confirmed to be expressed in psoriasis lesions only. IL-36γ peripheral blood serum levels were found to be closely associated with disease activity, and they decreased after anti-TNFα-treatment. Furthermore, IL-36γ immunohistochemistry was found to be a helpful marker in the histological differential diagnosis between psoriasis and eczema in diagnostically challenging cases. These features highlight IL-36γ as a valuable biomarker in psoriasis patients, both for diagnostic purposes and measurement of disease activity during the clinical course. Furthermore, IL-36γ might also provide a future drug target, due to its potential amplifier role in TNFα- and IL-17 pathways in psoriatic skin inflammation.