Key Laboratory of Antibody Techniques of Ministry of Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Key Laboratory of Antibody Techniques of Ministry of Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China; State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Clin Immunol. 2017 Jul;180:63-68. doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2017.03.015. Epub 2017 Apr 7.
Skin inflammation induced by lupus serum is a useful tool to investigate the pathogenesis of lupus skin injury. IL-1 is a proinflammatory cytokine, and its role in lupus skin lesion is still unclear. We determined the role of IL-1 in lupus skin injury by using gene deficient mice. We found that skin inflammation induced by lupus serum was significantly reduced in IL-1R deficient mice and caspase-1 deficient mice. IL-1R deficiency did not affect the expression of FcγRI (CD64), FcγRII (CD32) and MHC class II (CD74) induced by lupus serum. IL-1R deficiency reduced the lipid raft clustering, and decreased expression of MCP-1 and TNFα in monocytes. Keratinocyte proliferation induced by lupus serum was significantly decreased in TNFα deficient mice. Our findings indicate that IL-1 plays an important role in skin lesions of SLE. This study suggests that IL-1 is a therapeutic target in skin lesions of SLE.
狼疮血清引起的皮肤炎症是研究狼疮皮肤损伤发病机制的有用工具。IL-1 是一种促炎细胞因子,但其在狼疮皮肤病变中的作用尚不清楚。我们通过基因缺陷小鼠来确定 IL-1 在狼疮皮肤损伤中的作用。我们发现,狼疮血清诱导的皮肤炎症在 IL-1R 缺陷小鼠和 caspase-1 缺陷小鼠中显著减轻。IL-1R 缺陷不影响狼疮血清诱导的 FcγRI(CD64)、FcγRII(CD32)和 MHC Ⅱ类(CD74)的表达。IL-1R 缺陷减少了单核细胞中脂质筏的聚集,并降低了 MCP-1 和 TNFα 的表达。狼疮血清诱导的角质形成细胞增殖在 TNFα 缺陷小鼠中显著降低。我们的研究结果表明,IL-1 在 SLE 的皮肤病变中发挥重要作用。这项研究表明,IL-1 是 SLE 皮肤病变的治疗靶点。