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Guignard S, Saifeddine M, Mihara K, Motahhary M, Savignac M, Guiraud L, Sagnat D, Sebbag M, Khou S, Rolland C, Edir A, Bournet B, Buscail L, Buscail E, Alric L, Camare C, Ambli M, Vergnolle N, Hollenberg MD, Deraison C, Bonnart C. Chymotrypsin activity signals to intestinal epithelium by protease-activated receptor-dependent mechanisms. Br J Pharmacol 2024. [PMID: 38637276 DOI: 10.1111/bph.16341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Chymotrypsin is a pancreatic protease secreted into the lumen of the small intestine to digest food proteins. We hypothesized that chymotrypsin activity may be found close to epithelial cells and that chymotrypsin signals to them via protease-activated receptors (PARs). We deciphered molecular pharmacological mechanisms and gene expression regulation for chymotrypsin signalling in intestinal epithelial cells. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH The presence and activity of chymotrypsin were evaluated by Western blot and enzymatic activity tests in the luminal and mucosal compartments of murine and human gut samples. The ability of chymotrypsin to cleave the extracellular domain of PAR1 or PAR2 was assessed using cell lines expressing N-terminally tagged receptors. The cleavage site of chymotrypsin on PAR1 and PAR2 was determined by HPLC-MS analysis. The chymotrypsin signalling mechanism was investigated in CMT93 intestinal epithelial cells by calcium mobilization assays and Western blot analyses of (ERK1/2) phosphorylation. The transcriptional consequences of chymotrypsin signalling were analysed on colonic organoids. KEY RESULTS We found that chymotrypsin was present and active in the vicinity of the colonic epithelium. Molecular pharmacological studies have shown that chymotrypsin cleaves both PAR1 and PAR2 receptors. Chymotrypsin activated calcium and ERK1/2 signalling pathways through PAR2, and this pathway promoted interleukin-10 (IL-10) up-regulation in colonic organoids. In contrast, chymotrypsin disarmed PAR1, preventing further activation by its canonical agonist, thrombin. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS Our results highlight the ability of chymotrypsin to signal to intestinal epithelial cells via PARs, which may have important physiological consequences in gut homeostasis.
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- Simon Guignard
- IRSD, University of Toulouse, INSERM, INRAE, ENVT, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier (UPS), Toulouse, France
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Toulouse Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases (Infinity) INSERM UMR1291-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR5051, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier (UPS), Toulouse, France
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- IRSD, University of Toulouse, INSERM, INRAE, ENVT, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier (UPS), Toulouse, France
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- IRSD, University of Toulouse, INSERM, INRAE, ENVT, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier (UPS), Toulouse, France
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- IRSD, University of Toulouse, INSERM, INRAE, ENVT, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier (UPS), Toulouse, France
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- IRSD, University of Toulouse, INSERM, INRAE, ENVT, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier (UPS), Toulouse, France
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- IRSD, University of Toulouse, INSERM, INRAE, ENVT, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier (UPS), Toulouse, France
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- IRSD, University of Toulouse, INSERM, INRAE, ENVT, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier (UPS), Toulouse, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- IRSD, University of Toulouse, INSERM, INRAE, ENVT, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier (UPS), Toulouse, France
- Department of Digestive Surgery, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Digestive Diseases, Rangueil, Toulouse III University Hospital, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
- University of Toulouse, UMR1297, INSERM/Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier (UPS), Toulouse, France
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- IRSD, University of Toulouse, INSERM, INRAE, ENVT, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier (UPS), Toulouse, France
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- IRSD, University of Toulouse, INSERM, INRAE, ENVT, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier (UPS), Toulouse, France
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- IRSD, University of Toulouse, INSERM, INRAE, ENVT, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier (UPS), Toulouse, France
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- IRSD, University of Toulouse, INSERM, INRAE, ENVT, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier (UPS), Toulouse, France
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Deraison C, Jaeger MC, Guiraud L, Rolland C, Bellot A, Rolland C, Sebbag M, Bermudez L, Langella P, Vergnolle N. A gardian of gut epithelial barrier from inflammation: the elastase inhibitor ELAFIN. FASEB J 2020. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.05293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Ribon M, Seninet S, Mussard J, Sebbag M, Clavel C, Serre G, Boissier MC, Semerano L, Decker P. Neutrophil extracellular traps exert both pro- and anti-inflammatory actions in rheumatoid arthritis that are modulated by C1q and LL-37. J Autoimmun 2019; 98:122-131. [PMID: 30704942 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2019.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Revised: 01/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Neutrophil extracellular traps (NET), produced by activated polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN), are supposed to play a role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease characterized by anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA). Indeed, NET contain citrullinated autoantigens and some RA autoantibodies recognize NET. However, the mechanisms by which NET trigger or perpetuate the inflammatory process in RA are hitherto not elucidated. We hypothesized that, in addition to citrullination, NET might also contain stimulatory proteins and directly activate inflammatory target cells, as PMN and macrophages. METHODS NET antigenic and inflammatory properties were analyzed in 157 healthy donors (HD) and RA patients, the largest analysis reported so far. Primary PMN and monocyte-derived macrophages were isolated and immunoglobulin G (IgG) purified. NET were induced (NETosis), isolated and quantified. NET antigenicity was analyzed by fluorescence microscopy. PMN and macrophages were stimulated with NET with/without ACPA, C1q, LL-37 or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and cell activation was estimated by flow cytometry and ELISA. RESULTS PMN from RA patients produced more NET than HD PMN. We next dissected how NET mechanistically affect inflammatory cells. Particularly, we show for the first time that RA and HD NET activated both resting macrophages and PMN, but importantly RA NET were more stimulatory, leading to secretion of inflammatory cytokines and up-regulation of HLA/CD86/CD11b. IgG from ACPA-positive RA patients specifically recognized RA and even HD NET. Nevertheless, NET-induced cell activation occurs independently of immune complex formation with ACPA. Likewise, endosomal acidification was not required. Notably, we also report that complement C1q increased the NET stimulatory activity on macrophages only, due to higher expression of C1q receptors, which was further supported by the LL-37 antimicrobial peptide. In contrast, NET specifically inhibited interleukin (IL)-6 secretion by LPS-activated macrophages and not PMN, especially with C1q/LL-37. This inhibition was not mediated by NET-derived proteases or LPS neutralization and was associated with the simultaneous induction of IL-10 secretion. CONCLUSION We show that NET possess both pro- and anti-inflammatory properties depending on target cells, their activation levels and C1q/LL-37. Thus, independently of ACPA, NET modulate RA chronic inflammation via this new dual activity we identified. In addition, NET may trigger autoimmunity in RA as ACPA recognize NET antigens but not non-activated PMN. Therefore, we conclude that excess of NETosis together with enhanced NET activity participate to RA pathogenesis at different levels.
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- Matthieu Ribon
- University of Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France; Inserm UMR 1125, Li2P, Bobigny, France
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- University of Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France; Inserm UMR 1125, Li2P, Bobigny, France
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- University of Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France; Inserm UMR 1125, Li2P, Bobigny, France
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- University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France; Inserm UMR 1056, Toulouse, France; Inserm UMR 1220, Toulouse, France
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- University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France; Inserm UMR 1056, Toulouse, France
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- University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France; Inserm UMR 1056, Toulouse, France
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- University of Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France; Inserm UMR 1125, Li2P, Bobigny, France; Avicenne Hospital, Rheumatology Department, AP-HP, Bobigny, France
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- University of Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France; Inserm UMR 1125, Li2P, Bobigny, France; Avicenne Hospital, Rheumatology Department, AP-HP, Bobigny, France
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- University of Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France; Inserm UMR 1125, Li2P, Bobigny, France.
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Cornillet M, Babos F, Magyar A, Sebbag M, Verrouil E, Hudecz F, Serre G, Nogueira L. Seropositivity and Antibody Profiling of Patients Are Dramatically Impacted by the Features of Peptides Used as Immunosorbents: A Lesson from Anti–Citrullinated Protein/Peptide Antibody. J I 2018; 201:3211-3217. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1800330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 09/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Clavel C, Ceccato L, Anquetil F, Serre G, Sebbag M. Among human macrophages polarised to different phenotypes, the M-CSF-oriented cells present the highest pro-inflammatory response to the rheumatoid arthritis-specific immune complexes containing ACPA. Ann Rheum Dis 2016; 75:2184-2191. [PMID: 27009917 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Revised: 02/08/2016] [Accepted: 03/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES In the inflamed synovium of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins (ACPA) probably form immune complexes (IC) on deposits of citrullinated fibrin. We showed that in vitro such ACPA-IC activate a pro-inflammatory cytokine response in M-CSF-differentiated macrophages. Our objective was to evaluate how macrophage polarisation influences this response. METHODS CD14-positive monocytes from healthy donors were cultured in the presence of M-CSF, IFN-γ, interleukin (IL)-4 or IL-10. Expression of markers specific for polarised macrophages was analysed by flow cytometry. Their cytokine secretion was prompted by in vitro generated autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins immune complexes (ACPA-IC) and assayed in the culture supernatants. RESULTS IFN-γ-polarised cells exhibited high levels of CD64 and CD80. Low expression of CD14 and high expression of CD206 characterised the IL-4-polarised cells. Exposure to IL-10 or M-CSF raised the expression of CD14, CD32 and CD163. The two cell types lacked CD80 and exhibited similar expression of CD64, CD200R and CD206. In response to ACPA-IC, the secretion of IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-8 was similar among cells exposed to IFN-γ, IL-4 or IL-10. However, the later cells were associated with the highest IL-1Ra:IL-1β ratio and the lowest tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α:IL-10 ratio. Conversely, M-CSF-exposed cells secreted the highest levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, exhibited a high TNF-α:IL-10 ratio and the lowest IL-1Ra:IL-1β ratio. CONCLUSIONS Despite their phenotypic similarity, IL-10-polarised and M-CSF-polarised macrophages clearly differ in their cytokine response to ACPA-IC. M-CSF-polarised cells exhibit the highest pro-inflammatory potential. Since M-CSF is abundant in the RA synovium, therein it probably drives macrophages towards a strong pro-inflammatory cytokine response to the locally formed ACPA-IC.
