Department of Child Health Care, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China.
Institute of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Front Immunol. 2023 Jan 10;13:1056447. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1056447. eCollection 2022.
Methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) is a DNA methylation reader protein. Mutations in are the major cause of Rett syndrome (RTT). Increasing evidence has shown that dysregulated immunity and chronic subclinical inflammation are linked to MeCP2 deficiency and contribute to RTT development and deterioration. The meninges surrounding the central nervous system (CNS) contain a wide repertoire of immune cells that participate in immune surveillance within the CNS and influence various brain functions; however, the characterization and role of meningeal immunity in CNS with MeCP2 deficiency remain poorly addressed. Here, we used single-cell sequencing to profile Mecp2-deficient meningeal immune cells from the dura mater, which has been reported to contain the most meningeal immune cells during homeostasis. Data showed that the meninges of -null mice contained the same diverse immune cell populations as control mice and showed an up-regulation of immune-related processes. B cell populations were greater in -null mice than in control mice, and the expression of genes encoding for immunoglobulins was remarkably higher. Mecp2-deficient meninges also contained more cytotoxic CD8 T cells than control meninges. With increased interferon-γ transcription in T and natural killer cells, meningeal macrophages showed decreased suppression and increased activity in Mecp2-deficienct mice. Together, these findings provide novel insights into meningeal immunity, which is a less studied aspect of neuroimmune interactions in -mutated diseases, and offer an essential resource for comparative analyses and data exploration to better understand the functional role of meningeal immunity in RTT.
甲基化 CpG 结合蛋白 2(MeCP2)是一种 DNA 甲基化读取蛋白。 是雷特综合征(RTT)的主要致病原因。越来越多的证据表明,失调的免疫和慢性亚临床炎症与 MeCP2 缺乏有关,并导致 RTT 的发展和恶化。中枢神经系统(CNS)周围的脑膜包含广泛的免疫细胞 repertoire,这些细胞参与 CNS 内的免疫监视,并影响各种大脑功能;然而,脑膜免疫在 MeCP2 缺乏的 CNS 中的特征和作用仍未得到充分解决。在这里,我们使用单细胞测序对来自硬脑膜的 Mecp2 缺陷脑膜免疫细胞进行了分析,已有报道称硬脑膜在稳态时包含最多的脑膜免疫细胞。数据表明,-null 小鼠的脑膜含有与对照小鼠相同的多样化免疫细胞群体,并表现出免疫相关过程的上调。-null 小鼠中的 B 细胞群体比对照小鼠中的更多,编码免疫球蛋白的基因表达显著升高。与对照脑膜相比,Mecp2 缺陷脑膜还含有更多的细胞毒性 CD8 T 细胞。由于 T 细胞和自然杀伤细胞中的干扰素-γ转录增加,脑膜巨噬细胞在 Mecp2 缺陷小鼠中的抑制作用降低,活性增加。总之,这些发现为脑膜免疫提供了新的见解,脑膜免疫是 - 突变疾病中神经免疫相互作用研究较少的方面,并为比较分析和数据探索提供了重要资源,以更好地理解脑膜免疫在 RTT 中的功能作用。
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