A Novel Α9 Integrin Ligand, XCL1/Lymphotactin, Is Involved in the Development of Murine Models of Autoimmune Diseases
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A Novel α9 Integrin Ligand, XCL1/Lymphotactin, Is Involved in the Development of Murine Models of Autoimmune Diseases This information is current as of September 25, 2021. Naoki Matsumoto, Shigeyuki Kon, Takuya Nakatsuru, Tomoe Miyashita, Kyosuke Inui, Kodai Saitoh, Yuichi Kitai, Ryuta Muromoto, Jun-ichi Kashiwakura, Toshimitsu Uede and Tadashi Matsuda J Immunol 2017; 199:82-90; Prepublished online 26 May Downloaded from 2017; doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1601329 http://www.jimmunol.org/content/199/1/82 http://www.jimmunol.org/ Supplementary http://www.jimmunol.org/content/suppl/2017/05/26/jimmunol.160132 Material 9.DCSupplemental References This article cites 40 articles, 20 of which you can access for free at: http://www.jimmunol.org/content/199/1/82.full#ref-list-1 by guest on September 25, 2021 Why The JI? Submit online. • Rapid Reviews! 30 days* from submission to initial decision • No Triage! 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The Journal of Immunology A Novel a9 Integrin Ligand, XCL1/Lymphotactin, Is Involved in the Development of Murine Models of Autoimmune Diseases Naoki Matsumoto,*,1 Shigeyuki Kon,*,†,1 Takuya Nakatsuru,* Tomoe Miyashita,* Kyosuke Inui,* Kodai Saitoh,* Yuichi Kitai,* Ryuta Muromoto,* Jun-ichi Kashiwakura,* Toshimitsu Uede,‡ and Tadashi Matsuda* The integrin a9b1 is a key receptor involved in the development of autoimmune diseases. However, the detailed mechanism for the association of a9b1 integrin with its ligands remains unclear. In this study, we introduce XCL1/lymphotactin, a member of the chemokine family, as a novel ligand for a9 integrin. Using a9 integrin–overexpressing NIH3T3 cells and endogenously a9 integrin–expressing human rhabdomyosarcoma cells, the interaction between XCL1 and a9 integrin was confirmed by pull- Downloaded from down assays. XCL1 enhanced a9 integrin–dependent cell migration of these cells, thus acting on a9 integrin as a chemoattractant. We also analyzed the in vivo function of XCL1 in the development of anti-type II collagen Ab–induced inflammatory arthritis (CAIA) in BALB/c mice and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in C57BL/6 mice, because a9 integrin is involved in these autoimmune disease models. In CAIA, recombinant XCL1 aggravated the disease and this exacerbation was inhibited by an anti-a9 integrin Ab. An XCL1-neutralizing Ab produced in this study also ameliorated CAIA. Furthermore, the XCL1- neutralizing Ab abrogated the disease progression in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Therefore, to our knowledge http://www.jimmunol.org/ this study provides the first in vitro and in vivo evidence that the interaction between XCL1 and a9 integrin has an important role for autoimmune diseases. The Journal of Immunology, 2017, 199: 82–90. ntegrins are transmembrane receptors involved in a wide cephalomyelitis (EAE) (11). However, inhibition or knockout of OPN range of cellular processes, including cell adhesion, migra- has lesser effects than the use of the anti-a9 integrin Ab (12–14), and I tion, differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis, and cancer the involvement of other a9 integrin ligands in CAIA remains un- metastasis (1–5). a9 integrin binds to various extracellular matrix known, indicating that there may be other players in the development proteins, including osteopontin (OPN), tenascin-C (TN-C), and vas- of autoimmune diseases. Therefore, we searched for a candidate a9 by guest on September 25, 2021 cular endothelial growth factor C and D, and is associated with integrin ligand by liquid chromatography tandem-mass spectrometry autoimmune diseases such as arthritis (6–9). An anti-a9 integrin– (LC-MS/MS) analysis and identified XCL1/lymphotactin. blocking Ab was reported to ameliorate the disease scores in collagen In this study, we demonstrate that XCL1 functions in autoim- Ab–induced arthritis (CAIA) (10) and experimental autoimmune en- mune diseases as a novel a9 integrin ligand. A physiological interaction between a9 integrin and XCL1 was confirmed by pull- down assays. XCL1 belongs to the C-class of chemokines, and its *Department of Immunology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido Uni- only known receptor is XCR1 (15). We found that XCL1 stimu- versity, Sapporo 060-0815, Japan; †Department of Molecular Immunology, Faculty of lation enhanced cell migration in a9 integrin–expressing cells, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuyama University, Fukuyama 729-0292, Japan; and ‡Division of Molecular Immunology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido Uni- that this XCL1-dependent cell migration was suppressed by a versity, Sapporo 060-0817, Japan function-blocking anti-a9 integrin Ab. To further investigate the 1N.M. and S.K. contributed equally to this work. role of XCL1 in vivo, we generated an XCL1-neutralizing mAb, ORCID: 0000-0001-5410-8429 (S.K.). 