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- Cyril Clavel
- INSERM Unité 1056, Toulouse, France.,CNRS Unité Mixte de Recherche 5165, Toulouse, France.,Laboratory of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.,Laboratory of Cell Biology and Cytology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Toulouse, Institut Fédératif de Biologie, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM Unité 1056, Toulouse, France.,CNRS Unité Mixte de Recherche 5165, Toulouse, France.,Laboratory of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM Unité 1056, Toulouse, France.,CNRS Unité Mixte de Recherche 5165, Toulouse, France.,Laboratory of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM Unité 1056, Toulouse, France.,CNRS Unité Mixte de Recherche 5165, Toulouse, France.,Laboratory of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.,Laboratory of Cell Biology and Cytology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Toulouse, Institut Fédératif de Biologie, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM Unité 1056, Toulouse, France.,CNRS Unité Mixte de Recherche 5165, Toulouse, France.,Laboratory of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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Ribon M, Seninet S, Matyja K, Sebbag M, Clavel C, Mussard J, Serre G, Boissier MC, Decker P. A1.29 Normal and rheumatoid arthritis neutrophil extracellular TRAPS are both pro- and anti-inflammatory via mechanisms involving the C1Q complement protein but independently of ACPA, ll-37 or the inflammasome. Ann Rheum Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209124.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Clavel C, Ceccato L, Anquetil F, Serre G, Sebbag M. A1.33 Among human macrophages polarised to different phenotypes, the M-CSF-oriented cells present the highest pro-inflammatory response to the rheumatoid arthritis-specific immune complexes containing ACPA. Ann Rheum Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209124.33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Anquetil F, Clavel C, Offer G, Serre G, Sebbag M. IgM and IgA rheumatoid factors purified from rheumatoid arthritis sera boost the Fc receptor- and complement-dependent effector functions of the disease-specific anti-citrullinated protein autoantibodies. J Immunol 2015; 194:3664-74. [PMID: 25769920 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1402334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Accepted: 02/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Rheumatoid factors (RF) and the disease-specific anti-citrullinated protein autoantibodies (ACPA) coexist in the joints of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients where they probably contribute to synovitis. We investigated the influence of IgM and IgA RF on the FcR- and complement-dependent effects of ACPA immune complexes (ACPA-IC). When stimulated by ACPA-IC formed in the presence of IgM RF or IgA RF fractions purified from RA serum pools, M-CSF-generated macrophages skewed their cytokine response toward inflammation, with increases in the TNF-α/IL-10 ratio and in IL-6 and IL-8 secretion, and decreases in the IL-1Ra/IL-1β ratio. In the IgM RF-mediated amplification of the inflammatory response of macrophages, the participation of an IgM receptor was excluded, notably by showing that they did not express any established receptor for IgM. Rather, this amplification depended on the IgM RF-mediated recruitment of more IgG into the ACPA-IC. However, the macrophages expressed FcαRI and blocking its interaction with IgA inhibited the IgA RF-mediated amplification of TNF-α secretion induced by ACPA-IC, showing its major implication in the effects of RF of the IgA class. LPS further amplified the TNF-α response of macrophages to RF-containing ACPA-IC. Lastly, the presence of IgM or IgA RF increased the capacity of ACPA-IC to activate the complement cascade. Therefore, specifically using autoantibodies from RA patients, the strong FcR-mediated or complement-dependent pathogenic potential of IC including both ACPA and IgM or IgA RF was established. Simultaneous FcR triggering by these RF-containing ACPA-IC and TLR4 ligation possibly makes a major contribution to RA synovitis.
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- Florence Anquetil
- Unité Différenciation Épidermique et Autoimmunité Rhumatoïde, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1056, INSERM, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France; Unité Mixte de Recherche 5165, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France; Université de Toulouse, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France; and Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Cytologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
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- Unité Différenciation Épidermique et Autoimmunité Rhumatoïde, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1056, INSERM, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France; Unité Mixte de Recherche 5165, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France; Université de Toulouse, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France; and Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Cytologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
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- Unité Différenciation Épidermique et Autoimmunité Rhumatoïde, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1056, INSERM, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France; Unité Mixte de Recherche 5165, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France; Université de Toulouse, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France; and
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- Unité Différenciation Épidermique et Autoimmunité Rhumatoïde, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1056, INSERM, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France; Unité Mixte de Recherche 5165, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France; Université de Toulouse, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France; and Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Cytologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
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- Unité Différenciation Épidermique et Autoimmunité Rhumatoïde, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1056, INSERM, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France; Unité Mixte de Recherche 5165, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France; Université de Toulouse, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France; and
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Ribon M, Matyja K, Sebbag M, Clavel C, Mussard J, Serre G, Boissier MC, Decker P. A6.43 Neutrophil extracellular traps are not only targets for ACPA but also directly trigger pro- and anti-inflammatory effects partly mediated by the C1Q complement protein. Ann Rheum Dis 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207259.169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Anquetil F, Clavel C, Offer G, Serre G, Sebbag M. A6.41 IgM and IgA rheumatoid factors from rheumatoid arthritis patients boost the F creceptor- and complement-dependent effector functions of ACPA. Ann Rheum Dis 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207259.167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Sebbag M, Serre G, Simon M. Filaggrin is expressed in the epithelial cells of the buccal mucosae. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2014; 25:600-1. [PMID: 25199434 DOI: 10.1111/pai.12277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- M Sebbag
- UMR 5165 CNRS, 1056 INSERM, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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Laurent L, Anquetil F, Clavel C, Ndongo-Thiam N, Offer G, Miossec P, Pasquali JL, Sebbag M, Serre G. IgM rheumatoid factor amplifies the inflammatory response of macrophages induced by the rheumatoid arthritis-specific immune complexes containing anticitrullinated protein antibodies. Ann Rheum Dis 2014; 74:1425-31. [PMID: 24618262 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2013] [Accepted: 02/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Anticitrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) are specifically associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and produced in inflamed synovial membranes where citrullinated fibrin, their antigenic target, is abundant. We showed that immune complexes containing IgG ACPA (ACPA-IC) induce FcγR-mediated tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α secretion in macrophages. Since IgM rheumatoid factor (RF), an autoantibody directed to the Fc fragment of IgG, is also produced and concentrated in the rheumatoid synovial tissue, we evaluated its influence on macrophage stimulation by ACPA-IC. METHODS With monocyte-derived macrophages from more than 40 healthy individuals and different human IgM cryoglobulins with RF activity, using a previously developed human in vitro model, we evaluated the effect of the incorporation of IgM RF into ACPA-IC. RESULTS IgM RF induced an important amplification of the TNF-α secretion. This effect was not observed in monocytes and depended on an increase in the number of IgG-engaged FcγR. It extended to the secretion of interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-6, was paralleled by IL-8 secretion and was not associated with overwhelming secretion of IL-10 or IL-1Ra. Moreover, the RF-induced increased proinflammatory bioactivity of the cytokine response to ACPA-IC was confirmed by an enhanced, not entirely TNF-dependent, capacity of the secreted cytokine cocktail to prompt IL-6 secretion by RA synoviocytes. CONCLUSIONS By showing that it can greatly enhance the proinflammatory cytokine response induced in macrophages by the RA-specific ACPA-IC, these results highlight a previously undescribed, FcγR-dependent strong proinflammatory potential of IgM RF. They clarify the pathophysiological link between the presence of ACPA and IgM RF, and RA severity.
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- Lætitia Laurent
- Unité Différenciation Épidermique et Auto-Immunité Rhumatoïde, INSERM Unité Mixte de Recherche 1056, Toulouse, France Unité Différenciation Épidermique et Auto-Immunité Rhumatoïde, CNRS UMR 5165, Toulouse, France Laboratory of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Unité Différenciation Épidermique et Auto-Immunité Rhumatoïde, INSERM Unité Mixte de Recherche 1056, Toulouse, France Unité Différenciation Épidermique et Auto-Immunité Rhumatoïde, CNRS UMR 5165, Toulouse, France Laboratory of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France Laboratory of Cell Biology and Cytology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Toulouse, Institut Fédératif de Biologie, Toulouse, France
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- Unité Différenciation Épidermique et Auto-Immunité Rhumatoïde, INSERM Unité Mixte de Recherche 1056, Toulouse, France Unité Différenciation Épidermique et Auto-Immunité Rhumatoïde, CNRS UMR 5165, Toulouse, France Laboratory of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France Laboratory of Cell Biology and Cytology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Toulouse, Institut Fédératif de Biologie, Toulouse, France
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- Immunogenomics and inflammation research unit EA 4130, University of Lyon 1, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
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- Unité Différenciation Épidermique et Auto-Immunité Rhumatoïde, INSERM Unité Mixte de Recherche 1056, Toulouse, France Unité Différenciation Épidermique et Auto-Immunité Rhumatoïde, CNRS UMR 5165, Toulouse, France Laboratory of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Immunogenomics and inflammation research unit EA 4130, University of Lyon 1, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
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- CNRS Unité 9021, Laboratory of Immunology and Therapeutical chemistry, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Federative Research Center 1589, Strasbourg, France
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- Unité Différenciation Épidermique et Auto-Immunité Rhumatoïde, INSERM Unité Mixte de Recherche 1056, Toulouse, France Unité Différenciation Épidermique et Auto-Immunité Rhumatoïde, CNRS UMR 5165, Toulouse, France Laboratory of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Unité Différenciation Épidermique et Auto-Immunité Rhumatoïde, INSERM Unité Mixte de Recherche 1056, Toulouse, France Unité Différenciation Épidermique et Auto-Immunité Rhumatoïde, CNRS UMR 5165, Toulouse, France Laboratory of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France Laboratory of Cell Biology and Cytology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Toulouse, Institut Fédératif de Biologie, Toulouse, France
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Cornillet M, Sebbag M, Verrouil E, Magyar A, Babos F, Ruyssen-Witrand A, Hudecz F, Cantagrel A, Serre G, Nogueira L. The fibrin-derived citrullinated peptide β60-74Cit₆₀,₇₂,₇₄ bears the major ACPA epitope recognised by the rheumatoid arthritis-specific anticitrullinated fibrinogen autoantibodies and anti-CCP2 antibodies. Ann Rheum Dis 2013; 73:1246-52. [PMID: 23636655 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the proportions of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) sera containing anticitrullinated proteins autoantibodies (ACPA) reactive to α36-50Cit₃₈,₄₂ and/or β60-74Cit₆₀,₇₂,₇₄, two peptides identified as bearing the immunodominant epitopes of their major target, citrullinated fibrin. To analyse the relationships of anti-α36-50Cit₃₈,₄₂ and anti-β60-74Cit₆₀,₇₂,₇₄ autoantibodies with autoantibodies reactive to the complete citrullinated human fibrinogen molecule (AhFibA) and with anti-CCP2 antibodies. METHODS 617 sera from 181 patients with established RA and 436 with non-RA rheumatic diseases were tested by ELISA for AhFibA, anti-CCP2, anti-α36-50Cit₃₈,₄₂, anti-β60-74Cit₆₀,₇₂,₇₄ autoantibodies, and by nephelometry for rheumatoid factor (RF). Diagnostic indexes, correlations and concordances between tests were analysed. Crossreactivity of anti-α36-50Cit₃₈,₄₂ and anti-β60-74Cit₆₀,₇₂,₇₄ autoantibodies was assessed in competition experiments. RESULTS At a diagnostic specificity of 95%, the diagnostic sensitivity of AhFibA (83%) was significantly higher than that of all other tests. The diagnostic sensitivity of anti-β60-74Cit₆₀,₇₂,₇₄ (71%) was significantly higher than that of anti-α36-50Cit₃₈,₄₂ autoantibodies (51%) but similar to that of anti-CCP2 (74%). Titres of RF, anti-α36-50Cit₃₈,₄₂ and anti-β60-74Cit₆₀,₇₂,₇₄ autoantibodies were weakly correlated with each other, whereas titres of anti-β60-74Cit₆₀,₇₂,₇₄ were strongly correlated with those of AhFibA (r=0.633) and anti-CCP2 (r=0.634). Anti-α36-50Cit₃₈,₄₂ and anti-β60-74Cit₆₀,₇₂,₇₄ mainly corresponded to two non-crossreactive subfamilies of ACPA. More than 90% of AhFibA-positive or anti-CCP2-positive sera recognised the α36-50Cit₃₈,₄₂ and/or the β60-74Cit₆₀,₇₂,₇₄ peptide. CONCLUSIONS Autoantibodies reactive to α36-50Cit₃₈,₄₂ and β60-74Cit₆₀,₇₂,₇₄ form two distinct, non-overlapping subfamilies of ACPA that, together, cover practically all the ACPA reactivity to citrullinated fibrinogen and to CCP2 antigens. In established RA, anti-β60-74Cit₆₀,₇₂,₇₄ autoantibodies show diagnostic indexes similar to those of anti-CCP2.
