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Circulating Exosomes From Patients With Graves' Disease Induce an Inflammatory Immune Response

Journal

ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 162, Issue 3, Pages -

Publisher

ENDOCRINE SOC
DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqaa236

Keywords

Graves' disease; exosomes; IGF-1R; THSR; autoimmunity

Funding

  1. Chinese National Natural Science Foundation [81770784, 81471003]

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This study found that GD-EXO and GO-EXO highly expressed IGF-1R and HSP60, potentially inducing inflammatory responses through the TLR/NF-kappa B signaling pathway and contributing to the pathogenesis of GD.
Exosomes are extracellular vesicles that can participate in autoimmune diseases. The purpose of this study was to explore whether circulating exosomes are involved in Graves' disease (GD) pathogenesis. In this study, serum exosomes were extracted from 26 healthy controls (HC-EXO), 26 GD patients (GD-EXO), and 7 Graves' ophthalmopathy patients (GO-EXO). For each group, the total protein content was detected, and thyrotropin receptor, insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R), heat shock protein 60 (HSP60), and cluster of differentiation (CD) 63 expression were analyzed by Western blotting (WB). Healthy volunteer-derived peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and HC-EXO or GD-EXO were cocultured for 24 h, and immunofluorescence was used to observe the locations of the exosomes and toll-like receptor (TLR) 2/3. CD11c+TLR2+ and CD11c+TLR3+ cell percentages were determined by flow cytometry. Myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88), toll/interleukin (IL)-1 receptor domain-containing adaptor inducing interferon-beta (TRIF) and p-P65 expression were analyzed by WB. IL-6 and IL-1 beta supernatant levels were detected using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.The results showed that the total protein concentration was similar among GD-EXO, GO-EXO, and HC-EXO. IGF-1R and HSP60 expression was significantly higher in GD-EXO and GO-EXO than in HC-EXO. After coculturing PBMCs with GD-EXO or HC-EXO for 24 h, GD-EXO could bind to TLR2/3. GD-EXO significantly increased CD11c+TLR2+ and CD11c+TLR3+ cell percentages; MyD88,TRIF, and p-P65 protein expression; and IL-6 and IL-1 beta levels. In conclusion, we first demonstrated that GD-EXO and GO-EXO highly expressed IGF-1R and HSP60. GD-EXO may induce an inflammatory response through the TLR/NF-kappa B signaling pathway and be involved in the pathogenesis of GD.

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