PDGF-BB Promotes Type I IFN-Dependent Vascular Alterations and Monocyte Recruitment in a Model of Dermal Fibrosis

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that can result in extensive tissue damage in the skin and, in advanced cases, internal organs. Vasculopathy, aberrant immune activation, and tissue fibrosis are three hallmarks of the disease that have been identified, with vasculopathy and aberrant immunity being amongst the earliest events. However, a mechanistic link between these processes has not been established. Here, we have identified a novel role of platelet derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB)/PDGFRβ activation in combination with dermal injury induced by bleomycin as a driver of early, aberrant expression of interferon stimulatory genes (ISGs) and inflammatory monocyte infiltration. Activation of PDGFRβ in combination with bleomycin-induced dermal injury resulted in increased dermal thickness, vascular density, monocyte/macrophage infiltration, and exacerbation of tissue injury. Many of these features were dependent on IFNAR-signaling, and an increase in the number of interferon-beta (IFN-β) producing monocytes cells was found in the skin lesions. Taken together, these results identify a novel link between PDGFRβ activation, and Type I IFN-driven vascular maintenance and monocyte/macrophage cell recruitment, and provide a potential explanation linking key features of SSc that were previously thought to be unrelated.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

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PloS one - 11(2016), 9 vom: 06., Seite e0162758

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cho, John S [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Terry C [VerfasserIn]
Reynolds, Taylor L [VerfasserIn]
Sofia, Daniel J [VerfasserIn]
Hamann, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Burkly, Linda C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

11056-06-7
1B56C968OA
Becaplermin
Bleomycin
EC 2.7.10.1
Interferon Type I
Journal Article
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis
Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta

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Date Completed 02.08.2017

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0162758

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM264255143