成像质谱流式细胞术在原发性干燥综合征唾液腺微环境空间分析中的应用。

Application of imaging mass cytometry for spatially profiling the microenvironment of salivary glands in primary Sjögren's syndrome.

作者信息

Wu Guolin, Wu Fangping, Wang Lipei, Ying Lixiong, Lu Wenwen, Qian Kang, Fu Tianxiao, Wu Danbin, Hu Fenglin, Shi YiHang, Xu Li

机构信息

Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

出版信息

Cell Death Dis. 2025 May 16;16(1):392. doi: 10.1038/s41419-025-07717-7.

Abstract

Primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS) is a slowly progressive, systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by gradual lymphocytic infiltration of exocrine glands. However, the spatially profiling the immune microenvironment in pSS is largely unclear, limiting the understanding of the complex interplay among cells within the microenvironment. Based on imaging mass cytometry (IMC) analysis of clinical pSS samples, we first revealed that labial salivary gland (LSG) comprised of epithelial, immune cells and stromal cells, and epithelial was the main cell type in LSG. Eight immune cells populations were identified, including CD8 T, CD4 T, Treg, B, NK cells, neutrophils, resident macrophages and a mixed immune cell cluster. We found that CD8 T cells, but not CD4 T cells, were the most prominent T cells in immune infiltrates of pSS LSG. With the increase of pSS disease activity and severity, the infiltration abundance of CD8 T cells gradually increased and was accompanied by the activation of inflammatory response. sc-RNA-seq analysis based on the GSE272409 dataset confirmed that CD8 T cells were the main immune cells, and dominated the most intercellular ligand-receptor interactions. CD8 T cells were further clustered into five cell subsets, of which CD160CD8 T cells subset appeared to present only in pSS patients. Further experiments demonstrated that CD160 expression on CD8 T cells was associated with an enhanced expression of proinflammatory and cytotoxic cytokines IFN-γ, GZMB and TNF-α, and the injury of salivary gland epithelial cells. Besides, proportion of GZMKCD8 T cells subset was increased in pSS patients. Trajectory analysis confirmed an enhanced frequency of CD8 T cell differentiation and activation during the progression of pSS. This study provided single cell profile with spatial information for analyzing the LSG immune microenvironment in pSS, which could not be achieved by conventional immunofluorescence and immunohistochemistry assays.

摘要

原发性干燥综合征(pSS)是一种缓慢进展的全身性自身免疫性疾病,其特征是外分泌腺逐渐出现淋巴细胞浸润。然而,pSS中免疫微环境的空间特征在很大程度上尚不清楚,这限制了对微环境中细胞间复杂相互作用的理解。基于对临床pSS样本的成像质谱流式细胞术(IMC)分析,我们首先发现唇腺(LSG)由上皮细胞、免疫细胞和基质细胞组成,且上皮细胞是LSG中的主要细胞类型。鉴定出了8种免疫细胞群体,包括CD8 T细胞、CD4 T细胞、调节性T细胞(Treg)、B细胞、自然杀伤细胞(NK细胞)、中性粒细胞、常驻巨噬细胞和一个混合免疫细胞簇。我们发现,CD8 T细胞而非CD4 T细胞是pSS LSG免疫浸润中最突出的T细胞。随着pSS疾病活动度和严重程度的增加,CD8 T细胞的浸润丰度逐渐增加,并伴有炎症反应的激活。基于GSE272409数据集的单细胞RNA测序(sc-RNA-seq)分析证实,CD8 T细胞是主要的免疫细胞,并主导了大多数细胞间配体-受体相互作用。CD8 T细胞进一步聚类为五个细胞亚群,其中CD160⁺CD8 T细胞亚群似乎仅存在于pSS患者中。进一步的实验表明,CD8 T细胞上CD160的表达与促炎和细胞毒性细胞因子IFN-γ、颗粒酶B(GZMB)和肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)的表达增强以及唾液腺上皮细胞的损伤有关。此外,pSS患者中GZMK⁺CD8 T细胞亚群的比例增加。轨迹分析证实,在pSS进展过程中CD8 T细胞分化和激活的频率增加。本研究为分析pSS中LSG免疫微环境提供了具有空间信息的单细胞图谱,这是传统免疫荧光和免疫组织化学检测无法实现的。

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