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- M Cornillet
- , Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity' Laboratory, UMR CNRS 5165, INSERM U 1056, Toulouse III University, , Toulouse, France
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Clavel C, Anquetil F, Zabraniecki L, Verrouil É, Serre G, Sebbag M. A5.16 TNF-α Response of Synovial Fluid Monocyte-Macrophages to ACPA Immune Complexes. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203219.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Cornillet M, Sebbag M, Verrouil E, Magyar A, Ruyssen-Witrand A, Hudecz F, Cantagrel A, Serre G, Nogueira L. A5.7 Autoantibodies to the Fibrin-Derived Citrullinated Peptides α36–50 and β60–74 are Two Distinct Non-Overlapping Subfamilies of ACPA that together almost Summarise their Reactivity to Citrullinated Fibrinogen and to CCP2 Antigens. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203219.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Ferrari-Lacraz S, Sebbag M, Chicheportiche R, Foulquier C, Serre G, Dayer JM. P097 Contact with stimulated T cells up-regulates expression of peptidylarginine deiminase 2 and 4 by human monocytes. Cytokine 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2012.06.185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Iobagiu C, Magyar A, Nogueira L, Cornillet M, Sebbag M, Arnaud J, Hudecz F, Serre G. The antigen specificity of the rheumatoid arthritis-associated ACPA directed to citrullinated fibrin is very closely restricted. J Autoimmun 2011; 37:263-72. [PMID: 21872430 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2011.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2011] [Revised: 07/21/2011] [Accepted: 07/28/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The major targets of the disease-specific autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins (ACPA) in synovium of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are borne by the citrullinated α- and β-chains of fibrin. We demonstrated that ACPA target a limited set of citrullinated fibrin peptides and particularly four multicitrullinated peptides which present the major epitopes. In this study, we established the clear immunodominance of the peptides α36-50Cit(38,42) and β60-74Cit(60,72,74) which were recognised by 51/81 (63%) and 61/81 (75%) of ACPA-positive patients, respectively, more than 90% recognising one, the other or both peptides. We also identified the citrullyl residues αCit(42), βCit(72) and βCit(74) as essential for antigenicity, and at a lesser degree αCit(38). Then, we assayed on overlapping 7-mer peptides encompassing the sequences of the two peptides, 3 series of sera recognising either α36-50Cit(38,42) or β60-74Cit(60,72,74) or both peptides. In each series, the reactivity profiles of the sera, largely superimposable, allowed identification of the two 4/5-mer overlapping epitopes (α: VECit(42)HQ and α': Cit(38)VVE), and the single 5-mer epitope (β: GYCit(72)ACit(74)), all located to a flexible globular domain of fibrin on a topological 3D model. In conclusion, we demonstrated that only 3 immunodominant epitopes are targeted by ACPA on citrullinated fibrin stressing their actual oligoclonality. However, the reactivity to the 3 epitopes distinguishes three subgroups of patients. The closely restricted antigen specificity suggests that the autoimmune reaction to citrullinated fibrin is antigen-driven. The accessibility of the epitopes reinforces the hypothesis of a pathogenic role for ACPA via immune complexe formation in the synovial tissue.
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- Cristina Iobagiu
- Laboratory of "Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity", UMR 5165 CNRS-Toulouse III University, Purpan Hospital, Place du Dr Baylac, TSA 40031, 31059 Toulouse cedex 9, France.
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Laurent L, Clavel C, Lemaire O, Anquetil F, Cornillet M, Zabraniecki L, Nogueira L, Fournié B, Serre G, Sebbag M. Fcγ receptor profile of monocytes and macrophages from rheumatoid arthritis patients and their response to immune complexes formed with autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins. Ann Rheum Dis 2011; 70:1052-9. [PMID: 21406456 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.142091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To analyse Fcγ receptor (FcγR) expression on monocytes and macrophages from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients versus healthy controls (HC), and to compare their responses to immune complexes containing RA-specific anti-citrullinated proteins auto antibodies (ACPA). METHODS Monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages were obtained from the peripheral blood of 34 RA patients and 69 HC. FcγR expression was studied by flow cytometry. Cells were stimulated with ACPA-containing immune complexes, and tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) was assayed in culture supernatants. RESULTS Variations distinguished RA from HC monocytes, corresponding to a 5% and 6% decrease in the percentages of monocytes expressing FcγRI and FcγRII, respectively, and a 7% increase in the proportion of FcγRIII-positive monocytes. Although in both HC and RA patients macrophage differentiation was accompanied by a dramatic increase in the percentage of FcγRIII-expressing cells (72% vs 74.5%), the parallel decline in the proportion of FcγRI-positive cells was markedly smaller in RA (7% vs 43%). Monocytes and macrophages from patients were responsive to ACPA-containing immune complexes but TNFα production in both cell types neither differed from that observed with the corresponding cells from HC, nor correlated with FcγR expression or clinical or biological data. In RA as in HC, ACPA-containing immune complexes induced secretions of more TNFα in macrophages than in paired monocytes (ninefold). Finally, the proinflammatory potential of ACPA-containing immune complexes was confirmed in CD14-positive monocyte macrophages from the synovial fluid of four RA patients. CONCLUSIONS ACPA-containing immune complexes induce TNFα secretion by blood and synovial fluid-derived macrophages from RA patients, fitting with their probable involvement in RA pathophysiology.
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- Lætitia Laurent
- Laboratory of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5165, Centre National de Recherche Scientifi que (CNRS), Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III University), Unité 1056, Institut National de Santé et de Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Fédératif de Biologie Médicale de Toulouse Recherche (IFR150, CNRS, INSERM, Toulouse III University, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Toulouse), Toulouse, France
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Laurent L, Clavel C, Anquetil F, Pasquali JL, Sebbag M, Serre G. Cytokine profile of macrophages in vitro stimulated by ACPA immune complexes in the presence or absence of IgM rheumatoid factor. Ann Rheum Dis 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.148973.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Méchin MC, Sebbag M, Arnaud J, Nachat R, Foulquier C, Adoue V, Coudane F, Duplan H, Schmitt AM, Chavanas S, Guerrin M, Serre G, Simon M. Update on peptidylarginine deiminases and deimination in skin physiology and severe human diseases. Int J Cosmet Sci 2010; 29:147-68. [PMID: 18489346 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2494.2007.00377.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Deimination (or citrullination) is a recently described post-translational modification, but its consequences are not yet well understood. It is catalysed by peptidylarginine deiminases (PADs). These enzymes transform arginyl residues involved in a peptidyl link into citrullyl residues in a calcium-dependent manner. Several PAD substrates have already been identified like filaggrin and keratins K1 and K10 in the epidermis, trichohyalin in hair follicles, but also ubiquitous proteins like histones. PADs act in a large panel of physiological functions as cellular differentiation or gene regulation. It has been suggested that deimination plays a role in many major diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and psoriasis. Five human genes (PADIs), encoding five highly conserved paralogous enzymes (PAD1-4 and 6), have been characterized. These genes are clustered in a single locus, at 1p35-36 in man. Only PAD1-3 are expressed in human epidermis. PADs seem to be controlled at transcriptional, translational and activity levels and they present particular substrate specificities. In this review, we shall discuss these main biochemical, genetic and functional aspects of PADs together with their pathophysiological implications.
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- M-C Méchin
- University of Toulouse III, UMR5165, Institut Fédératif de Recherche Claude de Préval, Toulouse, France.