1A3A. The 1A3A Ab successfully protected mice against CAIA, Received for publication August 3, 2016. Accepted for publication April 27, 2017. indicating that XCL1 is involved in the development of this dis- This work was supported in part by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science ease. We also administered the Ab to mice with EAE, and ob- KAKENHI Grants JP24590072 and JP16K08221, the Fugaku Trust for Medical served amelioration of the disease. Recently, XCL1 expression Research, the Research Foundation for Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Nakatomi was demonstrated to be elevated in patients with rheumatoid ar- Foundation, the Japan Rheumatism Foundation, Pfeizer Academic Contributions, and the Pharmacological Research Foundation. thritis (RA) (16), whereas a9 integrin expression was reported to Address correspondence and reprint requests to Prof. Shigeyuki Kon, Department of be increased in the RA synovium (9). Taken together, it is sug- Molecular Immunology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuyama University, gested that the interaction between XCL1 and a9 integrin can be a 985-1 Azasanzo, Higashimura-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima 729-0292, Japan. E-mail new therapeutic target for autoimmune diseases. address: [email protected] The online version of this article contains supplemental material. Materials and Methods Abbreviations used in this article: CAIA, collagen Ab–induced arthritis; CHO, Chinese hamster ovary; EAE, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; FLS, Cell culture and reagents fibroblast-like synoviocyte; HPRT, hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransfer- NIH3T3 cells, Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, HEK293T cells, Plat-GP ase; Kir, inward-rectifier potassium; LC-MS/MS, liquid chromatography tandem- mass spectrometry; MOG, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein; OPN, osteopontin; cells, rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) cells (derived from a human rhabdomyo- qPCR, quantitative PCR; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; RD, rhabdomyosarcoma; TN-C, sarcoma), and fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) were cultured in DMEM tenascin-C. containing 10% FBS (HyClone, Logan, UT). Ba/F3, an IL-3–dependent murine pro-B cell line, was maintained in RPMI 1640 medium supple- Copyright Ó 2017 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc. 0022-1767/17/$30.00 mented with 10% FCS and 10% WEHI-3B conditioned medium as a www.jimmunol.org/cgi/doi/10.4049/jimmunol.1601329 The Journal of Immunology 83 source of IL-3. HRP-conjugated anti-human IgG (Jackson Immuno- generation of various His-SUMO-tagged mouse XCL1 variants, the target Research, West Grove, PA) was used for ELISA and Western blot analysis. genes were PCR amplified using the following primers: 59-TATTGAGGCT- Anti-rat IgG (Jackson ImmunoResearch) was used for ELISA. Anti-His- CATCGCGAACAGATTGGAGGTGTGGGGACTGAAGTCCTA-39 (sense) tag Ab OGHis (MBL, Nagoya, Japan) and anti-FLAG-tag Ab 1E6 and 59-ATGCCTGCAGGTCGACTTACCCAGTCAGGGTTATCGCTG-39 (an- (WAKO, Osaka, Japan) were used for Western blot analyses. Anti-human tisense) for full, 59-TATTGAGGCTCATCGCGAACAGATTGGAGGTGTGG- a9 integrin mAb Y9A2 (Chemicon, Temecula, CA) was used for flow GGACTGAAGTCCTA-39 (sense) and 59-ATGCCTGCAGGTCGACTTAAG- cytometry and cell migration assays. An anti-a9 integrin polyclonal Ab for TCTTGATCGCTGCTTTCA-39 (antisense) for 22–83, 59-TATTGAGGCT- Western blot analyses was generated by immunizing a rabbit with a pep- CATCGCGAACAGATTGGAGGTGGGGCCATGAGAGCTGTA-39 (sense) tide derived from the C-terminal domain of human a9 integrin, and 59-ATGCCTGCAGGTCGACTTACCCAGTCAGGGTTATCGCTG-39 CEAEKNRKENEDSWDWVQKNQ. IgG from human serum (Sigma- (antisense) for 53–114, 59-TATTGAGGCTCATCGCGAACAGATTGGA- Aldrich, St. Louis, MO), and recombinant His-tagged human XCL1 pro- GGTATTTGTGCTGATCCAGAA-39 (sense) and 59-ATGCCTGCAG- tein (hXCL1-His) (PeproTech, Rocky Hill, NJ) were used for cell migra- GTCGACTTACCCAGTCAGGGTTATCGCTG-39 (antisense) for 68–114, tion assays. 59-TATTGAGGCTCATCGCGAACAGATTGGAGGTGTGGATGGCAGGG- CCAGT-39 (sense) and 59-ATGCCTGCAGGTCGACTTACCCAGTCAGG- Generation of stable cell lines GTTATCGCTG-39