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CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 196, Issue -, Pages 85-96Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2018.06.002
Keywords
Global DNA methylation; 5-hydroxymethylcytosine; TET2; Sjogren's syndrome; Pro-inflammatory cytokines
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- Fondecyt-Chile [1160015]
- Conicyt-FONDAP [15130011]
- Fondecyt-Iniciacion [11170049]
- Fondecyt-Postdoctoral [3170023]
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Here, we determined the 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), 5-methylcytosine (5mC), Ten Eleven Translocation (TETs), and DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) levels in epithelial and inflammatory cells of labial salivary glands (LSG) from Sjogren's syndrome (SS)-patients and the effect of cytokines on HSG cells. LSG from SS-patients, controls and HSG cells incubated with cytokines were analysed. Levels of 5mC, 5hmC, DNMTs, TET2 and MeCP2 were assessed by immunofluorescence. In epithelial cells from SS-patients, an increase in TET2, 5hmC and a decrease in 5mC and MeCP2 were observed, additionally, high levels of 5mC and DNMTs and low levels of 5hmC were detected in inflammatory cells. Cytokines increased TET2 and 5hmC and decreased 5mC levels. Considering that the TET2 gene.promoter contains response elements for transcription factors activated by cytokines, together to in vitro results suggest that changes in DNA hydroxymethylation, resulting from altered levels of TET2 are likely to be relevant in the Sjogren's syndrome etiopathogenesis.
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