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Ferrari-Lacraz S, Sebbag M, Chicheportiche R, Foulquier C, Serre G, Dayer JM. Upon contact with stimulated T cells, expression of peptidylarginine deiminase 2 and 4 is upregulated in human monocytes. Ann Rheum Dis 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.129577d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Laurent L, Clavel C, Pasquali JL, Serre G, Sebbag M. Rheumatoid factor amplifies the macrophage secretion of TNF induced by ACPA-citrullinated fibrinogen immune complexes. Ann Rheum Dis 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.129577e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Anti-perinuclear factor and anti-keratin antibodies have long been known to be specifically associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). They were first demonstrated to target various forms of (pro)filaggrin, a protein of stratified epithelia. Then, they were found to belong to a single family of autoantibodies targeting proteins that bear peptidic epitopes centered by a citrullyl residue: the anti-citrullinated protein autoantibodies (ACPA). The main targets of ACPA in the synovial tissue were demonstrated to be citrullinated forms of the a- and beta-chains of fibrin. A chronic conflict between locally produced ACPA and deposits of citrullinated fibrin is probably responsible for self-maintaining of RA synovial inflammation. Various tests for the detection of ACPA have been developed: recent ELISAs confirm their high diagnostic specificity and improve their diagnostic sensitivity. Since ACPA appear very early in the course of the disease, their detection is of major interest to identify RA among recent arthritides. Moreover, their prognostic value may lead to start early 'aggressive' treatments to prevent irreversible joint damage.
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- Christian Vincent
- "Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity"; UMR 5165 CNRS-Toulouse III University, IFR30 (CNRS-INSERM-Toulouse III University-CHU de Toulouse) Toulouse France
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Clavel C, Nogueira L, Laurent L, Iobagiu C, Vincent C, Sebbag M, Serre G. Induction of macrophage secretion of tumor necrosis factor alpha through Fcgamma receptor IIa engagement by rheumatoid arthritis-specific autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins complexed with fibrinogen. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 58:678-88. [PMID: 18311806 DOI: 10.1002/art.23284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Macrophage-derived tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) is a dominant mediator of synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study was undertaken to assess whether and how immune complexes (ICs) formed by the interaction of disease-specific autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins (ACPAs) with their main synovial target antigen, citrullinated fibrin, contribute to TNFalpha production by macrophages. METHODS An in vitro human model was developed in which monocyte-derived macrophages were stimulated with ACPA-containing ICs that were generated by capturing ACPAs from RA sera on immobilized citrullinated fibrinogen. Cellular activation was evaluated by TNFalpha assay in culture supernatants. Selective blockade of IC interactions with the 3 classes of Fcgamma receptors (FcgammaR) was used to assess the contribution of each receptor to macrophage activation. In addition, 2 citrullinated fibrin-derived peptides bearing major ACPA epitopes were tested for their capacity to inhibit formation of macrophage-activating ACPA-containing ICs. RESULTS ACPA-containing ICs induced a dose-dependent TNFalpha secretion by macrophages from 14 of 20 healthy donors. The macrophage response was systematically higher than that of the paired monocyte precursors. TNFalpha secretion was not reduced by blockade of FcgammaRI or FcgammaRIII, but was strongly repressed when interaction of ICs with FcgammaRII was prevented. The 2 citrullinated peptides significantly inhibited ACPA reactivity to citrullinated fibrinogen and, when tested together, almost completely abolished formation of macrophage-activating ICs, thereby diminishing the secreted TNFalpha levels. CONCLUSION Our model demonstrates the inflammatory potential of ACPA-containing ICs via engagement of FcgammaRIIa at the surface of macrophages, strongly supporting their pathophysiologic involvement. Continuing dissection of these molecular pathways could open the way to new therapeutic approaches in patients with RA.
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- Cyril Clavel
- Unité Mixte de Recherche 5165 CNRS-Université Toulouse III, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 30 (IFR30) Toulouse, France
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Foulquier C, Sebbag M, Clavel C, Chapuy-Regaud S, Al Badine R, Méchin MC, Vincent C, Nachat R, Yamada M, Takahara H, Simon M, Guerrin M, Serre G. Peptidyl arginine deiminase type 2 (PAD-2) and PAD-4 but not PAD-1, PAD-3, and PAD-6 are expressed in rheumatoid arthritis synovium in close association with tissue inflammation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 56:3541-53. [PMID: 17968929 DOI: 10.1002/art.22983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 266] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins (ACPAs) are specific for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and probably are involved in its pathophysiology. Citrullyl residues, posttranslationally generated by peptidyl arginine deiminase (PAD), are indispensable components of ACPA-targeted epitopes. The aim of this study was to identify which PAD isotypes are expressed in the synovial tissue (ST) of patients with RA and are involved in the citrullination of fibrin, the major synovial target of ACPAs. METHODS Expression of all PAD isotypes, including the recently described PAD type 6 (PAD-6), was explored by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and immunoblotting, first in blood-derived mononuclear leukocytes from healthy donors, then in ST samples from 16 patients with RA and 11 control patients (4 with other arthritides and 7 with osteoarthritis [OA]). In ST samples from patients with RA, PADs were localized by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS In lymphocytic and monocytic cells and, similarly, in ST samples from patients with RA, the PAD-2, PAD-4, and PAD-6 genes were found to be transcribed, but only PAD-2 and PAD-4 enzymes were detected. PAD-2 was also expressed in ST from control patients, including those with OA, while PAD-4 was preferentially expressed in ST from patients with other arthritides. In RA, the expression levels of PAD-2 and PAD-4 were correlated with the intensity of inflammation (cell infiltration, hypervascularization, and synovial lining hyperplasia), and both enzymes were demonstrable within or in the vicinity of citrullinated fibrin deposits. CONCLUSION PAD-2 and PAD-4 are the only PAD isotypes expressed in the ST of patients with RA and those with other arthritides. Inflammatory cells are a major source, but PAD-4 also comes from hyperplastic synoviocytes. Both isotypes are probably involved in the citrullination of fibrin.
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- Céline Foulquier
- Unité Mixte de Recherche 5165, CNR-Université Toulouse III, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 30 (IFR30), Toulouse, France
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Duplan V, Foulquier C, Clavel C, Al Badine R, Serre G, Saoudi A, Sebbag M. In the rat, citrullinated autologous fibrinogen is immunogenic but the induced autoimmune response is not arthritogenic. Clin Exp Immunol 2006; 145:502-12. [PMID: 16907920 PMCID: PMC1809699 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2006.03168.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Conversion of arginyl to citrullyl residues (citrullination) is essential for the formation of the epitopes recognized by rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins (ACPA). ACPA are secreted by plasma cells of the rheumatoid synovial tissue where their major target, citrullinated fibrin, is abundant. Although numerous arguments suggest that ACPA play an important role in RA, their pathological relevance remains to be established. In the present study, we assessed the immunogenicity and arthritogenicity of complete Freund's adjuvant-emulsified autologous citrullinated (C-rFBG) or non-citrullinated (NC-rFBG) fibrinogen in Lewis (LEW) and Brown-Norway rats, which exhibit drastic differences in their susceptibility to induced autoimmune diseases. NC-rFBG induced no antibody response. In contrast, a single injection of C-rFBG induced an IgG response directed mainly to citrullinated determinants of rFBG. However, all rat strains remained devoid of clinical and histological signs of arthritis up to 3 months after C-rFBG inoculation. Next, in LEW rats, we tested whether autoimmunity to C-rFBG could aggravate acute ankle arthritis triggered by intra-articular injection of incomplete Freund's adjuvant (IFA). However, such arthritis evolved identically in the presence or absence of anti-C-rFBG autoantibodies. However, IFA-injected joints were devoid of citrullinated fibrin deposits. Therefore, citrullination allows breakdown of immunological tolerance but the autoimmune response developed is not spontaneously arthritogenic. Whether or not it can aggravate arthritis with citrullinated fibrin deposits remains to be evaluated.
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- V Duplan
- Laboratory of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5165, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paul Sabatier, Institut Fédératif de Recherche, 30, Toulouse, France
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Sebbag M, Moinard N, Auger I, Clavel C, Arnaud J, Nogueira L, Roudier J, Serre G. Epitopes of human fibrin recognized by the rheumatoid arthritis-specific autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins. Eur J Immunol 2006; 36:2250-63. [PMID: 16838278 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200535790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Formation of the epitopes recognized by the rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-specific autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins (ACPA) on filaggrin and on the alpha- and beta-chains of fibrin, their synovial target, requires conversion of their arginyl residues into citrullyl residues, but is also affected by their amino-acyl environment. Using competition with five citrullinated filaggrin-derived peptides bearing major ACPA epitopes, we confirmed the close cross-reactivity between filaggrin and citrullinated fibrin. To identify the sequential epitopes recognized on fibrin by ACPA, 71 citrullinated 15-mer peptides derived from all the sites of the alpha- and beta-chains of fibrin harboring arginyl residues were tested by ELISA using ACPA-positive RA sera exhibiting different reactivity profiles to the five filaggrin peptides. We identified 18 fibrin-derived peptides bearing ACPA epitopes. Regarding the ability of fibrinogen arginyl residues to be citrullinated in vitro, 11 of the peptides likely correspond to in vivo targeted epitopes. Two out of them bear major epitopes and are located in the central globular domain of the protein. In the synovial tissue, fibrin citrullination and ACPA binding could impair fibrin degradation by plasmin. The immunological conflict between ACPA and fibrin could therefore sustain synovial inflammation not only via pro-inflammatory effector mechanisms but also via impairment of fibrinolysis.
