Inverse-Vaccines for Rheumatoid Arthritis Re-establish Metabolic and Immunological Homeostasis in Joint Tissues

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) causes immunological and metabolic imbalances in tissue, exacerbating inflammation in affected joints. Changes in immunological and metabolic tissue homeostasis at different stages of RA are not well understood. Herein, the changes in the immunological and metabolic profiles in different stages in collagen induced arthritis (CIA), namely, early, intermediate, and late stage is examined. Moreover, the efficacy of the inverse-vaccine, paKG(PFK15+bc2) microparticle, to restore tissue homeostasis at different stages is also investigated. Immunological analyses of inverse-vaccine-treated group revealed a significant decrease in the activation of pro-inflammatory immune cells and remarkable increase in regulatory T-cell populations in the intermediate and late stages compared to no treatment. Also, glycolysis in the spleen is normalized in the late stages of CIA in inverse-vaccine-treated mice, which is similar to no-disease tissues. Metabolomics analyses revealed that metabolites UDP-glucuronic acid and L-Glutathione oxidized are significantly altered between treatment groups, and thus might provide new druggable targets for RA treatment. Flux metabolic modeling identified amino acid and carnitine pathways as the central pathways affected in arthritic tissue with CIA progression. Overall, this study shows that the inverse-vaccines initiate early re-establishment of homeostasis, which persists through the disease span.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Advanced healthcare materials - (2024) vom: 12. März, Seite e2303995

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Englisch

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Thumsi, Abhirami [VerfasserIn]
Martínez, Diego [VerfasserIn]
Swaminathan, Srivatsan J [VerfasserIn]
Esrafili, Arezoo [VerfasserIn]
Suresh, Abhirami P [VerfasserIn]
Jaggarapu, Madhan Mohan Chandrasekhar [VerfasserIn]
Lintecum, Kelly [VerfasserIn]
Halim, Michelle [VerfasserIn]
Mantri, Shivani V [VerfasserIn]
Sleiman, Yasmine [VerfasserIn]
Appel, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Haiwei [VerfasserIn]
Curtis, Marion [VerfasserIn]
Zuniga, Cristal [VerfasserIn]
Acharya, Abhinav P [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Collagen induced arthritis
Drug
Homeostasis
Inflammation
Journal Article
Metabolism
Rheumatoid arthritis

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Date Revised 19.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1002/adhm.202303995

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NLM369597230