单细胞多组学和免疫谱分析揭示了 Inspiration4 机组人员对太空飞行的保守、细胞类型和性别特异性反应。
Single-cell multi-ome and immune profiles of the Inspiration4 crew reveal conserved, cell-type, and sex-specific responses to spaceflight.
机构信息
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 100221, USA.
The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
出版信息
Nat Commun. 2024 Jun 11;15(1):4954. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-49211-2.
Spaceflight induces an immune response in astronauts. To better characterize this effect, we generated single-cell, multi-ome, cell-free RNA (cfRNA), biochemical, and hematology data for the SpaceX Inspiration4 (I4) mission crew. We found that 18 cytokines/chemokines related to inflammation, aging, and muscle homeostasis changed after spaceflight. In I4 single-cell multi-omics data, we identified a "spaceflight signature" of gene expression characterized by enrichment in oxidative phosphorylation, UV response, immune function, and TCF21 pathways. We confirmed the presence of this signature in independent datasets, including the NASA Twins Study, the I4 skin spatial transcriptomics, and 817 NASA GeneLab mouse transcriptomes. Finally, we observed that (1) T cells showed an up-regulation of FOXP3, (2) MHC class I genes exhibited long-term suppression, and (3) infection-related immune pathways were associated with microbiome shifts. In summary, this study reveals conserved and distinct immune disruptions occurring and details a roadmap for potential countermeasures to preserve astronaut health.
太空飞行会引起宇航员的免疫反应。为了更好地描述这种影响,我们为 SpaceX Inspiration4(I4)任务机组人员生成了单细胞、多组学、无细胞 RNA(cfRNA)、生化和血液学数据。我们发现 18 种与炎症、衰老和肌肉动态平衡相关的细胞因子/趋化因子在太空飞行后发生了变化。在 I4 的单细胞多组学数据中,我们鉴定出了一个“太空飞行特征”的基因表达谱,其特征是氧化磷酸化、UV 反应、免疫功能和 TCF21 途径的富集。我们在包括 NASA Twins Study、I4 皮肤空间转录组学和 817 个 NASA GeneLab 小鼠转录组学在内的独立数据集上证实了该特征的存在。最后,我们观察到(1)T 细胞中 FOXP3 的表达上调,(2)MHC Ⅰ类基因长期受到抑制,(3)与感染相关的免疫途径与微生物组的变化有关。总之,这项研究揭示了保守和独特的免疫紊乱,并详细说明了潜在的对策路线图,以维护宇航员的健康。