期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 22, 期 13, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22137176
关键词
Sjogren's syndrome; marginal zone B cells; RNA transcriptome microarray; Rho-GTPases; GTP-GAP; GTP-GEF; DOCK molecules; C57BL/6.NOD-Aec1Aec2 mice
资金
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) [R01 DE-014344]
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) [AI-0819529]
The C57BL/6.NOD-Aec1Aec2 mouse is considered an appropriate model of Sjogren's Syndrome, with B lymphocytes and MZB cells playing important roles in the development of the disease. Transcriptomic analyses have revealed upregulation of genes associated with lymphocyte infiltration in the salivary glands of SS mice.
The C57BL/6.NOD-Aec1Aec2 mouse is considered a highly appropriate model of Sjogren's Syndrome (SS), a human systemic autoimmune disease characterized primarily as the loss of lacrimal and salivary gland functions. This mouse model, as well as other mouse models of SS, have shown that B lymphocytes are essential for the development and onset of observed clinical manifestations. More recently, studies carried out in the C57BL/6.IL14 alpha transgenic mouse have indicated that the marginal zone B (MZB) cell population is responsible for development of SS disease, reflecting recent observations that MZB cells are present in the salivary glands of SS patients and most likely initiate the subsequent loss of exocrine functions. Although MZB cells are difficult to study in vivo and in vitro, we have carried out an ex vivo investigation that uses temporal global RNA transcriptomic analyses to profile differentially expressed genes known to be associated with cell migration. Results indicate a temporal upregulation of specific chemokine, chemokine receptor, and Rho-GTPase genes in the salivary glands of C57BL/6.NOD-Aec1Aec2 mice that correlate with the early appearance of periductal lymphocyte infiltrations. Using the power of transcriptomic analyses to better define the genetic profile of lymphocytic emigration into the salivary glands of SS mice, new insights into the underlying mechanisms of SS disease development and onset begin to come into focus, thereby establishing a foundation for further in-depth and novel investigations of the covert and early overt phases of SS disease at the cellular level.
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