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- Mireille Sebbag
- Laboratory of "Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity", UMR 5165 CNRS-Toulouse III University, IFR30 (CNRS-INSERM-Université Paul Sabatier-CHU de Toulouse), Toulouse, France
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Auger I, Sebbag M, Vincent C, Balandraud N, Guis S, Nogueira L, Svensson B, Cantagrel A, Serre G, Roudier J. Influence of HLA-DR genes on the production of rheumatoid arthritis-specific autoantibodies to citrullinated fibrinogen. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 52:3424-32. [PMID: 16255019 DOI: 10.1002/art.21391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Antibodies directed against citrullinated fibrinogen are highly specific for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study was undertaken to test whether RA-associated HLA-DR alleles are associated with anti-citrullinated fibrinogen in RA patient sera and whether replacement of arginyl by citrullyl residues on fibrinogen peptides modifies their binding to HLA-DR molecules and their recognition by T cells. METHODS Antikeratin, antifilaggrin, and anti-citrullinated fibrinogen antibodies were assayed in RA patients who had undergone HLA-DR typing. Direct assays were performed to investigate binding of citrullinated or native fibrinogen peptides (encompassing the entire alpha- and beta-chains of fibrinogen) to purified HLA-DR molecules. T cell proliferative responses to citrullinated or native fibrinogen peptides were measured in RA patients and controls. RESULTS HLA-DRB1*0404 was associated with anti-citrullinated fibrinogen in RA sera (P = 0.002). For the RA-associated alleles HLA-DRB1*0401 and HLA-DR1, there was a nonsignificant trend toward association (P = 0.07). Multiple peptides from the alpha- and beta-chains of fibrinogen bound many HLA-DR alleles; DRB1*0404 was the best fibrinogen peptide binder. Citrullination did not influence fibrinogen peptide binding to HLA-DR or fibrinogen peptide recognition by T cells. Peripheral blood T cells that recognized native or citrullinated fibrinogen peptides were common in RA patients but not in healthy controls. CONCLUSION The RA-associated HLA-DRB1*0404 allele is also associated with production of antibodies to citrullinated fibrinogen. DRB1*0401 and DRB1*01 tend to be associated with anti-citrullinated fibrinogen, but this is not statistically significant. Citrullination of fibrinogen peptide does not influence peptide-DR-T cell interaction. Finally, T cell proliferation in response to citrullinated or uncitrullinated fibrinogen peptides is frequent in RA patients and very infrequent in controls.
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- Isabelle Auger
- INSERM UMR 639, La Conception Hospital, Faculté de Médecine, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
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Chapuy-Regaud S, Sebbag M, Baeten D, Clavel C, Foulquier C, De Keyser F, Serre G. Fibrin deimination in synovial tissue is not specific for rheumatoid arthritis but commonly occurs during synovitides. J Immunol 2005; 174:5057-64. [PMID: 15814737 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.8.5057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Autoantibodies to deiminated (citrullinated) proteins are the most specific serological markers of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Deimination is critical in generating the peptidic epitopes they recognize. In the synovial tissue (ST), deiminated forms of the alpha- and beta-chains of fibrin are their major autoantigenic targets (anti-human fibrin(ogen) autoantibodies (AhFibA)). We investigated whether the presence of deiminated fibrin in the ST was specific for RA, because this could explain why AhFibA are RA specific. In 13 patients with RA and 19 patients with various other rheumatological disorders, knee ST biopsies were collected in macroscopically inflamed areas identified under arthroscopy. Synovitis was histopathologically confirmed in all of the biopsies. By immunoblotting, using antisera to fibrin, Abs to citrullyl residues, and AhFibA purified from RA sera, deiminated fibrin was evidenced in ST extracts from all of the patients. Moreover, variations in the degree of fibrin deimination were observed that were not related to the disease. Immunohistochemical analysis, using Abs to citrullyl residues and an antiserum to fibrin on adjacent serial sections of ST, confirmed the results because deiminated proteins colocalized with fibrin in RA as well as in control patients. Therefore, fibrin deimination in the ST is a general phenomenon associated to any synovitis, which does not necessarily induce a B autoimmune response with production of AhFibA.
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- Sabine Chapuy-Regaud
- Laboratory of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5165 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Toulouse III University, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 30, Toulouse, France
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Chapuy-Regaud S, Nogueira L, Clavel C, Sebbag M, Vincent C, Serre G. IgG subclass distribution of the rheumatoid arthritis-specific autoantibodies to citrullinated fibrin. Clin Exp Immunol 2005; 139:542-50. [PMID: 15730401 PMCID: PMC1809305 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2004.02708.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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In the rheumatoid synovium, deiminated ('citrullinated') forms of fibrin are the major targets of IgG autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins (ACPA), the most specific serological markers of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To further the characterization of ACPA, we determined their subclass distribution. From a previously validated highly sensitive and specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) onto in vitro deiminated human fibrinogen - antihuman fibrin(ogen) autoantibodies (AhFibA)-ELISA - we derived and calibrated four ELISAs, using monoclonal antibodies to each of the four IgG subclasses, to determine the proportions of AhFibA subclasses in the sera. A series of 186 serum samples from RA patients was analysed. All AhFibA-positive sera contained IgG1-AhFibA, which reached the highest titres and accounted for more than 80% of AhFibA in three-quarters of the sera. One or two other subclasses were associated with IgG1 in 39% of the sera, IgG4-AhFibA being observed much more frequently and at higher titres than IgG3- or IgG2-AhFibA. IgG1 alone or IgG(1 + 4)-AhFibA were the AhFibA subclass profiles found in more than 80% of patients. AhFibA are mainly IgG1 and, to a lesser extent, IgG4. Such IgG subclass profiles may influence the effector phases of the immunological conflict between ACPA and deiminated fibrin that takes place specifically in the rheumatoid synovium and therefore may play a critical role in the self-maintenance of rheumatoid inflammation.
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- S Chapuy-Regaud
- Laboratory of 'Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity', UMR 5165 CNRS-Toulouse III University, Toulouse, France
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Sebbag M, Chapuy-Regaud S, Auger I, Petit-Texeira E, Clavel C, Nogueira L, Vincent C, Cornélis F, Roudier J, Serre G. Clinical and pathophysiological significance of the autoimmune response to citrullinated proteins in rheumatoid arthritis. Joint Bone Spine 2004; 71:493-502. [PMID: 15589429 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2004.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2004] [Accepted: 07/12/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most frequent human autoimmune disease, affecting about 1% of the adult population worldwide. A better knowledge of the autoimmune mechanisms involved is essential. We identified the epithelial targets of various autoantibodies specifically associated to RA, as variants of (pro)filaggrin. We also showed that these targets correspond to deiminated ("citrullinated") proteins, of which arginyl residues have been posttranslationally transformed into citrullyl residues by a peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD). Moreover, we and others established that citrullyl residues are indispensable elements of the epitopes recognized by these autoantibodies but only in the context of specific aminoacid sequences. We also demonstrated that these autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins (ACPA) are secreted by plasma cells of the synovial tissue and that their major targets correspond to citrullinated forms of the alpha- and beta-chains of fibrin, abundant in the tissue. These results have allowed the development of new efficient immunochemical methods for the detection of ACPA. Some of them are already commercially available. These new methods have permitted the high diagnostic value of ACPA which are present very early in the course of the disease, and also their prognostic value, to be confirmed. ACPA detection should therefore prove to be also a very valuable tool to guide the choice of therapeutic strategies, from the earliest stages of the disease. The synthesis of ACPA in the rheumatoid synovial tissue and the existence therein of a specific antigenic target constitute a strong argument for the involvement of this specific immunological conflict in the pathophysiology of RA. Indeed, it could lead to activation of effector mechanisms with pro-inflammatory effects, thus to formation in the tissue of new fibrin deposits, secondarily citrullinated. We therefore, propose a new pathophysiological model accounting for the self-maintenance and chronicity of rheumatoid inflammation. Numerous questions about the pathophysiological significance of the autoimmune response to deiminated proteins in RA remain to be answered to confirm this model.
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- Mireille Sebbag
- Faculté de Médecine, Purpan-IFR30, Unité Différenciation Epidermique et Auto-immunité Rhumatoïde, UMR 5165 CNRS-Toulouse III Université, (CNRS-Inserm-Université Paul Sabatier-CHU de Toulouse), Place du Docteur Baylac, 31059 Toulouse, France
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Caponi L, Petit-Teixeira E, Sebbag M, Bongiorni F, Moscato S, Pratesi F, Pierlot C, Osorio J, Chapuy-Regaud S, Guerrin M, Cornelis F, Serre G, Migliorini P. A family based study shows no association between rheumatoid arthritis and the PADI4 gene in a white French population. Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 64:587-93. [PMID: 15485997 PMCID: PMC1755438 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.026831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins (ACPA) are considered a specific marker for rheumatoid arthritis. Peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) is the enzyme that converts arginyl into citrullyl residues; different isoforms of the enzyme are expressed in mammals. It has been suggested that the PADI4 gene may contribute to genetic susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis, but conflicting results have been obtained in different populations. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that the PADI4 gene may confer susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis in a white French population, using powerful and highly reliable family based association tests. METHODS DNA samples were analysed from 100 families where one member was affected by rheumatoid arthritis and both parents were available for sampling. Five single nucleotide polymorphisms, located within the PADI4 gene and in its close proximity, were genotyped by restriction fragment length polymorphism, and haplotypes were constructed. The analysis involved use of the transmission disequilibrium test and genotype relative risk. ACPA were detected by ELISA on cyclic citrullinated peptides and on human deiminated fibrinogen. RESULTS No single SNP or haplotype was associated with the disease, or was preferentially transmitted. No association was found when patients were partitioned according to ACPA positivity. CONCLUSIONS No PADI4 haplotype is associated with rheumatoid arthritis in a white French population. The role of genes encoding the other PAD isoforms, or modulating tissue expression or enzyme activity, remains to be elucidated.
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- L Caponi
- Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Pisa, via Roma 67, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
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Guerrin M, Ishigami A, Méchin MC, Nachat R, Valmary S, Sebbag M, Simon M, Senshu T, Serre G. cDNA cloning, gene organization and expression analysis of human peptidylarginine deiminase type I. Biochem J 2003; 370:167-74. [PMID: 12416996 PMCID: PMC1223146 DOI: 10.1042/bj20020870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2002] [Accepted: 11/05/2002] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Peptidylarginine deiminases (PADs) catalyse a post-translational modification of proteins through the conversion of arginine residues into citrullines. The existence of four isoforms of PAD (types I, II, III and IV) encoded by four different genes, which are distinct in their substrate specificities and tissue-specific expression, was reported in rodents. In the present study, starting from epidermis polyadenylated RNA, we cloned by reverse transcriptase-PCR a full-length cDNA encoding human PAD type I. The cDNA was 2711 bp in length and encoded a 663-amino-acid sequence. The predicted protein shares 75% identity with the rat PAD type I sequence, but displays only 50-57% identity with the three other known human isoforms. We have described the organization of the human PAD type I gene on chromosome 1p36. A recombinant PAD type I was produced in Escherichia coli and shown to be enzymically active. Human PAD type I mRNAs were detected by reverse transcriptase-PCR not only in the epidermis, but also in various organs, including prostate, testis, placenta, spleen and thymus. In human epidermis extracts analysed by Western blotting, PAD type I was detected as a 70 kDa polypeptide, in agreement with its predicted molecular mass. As shown by immunohistochemistry, the enzyme was expressed in all the living layers of human epidermis, with the labelling being increased in the granular layer. This is the first description of the human PAD type I gene and the first demonstration of its expression in epidermis.
