High-content multimodal analysis supports the IL-7/IL-7 receptor axis as a relevant therapeutic target in primary Sjögren's syndrome

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OBJECTIVE: While the involvement of IL-7/IL-7R axis in pSS has been described in relation to T cells, little is known about the contribution of this pathway in relationship with other immune cells, and its implication in autoimmunity. Using high-content multiomics data, we aimed at characterizing IL-7R expressing cells and the involvement of IL-7/IL-7R pathway in pSS pathophysiology.

METHODS: An IL-7 signature established using RNA-sequencing of human PBMCs incubated with IL-7 was applied to 304 pSS patients, and on RNA-Seq datasets from tissue biopsies. High-content immunophenotyping using flow and imaging mass cytometry was developed to characterize peripheral and in situ IL-7R expression.

RESULTS: We identified a blood 4-gene IL-7 module (IKZF4, KIAA0040, PGAP1 and SOS1) associated with anti-SSA/Ro positiveness in patients as well as disease activity, and a tissue 5-gene IL-7 module (IL7R, PCED1B, TNFSF8, ADAM19, MYBL1) associated with infiltration severity. We confirmed expression of IL-7R on T cells subsets, and further observed upregulation of IL-7R on double-negative (DN) B cells, and especially DN2 B cells. IL-7R expression was increased in pSS compared to sicca patients with variations seen according to the degree of infiltration. When expressed, IL-7R was mainly found on epithelial cells, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, switched memory B cells, DN B cells and M1 macrophages.

CONCLUSION: This exhaustive characterization of the IL-7/IL-7R pathway in pSS pathophysiology established that two IL-7 gene modules discriminate pSS patients with a high IL-7 axis involvement. Their use could guide the implementation of an anti-IL-7R targeted therapy in a precision medicine approach.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

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Journal of autoimmunity - (2023) vom: 18. Dez., Seite 103147

Sprache:

Englisch

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Desvaux, Emiko [VerfasserIn]
Hemon, Patrice [VerfasserIn]
Soret, Perrine [VerfasserIn]
Le Dantec, Christelle [VerfasserIn]
Chatzis, Loukas [VerfasserIn]
Cornec, Divi [VerfasserIn]
Devauchelle-Pensec, Valérie [VerfasserIn]
PRECISESADS clinical consortium [VerfasserIn]
Elouej, Sahar [VerfasserIn]
Duguet, Fanny [VerfasserIn]
Laigle, Laurence [VerfasserIn]
Poirier, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Moingeon, Philippe [VerfasserIn]
Bretin, Sylvie [VerfasserIn]
Pers, Jacques-Olivier [VerfasserIn]
Beretta, Lorenzo [Sonstige Person]
Vigone, Barbara [Sonstige Person]
Pers, Jacques-Olivier [Sonstige Person]
Saraux, Alain [Sonstige Person]
Devauchelle-Pensec, Valérie [Sonstige Person]
Cornec, Divi [Sonstige Person]
Jousse-Joulin, Sandrine [Sonstige Person]
Lauwerys, Bernard [Sonstige Person]
Ducreux, Julie [Sonstige Person]
Maudoux, Anne-Lise [Sonstige Person]
Vasconcelos, Carlos [Sonstige Person]
Tavares, Ana [Sonstige Person]
Neves, Esmeralda [Sonstige Person]
Faria, Raquel [Sonstige Person]
Brandão, Mariana [Sonstige Person]
Campar, Ana [Sonstige Person]
Marinho, António [Sonstige Person]
Farinha, Fátima [Sonstige Person]
Almeida, Isabel [Sonstige Person]
Gonzalez-Gay Mantecón, Miguel Angel [Sonstige Person]
Alonso, Ricardo Blanco [Sonstige Person]
Martínez, Alfonso Corrales [Sonstige Person]
Cervera, Ricard [Sonstige Person]
Rodríguez-Pintó, Ignasi [Sonstige Person]
Espinosa, Gerard [Sonstige Person]
Lories, Rik [Sonstige Person]
De Langhe, Ellen [Sonstige Person]
Hunzelmann, Nicolas [Sonstige Person]
Belz, Doreen [Sonstige Person]
Witte, Torsten [Sonstige Person]
Baerlecken, Niklas [Sonstige Person]
Stummvoll, Georg [Sonstige Person]
Zauner, Michael [Sonstige Person]
Lehner, Michaela [Sonstige Person]
Collantes, Eduardo [Sonstige Person]
Ortega-Castro, Rafaela [Sonstige Person]
Aguirre-Zamorano, Ma Angeles [Sonstige Person]
Escudero-Contreras, Alejandro [Sonstige Person]
Castro-Villegas, Ma Carmen [Sonstige Person]
Ortego, Norberto [Sonstige Person]
Fernández Roldán, María Concepción [Sonstige Person]
Raya, Enrique [Sonstige Person]
Moleón, Inmaculada Jiménez [Sonstige Person]
de Ramon, Enrique [Sonstige Person]
Quintero, Isabel Díaz [Sonstige Person]
Meroni, Pier Luigi [Sonstige Person]
Gerosa, Maria [Sonstige Person]
Schioppo, Tommaso [Sonstige Person]
Artusi, Carolina [Sonstige Person]
Chizzolini, Carlo [Sonstige Person]
Zuber, Aleksandra [Sonstige Person]
Wynar, Donatienne [Sonstige Person]
Kovács, Laszló [Sonstige Person]
Balog, Attila [Sonstige Person]
Deák, Magdolna [Sonstige Person]
Bocskai, Márta [Sonstige Person]
Dulic, Sonja [Sonstige Person]
Kádár, Gabriella [Sonstige Person]
Hiepe, Falk [Sonstige Person]
Gerl, Velia [Sonstige Person]
Thiel, Silvia [Sonstige Person]
Maresca, Manuel Rodriguez [Sonstige Person]
López-Berrio, Antonio [Sonstige Person]
Aguilar-Quesada, Rocío [Sonstige Person]
Navarro-Linares, Héctor [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Anti-IL-7R therapy
IL-7 pathway
Imaging mass cytometry
Journal Article
Multiomics
Primary Sjögren's syndrome

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Date Revised 19.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1016/j.jaut.2023.103147

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NLM366050168