期刊
JOURNAL OF CACHEXIA SARCOPENIA AND MUSCLE
卷 12, 期 3, 页码 665-676出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12697
关键词
Autoantibody; Acetylcholine receptor; Myasthenia gravis; Neuromuscular junction; Nuclear receptor interaction protein
资金
- Ministry of Science and Technology [MOST 107-2320-B-002-012, MOST 108-2320-B-002-040]
- National Health Research Institute [NHRI-105-1053ISI]
- National Taiwan University [10R891903]
- Excellent Translational Medicine Research Projects of National Taiwan University College of Medicine
- National Taiwan University Hospital [109C101-6]
- Ministry of Health and Welfare
The study revealed the important role of NRIP in the neuromuscular junction, showing its co-localization and interaction with AChR-associated proteins. Anti-NRIP autoantibody was found in patients with myasthenia gravis, potentially exacerbating disease severity.
Background Nuclear receptor interaction protein (NRIP) co-localizes with acetylcholine receptor (AChR) at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ), and NRIP deficiency causes aberrant NMJ architecture. However, the normal physiological and pathophysiological roles of NRIP in NMJ are still unclear. Methods We investigated the co-localization and interaction of NRIP with AChR-associated proteins using immunofluorescence and immunoprecipitation assay, respectively. The binding affinity of AChR-associated proteins was analysed in muscle-restricted NRIP knockout mice and NRIP knockout muscle cells (C2C12). We further collected the sera from 43 patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), an NMJ disorder. The existence and features of anti-NRIP autoantibody in sera were studied using Western blot and epitope mapping. Results NRIP co-localized with AChR, rapsyn and alpha-actinin 2 (ACTN2) in gastrocnemius muscles of mice; and alpha-bungarotoxin (BTX) pull-down assay revealed NRIP with rapsyn and ACTN2 in complexes from muscle tissues and cells. NRIP directly binds with alpha subunit of AChR (AChR alpha) in vitro and in vivo to affect the binding affinity of AChR with rapsyn and rapsyn with ACTN2. In 43 patients with MG (age, 58.4 +/- 14.5 years; female, 55.8%), we detected six of them (14.0%) having anti-NRIP autoantibody. The presence of anti-NRIP autoantibody correlated with a more severe type of MG when AChR autoantibody existed (P = 0.011). The higher the titre of anti-NRIP autoantibody, the more severe MG severity (P = 0.032). The main immunogenic region is likely on the IQ motif of NRIP. We also showed the IgG subclass of anti-NRIP autoantibody mainly to be IgG1. Conclusions NRIP is a novel AChR alpha binding protein and involves structural NMJ formation, which acts as a scaffold to stabilize AChR-rapsyn-ACTN2 complexes. Anti-NRIP autoantibody is a novel autoantibody in MG and plays a detrimental role in MG with the coexistence of anti-AChR autoantibody.
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