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- Marina Guerrin
- Department of Epidermal Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, Toulouse-Purpan Pathophysiology Center, INSERM U563 - P. Sabatier University (IFR30, INSERM-CNRS-P. Sabatier Université-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire), Toulouse, France
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Chapuy-Regaud S, Sebbag M, Nachat R, Baeten D, Foulquier V, Simon M, Senshu T, Yamada M, Takahara H, De Keyser F, Serre G. Peptidylarginine deiminase isoforms expressed in the synovial membrane of rheumatoid arthritis patients. Arthritis Res Ther 2003. [PMCID: PMC2833572 DOI: 10.1186/ar635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- S Chapuy-Regaud
- Department of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, INSERM U563, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, INSERM U563, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, INSERM U563, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, INSERM U563, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, INSERM U563, Toulouse, France
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- Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, INSERM U563, Toulouse, France
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Vincent C, Nogueira L, Sebbag M, Chapuy-Regaud S, Arnaud M, Letourneur O, Rolland D, Fournié B, Cantagrel A, Jolivet M, Serre G. Detection of antibodies to deiminated recombinant rat filaggrin by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay: a highly effective test for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 2002; 46:2051-8. [PMID: 12209508 DOI: 10.1002/art.10436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assay antifilaggrin autoantibodies, we developed an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using a "citrullinated" recombinant rat filaggrin. Our objectives were to assess its value for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to compare the results with those obtained using 4 other reference methods for detection of antifilaggrin autoantibodies, including the commercially available ELISA that uses a modified "citrullinated" synthetic peptide derived from the sequence of human filaggrin (CCP-ELISA). METHODS We analyzed 711 sera from patients with well-characterized rheumatic diseases, including 240 patients with RA. Antifilaggrin autoantibodies were detected by an ELISA using a recombinant rat filaggrin deiminated in vitro as immunosorbent (ArFA-ELISA). The results considered were the differences between the optical densities obtained on deiminated and nondeiminated proteins. Antibodies to rat esophagus epithelium were detected by indirect immunofluorescence, while antibodies to human filaggrin were detected by immunoblotting and by a recently described ELISA using a deiminated recombinant human filaggrin. Finally, CCP-ELISA was performed according to the manufacturer's recommendations. RESULTS At the titer thresholds allowing diagnostic specificities of 0.95, 0.985, and 0.99 to be reached, the diagnostic sensitivities of the ArFA-ELISA were 0.76, 0.67, and 0.65, respectively. At these 3 thresholds, the sensitivities were significantly higher than those of the 4 other tests. Despite incomplete overlapping of the 5 tests, the high diagnostic performance of the ArFA-ELISA allows us to propose this test to replace all the other methods for antifilaggrin autoantibody detection. CONCLUSION ArFA-ELISA appears to be the most efficient test among those available for the detection of antifilaggrin autoantibodies, in terms of diagnostic accuracy for RA. Its diagnostic performance in early RA and its prognostic value are currently under evaluation.
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- Christian Vincent
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (CJF 96-02, IFR30), Purpan School of Medicine, University of Toulouse III, Toulouse, France.
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Vincent C, Sebbag M, Arnaud M, Nogueira L, Chapuy-Regaud S, Jolivet M, Serre G. ELISA detection of antifilaggrin autoantibodies onto deiminated recombinant rat filaggrin: a highly effective test for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Res Ther 2001. [PMCID: PMC3273165 DOI: 10.1186/ar176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Baeten D, Peene I, Union A, Meheus L, Sebbag M, Serre G, Veys EM, De Keyser F. Specific presence of intracellular citrullinated proteins in rheumatoid arthritis synovium: relevance to antifilaggrin autoantibodies. Arthritis Rheum 2001; 44:2255-62. [PMID: 11665966 DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200110)44:10<2255::aid-art388>3.0.co;2-#] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the presence of citrullinated proteins in the synovial membrane of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and controls, and to analyze a possible relationship with antifilaggrin autoantibody (AFA) reactivity. METHODS Synovial biopsy samples were obtained from 88 consecutive patients undergoing needle arthroscopy for knee synovitis associated with RA (n = 36), spondylarthropathy (n = 35), osteoarthritis (n = 9), or other diagnoses (n = 8). Tissue sections were stained with 2 different anticitrulline polyclonal antibodies and an antifilaggrin monoclonal antibody (mAb). The phenotype of citrulline-positive cells and the colocalization with affinity-purified AFA were investigated by double immunofluorescence on frozen sections. RESULTS Studies with the first antibody showed that citrulline is expressed intracellularly in the lining and sublining layers of RA synovial tissue. Staining with the second antibody, monospecific for proteins containing modified citrulline, and with anti-inducible nitric oxide synthetase confirmed the presence of citrullinated proteins rather than free citrulline in the synovium. Citrulline-positive cells were detected in 50% of the RA patients (18 of 36) but in none of the controls (0 of 52). The anticitrulline reactivity colocalized with affinity-purified AFA reactivity, although stainings with the antifilaggrin mAb indicated the absence of filaggrin in the synovium. CONCLUSION Intracellular citrullinated proteins, which are not recognized by an antifilaggrin mAb, are expressed in RA but not in control synovium. The high specificity of this finding and the colocalization with AFA reactivity boost the interest in citrullinated proteins as possible triggers of autoimmune responses in RA. Moreover, this is the first description of a specific histologic marker for RA synovium.
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- D Baeten
- Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
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Nogueira L, Sebbag M, Vincent C, Arnaud M, Fournié B, Cantagrel A, Jolivet M, Serre G. Performance of two ELISAs for antifilaggrin autoantibodies, using either affinity purified or deiminated recombinant human filaggrin, in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2001; 60:882-7. [PMID: 11502616 PMCID: PMC1753817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To develop a standardisable enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), using human filaggrin, for detection of antifilaggrin autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To compare the diagnostic performance of the ELISA with those of reference tests: "antikeratin antibodies" ("AKA"), and antibodies to human epidermis filaggrin detected by immunoblotting (AhFA-IB). METHODS Two ELISAs were developed using either affinity purified neutral-acidic human epidermis filaggrin (AhFA-ELISA-pur) or a recombinant human filaggrin deiminated in vitro (AhFA-ELISA-rec) as immunosorbent. Antifilaggrin autoantibodies were assayed in 714 serum samples from patients with well characterised rheumatic diseases, including 241 RA and 473 other rheumatic diseases, using the two ELISAs. "AKA" and AhFA-IB tests were carried out in the same series of patients. The diagnostic performance of the four tests was compared and their relationships analysed. RESULTS The titres of "AKA", AhFA-IB, and the AhFA-ELISAs correlated strongly with each other. The diagnostic sensitivity of the AhFA-ELISA-rec, which was better than that of AhFA-ELISA-pur, was 0.52 for a specificity of 0.95. This performance was similar to those of "AKA" or AhFA-IB. However, combining AhFA-ELISA-rec with AhFA-IB led to a diagnostic sensitivity of 0.55 for a specificity of 0.99. CONCLUSION A simple and easily standardisable ELISA for detection of antifilaggrin autoantibodies was developed and validated on a large series of patients using a citrullinated recombinant human filaggrin. The diagnostic performance of the test was similar to that of the "AKA" and AhFA-IB. Nevertheless, combining the AhFA-ELISA-rec with one of the other tests clearly enhanced the performance.
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- L Nogueira
- Department of Biology and Pathology of the Cell, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (CJF 96-02), Toulouse-Purpan School of Medicine, University of Toulouse III (IFR Claude de Préval, INSERM-CNRS-UPS - CHU), France
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Masson-Bessière C, Sebbag M, Girbal-Neuhauser E, Nogueira L, Vincent C, Senshu T, Serre G. The major synovial targets of the rheumatoid arthritis-specific antifilaggrin autoantibodies are deiminated forms of the alpha- and beta-chains of fibrin. J Immunol 2001; 166:4177-84. [PMID: 11238669 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.6.4177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 491] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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IgG antifilaggrin autoantibodies (AFA) are the most specific serological markers of rheumatoid arthritis. In epithelial tissues, they recognize citrulline-bearing epitopes present on various molecular forms of (pro)filaggrin. Histological analysis of rheumatoid synovial membranes with an Ab to citrulline showed labeling of interstitial amorphous deposits and mononuclear cells of various types. Immunochemical analysis of exhaustive sequential extracts of the same tissues showed that they contain several deiminated (citrulline containing) proteins. Among them, two proteins, p64--78 and p55--61, present in urea-DTT and guanidine extracts, were shown by immunoblotting to be specifically targeted by AFA. By amino-terminal sequencing the proteins were identified as deiminated forms of the alpha- and beta-chains of fibrin, respectively. Their identity was confirmed using several Abs specific for the A alpha- and/or to the B beta-chain of fibrin(ogen). Moreover, AFA-positive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) sera and purified AFA were highly reactive to the A alpha- and B beta-chains of human fibrinogen only after deimination of the molecules by a peptidylarginine deiminase. Autoantibodies affinity purified from a pool of RA sera onto deiminated fibrinogen were reactive toward all of the epithelial and synovial targets of AFA. This confirmed that the autoantibodies to the deiminated A alpha-and B beta-chains of fibrinogen, the autoantibodies to the synovial proteins p64--78 and p55--61, and, lastly, AFA, constitute largely overlapping autoantibody populations. These results show that deiminated forms of fibrin deposited in the rheumatoid synovial membranes are the major target of AFA. They suggest that autoimmunization against deiminated fibrin is a critical step in RA pathogenesis.
