Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Lupus Sci Med. 2022 Mar;9(1). doi: 10.1136/lupus-2022-000680.
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are the main producers of type I interferon (IFN) in SLE. pDCs express high secretory carrier membrane protein 5 (SCAMP5). Recent work in transfected HEK cells connects SCAMP5 to the type I IFN secretory pathway. To further study the role of SCAMP5 in IFNα secretion by pDCs, we focused on the subcellular distribution of SCAMP5 in human pDCs freshly isolated from peripheral blood.
We measured SCAMP5 expression by flow cytometry in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of healthy subjects (n=8). Next, we assessed the colocalisation of SCAMP5 with IFNα in pDCs of healthy subjects (n=4) by evaluating bright detail similarity (BDS) scores using ImageStream technology.
We confirm that SCAMP5 is highly expressed by pDCs derived from peripheral blood. In activated pDCs, we show that SCAMP5 colocalises with IFNα (mean BDS 2.0±0.1; BDS >2.0 in 44% of pDCs).
SCAMP5 colocalises with IFNα in activated human pDCs, in support of a role of this trafficking protein in the secretion of type I IFN by pDCs.
浆细胞样树突状细胞(pDCs)是 SLE 中 I 型干扰素(IFN)的主要产生细胞。pDCs 表达高分泌载体膜蛋白 5(SCAMP5)。最近在转染的 HEK 细胞中的研究将 SCAMP5 与 I 型 IFN 分泌途径联系起来。为了进一步研究 SCAMP5 在 pDCs IFNα 分泌中的作用,我们专注于从外周血中新鲜分离的人 pDCs 中 SCAMP5 的亚细胞分布。
我们通过流式细胞术测量了健康受试者(n=8)外周血单个核细胞中的 SCAMP5 表达。接下来,我们通过使用 ImageStream 技术评估 bright detail similarity (BDS) 评分,评估了健康受试者 pDCs 中 SCAMP5 与 IFNα 的共定位。
我们证实了 SCAMP5 高度表达于源自外周血的 pDCs。在激活的 pDCs 中,我们表明 SCAMP5 与 IFNα 共定位(平均 BDS 为 2.0±0.1;在 44%的 pDCs 中 BDS >2.0)。
SCAMP5 在激活的人类 pDCs 中与 IFNα 共定位,支持该转运蛋白在 pDCs 分泌 I 型 IFN 中的作用。