Integrative single-cell RNA and ATAC sequencing reveals that the FOXO1-PRDX2-TNF axis regulates tendinopathy

Copyright © 2023 Guo, Tang, Huang, Ye, Tang, Shu, Guo, Kang, Shi, Zhou, Liang and Tang..

Introduction: Tendinopathy, the most common form of chronic tendon disorder, leads to persistent tendon pain and loss of function. Profiling the heterogeneous cellular composition in the tendon microenvironment helps to elucidate rational molecular mechanisms of tendinopathy.

Methods and results: In this study, through a multi-modal analysis, a single-cell RNA- and ATAC-seq integrated tendinopathy landscape was generated for the first time. We found that a specific cell subpopulation with low PRDX2 expression exhibited a higher level of inflammation, lower proliferation and migration ability, which not only promoted tendon injury but also led to microenvironment deterioration. Mechanistically, a motif enrichment analysis of chromatin accessibility showed that FOXO1 was an upstream regulator of PRDX2 transcription, and we confirmed that functional blockade of FOXO1 activity induced PRDX2 silencing. The TNF signaling pathway was significantly activated in the PRDX2-low group, and TNF inhibition effectively restored diseased cell degradation.

Discussion: We revealed an essential role of diseased cells in tendinopathy and proposed the FOXO1-PRDX2-TNF axis is a potential regulatory mechanism for the treatment of tendinopathy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in immunology - 14(2023) vom: 24., Seite 1092778

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Guo, Junfeng [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Pan [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Xiao [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Chuyue [VerfasserIn]
Shu, Zhao [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Junfeng [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Xia [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Youxing [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Binghua [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Taotao [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Kanglai [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

63231-63-0
Chromatin
EC 1.11.1.15
FOXO1 protein, human
Forkhead Box Protein O1
Harmful cells
Journal Article
Microenvironment
PRDX2 protein, human
Peroxiredoxins
Prdx2
RNA
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Single-cell multi-modal analysis
Tendinopathy

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Date Completed 26.05.2023

Date Revised 30.05.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fimmu.2023.1092778

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357254856