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- C Masson-Bessière
- Department of Biology and Pathology of the Cell, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Contrat Jeune Formation 96-02, Toulouse-Purpan School of Medicine, University Toulouse III, Toulouse, France
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Baeten D, Peene I, Union A, Meheus L, Sebbag M, Serre G, Veys EM, De Keyser F. Specific presence of intracellular citrullinated proteins in rheumatoid arthritis synovium: Relevance to antifilaggrin autoantibodies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200110)44:10<2255::aid-art388>3.0.co;2-%23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Masson-Bessière C, Sebbag M, Durieux JJ, Nogueira L, Vincent C, Girbal-Neuhauser E, Durroux R, Cantagrel A, Serre G. In the rheumatoid pannus, anti-filaggrin autoantibodies are produced by local plasma cells and constitute a higher proportion of IgG than in synovial fluid and serum. Clin Exp Immunol 2000; 119:544-52. [PMID: 10691929 PMCID: PMC1905590 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2000.01171.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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IgG anti-filaggrin autoantibodies (AFA) are the most specific serological markers of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). They include the so-called 'anti-keratin antibodies' (AKA) and anti-perinuclear factor (APF), and recognize human epidermal filaggrin and other (pro)filaggrin-related proteins of various epithelial tissues. In this study we demonstrate that AFA are produced in rheumatoid synovial joints. In 31 RA patients, AFA levels were assayed at equal IgG concentrations in paired synovial fluids (SF) and sera. AFA titre-like values determined by indirect immunofluorescence and immunoblotting and AFA concentrations determined by ELISA were non-significantly different in serum and SF, clearly indicating that AFA are not concentrated in SF. In contrast, we demonstrated that AFA are enriched in RA synovial membranes, since the ELISA-determined AFA in low ionic-strength extracts of synovial tissue from four RA patients represented a 7.5-fold higher proportion of total IgG than in paired sera. When small synovial tissue explants from RA patients were cultured for a period of 5 weeks, the profile of IgG and AFA released in the culture supernatants was first consistent with passive diffusion of the tissue-infiltrating IgG (including AFA) over the first day of culture, then with a de novo synthesis of IgG and AFA. Therefore, AFA-secreting plasma cells are present in the synovial tissue of RA patients and AFA can represent a significant proportion of the IgG secreted within the rheumatoid pannus.
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- C Masson-Bessière
- Department of Biology and Pathology of the Cell, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (CJF 96-02), Toulouse-Purpan School of Medicine, University of Toulouse III, France
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Girbal-Neuhauser E, Durieux JJ, Arnaud M, Dalbon P, Sebbag M, Vincent C, Simon M, Senshu T, Masson-Bessière C, Jolivet-Reynaud C, Jolivet M, Serre G. The Epitopes Targeted by the Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Antifilaggrin Autoantibodies are Posttranslationally Generated on Various Sites of (Pro)Filaggrin by Deimination of Arginine Residues. The Journal of Immunology 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.1.585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Antifilaggrin autoantibodies (AFA) are a population of IgG autoantibodies associated to rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which includes the so-called “antikeratin” Abs and antiperinuclear factor. AFA are the most specific serological markers of RA. We previously showed that they recognize human epidermal filaggrin and other profilaggrin-related proteins of various epithelial tissues. Here, we report further characterization of the protein Ags and epitopes targeted by AFA. All the Ags that exhibit numerous neutral/acidic isoelectric variants were immunochemically demonstrated to be deiminated proteins. In vitro deimination of a recombinant human filaggrin by a peptidylarginine deiminase generated AFA epitopes on the protein. Moreover, two of three filaggrin-derived synthetic peptides with a citrulline in the central position were specifically and widely recognized by AFA affinity-purified from a series of RA sera. These results indicate that citrulline residues are constitutive of the AFA epitopes, but only in the context of specific amino acid sequences of filaggrin. In competition experiments, the two peptides abolished the AFA reactivity of RA sera, showing that they present major AFA epitopes. These data should help in the identification of a putative deiminated AFA-inducing or cross-reactive articular autoantigen and provide new insights into the pathogenesis of RA. They could also open the way toward specific immunosuppressive and/or preventive therapy of RA.
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- Elisabeth Girbal-Neuhauser
- *Department of Biology and Pathology of the Cell, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Contrat Jeune Formation 96-02, Toulouse-Purpan School of Medicine, University Toulouse III (Institute Fédératif de Recherche 30, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paul Sabatier-Toulouse III, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire), Toulouse, France
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- *Department of Biology and Pathology of the Cell, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Contrat Jeune Formation 96-02, Toulouse-Purpan School of Medicine, University Toulouse III (Institute Fédératif de Recherche 30, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paul Sabatier-Toulouse III, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire), Toulouse, France
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- †Department of R & D Immunoassays, bioMérieux, Marcy l’Étoile, France; and
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- †Department of R & D Immunoassays, bioMérieux, Marcy l’Étoile, France; and
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- *Department of Biology and Pathology of the Cell, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Contrat Jeune Formation 96-02, Toulouse-Purpan School of Medicine, University Toulouse III (Institute Fédératif de Recherche 30, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paul Sabatier-Toulouse III, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire), Toulouse, France
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- *Department of Biology and Pathology of the Cell, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Contrat Jeune Formation 96-02, Toulouse-Purpan School of Medicine, University Toulouse III (Institute Fédératif de Recherche 30, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paul Sabatier-Toulouse III, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire), Toulouse, France
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- *Department of Biology and Pathology of the Cell, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Contrat Jeune Formation 96-02, Toulouse-Purpan School of Medicine, University Toulouse III (Institute Fédératif de Recherche 30, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paul Sabatier-Toulouse III, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire), Toulouse, France
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- ‡Department of Cell Chemistry, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan
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- *Department of Biology and Pathology of the Cell, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Contrat Jeune Formation 96-02, Toulouse-Purpan School of Medicine, University Toulouse III (Institute Fédératif de Recherche 30, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paul Sabatier-Toulouse III, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire), Toulouse, France
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- †Department of R & D Immunoassays, bioMérieux, Marcy l’Étoile, France; and
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- *Department of Biology and Pathology of the Cell, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Contrat Jeune Formation 96-02, Toulouse-Purpan School of Medicine, University Toulouse III (Institute Fédératif de Recherche 30, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paul Sabatier-Toulouse III, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire), Toulouse, France
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Vincent C, de Keyser F, Masson-Bessière C, Sebbag M, Veys EM, Serre G. Anti-perinuclear factor compared with the so called "antikeratin" antibodies and antibodies to human epidermis filaggrin, in the diagnosis of arthritides. Ann Rheum Dis 1999; 58:42-8. [PMID: 10343539 PMCID: PMC1752764 DOI: 10.1136/ard.58.1.42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Antiperinuclear factor (APF), "antikeratin antibodies" ("AKA"), and antibodies to human epidermis filaggrin (AFA), are highly specific serological markers of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which recognise epitopes on various isoforms of (pro)filaggrin. It was proposed that these antibodies are globally named antifilaggrin autoantibodies. Here the diagnostic value of the detection of each one is compared and the overlap between the three tests evaluated. METHODS 492 serum samples were tested, including 279 RA serum samples, taken from patients in France and Belgium. APF and "AKA" titres were estimated by indirect immunofluorescence, and AFA titres by immunoblotting on filaggrin enriched human epidermis extracts. RESULTS By a convenient choice of the positivity thresholds, the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of the tests were shown to be similar (0.52 and 0.97, respectively). Although the antibody titres were strongly correlated, the associations APF-AFA or AFA-"AKA" permitted more than 52% or 55% of RA to be diagnosed, with a specificity of 0.99. CONCLUSION APF, "AKA", and AFA detection have a similar diagnostic value. However, because the three tests do not totally overlap, associating APF with "AKA" or AFA with "AKA" can improve diagnostic sensitivity. None of the three antigens used bear all the epitopes recognised by antifilaggrin autoantibodies.
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- C Vincent
- Department of Biology and Pathology of the Cell, INSERM CJF 96-02, IFR 30, Purpan Medical School, University of Toulouse III, France
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Girbal-Neuhauser E, Durieux JJ, Arnaud M, Dalbon P, Sebbag M, Vincent C, Simon M, Senshu T, Masson-Bessière C, Jolivet-Reynaud C, Jolivet M, Serre G. The epitopes targeted by the rheumatoid arthritis-associated antifilaggrin autoantibodies are posttranslationally generated on various sites of (pro)filaggrin by deimination of arginine residues. J Immunol 1999; 162:585-94. [PMID: 9886436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Antifilaggrin autoantibodies (AFA) are a population of IgG autoantibodies associated to rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which includes the so-called "antikeratin" Abs and antiperinuclear factor. AFA are the most specific serological markers of RA. We previously showed that they recognize human epidermal filaggrin and other profilaggrin-related proteins of various epithelial tissues. Here, we report further characterization of the protein Ags and epitopes targeted by AFA. All the Ags that exhibit numerous neutral/ acidic isoelectric variants were immunochemically demonstrated to be deiminated proteins. In vitro deimination of a recombinant human filaggrin by a peptidylarginine deiminase generated AFA epitopes on the protein. Moreover, two of three filaggrin-derived synthetic peptides with a citrulline in the central position were specifically and widely recognized by AFA affinity-purified from a series of RA sera. These results indicate that citrulline residues are constitutive of the AFA epitopes, but only in the context of specific amino acid sequences of filaggrin. In competition experiments, the two peptides abolished the AFA reactivity of RA sera, showing that they present major AFA epitopes. These data should help in the identification of a putative deiminated AFA-inducing or cross-reactive articular autoantigen and provide new insights into the pathogenesis of RA. They could also open the way toward specific immunosuppressive and/or preventive therapy of RA.
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- E Girbal-Neuhauser
- Department of Biology and Pathology of the Cell, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Toulouse-Purpan School of Medicine, University Toulouse III, France
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Vincent C, Simon M, Sebbag M, Girbal-Neuhauser E, Durieux JJ, Cantagrel A, Fournié B, Mazières B, Serre G. Immunoblotting detection of autoantibodies to human epidermis filaggrin: a new diagnostic test for rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 1998; 25:838-46. [PMID: 9598877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We previously reported that so-called antikeratin antibodies (AKA) and antiperinuclear factor (APF) recognize epitope(s) present on human epidermal filaggrin. In the present study, we developed a new diagnostic test for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) based on detection of antifilaggrin autoantibodies (AFA) by immunoblotting. METHODS We tested 670 serum samples, including 190 RA. AFA titers were estimated by immunoblotting on filaggrin enriched human epidermis extracts, and AKA titers by indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) on rat esophagus epithelium. Diagnostic values of the tests were compared. RESULTS Each test resulted in diagnosis of more than 40% of RA samples, with a specificity of 0.99. Although the tests were strongly correlated, their association allowed the diagnosis of more than 60% of RA samples, with the same specificity. CONCLUSION Immunoblot detection of AFA, a simple and standardizable test, may be an alternative or complement to conventional IIF detection of AKA.
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- C Vincent
- Department of Biology and Pathology of the Cell, INSERM CJF 96-02 Purpan Medical School, University of Toulouse III, France
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Parry SL, Sebbag M, Feldmann M, Brennan FM. Contact with T cells modulates monocyte IL-10 production: role of T cell membrane TNF-alpha. The Journal of Immunology 1997. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.158.8.3673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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IL-10, originally described as a cytokine synthesis inhibitory factor, is secreted by a number of cells of the immune system, including monocytes and T cells. IL-10 is a potent inhibitor of monocyte/macrophage activation, and we have shown previously this cytokine to be a major endogenous down-regulator of TNF-alpha in the rheumatoid joint. The mechanisms involved in regulating IL-10 production by cells of the monocyte/macrophage lineage are not yet clear, and most studies to date have used an exogenous triggering signal such as LPS. In this study, we have investigated the effects of cell-cell contact between human peripheral blood-derived activated T cells and monocytes in regulating monocyte IL-10 production. T cells, prestimulated with anti-CD3 mAb or with phorbol 12,13 di-butyrate and ionomycin, were fixed with glutaraldehyde and then incubated with monocytes. Fixed prestimulated T cells induced monocytes to secrete both IL-10 and TNF-alpha, and in addition, enhanced LPS-stimulated monocyte production of IL-10 and TNF-alpha in a dose-dependent manner. Stimulation of monocyte IL-10 production was abrogated when T cells were separated physically from monocytes within the tissue culture well. Using neutralizing Abs, we show that T cell contact-mediated induction of monocyte IL-10 is partially dependent on endogenous TNF-alpha and IL-1. Furthermore, T cell membrane TNF-alpha was shown to be one of the contact-mediated signals regulating monocyte IL-10 production. Endogenous IL-10 was shown to down-regulate T cell contact-mediated monocyte TNF-alpha production. Collectively, our results demonstrate that an autoregulatory loop exists involving both secreted and membrane-associated forms of IL-10 and TNF-alpha, and suggest that T cell-monocyte cognate interaction may play an important role in the regulation of monocyte cytokine production.
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- S L Parry
- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Sunley Division, Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Sunley Division, Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Sunley Division, Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Sunley Division, Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom
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Parry SL, Sebbag M, Feldmann M, Brennan FM. Contact with T cells modulates monocyte IL-10 production: role of T cell membrane TNF-alpha. J Immunol 1997; 158:3673-81. [PMID: 9103430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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IL-10, originally described as a cytokine synthesis inhibitory factor, is secreted by a number of cells of the immune system, including monocytes and T cells. IL-10 is a potent inhibitor of monocyte/macrophage activation, and we have shown previously this cytokine to be a major endogenous down-regulator of TNF-alpha in the rheumatoid joint. The mechanisms involved in regulating IL-10 production by cells of the monocyte/macrophage lineage are not yet clear, and most studies to date have used an exogenous triggering signal such as LPS. In this study, we have investigated the effects of cell-cell contact between human peripheral blood-derived activated T cells and monocytes in regulating monocyte IL-10 production. T cells, prestimulated with anti-CD3 mAb or with phorbol 12,13 di-butyrate and ionomycin, were fixed with glutaraldehyde and then incubated with monocytes. Fixed prestimulated T cells induced monocytes to secrete both IL-10 and TNF-alpha, and in addition, enhanced LPS-stimulated monocyte production of IL-10 and TNF-alpha in a dose-dependent manner. Stimulation of monocyte IL-10 production was abrogated when T cells were separated physically from monocytes within the tissue culture well. Using neutralizing Abs, we show that T cell contact-mediated induction of monocyte IL-10 is partially dependent on endogenous TNF-alpha and IL-1. Furthermore, T cell membrane TNF-alpha was shown to be one of the contact-mediated signals regulating monocyte IL-10 production. Endogenous IL-10 was shown to down-regulate T cell contact-mediated monocyte TNF-alpha production. Collectively, our results demonstrate that an autoregulatory loop exists involving both secreted and membrane-associated forms of IL-10 and TNF-alpha, and suggest that T cell-monocyte cognate interaction may play an important role in the regulation of monocyte cytokine production.
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- S L Parry
- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Sunley Division, Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom
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Sebbag M, Parry SL, Brennan FM, Feldmann M. Cytokine stimulation of T lymphocytes regulates their capacity to induce monocyte production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha, but not interleukin-10: possible relevance to pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis. Eur J Immunol 1997; 27:624-32. [PMID: 9079801 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830270308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Previous studies in the laboratory have shown that the pro-inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The mechanisms involved in regulating monocyte/macrophage cytokine production are not yet fully understood, but are thought to involve both soluble factors and cell/cell contact with other cell types. We and others have previously demonstrated that T cells activated through the T cell receptor/CD3 complex induce monocyte TNF-alpha production by contact-mediated signals. In this report, we investigated further whether T cells activated by cytokines in the absence of T cell receptor stimulation also regulate monocyte cytokine production. T cells were activated in an antigen-independent manner using the cytokines interleukin (IL)-15 or IL-2 alone, or in combination with IL-6 and TNF-alpha. Subsequently, T cells were fixed and incubated with monocytes. Fixed, cytokine-stimulated T cells induced monocytes to secrete TNF-alpha in a dose-dependent manner, but did not induce secretion of IL-10, a potent endogenous down-regulator of TNF-alpha and other pro-inflammatory cytokines. Stimulation of monocyte TNF-alpha was markedly inhibited when T cells were physically separated from monocytes within the tissue culture well, confirming that T cell contact is necessary. T cell acquisition of monocyte-activating capacity was shown to be dependent on the period of cytokine stimulation, with T cells activated for 8 days more effective than T cells activated for shorter periods. Addition of interferon-gamma or granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor to the T cell/monocyte cultures enhanced T cell induction of monocyte TNF-alpha by threefold and ninefold, respectively. The results from this model of cognate interaction suggest that cytokine-stimulated T cells, interacting with macrophages in the rheumatoid synovial membrane, may contribute to the continuous excessive production of TNF-alpha observed in the RA joint, and to the imbalance of pro-inflammatory cytokines over anti-inflammatory cytokines.
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- M Sebbag
- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, London, GB
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Girbal-Neuhauser E, Montézin M, Croute F, Sebbag M, Simon M, Durieux JJ, Serre G. Normal human epidermal keratinocytes express in vitro specific molecular forms of (pro)filaggrin recognized by rheumatoid arthritis-associated antifilaggrin autoantibodies. Mol Med 1997; 3:145-56. [PMID: 9085257 PMCID: PMC2230052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The so-called antikeratin antibodies and the antiperinuclear factor are the most specific serological markers of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). They were recently shown to be largely the same autoantibodies and to recognize human epidermal filaggrins and profilaggrin-related proteins of buccal epithelial cells (collectively referred to as (pro)filaggrin). MATERIALS AND METHODS To further characterize the target antigens, we investigated their expression by normal human epidermal keratinocytes cultured in differentiating conditions, using immunofluorescence and immunoblotting with RA sera and three different monoclonal antibodies to (pro)filaggrin. RESULTS On the cornified, stratified epithelial sheets obtained in vitro, RA sera with anti(pro)filaggrin autoantibodies (AFA) produced granular staining of the stratum granulosum and diffuse staining of the stratum corneum. The antigens recognized by RA sera strictly colocalized with (pro)filaggrin in keratohyalin granules. Following sequential extraction of the proteins from the epithelial sheets, the RA sera and the three monoclonal antibodies to (pro)filaggrin, recognized a series of low-salt-soluble molecules, including a neutral/acidic isoform of filaggrin and several proteins with sizes and pI intermediates between this isoform and profilaggrin. They also recognized urea-soluble high-molecular-weight profilaggrin-related molecules. CONCLUSIONS These results show that in vitro epidermal keratinocytes express various molecular forms of (pro) filaggrin that bear epitopes targeted by AFA of RA sera, and that some of these are absent from epidermis. Moreover, these epitopes, which are present on the keratohyalin granules of buccal epithelial cells but not on those of epidermal cells, are present on the granules of the cultured keratinocytes. This work completes the molecular characterization of the proteins targeted by AFA.
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- E Girbal-Neuhauser
- Department of Biology and Pathology of the Cell, Toulouse-Purpan School of Medicine, INSERM CJF 96-02, University of Toulouse III, France
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Simon M, Haftek M, Sebbag M, Montézin M, Girbal-Neuhauser E, Schmitt D, Serre G. Evidence that filaggrin is a component of cornified cell envelopes in human plantar epidermis. Biochem J 1996; 317 ( Pt 1):173-7. [PMID: 8694761 PMCID: PMC1217460 DOI: 10.1042/bj3170173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Cornified cell envelope (CE) is generated during the late stages of epidermal differentiation and is made up of proteins covalently linked together by transglutaminases. To determine whether filaggrin is a component of this structure in humans, we analysed highly purified CE from plantar stratum corneum. An immunoelectron microscopy analysis showed specific binding of four different anti-(pro)filaggrin monoclonal antibodies to the surface of the CE, proved previously to be free of non-covalently linked proteins. Moreover, the anti-filaggrin activity of one of the antibodies was absorbed by preincubation with the plantar CE, as determined by ELISA. Convincingly, fragments of CE produced by proteolytic digestion of the structures were stained by this antibody on immunoblots. These data provide direct evidence that filaggrin is a component of CE purified from human plantar stratum corneum. Cross-linking between CE and the filaggrin-containing fibrous matrix may enhance the structural cohesion of the corneocytes and thus the resistance of the stratum corneum.
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- M Simon
- Department of Biology and Pathology of the Cell, Toulouse-Purpan School of Medicine, CHU Purpan, France
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